It cannot be reached by the organs of knowledge, neither by
the organs of action, nor by mind; it cannot be controlled by anything; it is
not seen; it is not intellectually ascertained; it is not indicated by any
word. He is the hearer, thinker, seer, speaker and knower. He is the in-dweller
of all the beings.’ – that is the Supreme Truth.
Rishi Vamadeva - that in his mother’s womb itself he came to
know the Truth, the Reality, by overcoming the iron citadels which were as
though guarding him but obstructing him; he released himself by transcending
these matter envelopments like an eagle. It was thus, he became the all-knowing
and immortal.
The Aitareya Upanishad starts by saying that in the
beginning nothing existed except the Atman, and it finally makes the statement
that nothing here exists without Brahman the pure Consciousness. Thus it is
Brahman which existed before creation and which supports and sustains the
created universe and continues to exist when the universe is withdrawn during pralaya,
dissolution.
Source - The Vedanta
Kesari April 2017 issue