Wordly Deceptions...

 

 

 

The Song Of The Twelve Deceptions

Worldly affairs are all deceptive;

So I seek the Truth Divine.

Excitements and distractions are illusions;

So I meditate on the Non-dual Truth.

Companions and servants are deceptive;

So I remain in solitude.

Money and possessions are also deceptive;

So if I have them, I give them away.

Things in the outer world are all illusion;

The Inner Mind is that which I observe.

Wandering thoughts are all deceptive;

So I only tread the Path of Wisdom.

Deceptive are the teachings of Expedient Truth;

The Final Truth is that on which I meditate.

Books written in black ink are all misleading;

I only meditate on the Pith-Instructions of the Whispered Lineage.

Words and sayings, too, are but illusion;

At ease, I rest my mind in the effortless state.

Birth and death are both illusions;

I observe but the truth of No-Arising.

The common mind is in every way misleading;

And so I practice how to animate Awareness.

The Mind-holding Practice is misleading and deceptive;

And so I rest in the realm of Reality.