One Thing

08-25-2002, 01:10 AM

Self-forgetting is inherent in self-knowing.
Consciousness and unconsciousness are two
aspects of one life. They co-exist. To know
the world you forget the self - to know the
self you forget the world. What is world after
all? A collection of memories. Cling to one
thing that matters, hold on to 'I am' and let go
all else. This is sadhana. In realization there is
nothing to hold on to and nothing to forget.
Everything is known, nothing is remembered.

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

afternoon amidst the ancients
beneath the translucency of
green leaf canopy
a child day-dreams by
the edge of a stream,
reverie of water
skimming spiders,
little languid colored carp
rising to feed on
time –

my memories,
ripples vanishing