in the heart of every creature

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The all-knowing Self was never born,

nor will it die. Beyond cause and effect,

This Self is eternal and immutable.

When the body dies, the Self does not die…

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Hidden in the heart of every creature

Exists the Self, subtler that the subtlest,

Greater than the greatest…

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The Self cannot be known through study,

…nor through the intellect,

nor through discourses about it.

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~  Katha Upanishad

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