Ashtavakra Gita Verse 1.7
एको द्रष्टासि सर्वस्य मुक्तप्रायोऽसि सर्वदा। अयमेव हि ते बन्धो द्रष्टारं पश्यसीतरम्॥७॥
7. You are the one seer of all, and are surely ever free. Indeed, this alone is your bondage that you see yourself not as the seer but as something different.
The Consciousness in me is the light in which my sense organs, mind and intellect are able to function. These are equipments through which the seer, the Consciousness, perceives the world of objects, emotions and thoughts.
This Self is the one Consciousness in all bosoms and, therefore, through all sense organs, mind and intellect in the Universe. This one Consciousness is the sole seer of all perceptions, all emotions and all thoughts in the universe. This Consciousness you are, ‘That thou art’ (tat tvam asi). Therefore, you are necessarily ever free. The only apparent illusion of a bondage under which you are now suffering is that you recognise yourself not as this Universal Seer, but as something different, as the limited ego, conditioned by your given equipment of experiences.
Self is the only one subject. Everything else belongs to the world of objects. You are the subject; the world of objects are illusory, superimposed upon the infinite Self, the subject.
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