This self is the ruler of all beings,

and the king of all beings.

Just as all the Spokes are fixed on the nave

and the felloe of a chariot Wheel,

so are all the beings, all gods, all worlds,

all organs and all these individual selves

fixed in this self.

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.4.14

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One of the most important Sutras from the Upanishads. In this Sutra, Brahman is described as the root of the whole world, both the material non-living world and our conscious selves. We all arise from Brahman and depend on it for our reality, just as the spokes of a wheel depend on the center. We are all like different spokes on this wheel.

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