Self-Imposed - Absurd Minds

What you see is nothing but yourself

Through the film of destiny

A light depicts pictures on the screen

It’s self-selected, self-imposed

All happens in consciousness

When you look at anything

It’s the ultimate you see

— the ultimate —

You think you see a stone, a cloud or a tree

Hungry, thirsty, longing

Searching and seizing

Holding, losing and suffering

All your going and coming

Seeking pleasure, loving and hating â€"

All this shows: you don`t know the source

You were not born, they told you a lie

It`s just an idea that was born and shall die

The cognition hurts me, they told me a lie

It’s just an idea that was born and shall die

On realization, you feel complete

Free from the pleasure-pain complex

Pain and pleasure go together

Freedom from one is freedom from both