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Most striking are the contradictions in the Brihad [=A]ranyaka: "In the beginning there was only nothing; this (world) was covered with death, that is hunger;[21] he desired," etc.

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"In the beginning there was only ego (_[=a]tm[=a])." [=A]tm[=a]_ articulated "I am," and (finding himself lonely and unhappy) divided himself into male and female,[22] whence arose men, etc.

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