I STAY AS I AM
Sage Ashtavakra, during his discourses ( Ashtavakra Gita , 12.3) with Sage King Janaka, pronounces, 'Seeing all change, I stay as I am,' or 'I am established.' It signifies that Atman , or Self, remains unchanged while witnessing the phenomenal world's constant changes. It suggests this reflects self-realisation, where one understands Atman , or Self, as eternal, immutable, imperishable, infinite, unattached, and unaffected by transience and the state of opposites. That way, it teaches detachment, equanimity, forbearance, peace, and liberation. It emphasises the practice of tolerance, or forgiveness; sincerity, or straightforwardness; compassion; contentment; and truthfulness, like nectar. It signifies recognising that all things are subject to arising, changing, and passing away, which is their inherent nature ( Ashtavakra Gita 11.1-8). Unmoved and undistracted, realising that being, non-being and transformation are of the very nature of things, one easily finds...