and the brahmins themselves start shitting on their own dogmas that their own rituals and sons are a connection to some better life: > 22.that great, birthless self which is identified with the intellect and is in the midst of the organs, lies in the ether that is within the heart. it is the controller of all, the lord of all, the ruler of all. it does not become better through good work nor worse through bad work[=karma=rituals]. it is the lord of all, it is the ruler of all beings, it is the protector of all beings. it is the bank that serves as the boundary to keep the different worlds apart. the brhmaas seek to knowit through the study of the vedas, sacrifices, charity, and austerity consisting in a dispassionate enjoyment of sense-objects. knowing it alone one becomes a sage. desiring this world (the self) alone monks renounce their homes. this is (the reason for it): the ancient sages, it is said, did not desire children (thinking), what shall we achieve through children, we who have attained this self, this world (result). they, it is said, renounced their desire for sons, for wealth and for the worlds, and lived a mendicant life. that which is the desire for sons is the desire for wealth, and that which is the desire for wealth is the desire for the worlds, for both these are but desires. this self is that which has been described as not this, not this. it is imperceptible, for it is never perceived; undecaying, for it never decays; unattached, for it is never attached; unfetteredit never feels pain, and never suffers injury. (it is but proper) that the sage is never overtaken by these two thoughts, i did an evil act for this, and i did a good act for this. he conquers both of them. things done or not done do not trouble him. brihadaranyaka upanishad 4.4.22
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