Waves come up, play around and disappear. In me, the ocean of awareness, bodies and minds appear and are persons. Not one person here is different from me. Not one object here is different than me. Now i go further. I am the boundless ocean of samsa, of consciousness, in which all these little waves of samsar are playing around. And lo and behold, the boat is not there. All of the waking, dreaming, deep sleep, are nothing but waves in me te ocean. The ocean of awareness,. the endless ocean of awarenessfrom time immemorial.
Inspired by the 15th chapter of the Ashtavakra Gita, Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a discourse on the nature of the Self.