'It willed: "May I become many, may I bring forth." It created fire. That fire willed: "May I become many, may I bring forth." It created the waters. Therefore wherever a person grieves or sweats, water is produced from that very heat.'
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- Chandogya Upanishad
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- Chandogya Upanishad
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- ChU.6.2.3
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This world is an illusion of colors and sounds, a false display created by the tricks of Maya, the mind, and the senses.
The Sandalwood tree gives fragrance even to the one who cuts it with an axe, because it is its nature to give fragrance.
The person who lives in God's love must be detached from themselves and all created things, and consider themselves just one among millions.
God created man in His own likeness.