My father-in-law Late Sri M.P.B. Nair’s
poems.
“The Knower”
In thought the idea
of bondage arise,
In thought is born
the desire to be free.
Seers who attained
the highest proclaim
To guide earnest
souls who seek lasting peace!
You were never born,
and you will never die,
You were never bound
but are ever free
Neither a doer, nor
an enjoyer of joy,
You remain as
Witness, the Knower of all!
The Knower alone can
witness the doing,
The Knower alone is
witness of the past,
The Knower alone can
speak of a thought,
That Knower you are,
as Consciousness Pure.
Stand firm as the
Knower, and rise above mind,
Or banish all thought
in “Consciousness am I”
Neither a doer, nor
an enjoyer be –
It’s the mind that
craves to do and enjoy.
That Changeless
Principle, the Ultimate Truth,
The Ground on which
all ideas arise,
The goal that you
seek by action and thought,
Isn’t far away, if
thus you recognize!