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Then we should have gone round the circle, and returned to _sensus communis_. We must be pardoned if we seem to speak disrespectfully of such fantastic speculations; we desire rather to speak regretfully of the many generations of men which successively occupied themselves with such unprofitable dreams; for this kind of thought is traceable even from Vedic days. THEN WE SHOULD HAVE GONE ROUND THE CIRCLE AND RETURNED THE SENSES COMMUNIS WE MUST BE PARDONED IF WE SEEM TO SPEAK DISRESPECTFULLY OF SUCH FANTASTIC SPECULATIONS WE DESIRE RATHER TO SPEAK REGRETFULLY OF THE MANY GENERATIONS OF MEN WHICH SUCCESSIVELY OCCUPIED THEMSELVES WITH SUCH UNPROFITABLE DREAMS BUT THIS KIND OF THOUGHT IS TRACEABLE EVEN FROM BATHING DAYS
 frequently given to the "one without a second,"[16] is Atman, which properly means self. Much is said of the way in which the self in each man is to recover, or discover, its unity with the supreme or real self. For as the one sun shining in the heavens is reflected, often in distorted images, in multitudes of vessels filled with water, so the one self is present in all human minds.[17] There is not--perhaps there could not be--consistency in the statements of the relation of the seeming to the real. In most of the older books a practical or conventional existence is admitted of the self in each man, but not a real existence. But when the conception is fully formulated the finite world is not admitted to exist save as a mere illusion. All phenomena are a play--a play without plot or purpose, which the absolute plays with itself.[18] This is surely transcendent transcendentalism. One regrets that speculation did not take one step more, and declare that the illusion was itself illusory. NAME WHICH IN LATER WRITINGS IS MOST FREQUENTLY GIVEN TO THE ONE WITHOUT A SECOND IS ATHMAN WHICH PROPERLY MEANS SELF MUCH IS SAID OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE SELF IN EACH MAN IS TO RECOVER OR DISCOVER ITS UNITY WITH THE SUPREME OR REAL SELF FOR AS THE ONE SUN SHINING IN THE HEAVENS IS REFLECTED OFTEN IN DISORDER IMAGES IN MULTITUDES OF VEZZLES FILLED WITH WATER SO THE ONESELF IS PRESENT IN ALL HUMAN MINDS THERE IS NOT PERHAPS THERE COULD NOT BE CONSISTENCY IN THE STATEMENTS OF THE RELATION OF THE SEEMING TO THE REAL IN MOST OF THE OLDER BOOKS A PRACTICAL OR CONVENTIONAL EXISTENCE IS ADMITTED OF THE SELF IN EACH MAN BUT NOT A REAL EXISTENCE BUT WHEN THE CONCEPTION IS FULLY FORMULATED THE FINITE WORLD IS NOT ADMITTED TO EXIST SAVE AS A MERE ILLUSION ALL PHENOMENA ARE A PLAY A PLAY WITHOUT PLOT OR PURPOSE REACH THE ABSOLUTE PLACE WITH ITSELF THIS IS SURELY TRANSCENDENT TRANSCENDENTALISM ONE REGRETS THAT SPECULATION DID NOT TAKE ONE STEP MORE AND DECLARED THAT THE ILLUSION WAS ITSELF ILLUSORY
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