Song of a Sage

Excerpts from Vashishta's Yoga (translated by venkatesananda) originally written by Valmiki in the epic Ramayana dating back as early as 3-4 century BC

We contemplate that self which reveals itself as pure experience of bliss, when the seer comes into contact with the seen, without a division or conceptualization.

We contemplate the self in which objects are reflected non volitionally, the divided experience of subject-object and the intention or volition that created such adicision ceased.

We contemplate that light that illumins all that shines, the self that transcends twin concepts of "is" and "is-not" and which therefore is neutral to the two sides.

We contemplate that reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs, from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything and which is everything.

We contemplate the self which is the very basis of all language and expressions, which emerges and dissolves by the expression 'Aham' (I).