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Chapter 3 '
A Vital Fact
A man has his identity with God, if he has no sense of doership unless he ignores the reality. As a swing while moving, stops still for a fraction of a second, at the rope end, in the same way, there is always the state of actionlessness (equanimity) after a swinging action ends and the second one begins. Secondly, if we perceive in the right perspective, we come to know that as the rope of the swing when it moves, remains straight, a man also remains in a state of equanimity, even while working. If he wants to realize this fact, he can do so, as soon as an action is over. In case a striver is ever careful, in this respect, he can realize equanimity or his identity with God, where there is no sense of doership.
In order to wipe out the pride of doership, a striver should distinguish the real which really exists, from the unreal (illusion) which seems to exist. The world which is changing always is illusory while the all-pervading Lord is real and He is automatically attainable to everyone—from Brahma, the creator, to even an ant, equally.
The world which seems to exist, is every second getting destroyed. The senses, mind and intellect etc., with which the world is seen, reflect nothing but illusion. The all-pervading Lord Who ever exists, is always attainable to us. Therefore, in the Gita it has been declared, "The unreal has no existence and the real never ceases to be" (2/16).
All the worldly objects and actions are nothing but an illusion. Actionlessness, exists at the beginning and the end, of every action. And this is a rule, that whatever is at the beginning and the end also remains in the middle. Therefore, actionlessness automatically exists, even when an action is going on. That actionless essence viz., the Sentient or God is the illuminator, of both actions and actionlessness and He, transcends the two.
It is because of our attachment (affinity) to the illusion (objects, actions and persons etc.,) that we cannot realize God. As soon as attachment is renounced, ever attainable God is realized. Therefore, when being free from attachment, we apply this illusion (body and objects etc.,) in the service of the illusory (world), the flow of this illusion (body and objects etc.) is towards the world and God the divine essence that is ever attainable, remains.
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