and none else, can attain abiding joy, by realising within their
souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of
forms._ [Footnote: Ekam rupam bahudha yah karoti * * tam
atmastham ye anupacyanti dihrah, tesham sukham cacvatam
netaresham.]

[Transcriber's note: The above footnote contains the * mark in
the original printed version. This has been retained as is.]

Through all the diversities of the world the one in us is
threading its course towards the one in all; this is its nature
and this is its joy. But by that devious path it could never
reach its goal if it had not a light of its own by which it could
catch the sight of what it was seeking in a flash. The vision of
the Supreme One in our own soul is a direct and immediate
intuition, not based on any ratiocination or demonstration at
all. Our eyes naturally see an object as a whole, not by
breaking it up into parts, but by bringing all the parts together
into a unity with ourselves. So with the intuition of our Soul-
consciousness, which naturally and totally realises its unity in
the Supreme One.

Says the Upanishad: _This deity who is manifesting himself in the
activities of the universe always dwells in the heart of man as
the supreme soul. Those who realise him through the immediate
perception of the heart attain immortality._ [Footnote: Esha
devo vishvakarma mahatma sada jananam hridaye sannivishtah.
Hrida manisha manasabhiklripto ya etad viduramritaste bhavanti.]

He is _Vishvakarma_; that is, in a multiplicity of forms and