October's Random Assortment

You don't have to Convert anyone to Advaita Because the current number of Non believers Is essential for what is

On the spiritual quest Nine out of ten isn't good enough It's nine too many

Don't worry about You're interpretation being wrong Because it is

Advaita is one of those Frustrating teachings That can't be proved wrong But only because it doesn't say anything Except this is

The whole thrust of Advaita Is that the problem you're attacking Doesn't exist

Advaita translates as not two And this opens up A huge split In oneness

You can make a choice But you can't decide Which choice it will be

You don't have to bow down to That which you are

From primitive mumbo jumbo We have advanced To modern mumbo jumbo Of which this is an example

Your response to the play Is the play

You're not fooled by lila You are lila

You know everything you think and You think you know everything Are the same

Thinking is doing And happens only now Thinking cannot be about doing Because thinking cannot Step away and have a look All happens spontaneously In this instant Eternally now Including your plans for Wednesday

The trouble with Advaita Is that you can't Do anything with it Because whatever you do Is already being done

As knowledge deepens Understanding seems Less likely

The truth is hidden everywhere

You can't pretend to not understand It must be genuine

You keep forgetting who you are Every second

When looked at closely The familiar is just as strange As the unfamiliar

Tragic mistakes And grace Are the same

There is so much You don't have to do

In this mystical game If something makes too much sense It loses credibility

If you pretend you are God You are God pretending

You have the free will To choose this

You can't practise acceptance Because there's already what is And that can't not be accepted Non-acceptance is what is as Resistance being accepted

If you were going to learn anything About this You'd have to do it Some other time

You are in a bind because What is is perfect And wanting things to be different Is perfect

To take life seriously Is to take life less seriously

Logical argument proves Freedom to be in the future But when looked for now The person in bondage Is nowhere to be found

No change to what is Is possible So no advice need be given Yet even this advice Contradicts itself