Finally the Seer clears all our doubts in 100 ways:
Salutations to That peaceful, blissful, indivisible
light
whose realization clears all our dream like doubts.
18.1
Having earned lots of money
one does enjoy all useable things;
But one cannot become happy inside
without getting fed up with all these. 18.2
Being burnt by the fire of duties and worries
Where else can my-Self become cool
except in the nectar like river of Peace. 18.3
This world is just like a thought, a dream
There is nothing permanent here;
The Self, the permanent is always there
Whether we think or do not think about it. 18.4
The Self is neither away from us
Nor it is found with efforts;
It is choice-less, effortless
formless and fault-less. 18.5
Just getting rid of his attachments and
regaining him-Self one becomes worry-less and
lives with a clear un-cluttered vision. 18.6
Everything is just like a thought, a dream
Only the Self is free and eternal;
Having understood this, the serene one
Behaves and makes efforts like a child. 18.7
The Self is indeed the super-Self
Existence and non-existence is in our thoughts only;
Knowing this certainty
what can a desire-less person do, say and know. 18.8
I am That – I am not This
Such thoughts disappear for the silent one
Who realizes that we all consist of our-Self only.
18.9
For the peaceful balanced person there is
Nothing to concentrate or distract
Neither intelligence nor foolishness
Nothing pleasant and nothing troubling. 18.10
For a balanced person with choice-less nature
There is nothing special in this life
Whether he runs a state or lives begging
Whether he lives alone or with others
Whether he wins or loses. 18.11
For a balanced person who is free from dilemma of
This should be done / This should not be done
There is no religion, no desire, no wealth & no
wisdom. 18.12
For a balanced person who is free from life
There is nothing to do i.e. no duty
He has nothing in his mind
For him life is as it is. 18.13
For a great self-abiding person
Who is at rest after transcending all choices
Where is the need for meditation, for liberation
for attachment and even the need for this world. 18.14
Whoever sees this world as real
He makes efforts to survive in it;
But a desire-less makes no such efforts
Because he does not see it the way we see it. 18.15
Whoever thinks there is a super-Self
He tries to become like That;
But a thought-less person does not think as such
Because he does not see anything separate from him-Self.
18.16
Whoever sees any fault in himself
He aims to control his faults;
But the one who sees nothing wrong in him
Has nothing to do in absence of any such aim. 18.17
Though living normally like other people
A person of patience does not see any
fault or achievement or attachment in him-Self. 18.18
For a learned person who is satisfied, desire-less
in the presence or absence of anything;
Nothing is done be him even though
people may think he is working. 18.19
A person who is quite with patience
has no intention of avoiding or grabbing something;
He does whatever comes up to do
and always stays comfortable. 18.20
Propelled only by wind like circumstances of this
world
The desire-less, Independent, boundless, free mind
person
Moves, behaves or makes efforts just like a dry leaf.
18.21
For the one who lives in this world as without it
There is no delight no doom;
That cool mind person is respected in this world
As if living without or beyond his body. 18.22
For a serene, cool person living within him-Self
There is nothing to leave or avoid and
There is nothing to wish or hope for. 18.23
The one with an empty mind acts
as the situation demands;
Thus doing things as they come up
There is no pride or insult for him in his actions.
18.24
For the one who understands that whatever is done
is done by my body and not by my Self;
There is no feeling of ‘doing’ in whatever he does.
18.25
Doing things without claiming any credit like fools
The liberated one, the honourable one stays happy
even while living a normal life. 18.26
Having got tired of endless thoughts
The serene one finally comes back
to his ever resting Self; Thereafter
he does not think, know, listen or sees
anything on his own.
For him, everything just happens. 18.27
The ocean-like broad person
being neither in meditation nor distracted
is neither a seeker nor anything else;
Definitely seeing this world as a dream
He is indeed the Super-Self. 18.28
Whoever has any trace of ego in him
He remains a doer even if he does nothing;
Bur for the egoless, serene person
Nothing is done or not done by him. 18.29
For a person who is free from his mind
There is no anxiety no satisfaction
No ego no hopes no doubts;
He is respected everywhere. 18.30
The mind of a free person is
neither interested in meditation
nor in any other efforts;
But it still works and makes efforts
though without anything to achieve. 18.31
An egoist remains a fool even after listening to
the ultimate reality of our oneness;
But if an un-assuming person
listens it humbly he becomes One
though he still looks like a fool. 18.32
An ignorant person practices a lot
to control or concentrate his mind, thoughts;
But a cool head person
does not look back at his actions.
