You and You Alone
(Tu Hi Tu)
(Tu Hi Tu)
Shree Hari
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All is only God - this is Gita's finest principle and God calls those who attain this state extremely rare and great souls -
Vasudevah Sarvamiti sa mahatma sudurlabh || (Gita 7/19)
In Srimad Bhagwat, God has said -
Ayam hi sarvakalpaanaam saghneecheeno mato mum |
Madbhaavah sarvabhooteshu manovaakkaayavruttibhih || (Gita 11/29/19)
"Of all the spiritual disciplines for attaining Me, the best one as I understand is that in all beings and objects, with the mind, speech and body the conduct is to have the feeling of seeing Me in all."
To understand this point, the Upanishads give three examples - gold, iron and clay. Just as there can be many different kinds of jewelry made of gold, though they may have different shapes, name, form, weight, use, price etc., yet the gold in them is one and the same. There can be many weapons of iron, but in them the iron is one and the same. There are many utensils made of clay, but in them the clay is one only. Similarly, the world that is a manifestation of God in it the various beings, objects etc. though appearing separate, in them God is One only.
In the ornaments made of gold, one can clearly see the gold, in the weapons made of iron, one can clearly see the iron and in the utensils made of clay, the clay is clearly visible; but in this world which has come from God, God is not clearly seen. Therefore to understand that "All is only God" an example about the wheat fields is given.
The farmers calls the green fields also wheat. When a cows eats the greens in the fields, then the farmer say that your cow has eaten away my wheat, even though the cow has not eaten a single grain of wheat. Even though in the fields you do not see even a single grain of wheat, yet the farmer has no doubt whatsoever. A trader living in the city will not regard it as wheat, rather he will say that it is grass, how can it be wheat? I have sold tons of wheat, and I know what wheat is like. But the farmer will say that it is not the grass that animals eat. This is wheat. The reason is in the beginning it was wheat only in the form of a seedling and in the end too, wheat will come out after the harvest. Therefore in the middle in the form of fields, it is wheat only. That which is in the beginning and in the end, is also in the middle – this is a principle.
Vasudevah Sarvamiti sa mahatma sudurlabh || (Gita 7/19)
In Srimad Bhagwat, God has said -
Ayam hi sarvakalpaanaam saghneecheeno mato mum |
Madbhaavah sarvabhooteshu manovaakkaayavruttibhih || (Gita 11/29/19)
"Of all the spiritual disciplines for attaining Me, the best one as I understand is that in all beings and objects, with the mind, speech and body the conduct is to have the feeling of seeing Me in all."
To understand this point, the Upanishads give three examples - gold, iron and clay. Just as there can be many different kinds of jewelry made of gold, though they may have different shapes, name, form, weight, use, price etc., yet the gold in them is one and the same. There can be many weapons of iron, but in them the iron is one and the same. There are many utensils made of clay, but in them the clay is one only. Similarly, the world that is a manifestation of God in it the various beings, objects etc. though appearing separate, in them God is One only.
In the ornaments made of gold, one can clearly see the gold, in the weapons made of iron, one can clearly see the iron and in the utensils made of clay, the clay is clearly visible; but in this world which has come from God, God is not clearly seen. Therefore to understand that "All is only God" an example about the wheat fields is given.
The farmers calls the green fields also wheat. When a cows eats the greens in the fields, then the farmer say that your cow has eaten away my wheat, even though the cow has not eaten a single grain of wheat. Even though in the fields you do not see even a single grain of wheat, yet the farmer has no doubt whatsoever. A trader living in the city will not regard it as wheat, rather he will say that it is grass, how can it be wheat? I have sold tons of wheat, and I know what wheat is like. But the farmer will say that it is not the grass that animals eat. This is wheat. The reason is in the beginning it was wheat only in the form of a seedling and in the end too, wheat will come out after the harvest. Therefore in the middle in the form of fields, it is wheat only. That which is in the beginning and in the end, is also in the middle – this is a principle.
(to be continued)
From book in hindi "Tu Hi Tu" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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