Monday, May 05, 2008
GITA 108 DAYS - Day 78
78. There is no God- External or Internal
Gita doesn’t envision a god who is external nor internal. God is the universe itself. He is inside and outside. He is the movable and immovable. He is the subtlest of the subtle and He is far and near. For those who inquire, He is close; for others, He is far away. Since the inquiry is on the inquirer himself, He is very subtle
All hands and legs are that Brahman only. Its head, face, eyes and ears are pointed towards all directions. It is not possible to visualize a form for something that encompasses the whole universe. Human beings have the urge in them to go beyond limitations and to attain the ultimate, limitless state of being just as a seed desiring to become a fully grown tree. Everything in the universe has the desire to become many and human being’s ultimate metamorphosis is to become God.
All characteristics of sense organs are brought to light by Brahman which is the only real thing, but ‘It’ is not affected or entangled by the senses. Although It is devoid of qualities and It has no relation with anything, It governs over everything.
It is the substratum of all. It appears to be divisible, but it is indeed indivisible. It is the effulgence of lights, beyond all darkness and exists in everybody’s heart. It is the knowledge, the thing to be known and that which is to be gained by knowing. Only those who ‘knows’ all these is fit to become God.
Both the nature (prakruthi) and self (purusha) have no beginning. Emotions and qualities emerge from the nature and it is the root cause of work and reason (karya and kaaranam). The omnipresent self is the cause for experiences that include pleasure and pain.
Gita doesn’t envision a god who is external nor internal. God is the universe itself. He is inside and outside. He is the movable and immovable. He is the subtlest of the subtle and He is far and near. For those who inquire, He is close; for others, He is far away. Since the inquiry is on the inquirer himself, He is very subtle
All hands and legs are that Brahman only. Its head, face, eyes and ears are pointed towards all directions. It is not possible to visualize a form for something that encompasses the whole universe. Human beings have the urge in them to go beyond limitations and to attain the ultimate, limitless state of being just as a seed desiring to become a fully grown tree. Everything in the universe has the desire to become many and human being’s ultimate metamorphosis is to become God.
All characteristics of sense organs are brought to light by Brahman which is the only real thing, but ‘It’ is not affected or entangled by the senses. Although It is devoid of qualities and It has no relation with anything, It governs over everything.
It is the substratum of all. It appears to be divisible, but it is indeed indivisible. It is the effulgence of lights, beyond all darkness and exists in everybody’s heart. It is the knowledge, the thing to be known and that which is to be gained by knowing. Only those who ‘knows’ all these is fit to become God.
Both the nature (prakruthi) and self (purusha) have no beginning. Emotions and qualities emerge from the nature and it is the root cause of work and reason (karya and kaaranam). The omnipresent self is the cause for experiences that include pleasure and pain.
# posted by Sukumar Canada @ 8:45 PM 
