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Chapter 13
Did these bodies, which appear today, exist, a hundred years ago? Will they exist after a hundred years? If the answer is 'No', it means that they do not exist at present, also. The reason is that, whatever does not exist at the beginning, and at the end, has no existence in the middle also. But God, existed even before creation, will exist after dissolution and also exists now. Thus, the world is actually non-existent, while God exists always. But the world seems to exist, by ignorance, because of God, who is existent.
If delusion perishes, the world will not appear to exist, only the Lord will be seen- 'The Supreme is all' (Gita 7/19). As in different ornaments made of gold, there is nothing else, besides gold, in the entire universe there is nothing else, but the Lord. The Lord, existed in the past, He exists now and He will exist in future. The only aim of human life, is to realize Him.
If a person instead of realizing God, gets entangled in the world, it is not human, it is beastly. This beastliness, is to be renounced. So a striver, should behold the imperishable Lord, in all the perishable beings. If he beholds the perishable and not the imperishable, he commits suicide.
In the Mahabharata also, it is mentioned that he who in spite of being imperishable, holds the spirit as perishable, which of the sins has not been committed, by such a suicidal thief?
He, who beholds the Lord, pervading the entire universe equally, does not commit suicide but realises the Supreme Goal. But, he who, instead of beholding the Lord pervading the entire universe, beholds the universe and the body only, commits suicide, and instead of attaining the Supreme Goal, follows, a cycle of birth and death. So a man, should lift himself by himself, he should not degrade, himself (Gita 6/5).
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