From the Upanisads....Concerning Universal Soul:
The Conversation between Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi:
"Maitreyi!" said Yajnavalkya, " lo, verily, I am about to go forth fom this state. behold! let me make a final settlement for you and Katyayani."
Then said Maitreyi: "If now, sir, this whole earth filled with wealth were mine, would I be immortal thereby?"
"No," said Yajnavalkya. "As the life of the rich, even so would your life be. Of immortality, however, there is no hope through wealth."
Then said Maitreyi: "What should I do with that through which I may not be immortal? What you know, sir---that indeed, tell me!"
Then said Yajnavalkya: "Ah! Lo, dear as you are to us, dear is what you say! Come, sit down. I will explain to you. But while I am expounding, do not seek to ponder thereon."
Then said he: "Lo, verily, not for the love of the husband is a husband dear, but for love of the Soul a husband is dear.
"Lo, verily, not for love of the wife is a wife dear, but for Love of the Soul is a wife dear.
"Lo, verily, not for love of sons are sons dear, but for love of the Soul sons are dear....
"Lo, verily, not for love of wealth is wealth dear, but for love of the Soul wealth is dear.
"Lo, verily not for love of [faith-religion] is [faith-religion] dear, but for love of the Soul [fatih-religion] is dear.
"Lo, verily, not for love of worlds are the worlds dear, but for love of the Soul the worlds are dear.........
"Lo, verily not for love of beings are beings dear, but for Love of the Soul beings are dear.
"Lo, verily, not for love of all is all dear, but for love of the Soul all is dear."
"Lo, verily, it is the Soul that should be seen, that should be hearkened to, that should be thought on, that should be pondered on, O Maitreyi! Lo, verily, with the seeing of, the hearkening to, with the thinking of, and with the understanding of the Soul, this world-is all known.
"The worlds have deserted him who knows the worlds in aught else than the Soul.
"The [faith-religion] has deserted him who knows [faith-religion] in aught else than the Soul.
"Beings have deserted him who knows beings in aught else than the Soul.
"Everything has deserted hm who knows everything in aught else than the Soul.
"It is ---as, when a drum is being beaten, one would not be able to grasp the external sounds, but by grasping the drum or the beater of the drum the sound is grasped.
"It is---as, when a conch-shell is being vlown, one would not be able to grasp the external sounds, but by grasping the drum or the beater of the drum the sound is grasped.
"It is---as, when a lute is being played, one would not be able to grasp the external sounds, but by grasping the lute ot the player of the lute the sound is grasped.
"It is---as,from a fire laid with damp fuel, clouds of smoke issue forth...
"It is---as of all waters the uniting-point is the sea,
so of all touches the uniting-point is the skin,
so of all tastes the uniting-point is the tongue,
so of all smells the uniting-point is the nose,
so of all forms the uniting-point is the eye,
so of all sounds the uniting-point is the ear,
so of all intentions the uniting-point is the mind,
so of all knowledge the uniting-point is the heart,
so of all acts the uniting-point is the hands....
so of all journeys the uniting-point is the feet....
so of all [Truth] the uniting-point is the speech.
"It is---as a lump of salt cast in water would dissolve right into water; there would not be any of it to seize forth, as it were, but wherever one may take, it is salty indeed---so,lo, verily, this great being, infinite, limitless, is just a mass of knowledge.
"Arising out of these elements, into them one vanishes away. After death there is no consciousness. Thus, lo, say I."
Thus spake Yajnavalkya.
Then spake Maitreyi: "Herein, indeed, you have bewildered me, sir---in saying: "After death there is no consciousness!"
Then spake Yajnavalky: "Lo, verily, I speak not bewilderment. Sufficient, lo, verily is this for understanding.
"for where there is duality, as it were,
there one sees another,
there one hear another,
there one speaks to another,
there one understands another.
Where, verily, everything has become one's own self,
then whereby and whom would one smell?
then wherby and whom would one see?
then whereby and whom would one hear?
then whereby and to whom would one speak?
then whereby and to whom would one think?
then and whereby and whom would one understand?
Whereby would one understand him by whom one understands this All?
Lo, whereby would one understand the understander?"
From HINDUISM Loius Renou
" In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."
Kahil Gibran
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