Verses from Scripture on Self Realization 1

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

Lead me from unreality to reality. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from death to immortality.

----Shukla Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28. hh, 202

 

He is the Supreme Brahman, the Self of all, the chief foundation of this world, subtler than the subtle, eternal. That thou art; thou art That.

---- Atharva Veda, Kaivalya Upanishad 16. uph, 930

 

One should meditate on the atman, which consists of spirit, whose embodiment is life, whose form is light, whose essence is space, which changes its form at will, swift as thought.

-----Shukla Yajur Veda, Shatapatha Brahmana 10.6.3.2. ve, 705

 

Perishable is matter. Immortal, imperishable the Lord, who, the One, controls the perishable and also the soul. Meditating on Him, uniting with Him, becoming more and more like Him, one is freed at the last from the world's illusion.

----- Krishna Yajur Veda, Shvetashvatara Upanishad 1.10. ve, 762

 

I am the Supreme Brahman! I am the Lord of the universe! Such is the settled conviction of the muktas. All other experiences lead to bondage. When the Self is clearly realized not to be the body, the realizer gains peace and becomes free from all desires.

-----Devikalottara Agama, Jnana-achara-vichara 50-51. rm, 114

 

Realize the Self always to be neither above nor below, nor on either side, not without nor within, but to be eternal and shining beyond the sublime world.

-----Sarvajnanottara Agama, Atma Sakshatkara 29. rm, 108

 

That which is neither conscious nor unconscious, which is invisible, impalpable, indefinable, unthinkable, unnameable, whose very essence consists of the experience of its own self, which absorbs all diversity, is tranquil and benign, without a second, which is what they call the fourth state -- that is the atman. This it is which should be known.

-----Atharva Veda, Mandukya Upanishad 7. ve, 723

 

Sivaya Namah