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This Self is not attained by teaching, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. It is attained only by the one whom it chooses; to him this Self reveals its own form.
नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन । यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्यः तस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूꣳ स्वाम् ॥ २३॥
HinduTeachingGod RealisationSelf KnowledgeSanskrit
Katha Upanishad 1.2.23Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
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Katha Upanishad
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Katha Upanishad
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KU.1.2.23
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God-RealisationSelf-KnowledgeDivine Grace

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Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji
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Stream of Thoughts 111
If the soul is to know God, it must know Him outside time and place, since God is neither in this or that, but One and above them.
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Meister Eckhart Sermons, p. 13
The heavenly voice advises him to find comfort in Sufism and look into the mirror, where he will see God reflected, symbolizing the unity of man and God.
Hafiz
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Divan of Hafiz (English-Persian), p. 131