Walt Whitman had this to say: And I know that the han I find it interesting how pervasive is the mystic idea of unity. Spinoza's philosophy proclaims the oneness of all reality. Christians celebrate the infinite simplicity of God. Biologists and naturalists wonder at the unity of life on earth. Physicists wax poetic about how our bodies are made of star-dust.

From transcendentalists to scientists to Buddhists to Christians to Hindus, I hear this same thing emphasized repeatedly-everything is one. I find it interesting how pervasive is the mystic idea of unity.

Older cover edition for ISBN 9780140441635.more The essence of their teachings is that truth can by reached by faith rather than by thought, and that the spirit of God is within each of us - we need not fear death as we carry within us the promise of eternal life. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma and rebirth, and collectively they are meditations on life, death and immortality. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma and rebirth, and collectively they are meditations on life, death The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion. The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion.

Summary of the upanishads