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of Heaven is within thee,” is also expressed in the Upanishadic statement, “Tat Twam Asi”— “Thou Art That.”
Alluding to the state of Liberation (the attainment of the Kingdom of Heaven), St. John says in Revelations:
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for Lord God gives them light; and they shall reign forever and ever.
(KJV Revelations 22:5)
A similar statement is given in Kathopanishad, describing the state of Liberation:
There the sun does not shine; the moon, stars, lightning and re—none of these have access to that realm. It is by the light of the Self that all these shine.
These statements from the Christian and Vedantic scriptures reveal that one who has attained the Kingdom of Heaven has acquired the mystic knowledge that is the radiance in the sun, the illumination of the moon, the surging of the ocean and the dynamism of the wind—that which is the Beauty of the beautiful, the Joy of the joyous, the Essence of all—one’s very Self.