Nature of Brahman

 

Yesterday I picked up a book about the Upanishads wrote by Swami Sivananda Saraswati when, in the introduction I read:

"Who Himself sees all, whom no one beholds, who illumines the intellect etc., but whom they cannot illumine. That is Brahman. That is Atman. That is Sham. That is Ram. 

That unheard Hearer, the unseen Seer, the unthought Thinker, the unknown Knower is Brahman. 

That unborn, undecaying, undying, immortal, fearless (ajam, ajaram, amritam, abhyam) essence is Brahman. 

That from which this world has come out, That in which this world subsists, That is which this world gets dissolved is Brahman. 

That in which there is neither East nor West, neither light nor darkness, neither pleasure nor pain, neither hunger nor thirst, neither harsh nor sokh neither gain nor loss is Brahman. 

He who dwells in this eye, who is within this eye, whom the eye does not know, whose body is the eye, who rules the eye from within is they Self, inner ruler, immortal (Atma, antaryamin amritam, Immortal).

He is the eye of the eyes, ear of the ears, prana of pranas, mind of minds, light of lights, sun of suns, King of Kings, shah of shahs, Emperor of emperors. 

That something than gaining which there is no greater knowledge, than whose bliss there is no greater bliss, that must be known as Brahman or Atman.

There is something dearer than wealth. There is something dearer than a son. There is something dearer than a wife. There is something dearer than prana (life). That something is thy Self, Inner Ruler, Immortal (Atma, Antaryamin). That something is Brahman."

Think about it. Feel it. 

Hari Om Tat Sat, 

Padmapada 

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