The Self-Existent
The Lord of Love willed:
“Let me be many!”
And in the depths of His meditation
He created everything that exists.
Meditating, He entered into everything.
He who has no form assumed many forms;
He who is infinite appeared finite;
He who is everywhere assumed a place;
He who is all wisdom caused ignorance;
He who is real caused unreality.
It is He who has become everything.
It is He who gives reality to all.
Before the universe was created,
Brahman existed as unmanifest.
Brahman brought the Lord out of himself;
therefore He is called the Self-existent.
— Taittiriya Upanishad
(From Sacred Jewels of Yoga)