Above the senses is the mind, Above the mind is the intellect, Above that is the ego, and above the ego Is the unmanifested Cause And beyond is Brahma, omnipresent, Attributeless. Realizing him one is released From the cycle of birth and death.2 The Mundaka Upanishad also categorically proclaims the supremacy of the Atman or the self: The effulgent Self, who is beyond thought, Shines in the greatest, shines in the smallest, Shines in the farthest, shines in the nearest, Shines in the secret chamber of the heart. The flowing river is lost in the sea; The illumined sage is lost in the Self The
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From the Katha Upanishad
