The Sea Is Whole in Every Drop

I am the drop,
And I am the endless sea.
Within one tiny drop,
The taste of the whole ocean lives.

I am like the dewdrop on a leaf,
Holding the reflection of the morning sky.
Though small in appearance,
I carry the vastness of the Infinite.

I do not need to become vast.
I do not need to travel far.
I do not need to search outside.
For the ocean I seek
Is already within me.

When a drop returns to the sea,
Nothing is added to the ocean.
Nothing is lost from the drop.
It simply remembers
That it was never separate.

I am like the seed,
Holding the promise of a thousand forests.
I am like a single breath,
Connected to the endless sky.
Within every moment,
The wholeness of existence is present.

Rain falls as countless drops,
Yet all arise from the same cloud.
Many forms appear,
Many names are given,
But the awareness within all is One.

I am like a little clay pot,
Holding the water of the sea.
The pot may have boundaries,
But the water remains ocean water.
This body may have a form,
But my True Self is boundless.

I am the river flowing toward the ocean,
Letting go of every fear of separation.
I do not lose myself by surrendering.
I discover what I have always been.

I stop searching for completeness elsewhere.
I stop believing that I am small.
In every breath,
In every heartbeat,
I recognise the Infinite within me.

I am not merely a drop seeking the ocean.
I am the ocean appearing as a drop.
I am the One appearing as many.
I am the Whole expressing itself through every form.

I am the drop, yet I am the sea.
I am the form, yet I am the Formless.
I am the part, yet I am the Whole.

Nothing is missing within me.
Nothing is separate from the Infinite.
Nothing is outside the Absolute.

I am Whole.
I am Complete.
I am Boundless.

I am Absolute.
I am the Infinite Ocean.
I am the True Self.

Daily Meditation Series  –  47.

A Journey to Be the True Self