25th September 2024
The distinction between the inner Self and God only becomes relevant when we perceive the world as real through our senses. It's akin to a movie hero being a hero only within the movie, not in reality.
The Self is unique and without a second. However, while explaining the nature of the Self that needs to be understood, Lord Krishna says, "That which is to be known has hands, feet, eyes, heads, mouths, and ears everywhere; it exists in all creatures by pervading them all."
That which needs to be understood cannot be perceived as an object of the senses. Yet, it can be realized as an unseen presence behind everything, similar to understanding the force of gravity by observing how all objects on Earth are pulled toward its center.
Lord Krishna explains the incomprehensibility of the Self that needs to be understood using seemingly contradictory terms: "Shining through the functions of all the organs, yet devoid of all the organs; unattached and without its own qualities, but as the perceiver of qualities and as the supporter of all."
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