The Essence of Consciousness

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The Essence of Consciousness

 

By an unknown author

 

 

 

Fasten your mind, O man, on the Primal Purusha,

 

Who is the Cause of all causes,

 

The Stainless One, the Beginningless Truth.

 

As Prana He pervades the infinite universe;

 

The man of faith beholds Him,

 

Living, resplendent, the Root of all.

 

Beyond the senses, eternal, the Essence of Consciousness,

 

He shines in the cave of the heart,

 

Adorned with Holiness, Wisdom, and Love;

 

By meditating on Him, man is delivered from grief.

 

 

 

Of countenance ever serene,

 

An inexhaustible Ocean of Virtue,

 

None can fathom His depths; yet freely, of His own grace,

 

Does He reveal Himself

 

To those who come to His feet for shelter,

 

Merciful since they are helpless and He is the Ever-forgiving,

 

The Giver of happiness,

 

The Ready Help in the sea of our woe.

 

 

 

Unswervingly just, bestowing the fruits of our deeds, good and ill,

 

Yet is He the Fount of Compassion,

 

The Ocean of Mercy brimming with Love;

 

Even to hear of His glory suffuses the eyes with tears.

 

Gaze on His face and be blest:

 

Your heart is hungry for Him, O man!

 

Bright with unspeakable beauty, peerless and without stain,

 

No words can ever describe Him;

 

Be as a beggar before His gate

 

And worship Him day and night, beseeching Him for His grace.