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(RV 3.26.8)

hŗdā matim jyotir-anu prajānan,

Following the thought with the heart he has reached the knowledge of the Light.

It is not possible to arrive at a complete knowledge of the Truth-Light by the intellect alone. Nor is that possible by sheer intensity of the emotions in the heart. Thought can tie itself in the webs of its own making; emotions may effervesce and spend themselves. The seeking in the depths of the heart must be linked to the soaring thought on the summits of the mind; the thought must be up buoyed by the support and push of the psychic. Only then can one reach the integral knowledge of the divine Light.

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