Monday, April 16, 2012

Swami Chetanananda


Anyone who is proud is confused.
What is this thing you walk around in that you are proud of?
Dust.
The body is dust.
Actions without spirit are less than air, less than wind.
It's only spirit that has substance.  It's only spirit that has contact.
It's only spirit that has longevity.
Everything else is dust.
To be proud of dust is like taking clay from a diamond mine.

~ Swami Chetanananda, Songs from the Center of the Well