And this is an excerpt from the Isha Upanishad, which is considered one of the most important, but emphasizes this notion of our inner self, capitalized with an S, Atma or Atman, and how it is of the same substance as this formless, nameless, ultimate reality sometimes referred to as Brahman. The wise man who realizes all beings is not distinct from his own self, Atman, and his own self as the self of all beings does not, by virtue of that perception, hate anyone. What delusion, what sorrow can there be for that wise man who realizes the unity of all existence by perceiving all beings as his own self? And so you have this very abstract idea. Some folks would call it monistic, all is one. Your true self is of the same substance as my true self, which is of the same substance and is the same thing as the ultimate reality. But the Vedas also focus on rituals, and there are also gods in the Vedas.