“The perfection of the Self is revealed in the divinity of the Self. He whose mind remains constantly identified with the senses, who is restless of body, who is lacking in subjective serenity, and whose consciousness is engrossed with relative concepts and finite thought impressions, even with much learning, cannot attain the realization of the Self.
“Beyond the reach of the phenomenal power, where mind is sanctified in the wisdom of Pure-Consciousness; beyond the domain of ego, where the individualized self-consciousness is illumined by the effulgence of the Absolute; beyond the grasp of death, where immortality abides in Bliss; there is the transcendental Self. Who can ever express in words the nature and the reality of the Self?
“Hidden within this body there are two states of consciousness; one is the state of supreme Brahman, and the other is that of self-acquired concepts. Men of Self-realization, who have attained their identity with the absolute Self at Sahasraram, call these two the states of ‘light and shade’. And those whose practice of triune subjective meditation, Sahaja Sadhana, comprising Maha-Mudra, Kriya and Jyoti-Mudra, is polarized within the Five-Pranic Effulgence between Muladhar and Prajna-Ajna, are also cognizant of this truth.
“Initiation into subjective meditation is like a bridge to those who are earnest and determined to transcend all inner finiteness. Realization of the imperishable Brahman, the absolute Self, is the goal of self-liberation.”
Katha Upanishad
Translation by Swami Premananda
From Eight Upanishads