There’s no such thing as
union or separation for me or for you.
There is no me, no you, no manifold world;
All is the Self, and the Self alone.

You can’t be heard,
or smelled, or tasted;
You can’t be seen, or sensed by touch.
Truly, you’re the ultimate Reality;
Why, then, should you be troubled so?

Neither birth, nor death,
nor the active mind,
Nor bondage, nor liberation,
affects you at all.
Why then, my dear, do you grieve in this way?
You and I have no name or form.

mind, why are you so deluded?
Why do you run about like a frightened ghost?
Become aware of the indivisible Self!
Be rid of attachment; be happy and free!

Truly, you’re the unchanging Essence of everything;
You’re the unmoving Unity;
you’re boundless Freedom.
You have neither attachment nor aversion;
Why, then, do you worry and succumb to desire?

All the scriptures unanimously declare
That the pure, formless, undifferentiated Reality Is the Essence of all forms.
There is absolutely no doubt about this.

🕉 Avadhuta Gita by Rishi Dattatreya.

• Verses 15-20.