The gate inward

The inner path · அகம்

Round 5 · behind the hill

Behind the hill

This part of the journey is yours alone. Nothing here is checked or recorded. Take as long as you need.

Sit in silence

Sit quietly for two minutes with the opening couplet of Tiruvarutpayan. Let its image of the vowel A rest in your mind: the Lord is present in knowing, while remaining the incomparable Lord.

Tiruvarutpayan, chapter 1 · Patimudhu Nilai · couplet 1

அகர உயிர்போல் அறிவாகி எங்கும்நிகரில் இறை நிற்கும் நிறைந்து.

Rendering: As the vowel A is life within sound, the peerless Lord stands everywhere, filling all as awareness.

Read the couplet silently or chant it softly, leaving a little quiet after the words: Tiruvarutpayan.

Sit with this

What might change in my day if I remembered the help that is already present before I notice it?

The gate outward →Back to the front of the hill

The inner path

✦Sit in silence

✦Sit with this

Sit in silence

Sit with this