He rests within him-self as if sleeping. 18.33
He who does not know him-Self
is not liberated whether he practices for it or not;
But the one who knows him-Self
is liberated just by understanding this fact. 18.34
Whoever practices on outside things
never understands him-Self because
this Self is faultless, awareness,
lovely, complete, indivisible, effortless and
it is not made of any of the five elements. 18.35
The ignorant never become free by
doing outside practices, methods;
The blessed one become free by
just understanding him-Self and
remains relaxed as if doing nothing. 18.36
The ignorant one never realizes That Truth
which he wants to achieve;
The serene one having no such desires
him-Self becomes like That Truth. 18.37
This world continues as the ignorant ones
keep chasing it in absence of their own Self;
This world is nothing for those
Who know it as source of all miseries. 18.38
The ignorant one never finds peace
because they want to become peaceful;
The serene one having realized him-Self
are always peaceful. 18.39
Whoever searches his Self through his eyes
never ever sees it;
But the serene one sees him-Self
as the seer of everything else. 18.40
The ignorant one can never control things
because he tries to control them;
For the self-abiding serene person
everything stands as per its nature. 18.41
Some believe there is something here
Some believe there is nothing here;
The one who is beyond these two beliefs
is at ease with everything. 18.42
Those with poor intellect only think
about the faultless, indivisible Self;
Due to their own illusion they remain
in bondage throughout their life. 18.43
Wisdom of a seeker depends upon something;
Wisdom of a free person is always
desire-less and independent. 18.44
The fearful one facing a difficult situation
is shocked and confused as if seeing a tiger;
He hides back in cave-like solitude
to avoid facing the tiger-like situation. 18.45
Facing a desireless lion-like person
every elephant-like trouble become quite;
Unable to run away they praise and serve him. 18.46
A person with a doubtless mind
does nothing for his liberation;
He remains relaxed as he is
while watching, listening,
touching, smelling and eating. 18.47
Just by listening to the ultimate truth
with uncluttered intellect and cool mind;
One does not differentiate between
good, bad or indifferent behavior. 18.48
The humble desire-less one
does whatever the situation demands
whether it is called good or bad;
His efforts are like those of a child. 18.49
From independence comes comfort and ultimate
happiness;
From Self-reliance one is relieved and
attains the ultimate position. 18.50
When one understands that he him-Self
is neither doer nor bearer of his actions;
Then only all the worries of his mind vanish. 18.51
Even the noise of a serene person
looks natural and is respected;
But if one is greedy even his silence looks
artificial. 18.52
The serene ones whose thoughts have vanished
who are boundless and of unconditioned wisdom,
They sometime enjoy all the luxuries and sometime
go into solitude in the hills as the situation
demands. 18.53
The serene one filled with patience
gives equal respect to a scholar, an angel,
a pilgrim, a woman, a king or to his beloved;
He keeps no preferences in his mind. 18.54
Even if humiliated or criticized by his colleagues
ladies, children, grand-children, relatives;
The one who has united with him-Self
does not mind all this humiliation at all. 18.55
He him-Self is not satisfied when he looks so
He him-Self is not angry when he expresses it;
This mysterious state is understood
only by someone who is like him. 18.56
This world consists of the burden of doing
Do this, do that, do something;
But a sun-like person does not see it that way.
He is formless, faultless, effortless. 18.57
An ignorant person always remains anxious
even while doing nothing;
But a skilled person always remains cool
even while doing many things. 18.58
A person with a peaceful mind
sits, sleeps, walks comfortably
speaks and eats comfortably
and remains so while dealing with others. 18.59
A sea-like broad heart person
never gets upset while behaving naturally like others;
Being deep cool like the sea, he looks graceful. 18.60
For the ignorant one even not doing something
creates feeling of having achieved something;
For the serene one even doing everything
creates feeling of having done nothing. 18.61
For the ignorant one even leaving his house etc.
amounts to detachment, renunciation;
For the one who has no expectation from his body
there is no question of leaving or holding anything.
18.62
The ignorant one is always lost
While seeing or not seeing anything;
The Self-abiding always remains within him-Self
while seeing or not seeing anything. 18.63
The silent one who starts every work
without any expectation of its results
works like a child;
Such a pure one is never bound by
whatever he work does. 18.64
He alone is the blessed one
Who knows him-Self and
always remains the same;
His mind is aimless, desire-less
while seeing listening touching
smelling or eating. 18.65
For the sky like vast and patient person
who is always desire-less;
This world and its projections are no more
For him there is no target
hence no methods to achieve it. 18.66
He only is a true sanyasi
who is totally absorbed in him-Self;
He always remains absorbed in him-Self
while living naturally, normally. 18.67
A Self-realised person is always desire-less
in achieving something or getting rid of something;
He is passionless – always and everywhere.
