Reality as it is. Chapter 3.

Contemplation of the ‘I’ 1 (of 3)
Doubt may arise whether it is possible
to contemplate anything beyond all thoughts.
Have trust.
It is possible.
The difficulty is only apparent.

It is true that only an object
of perception
can be directly contemplated.
The ‘I’
is always perceiver
and never an object of perception.

As the ‘I’ is not an object of perception,
direct contemplation
of the ‘I’
is out of the question.
None the less,
because it is experienced
as one’s Being,
it is possible to contemplate it indirectly.

Can the ‘I’ not be contemplated
as the residue left after
the removal of everything objective
from the apparent ‘I’?

This contemplative thought itself
will automatically come to a standstill in the end
and in that stillness will be shining
one’s true nature.

What is beyond all thought
may be indirectly contemplated
in other ways as well.
They will also take one
to one’s true nature.

Casparus RH
April 2007. Copyright ©.

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