Upanishads

c. 1400-c 800 BCE, Hindu Sacred Text

Actualization / Fulfillment
As a man acts, so does he become. As a man's desire is, so is his destiny.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, The Upanishads , Swami Prabhavanada & Frederick Manshester, trs., 1975
Being / Essence / Soul
The Soul is made of consciousness and mind; it is made of life and vision. It is made of the earth and the waters; it is made of air and space. It is made of light and darkness; it is made of desire and peace. It is made of anger and love; it is made of virtue and vice. It is made of all that is near; it is made of all that is afar. It is made of all.

Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004