/lit/ - Literature

>Now, all this universe was then undifferentiated. It became differentiated by name and form: it was known by such and such a name and such and such a form. Thus to this day this universe is differentiated by name and form; so it is said. "He has such a name and such a form." This Self has entered into these bodies up to the very tips of the nails, as a razor lies hidden in its case, or as fire, which sustains the world, lies hidden in its source. People do not see the Self, for when viewed in parts It is incomplete: when breathing, It is called the vital breath; when speaking, the organ of speech; when seeing, the eye; when hearing, the ear; when thinking, the mind. These are merely Its names according to Its functions. He who meditates on one or another of Its aspects does not know, for It is then incomplete: the Self is separated from Its totality by being associated with a single characteristic. The Self alone is to be meditated upon, for in It all these become unified. Of all these, this Self alone should be known, for one knows all these through It, just as one may find an animal which is lost through its footprints. He who thus knows the Self obtains fame and association with dear ones.

>This, verily, is the honey which Dadhyach, versed in the Atharva Veda, taught the Asvins. The Mantra perceived this and said: "He made bodies with two feet; He made bodies with four feet. Having first become a bird, He, the Supreme Person, entered the bodies. On account of His dwelling in all bodies, He is called the Person. There is nothing that is not covered by Him, nothing that is not pervaded by Him."

>‘Whoever has realized and intimately known the Self, Which has entered this perilous and perplexing place, is the maker of the universe; for he is the maker of all. All is his Self and he, again, is indeed the Self of all.’

>>14501490
what if I told you that everything good in Buddhism comes from the earlier Upanishads

>>11589988
You think that's words you're reading?

>autosage engaged

>>9674094
I'm personally on the fence. For me the only option is to stay open to any possibility, I can't allow myself to be convinced of one or the other as it is generally known to be conjecture.

>It was always fixed; making the "choice" here doesn't mean freedom from causality, simply freedom from coercion.

Ehm.. did you ever see The Matrix?

Just because most people in The Matrix were convinced that it was the real world and thought of themselves as free, that didn't mean they weren't coerced.

I'm saying that, after you finish the Greeks... you won't need to read the news.