A summary of the gyaan of all Upanishads by S.K. Balasubramanian…

Upanishads - A Summation [FEEDBACK]:
Upanishads and Aranyakas are found towards the penultimate cantos of the Vedas as portraying last part of the Vedic wisdom. Vedanta’s’ are philosophical contemplation of the tapasya sadhana. Of the 120, there are 108 relatively implicit and explicit Upanishads {in total more than 200 but exclusion of ancient texts are imperative}. Relatively and broadly, conclusively and concisely, one needs to “sit in peaceful contemplation” and listen in utmost divine silence, the ‘knowledge and the wisdom’ of the “ATMA-PARAM_ATMAN” BRAHMAN. There are core teachings of the centrifugal theme of Upanishads contained across in core upanishads. They are the Chandogya, Kena, Aitareya, Kaushitaki, Katha, Mundaka, Taittriyaka, Brihadaranyaka, Svetasvatara, Isa, Prasna, Mandukya and the Maitri Upanishads. One of the oldest and longest of the Upanishads, the Brihadaranyaka says:
“From the unreal lead us to the real!
From darkness lead us to light!
From death lead us to immortality!”
One ‘illuminated-spiritually enlightened spirit of life’ who has merged with “PARAM-ATMAN-PARAMA-PURUSHA-JAGADA-HARI-BRAHMA-PARAMAEISHVARA” in million delights, transcends and elucidates the knowledge the SUPREME DIVINE GOD to the disciple in utmost highest possible divine intention. The seeker [divine spirit of life] may accomplish divinity and enlightenment here on earth by recognising that one’s own ATMA or soul is INFINITELY “God” and realising one’s soul divine in contemplation of divine observation, watchful experiences, silence, and reflections upon the sacred knowledge attained from the enlightened.
Centrifugal theme of Upanishads is “SOUL-REALISATION”. It is here that we find all the fundamental teachings that are central to Hinduism — the concepts of “karma” (action), “punarjanma” (reincarnation), “moksha” (nirvana), the “atman” (soul), and the “Brahman” (Absolute).
Reality is GOD. To realise the soul our own atma our own soul is reality. The physical world is an illusion or a transient unreality. Non-real material world verily brings sorrow, pain, diseases, and decay. Only death brings end to the suffering of the physical by dissolution and renaissance. Human life is our sole opportunity to become DIVINE. Our opportunity to conquer GOD, our own soul divine, in divine contemplation therefore is the purpose of our life as humankind. Only when our Soul Divine is emancipated at the death, we break the vicious cycles of karma, re-birth, and affiliations.
Thus: Our Bharati Upanishads have answered many questions and clarified many issues in respect of the spiritual world, the unknown, the divinity, the love for the INFINITE DIVINITY, the divine glimpses of the VEDIC cosmology, the insight of divine contemplation, meditation, yoga; and samadhi-sadhana [transcendental meditation based on divine contemplation]. Satiated curiosity of a seeker, with authentic knowledge of the ancient Rishis and Seers; the upanishads are the KNOWLEDGE OF GODLINESS.
The human consciousness is enhanced to inter-act with the mind and intellect, to experience DIVINE spiritual sacredness by introspection, reaching to the subtle most depths of the spirituality realising through divine CONSCIOUSNESS directed beyond the limitations and perspectives of the senses, mind and intellect. Beyond the metamorphosis of the physical and metaphysical one transpires into a divinity beyond comprehension. The divine human consciousness thence becomes one with the Great DIVINE PARAMA-ATMAN. The self-consciousness becomes BRAHMA, omnipresent, omniscient, subtle, free, and is merged in parama-ananda jyott of million delights just as “JAYA- SATT-CHITT- ANANDAM-PARAMA-ANANDA-DIVYA-PARAMA-SUKHAM-SATTYA-PUSHTEEMARGHA” [BLISSFULNESS, TRANSCENDENTALLY PEACEFUL STATE OF HAPPINESS UNPERTURBED BY NO INTRUDERS].
The truth that unfolds itself due to the supreme consciousness DISCOVERING in divine contemplation forms the basis of the whole world and all the life present in it. This consciousness forms a common playground for both the physical and the biological world. After realisation of this “Super-consciousness state”, a human attains to true joy, knowledge, and freedom. One then becomes free of false boundaries of countries and time , and rises above base feelings like enmity, jealousy, fear and hatred. It is then that one has the realisation of one’s true powers and capabilities. When the great Rishis try to describe their experiences the people are left dumbstruck on hearing the strange facts as their senses tend to distort their inner vision. They are not able to fully assimilate this knowledge but accept it as ideal knowledge coming out of the mouths of enlightened ones. The Upanishads contain collected divine words of the great human beings who were able to achieve total realisation and gain true knowledge and to whom the supreme element had exposed all its hidden secrets. “DIVINE CONTEMPLATION” is the key to spiritual liberation beyond the finite persepectives.
It is important to note that this realisation is possible only when one has become free of all limitations of the mind and the senses. Upanishads contemplate upon the Vedic prayer: to reach the infinite blissful state of SATT-CHITT-ANANDA-PARAMA-ANANDA-CHIDA-ANANDA-DIVYA-MOKSHA [BLISSFUL EMANCIPATION].
Asato Maa Sadgamay,
Tamaso Maa Jyotirgamay,
Mrityormaa Amritam Gamay.
meaning
Take me from Falsehood to ultimate Truth,
take me from darkness to light,
take me from mortality to immortality.

AUM TAT SAT
AUM SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH