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Chapter 12
Secondly, in loneliness,they cannot remain totally lonely, because, the body is also a part of the world. When a striver beholds the world, and the body - as one, it means that he is even-minded. But, if he views the body and the world, as separate, it is uneven-mindedness. Real loneliness, consists in beholding only God everywhere, and in remaining established in Him, and having renounced egoism, attachment for the body, senses, mind and intellect etc., totally. Such a striver is really, even-minded.
In the Gita, 'evenness of mind' means beholding the some Lord, pervading everywhere, rather than the same dealings with everyone. The Lord, in the eighteenth verse of the fifth chapter, mentions five beings in this regard - a learned and humble Brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a pariah. None, can have the same dealings, with all of them. The similar dealings are not possible. One should not resort to any such dealings. A striver beholds God, in all of them. As in different ornaments made of gold, there is nothing but gold, so does a striver, have equal vision as he heholds God, everywhere.
A liberated soul, has equal vision, as he beholds God, everywhere. Such liberated souls, are models for strivers. A striver has no equanimity, because he accepts the existence of worldly objects. When he ceases to accept, their existence, he attains, equanimity.
A striver tries to behold God everywhere, while for God realized souls, there is nothing but, God. They are even-minded, because they behold only God, everywhere. This natural state, of a realized soul, is an ideal for strivers.
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