Mandukya Upanishad
With an Advaita Commentary from our Understanding
by Kenneth Jaques | 31,733 words
The Mandukya Upanishad is a short, just twelve verses, description of the material manifestation and the eventual return to unmanifest form of the Universe....
Verse 26
26. As the explanation viz. "This one, he is not, is not" denies or, conceals, all by the reason of the incomprehensibility of Atman, the unborn Atman shines forth.
There have been many previous attempts to describe The Absolute Self. In this verse the opposite approach is taken to reveal the Absolute Self by declaring the Self to be "Not This, Not This" meaning that although the Existence of the Absolute is proved the Absolute is not perceivable. With all of Creation (the perceivable) negated by "Not This, Not This" the Absolute Self (the unperceivable ) Alone remains.