Seeing the light

Behold the self-luminous self which pervades everything.
(p. 475)

... it is the guru of all gurus, it is the self, it is the light that illumines the world from within.
(p. 405)

... when the inner light, kindled by a proper study of the scriptures and enquiry into their truth, illumines both knowledge and the experience of it, their total identity is realised. This inner light itself is regarded as self-knowledge by the holy ones: and the experience of it is an integral part of self-knowledge and non-different from it. He who has self-knowledge is for ever immersed in the experience of it.
(p. 321)

... abandon the false and fanciful notion of the ego-sense within your own heart. When this ego-sense is dispelled the supreme light of self-knowledge will surely shine in your heart.
(p. 211)

He who sees the Lord, the sun, in one's heart, sees the truth.
(p. 357)

Rama:

Lord, what is the heart that is spoken of by you?

Vasishtha:

O Rama, two aspects of the "heart" are spoken of here: one is acceptable and the other is to be ignored. The heart that is part of this physical body and is located in one part of the body may be ignored! The heart which is acceptable is of the nature of pure consciousness. It is both inside and outside and it is neither inside nor outside. This is the principal heart and in it is reflected everything which is in the universe, and it is the treasure-house of all wealth. Cosciousness alone is the heart of all beings, not the piece of flesh which people call the heart!
(p. 302)

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