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Watch, watch, watch
My limbs move
My body moves
I am neither the movements
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A very philosophical write on the unification of matter and soul. We must see the universe in its entirety, not in pieces.
There is so much to think about in the poem like mind, matter, consciousness and soul, I, me and what I do and experience what's happening. Thanks for sharing a wonderful philosophical poem based on ancient Indian thought.
You have beautifully expressed transcendental experience of the human body like a a ripple in a lucid pond. Thank you.
Well posited and written. I often have the same internal conversation. What and where is consciousness? Is it a whole? Does it emerge like a field in space-time? (And can I stop being 'aware' of my aching back?) : -)
Your questions demand a whole book of explanation. I am planning one - but too lazy to even begin. All descriptions and spatiality are within Consciousness (because we are aware of them objectively) . So, questions beginning with What, Where and When do not apply to Consiousness. Neither does It emerge in space-time for the same reason. Your aching back is an 'aching' back because of your identification with your body. If you can succeed fully in witnessing your body as an object that has nothing to do with the real You, then possibly there can be no difference between an ache and ease - because then both would be understood as Consciousness. That is why we have recorded evidence of realized personages bearing physical pain with equanimity. It is said that once Ramana Maharshi underwent surgery for his sarcoma without anaesthesia!
Nice one Nair. Consciousness this aspect many dont realize. Thats the problem. Regards
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7/31/2025 5:33:21 AM # 1.0.0
Highly philosophical....! We can feel Consciousness...... but hard to explain where it lies and what exactly it is! Great write!