He is all-knowing, and this is his glory on earth. He is the Self, seated in the ether of the divine city of the heart; made of mind, the guide of life and body, established in food, residing close to the heart—the wise perceive through knowing him that blissful, immortal radiance.
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- Mundaka Upanishad
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- MuU.2.2.7
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Same theme, different voices
Arjuna said: What is the description of one of steady wisdom who is established in deep absorption, O Keshava? How does the person of stable insight speak? How does such a one sit? How does such a one move?
The source of happiness is the Almighty, but man is searching for the same in worldly objects, which are only a reflection. The deer looks for the musk in the bushes whereas it exists within its body.
The first step to self-knowledge is to know that you are composed of a physical body and a spiritual heart or soul