I'm Silent Awareness Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

I think and so am I,
A thinker said of ‘I'.
Soon as a thought arises,
It consumes itself and dies;
Ere it arose, there was silence,
Soon as dies there is silence;
I was silence before,
I still am as before;
In ocean called Eternity,
Thought's a wave ever so tiny.
I'm no I as I think a thought,
I am I thanks to my silence;
The thought waves never cease,
Yet, all along the ocean is,
Eternal awareness as is.

Not ocean, waves may sink,
Mind-muddled stray thoughts stink,
I'm not I, for, I think,
Pretender thinks he's pink.
I need body, nor dress,
I'm silent awareness.
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Indic philosophy differentiates between the ego that has a link with the mind-body axis, and the real I— the atman. The latter is a witness and an enabler. Ego is not the real I, but only a pretender. In ‘I think and so am I' the ‘I' in question is not the real I but the pretender ego.
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Musings | 05.01.11 |