Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 13
Appendix:—Consciousness is one but because of ego, it - appears diverse. The soul is called a fragment because it has identified itself with ego, a fragment of `apara prakrti' (lower nature) - `mamaivamso jivaloke jivabadtah sanatanah' (Gita 15/7). If it does not identify itself with ego, there is only one consciousness. Besides that entity all is illusion. That divine entity is the base, support, illuminator and refuge of all illusions. That divine entity is not unipresent but that pervades everywhere. The entire creation (actions and objects) are within that entity. The creation is born and perishes but that entity remains the same. It means that the divine entity neither dwells in the body nor in prakrti only but like the ether pervades everywhere within and without the entire creation including all the bodies. That all pervading entity is the self and that is Godhood. It means that the omnipresent entity is only one. That is Yoga of the Yogis, that is wisdom of the wise and that is God of devotees. A striver should always aim at attaining that entity.
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