What is luminous, subtler than the subtle, in which the worlds and their inhabitants rest—that is the imperishable Brahman; it is life-breath, it is speech and mind. That is the truth, that is the immortal. It is to be pierced; pierce it, my dear.
यदर्चिमद्यदणुभ्योऽणु च यस्मिँल्लोका निहिता लोकिनश्च । तदेतदक्षरं ब्रह्म स प्राणस्तदु वाङ्मनः तदेतत्सत्यं तदमृतं तद्वेद्धव्यं सोम्य विद्धि ॥ २॥
Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
Whosoever makes his mind the dwelling place for God, remembers it for ever, he receives the real happiness. If the mind concentrates on God, one receives joy that is free from pains.
Having reached that state, one finds their haven in the contemplation of Eternal Beauty, and no longer in worldly pleasures.
If the soul is to know God, it must forget itself and lose itself, for as long as it contemplates self, it cannot contemplate God.
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