I am food, I am food, I am food! I am the eater of food, the eater of food, the eater of food! I am the maker of verse, I am the maker of verse, I am the maker of verse! I am the firstborn of the cosmic order. Before the gods, I stand as the navel of immortality. One who offers me to others — that one alone truly protects me. I, who am food, devour the one who eats food without offering. I have encompassed the entire universe of worlds. I shine like the sun in golden radiance. Such is the knowing of one who knows. This is the Upaniṣad.
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- TU.3.10.6
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- God-RealisationOnenessBliss
Same theme, different voices
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 tells him to seek comfort in Sufism and to look into the mirror, for he will see God himself reflected in it, which is another way of expressing the doctrine that man and God are one.