CHAPTER ONE

The Philosophy of the Kaivalya Upanishad

Invocation

Om May no harm be done Here, May the vessels of the great Seers continue in Salvation, May these movements be in accord with Divine Will, May this desire be motivated by Love, May what is not beneficent wither to obscurity. I prostrate.

SECTION 16

16. That which is the Supreme Self, the soul of all, the great support of the universe, subtler than the subtle, and eternal – that is thyself, and thou art That.

“That which is the Supreme Self, the soul of all, the great support of the universe”

The Absolute Exists Alone. The Self is the Absolute. The Self represents the Created universe, in particular the One Self represents the Truth of the Non-Duality of all beings themSelves.

“subtler than the subtle, and eternal – that is thyself, and thou art That”

The material form of all thing and beings is transient and mortal, all forms arise from the same material and decay back to that material when finished.
That which is eternal is the subtle consciousness and knowledge that supports this very existence. The statement “thou art That” is the closest available description of the subtle unknowable Non-Dual Consciousness upon which we experience this being, this life.

It is yourSelf that is the All. You Alone are Solitarily responsible for Realising the reality of this Self, and through that Realisation bring about liberation through the cessation of this false creation of ignorance because as stated in this verse, “You are That” which is unmanifest and eternal.