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Kausitaki Upanisad
Chapter Three
5. Speech is one part taken out of it, and name is the external element of being which corresponds to it. The breath is one part taken out of it, and smell is the external element of being which corresponds to it. The eye is one part taken out of it, and form is the external element of being which corresponds to it. The ear is one part taken out of it, and sound is the external element of being which corresponds to it. The tongue is one part taken out of it, and the taste of food is the external element of being which corresponds to it. The hands are one part taken out of it, and action is the external element of being which corresponds to them. The body is one part taken out of it, and joy and sorrow are the external element of being which corresponds to it. The loins are one pat taken out of it, and delight, pleasure and procreation are the external element of being which corresponds to them. The feet are one part taken out of it, and movements are the external element of being which corresponds to them. The mind is one part taken out of it, and thoughts and desires are the external element of being which corresponds to them.
6. Rising to speech through awareness, by speech one wins all names. Rising to the breath through awareness, by the breath one wins all smells. Rising to the eye through awareness, by the eye one wins all forms. Rising to the ear through awareness, by the ear one wins all sounds. Rising to the tongue through awareness, by the tongue one wins all the hands one wins all action. Rising to the body through awareness, by the body one wins all joy and sorrow. Rising to the loins through awareness, by the loins are wins all delight, pleasure and procreation. Rising to he feet through awareness, by the feet one wins all movements. Rising to the mind through awareness, by the mind one wins all thoughts.
7. Without awareness, speech cannot make one aware of any name. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of this name.’ Without awareness, the breath cannot make one aware of any smell. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of any smell. Without awareness, the eye cannot make now aware of any form. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of this form. ’Without awareness, the tongue cannot make one aware of any taste of food. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of this taste of food. ’Without awareness, the hands cannot make one aware of any action. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of this action. Without awareness, the body cannot make one aware of any joy or sorrow. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of this joy or sorrow. ‘Without awareness, the loins cannot make one aware of any delight, pleasure or procreation. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of this delight, pleasure or procreation.’ Without awareness, the feet cannot make one aware of any movement. One says, ‘My mind was elsewhere: I was not aware of this movements.’ Without awareness, thought cannot be effective, or be aware of that of which it should be aware.
8. One should not seek to know speech: one should know the speaker. One should not seek to know smell: one should know the smeller. One should not seek to know form: one should know the seer. One should not seek to know sound: one should know the hearer. One should not seek to know the taste of food: one should know the knower of the taste of food. One should not seek to know action: one should know the doer. One should not seek to know joy and sorrow: one should know the knower of joy and sorrow. One should not seek to know delight, pleasure or procreation: one should know the knower of delight, pleasure and procreation. One should not seek to know movement: one should know the mover. One should not seek to know mind: one should know the thinker.
Those are the ten elements of being in relation to awareness. There are ten elements of awareness in relation to being. For if there were no elements of being there would be no elements of awareness, and if there were no elements of awareness there would be no elements of beings, since from cannot be realized from either one of them alone.
It is not various. Just as the rim is fixed to the spokes of a chariot wheel, and the spokes are fixed to the hub, the elements of beings are fixed to the elements of awareness, and the elements of awareness are fixed to the elements of beings. Breath is the self of awareness, delight, unageing, immortal.
It does not grow greater by right action or less by wrong action. The one that it wishes to lead up out of these worlds it impels to right action, and the one it wishes to lead down it impels to wrong action. It is the guardian of the world, the overlord of the word, the ruler of the world. One should know: it is my self. One should know: it is my self.
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