This very Awareness (Prajñāna) is Brahman; it is Indra, it is Prajāpati, it is all the gods; it is the five great elements — earth, wind, space, water, light — and these along with the minute and the composite; it is all that is born from eggs, from wombs, from sweat, from sprouts; horses, cows, humans, elephants — whatever breathes, whatever moves, whatever flies, whatever stands still — all this is guided by awareness, established in awareness. The world is led by awareness; awareness is the ground; Prajñāna is Brahman.
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One who truly knows that supreme Brahman becomes Brahman itself; no one who does not know Brahman is born in that person's lineage. Such a one crosses over grief, crosses over sin, freed from the knots of the cave of the heart, and becomes immortal.
There cannot be a number of religions in the realm of spirituality. Instead, there is only one religion, the religion of humanity. Religion means only to realise God and then love each and every human being. There may be many sects, but religion remains one.
To know God is to be one with God.
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.