Truth is the only pathway to God, and the seers pursue this to reach Him. This
emphatic dependence on Truth is the dominating characteristic of the Upanishads. The
Lord is not to be apprehended by the senses, but only by the mind into which all the
senses have been drawn in. All thought is inter woven with the senses, and it is only when
the mind is released from all this and is in a state of perfect freedom and
tranquility,
that the Lord reveals Himself.
Not by the eyes nor by speech or through
other senses can He be apprehended: not even by austerities or ceremonials. He whose mind
is pure and serene can by meditation attain a vision of the indivisible. The Subtle Spirit
dwelling within, into which the fivefold life has entered, can be realized by the
understanding. If the understanding that is pierced and pervaded by the senses is
purified, then the spirit reveals itself unto it. |
