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One finger pointing up and one finger pointing down I have only ideas and stories about what is going on or who or what 'God' is I am standing on a road that follows the Ganges up into the Himalayan Mountains about 15 miles up river from Rishikesh I have just bathed in the Ganges river and sat in the
It cannot be stolen by thieves Nor taken away by kings It cannot be divided among brothers It is not a load on your shoulders If spent . . . It always increases The wealth of knowledge Is the most superior wealth of all - Vidyaprashna
Steady in the state of fullness which shines when all desires are given up, and peaceful in the state of freedom in life, act playfully in the world, O Bhagava! Inwardly free from all desires, dispassionate and detached, but outwardly active in all directions, act playfully in the world, O Bhagava! Free from egoism, with mind detached as in sleep, pure like the sky, ever untainted, act playfully in the world, O Bhagava! Conducting yourself nobly with kindly tenderness, outwardly conforming to conventions but inwardly renouncing all, act playfully in the world, O Bhagava! Quite unattached at heart but for all appearance acting as with attachment, inwardly cool but outwardly full of fervor, act playfully in the world, O Bhagava! -Yoga Vasishta
or The Blind Man and the Elephant
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