THAT THOU ART

Tat Tvam Asi is a mahavakya (“great saying”) found in the Chandogya Upanishad of the Sama Veda.  It translates as That Thou Art, or as philosopher Alan Watts used to put it, You’re It.  It means that you are one with Brahman, the Godhead, the Universal Being.  You and Brahman are one thing.

As such, every soul that exists is your soul; and every body that exists is your body.  If you hurt anyone, you also hurt yourself.  If you love someone, you love yourself at the same time.

If you hate a person, the pain of that hatred is felt not only by the one it is directed toward but by you as well.  If love comes from you, it will always come back to you.