Introduction:
This poem on formless life is not based on any religious texts. It is pure mysticism.
There are many religions/movements out there like advaita (a branch of hinduism), Buddhism, Judiasm etc. (too many to name) that endorse 'formless life' concepts. I am neither for nor against such religions.
It's based on my personal 'feeling realisations'.
'Feeling realisations' is a phrase coined by spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle (a mystic who is not aligned to any religion or path).
Feeling realisations are pointers. To the mysteries of the cosmos...
"FORMLESS"
Part I
My arms are mine
but my arms are not me
My legs are mine
but my legs are not me
My eyes are mine
but my eyes are not me
My body is mine
but my body is not me
I live in my body...
but my body is not me...
I was
I am
I will always be...
FORMLESS
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Part II
Where are you?
In your eyes?
In your hands?
In your arms?
In your legs?
Where do you live, in your body?
If you were not in your hands, your hands would not be alive.
If you were not in your legs, your legs would not be alive.
If you were not in your eyes, your eyes would not be alive.
You are everywhere in your body.
You
the one who sees through your eyes
You are...
FORMLESS
Photo from: NASA.GOV.
After thought:
Jain view of Jiva:
"Jains respond that the jiva cannot be localized in any part of an object but permeates it entirely, just as the light from a lamp fills a room" -
Jainism by Ron Huntington.
