The Goddess said: 'Spirit, through Spirit you attained your greatness. Praise the greatness of Spirit.' Then Light knew that the mysterious Person was none but Spirit.
That is how these gods--Fire, Wind, and Light--Attained supremacy; they came nearest to Spirit and were the first to call that Person Spirit.
Light stands above Fire and Wind, because closer than they, it was the first to call that Person Spirit.
This is the moral of the tale. In the lightening, in the light of an eye, the light belongs to Spirit.
The power of the mind when it remembers and desires, when it thinks again and again, belongs to Spirit. Therefore let Mind meditate on Spirit.
Spirit is the Good in all. It should be worshipped as the Good. He that knows it as the Good is esteemed by all.
You asked me about spiritual knowledge, I have explained it.
Austerity, self-control, meditation are the foundations of this knowledge; the Wedas are its house, truth its shrine.
He who knows this shall prevail against all evil, enjoy the Kingdom of Heaven, for ever enjoy the blessed Kingdom of Heaven.
From The Ten Principal Upanishads, translated by Shree Purohit Swami and W. B. Yeats.
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