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KENOPANISAD
This cognition of it is pure Self-awareness. It
brings unshakable conviction ; but it is clearly distinct
from our so-called clear knowledge in the objective sense.
The disciple has not yet gained this intuitive knowledge,
and hence the preceptor wants him to practise further
discrimination and reflection until he gains it .
It must, however, be remarked that for him who has
already gained Palm, this distinction between objective
knowledge and subjective experience of Brahman vanishes.
ror he realizes Brahman as the all, and both subject and
object are for him the polarities of the unitary Being,
But this state is gained only by withdrawing oneself from
all objects to the eternal Subject, the Atman ; the disciple
referred to here is yet to reach that state, generally called
samadhi. Only to a perfect knower of Brahman, is
vouchsafed this experience of all objects—man, animals,
Nature, God, etc.—as Brahman. Until this state is
reached, we may try to approximate to this ideal by
practising the presence of the Divine in all these limited
manifestations ; but it has to be clearly understood that
Brahman is more than them, that they are only aids in
our spiritual practice, and that their purpose is to help
us to transcend their limitations and take us to the
intuitive experience in the highest samadhi•]
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