The Bodiless Amid the Bodies
The bodiless dwells amid bodies, the abiding amid the unabiding. Having grasped the Self, great and all-pervading, the wise do not grieve.
Do I hang my heart only on what always changes, forgetting the place that does not?
📝Reflection
Grief deepens when we bind the heart to what changes. Youth, relationships, possessions — none of them abide. This verse wakes us to the fact that even amid fading things there is a place that does not fade. One who has grasped that place is less shaken before change. The waves break endlessly, but the sea itself remains. To learn to plant one foot on the unchanging ground rather than straining to hold the changing — that is the old wisdom for enduring grief.
🌱Apply It Today
When loss shakes you, say once to yourself, 'This is a wave, and I am the sea.'
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
