Odilia Carmen Chirica

  "Caught in our mortal nature  a nd its web of pains and sorrows,  veiled by ignorance,  always missing the essence. Know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!" Odilia Carmen Life often feels like a web of struggles, veiling us from the deeper essence of truth. Our pain and longing pull us into patterns of distraction, yet within lies a silent call—the eternal truth waiting to be known. The Veil of Illusion To be human is to face the visible and the invisible, the fleeting and the eternal. The veils of ignorance blind us to who we truly are, chaining us to shadows of fear and desire. But truth remains, untouched by the storms of life, calling us to awaken. "Caught in our mortal nature and its web of pains and sorrows, We weave illusions, veiled by ignorance, tethered to shadows. Chasing reflections in a restless sea, Always yearning, yet never touching the essence of infinity. The light of knowing sets the captive free, Opening the gates to boundless reality....

also known as TALAVAKARA-UPANISHAD or KENOPANISHAD for further details check wikipedia FIRST KHANDA  1. The Pupil asks: 'At whose wish does the mind sent forth proceed on its errand? At whose command does the first breath go forth? At whose wish do we utter this speech? What god directs the eye, or the ear?' 2. The Teacher replies: 'It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, the breath of breath, and the eye of the eye. When freed (from the senses) the wise, on departing from this world, become immortal. 3. 'The eye does not go thither, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how any one can teach it.  4. 'It is different from the known, it is also above the unknown, thus we have heard from those of old, who taught us this. 5. 'That which is not expressed by speech and by which speech is expressed, that alone know as Brahman, not that which people here adore. 6. 'That which does not think by mind, and by which, ...