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end to the distinction between the attainer and what is to be attained.
111. He who is known as Excellently Pure, Worshipful, Supreme Effulgence and Ancientthat very divinity I am; for this reason, I perceive that imperishable God in my own Soul.
112. This Soul is to be realized by means of the Soul in the Soul itself; distressing oneself in any other way for its attainment, is of no use. "That I am; that I am."-thus thinking, one instals oneself in the Soul by the strengthening of this belief.
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114. He whose interior has been purified from the impurities of loves and hatreds, understands himself well; none can know himself by any other means.
115. The wise knows that whatever comes through the senses, is different from his own self; [he muses thus:] "My being is, in reality, full of joy and is the inner Light of Intelligence embodied."
116. Dwelling upon the innumerable virtues of a Pure Soul, one by one, and then meditating upon his own self as a Pure Soul, at the same time withdrawing allegiance from all other [supposed] protectors, the wise becomes one in nature with a Pure Soul (God).
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