VIII
Beyond the Unmanifested is the all-pervading and imperceptible
Being (Purusha). By knowing Him, the mortal is liberated and
attains immortality.
This division of the individual into senses, mind, intellect,
self-consciousness, undifferentiated creative energy and the Absolute Self is
explained in the commentary of verse XI, Part Third.
IX
His form is not to be seen. No one can see Him with the eye. He
is perceived by the heart, by the intellect and by the mind.
They who know this become immortal.
The Supreme, being formless, cannot be discerned by the senses, hence all
knowledge of Him must be acquired by the subtler faculties of heart, intellect
and mind, which are developed only through the purifying practice of
meditation.
X
When the five organs of perception become still, together with
the mind, and the intellect ceases to be active: that is called
the highest state.
The teacher now shows Nachiketas the process by which the transcendental
vision can be attained. he out-going senses,--seeing, hearing, smelling,
touching, tasting; the restless mind and the intellect: all must be indrawn
and quieted.
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