Mundaka Upanishad 4.1
intermediate
आविः संनिहितं गुहाचरं नाम महत्पदमत्रैतत्समर्पितम्। एजत्प्राणन्निमिषच्च यदेतज्जानथ सदसद्वरेण्यं परं विज्ञानाद्यद्वरिष्ठं प्रजानाम्॥
āviḥ saṃnihitaṃ guhācaraṃ nāma mahatpadamatraitatsamarpitam | ejatprāṇannimiṣacca yadetajjānatha sadasadvareṇyaṃ paraṃ vijñānādyadvariṣṭhaṃ prajānām ||
"Manifest, close by, moving in the cave of the heart - this is the great goal. In it is centered all that moves, breathes, and blinks. Know it as both being and non-being, the most desirable, beyond understanding, the highest of beings."
What This Means:
Brahman is not far away - it's manifest, near, in your heart. Everything that lives is centered in it. It transcends both existence and non-existence.
Going Deeper:
The cave (guha) is the heart. Brahman is not hidden in the sense of being far away - it's hidden in plain sight, in the heart.
How To Apply This:
What you seek is not far away. It's in your heart, manifest right now.
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