Beyond human knowledge and understanding

(Quotations from The Upanishads)

The ignorant think the Self can be known by the intellect, but the illumined know he is beyond the duality of the knower and the known.
(Kena Up. 2:3, pp. 69-70)

Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart. Everything that moves, breathes, opens, and closes lives in the Self. He is the source of love and may be known through love but not through thought. He is the goal of life. Attain this goal!
(Mundaka Up. Part 2, 2:1, p. 113)

©1999 by Deb Platt


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