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The Chandogya Upanishad : 7. Swami Krishnananda

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======================================================================== ======================================================================== 21/12/2019. Chapter -1 : Vaishvanara-Vidya -7.. 7. Space as the Body of the Universal Self ======================================================================== Jana Sarkarakshya, the other great man was questioned: "What is the Atman you are meditating upon?" "I meditate on the all-pervading Space, Your Highness." This is also a symbol for meditation. Space is all-pervading. When one cannot think of anything that is all-pervading, what else can one think except Space? Space is a good symbol for meditation, indeed. The king said: "Space is extensive in every respect. You meditate upon it as the ultimate Reality, and so you have extensiveness of everything as a consequence of this meditation. You have plenty of everything in your house—wealth and dear ones. You are glory-incarnate at home and in