And Now I See

And Now I See
(sonnet)
And now I see that all is being done.
And still I know, and still, I am the known.
My I, unchanging, now knows I am One.
What was before, that dream bird now has flown.
Can it be true that I was ever born?
That I am you and you are only me?
That knowing Me in each one, I am shorn
Of I as separate, and now am free?
I wonder at the small I’s illusion,
And wonder at the vastness of my I.
When all is Me, what was that confusion?
I am free, unborn, like infinite sky!
Live as your Guru, live the blissful One,
For now you see that all is being done.
26 November 2023
This sonnet appeared within minutes, almost without thinking. I was about to work on my Bhagavad Gita commentary when the first line appeared in my mind and I realized it was in perfect iambic pentameter. Subsequent lines appeared as clear as day, only a few moments of rearrangement and—all was done.
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