A little context is helpful when considering the scriptures on this page. If you are new to traditional Vedanta you may not understand that only qualified minds are capable of understanding the true import of Vedantic texts.  The path of Self inquiry proceeds in three stages: (1) hearing or listening, (2) reflecting to resolve doubts and (3) assimilating the knowledge.  Before one can even call one’s self a qualified inquirer it is extremely important that one understand the distinction between knowledge and experience because certain texts assume the knowledge of this important distinction.

However, many of the individuals who translated these texts into English did not understand the distinction and presented the meaning of the verses in experiential language.  Access to the Self, which is beyond both the known and the unknown, depends on a mind that is capable of assimilating the implied meaning of words, not only their ostensible meaning.