I am merely a blind-man on the path that leads
to the unbodied self; I have renounced the life
of many impulses for the life that is at rest in Him;
in him I see the world no more. “I” and “mine”
are lost in the very spot where they arose. All
that was visible now has grown invisible. I have
swept clean the place of the world and fallen
sweetly asleep. On the summit of the triple hill
there is a free gift bestowed; I have cast away
the dish and the wallet, deeds good and bad and
desires. I have escaped from the tumult of the
world, the attachment of the three qualities; I am
well assured I shall have to beg no more.
The seventeenth quality is turned round, had it fulfilled
all my desires; with uplifted face I have uttered
the words “I am He.” By fond affection turned
towards him I have aroused the unbodied source;
he has bestowed on me Absolute Truth and Know-
ledge of the Absolute Self. He has absorbed my
name into his own form, He has set aside all
distinction between us. These words are satisfying
and full of ample relief; He has made them current
for men to come; in their train follows a line that
has attained the mystic heights; they have passed
beyond the world. This is the only secret, to
believe in him; the spirit of self is an oppression;
it does not suffer us to reach our home. Therefore
cast off the ties of the world, embrace the monist
faith. Tuka says, This is the resource which the
saints devised of old.
to the unbodied self; I have renounced the life
of many impulses for the life that is at rest in Him;
in him I see the world no more. “I” and “mine”
are lost in the very spot where they arose. All
that was visible now has grown invisible. I have
swept clean the place of the world and fallen
sweetly asleep. On the summit of the triple hill
there is a free gift bestowed; I have cast away
the dish and the wallet, deeds good and bad and
desires. I have escaped from the tumult of the
world, the attachment of the three qualities; I am
well assured I shall have to beg no more.
The seventeenth quality is turned round, had it fulfilled
all my desires; with uplifted face I have uttered
the words “I am He.” By fond affection turned
towards him I have aroused the unbodied source;
he has bestowed on me Absolute Truth and Know-
ledge of the Absolute Self. He has absorbed my
name into his own form, He has set aside all
distinction between us. These words are satisfying
and full of ample relief; He has made them current
for men to come; in their train follows a line that
has attained the mystic heights; they have passed
beyond the world. This is the only secret, to
believe in him; the spirit of self is an oppression;
it does not suffer us to reach our home. Therefore
cast off the ties of the world, embrace the monist
faith. Tuka says, This is the resource which the
saints devised of old.