The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

"You ghost," said Yajnavalkya, "that you think that the
heart should be elsewhere than in ourselves! If it were
elsewhere than in ourselves, dogs would eat this body or
birds tear it to pieces."
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"In what do the body and the heart find their support?"
asked Sakalya.
"In the prana."
"In what does the prana find its support?"
"In the apana."
"In what does the apana find its support?"
"In the vyana."
"In what does the vyana find its support?"
"In the udana."
"In what does the udana find its support?"
"In the samana."
Here the Upanishad itself states:
This self is That which has been described as "Not this,
not this."
It is imperceptible, for It is never perceived; undecaying,
for It never decays; unattached, for It is
never attached; unfettered, for It never feels pain and
never suffers injury.
Yajnavalkya said: "These are the eight abodes, the eight
organs of vision, the eight deities and the eight beings.
"Now I ask you about that Person who is to be known
only from the Upanishads, who definitely
projects those beings and again withdraws them into
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