Avadhuta said: The word Om is like the sky, it is not the discernment of the essence of high or low. How can there be enunciation of the point of the word Om which annuls the manifestation of the unmanifest?
The Upanishads-through their great dictums, such as "Thou art That" and "I am Brahman"-have declared that your inmost Atman is the Reality. You are the allembracing Sameness, devoid of all attributes. Being the selfsame Brahman, O mind, why do you weep?
अधऊर्ध्वविवजितसर्वसमं बहिरन्तरवजितसर्वसमम्। यदि चैकविवजितसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम् ॥ ३॥
The all-encompassing Brahman is devoid of below and above, interior and exterior. Moreover, It cannot be described as numerically one. Being the selfsame Brahman. O mind, why do you weep?
न हि कल्पितकल्पविचार इति न हि कारणकार्यविचार इति। पदसन्धिविवजितसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम् ॥।४॥
Brahman cannot be discerned by following prescribed rules and rituals. It cannot be examined through cause and effect. It is bereft of inflected words and euphonic combinations. Being the selfsame Brahman, O mind, why do you weep?
न हि बोधविबोधसमाधिरिति न हि देशविदेशसमाधिरिति। न हि कालविकालसमाधिरिति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम् ॥५॥
Brahman is not the union of consciousness and unconsciousness. It is not the meeting point of space and outer space. It is not the merging point of time and timelessness. Being the selfsame Brahman, O mind, why do you weep?