No point saying anything more here. 18.68
This vast and grand world is different
only in terms of name, form and appearance;
Having dropped this apparent difference
the indivisible formless person has nothing more to do.
18.69
Everything here is just an appearance like a dream,
illusion
Realizing this with certainty one lives spontaneously
He is left with no target and naturally becomes
peaceful. 18.70
For the pure spontaneous type person
Who ignores feelings arising upon seeing this world;
Where is the need for any discipline, any detachment
any renunciation or any silence even. 18.71
For the one who lives spontaneously and
Who is not lost in the endless dimensions of life;
There is neither bondage nor freedom
Neither excitement nor grief. 18.72
In this world which is driven by mind, intellect
only the visible, temporary works;
But ultimately only the greedless, egoless
and desire-less wise are respected here. 18.73
For the silent one who only sees
his imperishable and griefless Self,
There is no need for this world or any knowledge
No need to own anything including his body. 18.74
When a foolish person sacrifices
some of his habits or anything,
He immediately starts talking about it
and the results expected from his sacrifices. 18.75
Even after listening to the ultimate reality
the ignorant one cannot remove his ignorance;
With efforts he might appear desire-less
but inside he remains interested in things. 18.76
With Self-realisation one loses the urge ‘to do
things’
though people still see him ‘doing’ many things;
But inside he feels no need ‘to do or to say
anything’. 18.77
For the fearless, formless having patience
Nothing is dark, nothing bright
Nothing to gain, nothing to lose, Nothing. 18.78
For the indivisible (yogi) one
whose nature cannot be described or
who has no particular identification;
Where is the need for patience,
for bravery or for discretion. 18.79
For a Yogi i.e. one who has merged with his Self
There is no hell or heaven or liberation.
No need to say anything more. 18.80
A serene person having patience
neither prays for any gains
nor worries for any loss;
He is always filled with his Self. 18.81
The aim-less desire-less person
neither praises a good person
nor criticizes a bad person;
Being indifferent in good and bad times
He does not look back even his own doings. 18.82
A person filled with patience
neither hates this world
nor sees him-Self as special;
Being free from sorrow and excitement
he neither lives nor dies. 18.83
A Self-realised person does not want anything
He is not bound to his children, wife and others
He does not worry about his body even
Being desire-less he is always graceful. 18.84
A person having patience is always satisfied
He adjusts to whatever situation comes up;
He freely travels to other places and
stays comfortably wherever the night comes. 18.85
A self-realised person with a broad vision
does not worry about his growing or decaying body;
Always resting in his ever peaceful Self
he does not think about rest of the world. 18.86
The awakened one, the self-realised one
is always un-bound, unattached in all situations;
Having dispelled all doubts and dilemmas
he has nothing left ‘to do’ and therefore
just roams around in this world. 18.87
The serene one not bound to anything
is always graceful and respected because
for him clay, stone and gold are same;
He is beyond darkness and light
He has nothing tied or hidden in his heart. 18.88
With whom can we compare a person
Who is not bound to anything anywhere
Who has no desire or motive in his mind
Who is always free and satisfied within him-Self.
18.89
Who else but a desire-less motive-less
person is capable of
having seen yet not seeing
having known yet not knowing
having spoken yet not speaking. 18.90
The one who is desire-less
who does not criticizes or praises
is always respected
whether he is very rich or very poor. 18.91
For the humble, simple and self-realised person
There is no freedom no bondage and
nothing more to realize. 18.92
How and to whom can be explained
the inner experiences of a person
who is so much filled up with his inner peace
who does not want or expect anything to happen
who has nothing to worry at all. 18.93
He is neither awake nor sleeping
He is neither dreaming nor in dreamless state
A man of patience is fulfilled at every stage . 18.94
He does care but is never worried
He uses his body but is not a body
He uses his intellect but is beyond it
He works but never boasts off his work. 18.95
He is neither happy nor sad
He is neither attached nor detached
He is neither bound nor free
He is neither nothing nor something.
He cannot be classified as This or That. 18.96
He is not confused even in confused situations
He does not consider himself wise even in wisdom
He is not dumb even in dumbness
He does not call himself intelligent even in
intelligence
Such is the state of the blessed one. 18.97
A desire-less person is stable in every situation
He is free from duties or being a doer
Free from any bias, he remains the same everywhere
He does not remember what is done or not done. 18.98
He neither likes those praising him
nor he hates those criticizing him;
He is neither restless in dying
nor he is excited in living. 18.99
He neither rushes to live among people
nor he goes into solitude to seek peace;
He remains the same everywhere
He stays cool in every situation. 18.100
End
of Chapter 18
