Born am I and again reborn, As twelvefold year, as thirteenth beyond the moon, From the twelvefold, from the thirteenfold father, The this one and the other versus this to know, Until ye, seasons, me led to death by virtue of this truth, by virtue of this Tapas, I am the seasons, I am the child of the seasons ! Who are you? I am you. — Kaushitaki Upanishad He declares, "Man is the Self is every living being. You are the self of every being. What you are, I am." Man asks, "Who am I then?" Brahman answers, "The Truth." — Kaushitaki Upanishad One should not desire to understand the speech but should desire to know him who speaks, One should not desire to understand the smell (described by a person) but should desire to know him who smells, One should not desire to understand the form (of the person) but should desire to know him who sees the form, One should not desire to understand the sound (described) but should desire to know him who hears, One should not desire to understand the food (description) but should desire to know him who tastes, One should not desire to understand the deed but should desire to know him who performs the deed, One should not desire to understand pleasure and pain from excitation but should desire to know him who feels the pleasure and pain, One should not desire to understand the opinion and thinking but should desire to know him who opines and thinks. Because if there were no elements of consciousness, there would be no elements of material being Because if there were no elements of material being, there would be no elements of consciousness Because any one phenomenon does not come about through the one without the other, Because Prana (life-force) is also the Prajnatman (knowledge-self), is bliss, is not ageing, is immortal This is my Atman (soul) which one should know, O! this is my Atman which one should know. — Kausitaki Upanishad