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Is it your light that shines in the day as the sun and as the brightlamp in the night? Let it be. Which light shines when i close my eyes?(in mental vision) Which light illumines in my intellctual perception?You are that supreme light that illumines the awareness of ‘aham’ andI am that light. In short ‘that thou art’ or ‘ahambrahmasmi.’

I am that by the light of which the world is illumined in the day andthe night also by the lamp, beause the Brahman is the source of alllight, agni or surya. He is the light through which the indriyasfunction . When the eyes are closed, there is no perception, theeyes implying perception through all indriyas, then the mindfunctions with the help of the intellect , which in its turnfunctions by the light of the atman, which is beyond body, mind andintellect and that am I, the supreme reality, Brahman.

Translation by Dr. Saroja Ramanujam from Chennai

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