The Goal of Life
The Lord of Love
is the one Self of all.
He is detached work,
spiritual wisdom,
and immortality.
Realize the Self
hidden in the heart,
and cut asunder
the knot of ignorance
here and now.
Bright but hidden,
the Self dwells in the heart.
Everything that moves,
breathes, opens, and closes
lives in the Self.
He is the source of love
and may be known through love,
but not through thought.
He is the goal of life.
Attain this goal!
— Mundaka Upanishad
(From Sacred Jewels of Yoga)