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Part XIII: Union (Yoga).1575
unlimited Being,—all thought. The universe coming of this, melts away into
this, and being thus lost, loses all distinction whatever.
Brhadaranyakopanishad.
The following may serve for fit illustrations:—When a drum is being beaten
it is difficult to catch all the noise that proceeds from it; the drum itself being
seen, the whole of the noise that follows the beating is grasped without
mistake. When the conch is being blown it is difficult to mark all the sounds
that blow themselves out to all directions; the conch being seen the whole
of the sound that blows through it is marked without fail. When the lyre is
being played upon, it is difficult to observe the notes passing one into the
other; the lyre being seen, the music flowing through it is seen in a moment.
As from fire fed with wet fuel arise sparks and smoke and the like, so is all this,
oh dear one! the mere spontaneous breath of the great Being. The Rigveda,
the Yajurveda, the Samveda, the Atharvaveda, all history, all mythology,
all science, all philosophy, all poetry, all aphorisms, all commentaries, all
parables;—everything is Its breath.
Brhadarnyakopanishad.
Oh good one! one form of clay furnishes the clue to all that is made of clay;
all forms and shapes being mere names, mere play of words; the real ground
of them all being clay and nothing else. One form of gold reveals the nature
of all forms of the same metal; all forms being mere names, mere play of
words; the real ground of them all being gold and nothing else. One form
of iron leads to all forms whatever of the same metal; all forms being mere
names, mere play of words; the real ground of them all is iron and nothing
else, Thus oh good one! should be understood what I explained to thee in
the words Thou art That.
Chhandogyopanishad.