Thus, the total individuality of the person should be set in tune with the Virat , the animating Intelligence of the Cosmos. The Virat -consciousness should then be dissolved in the universal subtle body, namely, Hiranyagarbha , or Sutratman . Hiranyagarbha , then, should be dissolved in Ishvara , the Universal Causal Principle, in which the entire creation remains in an unmanifested state, which again, should be dissolved in Brahman , the Pure Absolute. It should be borne in mind that the attachment of the seer for the seen is the real bondage. The distinction drawn between I and you in common parlance is a false proposition.
Wisdom consists in the abolition of the very consciousness of the externality of things.
The mind gets fattened with its egoism by the acquisition of desirable objects, by affection and attachment. All this world of objects, inanimate as well as animate, is a manifestation of the One Universal Self. The mind is controlled either by the restraint of its functions, or by the perception of the One Reality everywhere. The first method is called Yoga and the second is known as Jnana . The regulation of the breath, the restraint of the functions of the mind, and the constant dwelling on the consciousness of the Universal Brahman , are the ways to the attainment of spiritual perfection.