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Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad
Identifier
001999
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The Atman is the Higher spirit
A description of the experience
Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad
When a man is asleep his atman takes the consciousness of the several senses and goes to rest with them on the Supreme Spirit who is in the human heart. When all the senses are quiet the man is said to be asleep. Then the atman holds the powers of life – breath, voice, eye, ear and mind – and they rest in quietness
When the atman is in the land of dreams, then all the worlds belong to the soul. A man can be a great king or a great Brahmin and live in conditions high or low. And even as a great king of this earth takes his attendants with him and goes about his dominions wherever he desires, so the atman of man takes the powers of life with him and wanders in the land of dreams according to his desires