Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 196

When the idea of a second is dispelled, yet
Hari remains undiminished: we need not
search for His seat outside ourselves. If you desire
to know so much, know it by the mind within the
mind; know it as the expert hunter knows the
signs where game may be found. First, is the
body a reality? Are the correlatives of the body
facts? It is a mere scarecrow: it is something that
the thief takes for a sentinel. Tuka wakens you
and cries, Do not be idly frightened! Open the inner
eye, you will find you are in Himself.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents