Svarüpa of the Ätmä Lord Yama then describes…

Svarüpa of the Ätmä

Lord Yama then describes the svarüpa of the Ätmä,

Tr. – That is not comprehensible by sound, touch, is form-less, un-decaying, tasteless, not subject to time, odourless, beginning less and without end. It is distinct from Mahat and is ever constant. Knowing this one becomes free from the jaws of death. (I.3.15)

-Katha Upanishad, Chapter 1, Verse 3.15

The ultimate abstraction takes place in mathematics where…

The ultimate abstraction takes place in mathematics where words are replaced by symbols and where the operations of connecting the symbols are rigorously defined. In this way, scientists can condense information into one equation, i.e. into one single line of symbols, for which they would need several pages of ordinary writing.

―Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics