I, the pure, stainless and infinite Consciousness beyond
Maya, look upon this body in action like the body of another.
The mind, the intellect, the senses, etc. are all the play
of Consciousness. They are unreal and seem to exist only due to lack of insight.
Unmoved by adversity, a friend of all the world in
prosperity, without ideas of existence and non-existence, I live free from misery.
Inactive am I, desireless, clear as the sky, free from
hankering, tranquil, formless, everlasting and unmoving.
I have now clearly understood that the five elements, the
three worlds and I myself are pure Consciousness.
I am above everything : I am present everywhere ; I am like
space ; I am that which (really) exists ; I am unable to say anything beyond
this.
Let imaginary waves of universe rise or fall in me who am
the ocean of infinite Consciousness ; there is no increase or decrease in me.
How wonderful that in me, the infinite ocean of
Consciousness, waves of jivas (individual souls) rise, sport for a while and
disappear according to their nature.
The world which has
come into existence on account of my ignorance has dissolved likewise in me. I
now directly experience the world as supreme bliss of Consciousness.
I prostrate to myself who am within all beings, the
ever-free Self abiding as inner Consciousness.
Source – Yoga Vasishta Sara - The Essence Of Yoga
Vasistha by Swami Suresananda published in the Mountain Path Magazine April
1970 Issue.