7).

This is the subtle spirit, that is the Spirit, that is the True, and this is the spirit of man.

Now comes the grand conclusion of the Ch[=a]ndogya.
He who knows the ego escapes grief.

What is the ego?
The Vedas are names, and he that sees _brahma_ in the Vedas is indeed (partly) wise; but speech is better than a name; mind is better than speech; will is better than mind; meditation, better than will; reflection, than meditation; understanding, than reflection; power, than understanding; food, than power; water, than food; heat (fire), than water; ether, than heat; memory, than ether; hope, than memory; breath (=spirit), than hope.

In each let one see _brahma_; ego in All.