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

by Eknath Easwaran

The great Way has no impediments; It does not pick and choose. When you abandon attachment and aversion You see it plainly. Make a thousandth of an inch distinction, Heaven and earth swing apart. If you want it to appear before your eyes, Cherish neither for nor against. To compare what you like with what you dislike, That is the disease of the mind. You pass over the hidden meaning; Peace of mind is needlessly troubled. It is round and perfect like vast space, Lacks nothing, never overflows. Only because we take and reject Do we lose the means to know its Suchness. Don’t get tangled in outward desire Or get caught within yourself. Once you plant deep the longing for peace Confusion leaves of itself. Return to the root and find meaning;