kathopanishad-2-3-8-avyaktāttu

Commentary by Swami Krishnananda of the great Divine Life Society

Avyaktāt tu paraḥ puruso vyāpako’liṅga eva ca, yaṁ jñātvā mucyate jantur amṛtatvaṁ ca gacchati (2.3.8): This is a brief statement of the way in which sadhana has to be practised, meditation has to be carried on. Withdraw the consciousness from the objects and centre it in the senses, withdraw it from the senses and centre it in the mind, withdraw it from the mind and centre it in the intellect, withdraw it from the intellect and centre it in the universal intellect, Hiranyagarbha-tattva, the creative power, Mahat-tattva. Withdraw it from that also and fix it in the cosmic Creative Will. Withdraw it from the Will and enter into the Supreme Purusha, whose essence you yourself are. Thus you attain immortality, not before that.