The Genius of Dnyaneshwar
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Like ‘that thing’ or call it God From which the world is formed But ‘that thing’ or God Is aloof passive and calm …647 ‘It’, ‘that thing’ or God Blissfully14 sleeps And karmaless it is But this world, and its expanse Somehow comes to form …648 It is the very life of this world Yet not touched by this world Unaware and unconscious Of the becoming of this world …649 It is near yet so far From the good or bad Not even a witness To what comes to pass …650 It seems to take a form And then plays with all that forms But to be formless Is its norm …651 That it creates, cares and kills Is what is said by all But that is nonsense (ignorance) Come to call …652 When the mind is rooted in the thought That karmaless is God Then ‘I too can be God’ Is the next logical thought …653 15
When this discerning thought Springs forth in his heart The world becomes one In all his thoughts …654