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Self as Inconceivable, Unthinkable - A Mananam

Introduction Several verses in Upanisads and Gita describe Brahman/Atman as Achintya/  अचिंत्य Examples Taiteerya Upanisad yatō vācō nivartantē. aprāpya manasā saha - Taitireeya Upanisad 2.4.1 failing to reach which (Brahman, as conditioned by the mind), words, along with the mind, turn back. Avyakto’yam achintyo’yam avikaaryo’yam uchyate;  Tasmaad evam viditwainam naanushochitum arhasi. Gita  2. 25.  This (Self) is said to be unmanifested, unthinkable and unchangeable. Therefore, knowing This to be such, thou shouldst not grieve. Kena Upanishad    I-1. Wished by whom is the mind directed to fall (on its objects)? Directed by whom does the foremost vital air move? By whom is wished this speech which the people utter? Who is the radiant being that unites the eye and the ear (with their objects)?    I-2. Because He is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, the vital air of the vital air, and the eye of the eye, the wise, freeing themselves