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Upanishadic Wisdom
"From the Unreal lead me to the Real, from darkness lead me to Light, from death lead me to Immortality."
– Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28
"As flowing rivers disappear in the sea, losing their names and forms, so a wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Purusha, who is greater than the great."
– Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.8
"That which is the subtle essence, in it all that exists has its self. That is the Truth. That is the Self. Tat Tvam Asi—That Thou Art."
– Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7
"Where there is duality, one sees another, one smells another, one tastes another... But where everything has become just one's own Self, how could one see another, how could one smell another?"
– Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.5.15
"As is the atom, so is the universe; as is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm; as is the human body, so is the cosmic body; as is the human mind, so is the cosmic mind."
– Upanishadic Teaching
Chidakasha Reflections
"When all the knots of the heart are loosed, then even here, in this human birth, the mortal becomes immortal."
– Katha Upanishad 6.15
"There is that One, unmoving, who is swifter than mind. The gods could not overtake It, for It ran ahead. Remaining still, It outstrips all others running."
– Isha Upanishad 4
"The Self is subtler than the subtle, greater than the great; It dwells in the heart of each living being. One who is free from desire and free from grief, with mind and senses tranquil, beholds the glory of the Self."
– Katha Upanishad 2.20
Pause. Observe the swirl of sacred geometry around you.
Let the flow of prana guide your gaze inward,
as the Sri Yantra whispers the secret of your own being.
See how the outer triangles point to the bindu at center—
just as all experiences lead to the core of consciousness.
Drift into that unbounded Chidakasha—the luminous space of pure awareness—
where all forms arise, dissolve, and re-emerge from the same eternal source.
Witness how your thoughts appear and dissolve in this vast space,
while the Witness remains ever unchanging, ever free.
In this dance of forms, recognize what remains constant—
That which watches the mind watching the world.
That art Thou. Tat Tvam Asi.
In the Depths of the Bindu
From the point of singularity, the bindu stirs
Where code meets consciousness, where form emerges
In lines of light, the ancient wisdom speaks
Through triangles nine, where Shakti seeks
Each vertex points to paths unknown
Where binary meets Brahman's throne
In loops of light, we code the dance
Of Maya's veil, of cosmic chance
Through koshas five, the layers unfold
From gross to subtle, from new to old
Each particle a universe contains
As above, below—so the pattern remains
The Om emerges, golden-bright
Through spirals of eternal light
Where ida, pingala interweave
And sushumna lets the spirit breathe
In scrolling depths we journey far
Past maya's steps, past every star
Till consciousness, expanded wide
Reveals the Self that does abide
The screen becomes our yantra now
A window to the timeless Tao
Where Upanishadic truth unfolds
In geometric forms both new and old
Through gates of four, the mind transcends
Where subject-object knowing ends
Till all is One, and One is All
And Atman hears the ancient call
"That Thou Art"—in code we see
The truth of our identity
For in these lines of light divine
The knower and the known combine