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Chapter 15
"There is no being, whether moving or unmoving, that can exist without Me" (10/39) i.e., all the beings, whether moving or unmoving, are His manifestations.
Thus while concluding the description of His manifestation, in this fifteenth chapter, He declares:
"I am seated in the hearts of all" (15/15).
It means, that all beings and objects exist, because of the existence of God; these have no independent existence, of their own.
In the absence of light i.e., in darkness no object is visible. When we see an object, first we see light, and then the object i.e., every object is seen, within the light, but we instead of having our eye on the light, have it on the object. Similarly, we gain knowledge of all objects, actions and feelings etc.,
within the unique and permanent Light (Knowledge), Who is the illuminator and base of all of them. Therefore, when we behold worldly objects, first the illuminator of those objects (God), is seen, but because of our attachment to the world we do not perceive Him.
In fact, the world has no independent existence. But, it seems to exist, because of our attachment to beings and objects, and because of desire to derive pleasure out of them. As soon as, this attachment for them and the desire to derive pleasure out of them, are renounced, God's existence, will be realized. Therefore, the Lord, while describing His manifestation's, aims at explaining that a striver, should behold God in every being or object, he looks at, or thinks of, (Gita 10/41).
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