God Makes the Rivers to Flow: An Anthology of the World's Sacred Poetry and Prose (Essential Easwaran Library Book 4)

by Eknath Easwaran

Hidden in the heart of every creature Exists the Self, subtler than the subtlest, Greater than the greatest. They go beyond All sorrow who extinguish their self-will And behold the glory of the Self Through the grace of the Lord of Love. Though one sits in meditation in a Particular place, the Self within can Exercise its influence far away. Though still, it moves everything everywhere. When the wise realize the Self, formless In the midst of forms, changeless in the midst Of change, omnipresent and supreme, They go beyond all sorrow. The Self cannot be known through the study Of the scriptures, nor through the intellect, Nor through hearing discourses about it. It can be attained only by those Whom the Self chooses. Verily unto them Does the Self reveal itself. The Self cannot be known by anyone Who desists not from unrighteous ways, Controls not the senses, stills not the mind, And practices not meditation. None else can know the omnipresent Self,