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25. Passion and its brood vanish into nothing, even here (i. e. in this life ), on my realizing my self, all light, in the proper way; I have henceforward no friend, no foe.
26. The world that sees not m; (real) self cannot be my friend or foe, and it cannot be my friend or foe even if it sees my (real) self.
27. Thus giving up the objective, one should centre himself in the subjective, and through it, contemplate steadily on the Absolute, transcanding all thought.
28. One so contemplating attains to the realization of Self, through strong attachment brought about by unbroken concentration on the idea 'I am the (Absolute) Self.
29. There is no greater ground for fear than the one wherein the fool places his trust, there is no better place of safety than the one whence he turns away in fear.
30. That is the real essence of the Absolute Self which reveals itself, even for a
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