"He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy.
He who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise."
-- William Blake, "Eternity"
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Quoted in: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟, by Swami Sarvapriyananda (Advaita Vedanta)
https://youtu.be/jID0akelFB0?t=1476
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(i.e. Everything appearing to our senses & mind (physical, conceptual, mental; including space, time, causation) is dependently co-arisen, ever-changing, impermanent, empty of inherent existence ... accept it, and just enjoy the show as an 'unattached witness'; also be always aware of this indescribable unlimited unchanging pure non-dual Awareness / Consciousness / Ground -- our true nature as it is / Self / Brahman.)
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