The Being And Becoming Of Mind (Opinion) Comments

Upanishads contain descriptions of the SELF and many ways of meditation on the Self, known as Vidya or Upasana. The knowledge other than that of the Self is termed as Avidya by the Upanishadic Seers. According to their definition Avidya consists of all sciences, arts, skills, learning- of languages and other disciplines and art-forms.

Isaavaasyoopanishat counsels to make use of both Vidya and Avidya while meditating on the Self to attain calmness within and warns that using only one of them leads to darkness- the Upanishadic term for ignorance (sloka 9) . Eleventh sloka of this Upanishad gives us the proper way of meditating on the Self,
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