The natural focus of their attention became those areas where reason excelled: searching for general properties of the natural world or for systematic laws of logic. This led the Greeks to launch some of the great Western traditions such as geometry, analytical philosophy, and empirical thinking. The Indians, however, saw the intellect as merely a stepping stone on the way to true knowledge. The yogic system was founded on the core identity of atman and Brahman: within the self lies the entire universe. Therefore, the natural object of attention within Yoga became atman, concealed beneath the
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Wow.different seed different fruit
