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Chapter 15
Being fragments of God, we have our affinity with God—'mamaivamso jivaloke', therefore we abide in God. But the body, senses, mind and intellect have their affinity with 'prakrti', so they abide in 'prakrti'—'prakrtisthdni', Vikaramsca gunathicaiva viddhi prakrtisambhavan' (Gita 13/19). There has neither been, nor is, nor will be, nor can be our union with the body; while we have neither been, nor are, nor will be nor can be separate from God. If anything is at the farthest from us, it is the body; and if anyone is nearest to us, it is God. But because of desire—the sense of mine—identification, we see things in a perverted way viz., the body appears near while God appears far away, the body seems to be attained while God seems to be unattained.
In order to renounce the assumed affinity with the body, a striver should accept three facts—I. The body is not mine because it is beyond my control. 2. 1 need nothing. 3. I have to do nothing for myself. So long as a striver assumes his affinity with the three bodies—the gross, the subtle and the causal, the actions performed with the gross body, reflection done with the subtle body and trance attained with the causal body—all the three bind him. But when he renounces affinity with the three bodies, then actions, reflection and trance don't bind him viz., he becomes detached from them. In order to arouse (realize) his eternal affinity with God, a striver should accept three facts—I. God is mine, 2. I am God's, 3. All is God's. When his eternal affinity with God is aroused, a striver attains love (devotion) to God. Attainment of devotion to God is the acme (or accomplished state) of human life.
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