The one God, hidden in all beings, all-pervading, the inner Self of all beings, the overseer of all works, dwelling in all beings, the witness, the pure consciousness, alone and beyond the qualities.
Just as 'I' is not the house, similarly, 'I' is not the body even. 'I' is in fact a spirit originating and flowing from God, a ramification of the divine entity. The value of human life or importance of the human body comes from the very realisation of this fact.
Whoever is ignorant of himself is yet more ignorant of other things; and inasmuch as a man is bound to know God, he must first know himself, in order that by rightly perceiving his own temporality he may recognize the eternity of God.