II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

रज्जु धरुनिया हाती I
भेडसाविली नेणती I
कळो येता चित्ति I
दोरी दोघां सारिखी II
तुम्हा आम्हांमध्ये हरी I
झाली होती तैसी परी I
मृगजळाचे पुरी I
ठाव पाहो तरावया II
सरी चितांक भोंवरी I
अलंकाराचिया परी I
नामे झाली दूरी I
एक सोने आटिता II
पिसांची पारवी I
करोनि बाजेगिरी दावी I
तुका म्हणे तेवी I
मज नको चाळवू II

"Every experience arise in Duality, in the form of opposite and contrast. It is only illusion, caused by the mind and the play of senses, which makes us see the world and everything in it as real and separate from us. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about Duality, being an Illusion in itself, is the root cause of Fear. He says, Fear is an emotional reaction for something other than you and hence Duality becomes an inherent part of fear. When ropes are mistaken for snakes, there are indeed snakes there, but only illusory ones. At the moment of illusion, the ignorance in the perceiver instantly creates that illusory snake. Upon dispelling of illusion, that illusory snake is sublated by correct knowledge of rope. He says, our experience of the world around is also an illusion created by Cosmic Ignorance. The analogy of Rope mistaken for a Snake helps us to remove the misunderstanding of our True Nature which is Pure Consciousness. Once the misunderstanding is removed, our True Self stands revealed within.
In another analogy Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, a lonely traveller in a parched and hot desert, sees a broad stream of water. In deserts, this Mirage is an Illusion, a trick of our vision. The Mirage thus rejects the reality and deceives us with falsehood. We are like the traveller illusioned by Mirage. The Eternal Truth which we reject is always within us. However, in Ignorance, we accept the Mirage like appearance of the world around as the reality which is the chase to eternity.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, just like Gold is the base of every kind of jewellery made from it, GOD is the Supreme Essence of everything in this colourful universe. In other words Duality is always secretly Unity.
He says, just like a fowler makes a dummy bird stuffed with feathers solely for deception, Maya the Mistress of Illusion lures us to accept the illusion of "I am the body" idea.and it appears  to us as That which Is Not.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, all Duality is mind's creation and beyond all Dualities lies the Indivisible Oneness."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II