I AM THAT

This morning I had the urgency to get my discipline back and my meditation and other practices in order, which I have been ignoring for a long time now. These words of wisdom used to hang in my office when I worked at MVU. For everyone’s good, here is the Ultimate Truth as spoken by the great sage, Swami Rama Tirtha (1873-1906). I think somewhere I have an audio recording of it, which I will upload later.

I have no scruple of change, nor fear of death,
Nor was I ever born,
Nor had I parents.
I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute,
I am That, I am That,

I cause no misery, nor am I miserable;
I have no enemy, nor am I enemy.
I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute,
I am That, I am That,

I am without form, without limit,
Beyond space, beyond time,
I am in everything, everything is in me.
I am the bliss of the universe,
Everywhere am I.
I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute,
I am That, I am That,

I am without body or change of the body,
I am neither senses, nor object of the senses,
I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute,
I am That, I am That,

I am neither sin, nor virtue,
Nor temple, nor worship
Nor pilgrimage, nor books.
I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute,
I am That, I am That.

Swami Rama Tirtha, In Woods of God-Realization.
Lecture delivered on January 7, 1903, at
Golden Gate Hall, San Francisco, U.S.A.