Why Don’t We Perceive the Self?

If the Atman is Existence itself and if it pervades all existent objects, how is it that we do not perceive it? An existent object must be perceivable. This doubt of Svetaketu continues to echo in human minds even today. Let us look at the solution offered by Uddalaka: ‘Place this (lump of) salt in water and then come to me in the morning,’ he tells Shwetaketu. The son does as he is told. The

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