The Upanishads

The first excerpt that caught my attention was",Whatever lives is full of the Lord. Claim nothing; enjoy, do not covet His property." Basically this is saying that everything is of the Lord and everything therefore belongs to him. Nothing on this earth is really ours. We may enjoy it but we may not claim ownership. Even we are his. This fact spans across many religions including Christianity. It still amazes me how similar the ideas of each religion are and yet how different they are at the same time.
Profound statements and facts really just rock my world (excuse the expression haha) and many of the statements in this passage do that. "The Self is everywhere, without a body, without a shape, whole pure, wise, all knowing, far shining, self-depending, all transcending..." this is such an amazing desription. The Self, meaning God, has the traits that no human can posses in the full capacity (purity, wisdom, all knowing, far shining...etc). He is the exact opposite of human nature and therefore is perfect. I cant even begin to wrap my head around that idea....I believe it with all my heart, but the fact is that none of us truly know what it means to be perfect. Not one human on this earth is completely pure or all knowing.
The other quote that got my attention was "When you see that God acts through you at every moment, in every moment of mind or body, you attain true freedom. When you realize the truth, and cling to nothing in the world, you enter eternal life." So what i get from this is that once you become saved and become a believer you attain true freedom. And then following that when you reach the end of your worldly life, you enter eternal life(heaven).