As the one fire entering into the world manifests itself in various waves, even so that one Self, the Self of all, manifests Itself in every form.
The one sun is the cause of vision in every eye, yet it is not touched by the defects of any.
In this world where everything is evanescent, he who knows Him who never changes,
in the world of insentience, he who knows the one sentient Being,
in this world of many, he who knows this One and sees Him in his own soul,
unto him belongs eternal bliss, to none else, to none else.
There the sun shines not, nor the stars, nor the lightening flashes, what to speak of fire?
He shining, everything shines; through His light everything becomes effulgent.
When all the desires that trouble the heart cease, then the mortal becomes immortal, and here one attains Brahman.
When all the crookedness of the heart disappears, when all its knots are cut asunder, then alone the mortal becomes immortal.
This is the way.
May this study bless us; may it maintain us; may it give us strength, may it become energy in us; may we not hate each other; peace unto all!!
From one of the Upanishads as quoted by Vivekananda in 2.6 Practical Vedanta, Complete Works
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