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Song Offerings 4

4 Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure, knowing that thy living touch is upon all my limbs. I shall ever try to keep all untruths out from my thoughts, knowing that thou art that truth which has kindled the light of reason in my mind. I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart. And it shall be my endeavor to reveal thee in my actions, knowing it is thy power gives me strength to act. from " The Gintajali " by  Rabinadranath Tagore ...in truth,  OdiliaCarmen

Beyond Duality

Allow me to disallow you any further misunderstanding. YOU are directly responsible for everything that shows up as reality. The fact that you are in it proves it! If you see yourself as a slave that implies you have a master. If you see yourself as a master that implies slavery. There is no true mastery except self mastery and no responsibility except responsibility over own miscreating thoughts and perceptions. Separation and duality happens within our minds and only within our minds can be healed and transcended as well. It is time to take responsibility over all minds. Within OUR OWN mind! There is no other but yourself! In other words, stop fighting your own shadows! It suffice bringing them into light!  ...in truth,  OdiliaCarmen

Kena Upanishad

also known as TALAVAKARA-UPANISHAD or KENOPANISHAD for further details check wikipedia FIRST KHANDA  1. The Pupil asks: 'At whose wish does the mind sent forth proceed on its errand? At whose command does the first breath go forth? At whose wish do we utter this speech? What god directs the eye, or the ear?' 2. The Teacher replies: 'It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, the breath of breath, and the eye of the eye. When freed (from the senses) the wise, on departing from this world, become immortal. 3. 'The eye does not go thither, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how any one can teach it.  4. 'It is different from the known, it is also above the unknown, thus we have heard from those of old, who taught us this. 5. 'That which is not expressed by speech and by which speech is expressed, that alone know as Brahman, not that which people here adore. 6. 'That which does not think by mind, and by which,