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20. I am that self-realizable essence which does not take on what belongs not to it, which does not give up what belongs to it by nature, and which knows everything every way. *
21. As one mistaking a post for a man deals with it under that delusion, so did I formerly act under the delusion of mistaking the body for the soul.
22. As that man deals with the post on being cured of the delusion, so do I, cured of the delusion of mistaking the body for the soul, deal with the body in the right spirit.
23. That soul by which I realized myself in the self, through self, is my real self;-neither masculine, feminine, nor neuter; neither one, two, nor many.
24. I am that self-realizable essence, in the absence whereof I was all sleep, in the presence whereof I am all wakefulness,-ever beyond the senses, entirely indescribable.
X That which does not belong to the soul is the appearance of passions etc., brought about by karma; that which belongs to it is infinite kuowledge etc..
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