So, do Thou my Lord
So, do Thou my Lord
Thou and I never apart
Thou and I never apart
Wave of the sea dissolve in the sea
Wave of the sea dissolve in the sea
I am the bubble, make me the sea
I am the bubble, make me the sea....
Yogananda chant
Michael Singer in the below podcast explains (paraphrased)
Your artificial glass[your ego] that the Ocean filled, is the barrier between you and the Ocean. There really is no seperation....but once you begin to see yourself as the glass and that which is within it...you feel seperate and full of fear as you look out at everything, through the glass, as being "outside" of you and therefore unsafe and uncomfortable. Your focus becomes all about what is inside this glass and how that outside world can either threaten it or help it feel safe. You become very distracted...you cannot see that you are the Ocean.
That made me think of this posible conversation between a liberated being (Mukta) and one yet to realize.
A Glass of Ocean
"Me": I am stuck in this forking glass and it sucks in here.
Mukta: Really? I don't see a glass.
"Me": Oh stop playing with my head. I am stuck in this glass and it sucks,. All those creatures out there are trying to get in to hurt me and I am constantly trying to find ways to stop them. And everytime something nice comes in through the opening on top that makes this glass-living a tad bitter better...I have to cling so hard to keep it in...but it is so bloody exhausting. What can I do to end this struggle?
Mukta: Well, get out of the glass.
"Me": What? Get out of the glass? I am stuck in here.
Mukta: Well..if you feel you are stuck... you will be stuck. You can let Life break this glass or knock it over. That works for many.
"Me": No! Definitely not. That is too harsh.That will hurt me. I couldn't handle that.
Mukta: Okay....You can try looking up, instead of looking down like you tend to do, into and through the glass. If you look up you will see Ocean and only Ocean. You will see that there is no seperation between you and the ocean because Ocean is all there is.
"Me": Oh, you are so confusing and ridiculous. Be serious. Ocean is out there and I am in here and there all those things out there waiting to attack. There is no getting out of this glass. It is all there is! How do I make Life better in here??
Mukta: Well...as long as you see yourself stuck in that glass you are not going to be okay. You need to see that the glass isn't there and that who you think you are, is not who you are.
"Me": Huh??
Mukta: Maybe...begin by testing the reality of this glass you think you are in. Explore it. Examine it...you will see that it really isn't protecting you...that you cannot use it to stop the Life out there from doing what it does. You may eventually see that there really is no glass there...that the Ocean is constantly flowing in and out. You cannot see Truth now because you are so focused on being stuck in a glass that doesn't even exist, you are distracted from the Ocean that you are.
"Me": OMG...you are so confusing! I know what I feel and think and I just want to know what I have to do to feel good inside. Will you just answer my bloody question. How do I make it better in here? How do I get what I need and stop what is out there from coming in so Life is better in here?
Mukta: I am trying to tell you that you are asking the wrong question. Life isn't meant to be better "in there" because there is no "in there". There is just Ocean. You can't control the Ocean. Life will be Life. This Ocean is meant to flow through. Your problem isn't what is "out there"...it is what is in the glass...it is the fact that you believe yourself to be in this glass in the first place. There is no glass. Your question should be, "How do I free myself from this glass so I can merge back into what I am."
"Me": What the fork? You are crazy...I won't be getting any help from you, will I? I guess I have to go on suffering.
Mukta: Sigh! I guess you are not ready yet but no...you do not have to go on suffering.
All is well.
Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe/ Sounds True (February 9, 2026) You Are the Ocean: Escaping the Limits of the Ego Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sVFyVkcC7M
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