Chapter 7 – I Am like the Ocean

Janak the seeker explains him-Self further:

In the endless sea of my-Self

this world moves here and there like a ship

with the help of my mind as waves;

Like the sea this all is not unbearable to my-Self. 7.1

In the endless sea of my-Self

This world naturally appears and disappears

like the waves in the sea.

Like the sea all this neither harms nor helps my-Self. 7.2

In the endless sea of my-Self

this world is imagined and named;

Like the silent shapeless sea

I am established in my-Self. 7.3

Neither my-Self is in emotions

Nor emotions are in this endless innocent Self;

Therefore I am well established in this

Unattached desireless silent Self. 7.4

Surprisingly I am just Awareness (bodh) and

This world is imposed upon me like a dream

So how and where can I reject or accept it. 7.5

End of Chapter 7