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scribble their name on the walls. And the man writing his name doesn't see that he is rubbing out another name to write his: someone else will come and rub his out and write over it. You have erased someone else's, you are writing over the top of others writing -- and in big letters. If someone else comes they will write in even bigger letters. What madness have you fallen into?
Many are the frivolous longings woven by snares of dream, many are the trampled down passions arisen with a brilliance.
The joy of beauty, love's drunkenness, the greatness of name, the pride of wealth, for man on this earth many are the spread out snares of illusion.
Each to his own destiny and each to his own nature, many are those trampled by happiness, many are those made rich by sorrow.
Many are the famines that have passed, but when have such hard times come?.
Treasure of the heart is found little, though treasure is found aplenty. Many are the wealthy I saw whose hearts were paupers.
How many scenes are latent in the depths of unconsciousness? The world of consciousness is one, the nether worlds of unconsciousness are many.
"How many scenes are latent in the depths of unconsciousness?" This is our unconscious, in it so many scenes are hidden -- scene after scene, curtains behind curtains, stories within stories! This is our unconscious, there are so many hells hidden in it -- of wealth, of power, of fame, of dreams -- the snares are set!
How many scenes are latent in the depths of unconsciousness? The world of consciousness is one, the nether worlds of unconsciousness are many.
But one who becomes aware, his world is one, his nature is one, his being is one, his flavor is one!
Buddha has said, "Wherever you taste the ocean it is salty -- likewise if you taste me I am everywhere fully conscious. I have only one flavor: consciousness."
This same is the flavor of Ashtavakra. Not the doer, not the one who enjoys and suffers -- the witness.
So don't ask 'how'? Because with how the doer comes in, the enjoyer comes in -- then you miss, you miss Ashtavakra's message. Ashtavakra is saying, "Whatever is, observe
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