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Chapter 6
At asamstham manly krtva:—God pervades everywhere, even in thoughts, so thoughts are nothing, except God, who is their base and illuminator. Secondly, God is eternal and always the same, without any modification, while persons, things and circumstances etc., are born and they decay viz., and have no existence. So fixing the mind on God, and having a firm determination of the existence of God, alone he should not think at all.
Na kincidapi cintayet:—It has already been said, that he should not think of the world. God is all-pervasive, he should also not think so. By that, his affinity with the mind, will persist. A meditator, and the mind; will have their existence, so having resolved, that God pervades everywhere, he should not think of anything else. Thus by becoming tranquil, he will realize the ever-existent self which has already been described in the twenty-second verse.
An Exceptional Fact in Connection with Meditation
The most important fact, is that God (manifest or unmanifest), pervades everywhere—in all persons, things, incidents, circumstances and actions and there is never any modification in Him, while matter always undergoes modifications. As a diver dives, into an ocean and perceives water all-around, similarly, a striver, should feel God all-around and also, in him. The only aim of mankind, is to realize God, Who is ever realizable, but He is not felt, because we divert our attention towards perishable things.
If we had an exclusive devotion to attain Him, our mind would be automatically concentrated, on Him. Ether is around as and so is God, but we do not pay attention to it. Therefore, a striver abandoning all thoughts of the world, should be indifferent and quiet. He, while concentrating his mind on God, commits an error, that he opposes a thought that comes to the mind, and then has affinity for it. Similarly, he has affinity for a thought, if he is attached to it. Therefore, a striver should neither oppose any thought nor support it, he should only remain indifferent and attain tranquillity or quietude.
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