Towards Non-Being

kaate kaantaa dhana gatachintaa
vaatula kim tava naasti niyantaa
trijagati sajjanasam gatiraikaa
bhavati bhavaarnavatarane naukaa

Oh mad man! Why this engrossment in thoughts of wealth?
Is there no one to guide you?
There is only one thing in three worlds
that can save you from the ocean of samsara,
get into the boat of satsanga, company of good people, quickly.

~ Bhaja Govindam by Sri Adi Shankaracharya

Adi Shankara says every action is illusory; whether you practice asceticism or indulge in stealing makes no difference.

In sleep now you dream you are a robber, and then you dream you are a saint; it does not make any difference in your waking state. On waking you say both robber and saint are dream stuff, they are meaningless.

For this reason, nothing is moral or immoral for Shankara. There is no way to choose between two dreams. Hence there is no way to choose between morality and immorality. Choice is possible only between two realities. Because this world is an illusion there is no place for morality.

Externally it looks as if Shankara’s vision transcends morality. In reality Shankara stands for choicelessness. Shankara for this reason is Supra - Moralistic. He does not ask you to be moral or immoral; a saint or a thing; He does not ask you to become anything. He is against becoming. He is for being what you are. In fact he is for non-being! Siva Shankar Baba is a non-being.

Baba does not say that He alone is God. Baba affirms that every single being in the universe is God.