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 12. He (the Self) cannot be reached by speech, by mind, or by the eye. How can it be apprehended except by him who says: "He is?" 13. By the words "He is," is he to be apprehended, and by (admitting) the reality of both (the invisible Brahman and the visible world, as coming from Brahman). When he has been apprehended by the words "He is," then his reality reveals itself. 14. When all desires that dwell in his heart cease, then the mortal becomes immortal, and obtains Brahman. 15. Whean all the ties of the heart are severed here on earth, then the mortal becomes immortal — here ends the teaching. 16. There are a hundred and one arteries of the heart, one of them penetrates the crown of the head. Moving upwards by it, a man (at his death) reaches the Immortal ; the other arteries serve for departing in different directions. 17. The Person not larger than a thumb, the inner Self, is always settled in the heart of men. Let a man draw that Self forth from his body with