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, at the age of five, after the performance of his (spiritual initiation) ceremony, approached his preceptor and within three years was able to master the four and the six . Through earnestness, anything can be accomplished. From his studies, realised that (oneness) is the essence of all knowledge. This is the doctrine of . "" (The Absolute is one alone, not two). There is no second, but there is the appearance of an enormous multiplicity. How, then, can oneness be claimed? Here is an example. You have the number one and the number nine. Of the two numbers which is the bigger? The natural answer will be nine. But this is not so. One is really the bigger number 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 ..... up to nine, make up nine. Hence, the declare: "" (I am One; I willed to be many). Only the one exists. But it has assumed numerous forms. declared that (the many) is subsumed by the one this is the unity in diversity. There may be many stalks of sugarcane, but the juice from all of them has the same sweetness. Beings are many, but the breath is the same. Nations are many, but the earth is one. In this manner, proclaimed to the world the unity that underlies the apparent diversity. He used the analogy of the same sweet juice that is present in all sugarcane stalks.