![]() ![]() The Chhandogya 1 speaks of desires as belonging to truth, but as being covered up by untruth, - the untruth of a part which loses the vision of the whole. ![]() But in this Treasure lies the fulfilment of all of man's desires, his utter self-fulfilment.įor desires are the translation in the terms of Life of the great creative movement of the Spirit, one in its impulsion outward into expression and in its impulsion inward towards its source. For Brahman is spoken of by the Chhandogya as the Treasure of Gold deep-hidden in the inmost recesses of the heart while, unsuspecting of its presence there, we go about seeking for trifles. It is to participate in the infinite being of Brahman, in its infinite consciousness with its self-effectuating force or will, in its utter fulfilment of all desires and so in its self-existent delight. To know Brahman is to become one with Brahman and therefore, it is to become one with the All. The knowledge that is spoken of here is, it is evident, quite unlike intellectual knowledge. ![]() Satyam jnanam anantam Brahma / Yo veda nihitam guhayam parame vyoman / So'snute sarvan kaman / Saha Brahmana vipascita. ![]() Knowing it, we reach the fulfilment of all desires "along with Brahman" - that is, we share, so to say, in the perfect fulfilment of all desires which dwells in the truth-aware, blissful being of the Supreme. Knowing it, we know all there is to know. The originating Reality resides within the ultimate ether in the inmost centre of its self-formations, as in a cave of secrecy. It is not a static formation it is an infinitely flowing movement all through, from within outward and from without inward. The world is the infinite self-formation of a Spiritual Reality on different levels of itself, covering over covering and sheath within sheath, within and within, over and over. ![]()
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