barney 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2004 The individual soul is indentical with Brahman/Atman. The light which shines higher than this heaven . . verily, that is the same as the light which is here within a person. [Chandogya 3.13.7] He who is in the fire, and he who is here in the heart, and he who is yonder in the sun - he is one. [Maitri 6.17] He who breathes in with your breathing is the Soul of yours which is in all things. [brihadaranyaka 3.4.1] He who consists of mind, whose body is life-breath, whose form is light, whose conception is truth, whose soul is space, containing all works, containing all desires, containing all odors, containing all tastes, encompassing this whole world . . . this Soul of mine within the heart is smaller than a grain of rice, or a barley-corn, or a mustard-seed, or a grain of millet, or the kernel of a grain of millet. This Soul of mine is greater than the earth, greater than the atmosphere, greater than the sky, greater than these worlds. [Chandogya 3.14.2-3] As far, verily, as this world-space extends, so far extends the space within the heart. Within it are contained both heaven and earth, both fire and wind, both sun and moon, lightning and the stars, both what one possesses here and what one does not possess; everything here is contained within it. . . That is the Soul, free from evil, free from age, free from death, free from sorrow, free from hunger, free from thirst, whose desire is the Real, whose conception is the Real. [Chandogya 8.1.3-4] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
