We never know the total. The mind, the senses, the grasping power are all limited. The total is available to you, but not through the root of intellectualization, not through the root of causation. The total is available in silence, in noise, in movement, in appearance, in grasping, in holding, in intellect. When you are still, then that which is to be known is known just by itself — without reason, without cause, without preparation, without desire.
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As the various particular kinds of notes of a drum, when it is beaten, cannot be grasped by themselves, but are grasped only when the general note of the drum or the general sound produced by different kinds of strokes is grasped.
And as the various particular notes of a conch, when it is blown, cannot be grasped by themselves, but are grasped only when the general note of the conch or the general sound produced by different kinds of blowing is grasped.
And as the various particular notes of a vina, when it is played, cannot be grasped by themselves, but are grasped only when the general note of the vina or the general sound produced by the different kinds of playing is grasped.
(~ Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Verse 09)
