To Be: Ashtavakra Quote and Inspired Poem

So Spake Ashtavakra

You are not here to achieve, but to witness; not to become, but to realize

 Inspired Poem

We are not here to achieve gains and fame,

Nor chase the fleeting shadows of the mind,

But to witness life’s shifting, quiet frame,

And leave the restless, hungry ego blind.

To be is all, not to become the shade

,Of who we thought we had to be before,

To sense illusions and falsehoods that fade,

As spirit opens up a timeless door

.To realize true self within the breath

,Beyond the masks the weary world has spun,

To sense pure endowed awareness, defying death,
And know that we are all already one

.The quiet heart observes the passing show

,In simply being, we begin to know.