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UPANISAD the cave (the inmost recess of the heart of those who see." 82 The inner experience of the Self, its visualization by virtue of a descent to the inmost cave, is proof enough that it exists everywhere, as the true core indwelling every being. Indestructible and not susceptible to change, it both transcends the universe and inheres in every particle of it; yet in both aspects remains undisclosed.
"Not for the sake of the husband is the husband loved, but for the sake of the Self is the husband loved. Not for the sake of the wife is the wife loved, but for the sake of the Self is the wife loved. Not for the sake of the sons are the sons loved, but for the sake of the Self are the sons loved. ... Not for the sake of all is all loved, but for the sake of the Self is all loved. The Self is what is to be bcheld, heard, reflected on, and meditated upon with inner concentration. Verily, by beholding, hearing, reflecting upon, and by the intimate knowledge (vijñāna) of, the Self, all of the visible and tangible universe becomes known." 88
“The One God is hidden within all beings. He is the allpervading, all-filling Inner Self (antar-ātman) of all beings; the overscer of all activities (both the inward and the outward, both the voluntary and the involuntary]; the inhabitant (adhiväsa) of all beings. He is the witness (ever watching, uninvolved in what is going on), the guardian (cetar), complete and alonc (kevala),84 beyond the guņas."86
"The sole existing ruler is the Scif in the interior of all transi
82 Mundaka Upanisad 3. 1. 7.
88 Brhadāranyaka Upanişad 2. 4. 5. This again is the sage Yājñavalkya speaking, in conversation with his wife, Maitreyi (cf. supra, pp. 362-363).
The lesson of the final stanza is that when the unique inner essence of everything is realized within, the various masks that it assumes become translucent. All understanding, as well as all sympathy and love, is based on the intrinsic identity of the Knower and the Known. Hatred arises only from an illusion of diversity.
84 Cf. supra, pp. 305-814.
80 Svetätvatara Upanisad 6. 11. (cf. Hume, op. cit., p. 409). For the gunas, cf. supra, pp. 295-297.
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