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He is the Universal Self seated in the heart of all beings; so He alone
is the beginning and middle and also the end of all beings. The Spirit
dwelling in this body is really the same as the Supreme. He has been
spoken of as the Witness, the true Guide, the Sustainer of all, the
Experiencer (as the embodied soul), the Overlord and the Absolute as
well. Some by meditation behold the supreme Spirit in the heart with the
help of their refined and sharp intellect; others realize it through the
discipline of Knowledge and others again through the discipline of
Action. Other dull witted persons, however, not knowing thus, worship
even as they have heard from others; and even those who are thus devoted
to hearing, are able to cross the ocean of mundane existence in the
shape of death. He alone truly sees who sees the supreme Lord as
imperishable and abiding equally in all perishable beings, both animate
and inanimate. And he alone really sees, who sees all actions being
performed in every way by Nature alone and the self as the non-doer. The
moment man perceives the diversified existence of beings as rooted in
the one supreme Spirit, and the spreading forth of all beings from the
same, that very moment, he attains Brahma who is Truth,
Consciousness and Bliss solidified. Being without beginning and without
attributes, this indestructible supreme Spirit, though dwelling in the
body, in fact does nothing, nor gets contaminated. As the all-pervading
ether is not tainted by reason of its subtlety, so seated everywhere in
the body, the Self is not affected by the attributes of the body due to
its attributeless character.
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