33/83 9). The further doctrine, therefore, that all except _brahma_ is delusion is implied here, and the "extinction of gods in _brahma_" is once or twice formulated.[20] The fatal error of judgment is to imagine that there is in absolute being anything separate from man's being. When personified, this being appears as the supreme Person, identical with the ego, who is lord of what has been and what will be. By perceiving this controlling spirit in one's own spirit (or self) one obtains eternal bliss; "when desires cease, the mortal becomes immortal; he attains _brahma_ here" in life (_Katha Up_.2.5. |