Therefore in Advaita philosophy, the whole universe
is all one in the Self which is called Brahman. That
Self when it appears behind the universe is called God.
The same Self when it appears behind this little universe,
the body, is the soul. This very soul, therefore, is
the Self in man. There is only one Purusha, the Brahman
of the Vedanta; God and man, analysed, are one in It.
The universe is you yourself, the unbroken you; you
are throughout the universe. "In all hands you
work, through all mouths you eat, through all nostrils
you breathe, through all minds you think." The
whole universe is you; the universe is your body; you
are the universe both formed and unformed. You are the
soul of the universe and its body also. You are God,
you are the angels, you are man, you are animals, you
are the plants, you are the minerals, you are everything;
the manifestation of everything is you. Whatever exists
is you. You are the Infinite. The Infinite cannot be
divided. It can have no parts, for each part would be
infinite, and then the part would be identical with
the whole, which is absurd. Therefore the idea that
you are Mr. So and so can never be true; it is a daydream.
Know this and be free. This is the Advaita conclusion.
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