CHAPTERXX

chapterxx

ii.22.mantupârutarkânhjaiho

towhatshorewouldyoucross,omyheart?thereisnotraveller

beforeyou,thereisnoroad:

whereisthemovement,whereistherest,onthatshore?

thereisnowater;noboat,noboatman,isthere;

thereisnotsomuchasaropetotowtheboat,noramantodraw

it.

noearth,nosky,notime,nothing,isthere:noshore,noford!

there,thereisneitherbodynormind:andwhereistheplace

thatshallstillthethirstofthesoul?youshallfindnaught

inthatemptiness.

bestrong,andenterintoyourownbody:forthereyourfoothold

isfirm.consideritwell,omyheart!gonotelsewhere,

kabîrsays:"putallimaginationsaway,andstandfastinthat

whichyouare."