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into water. Similarly, this world has arisen scientifically. All these
relatives have come about through science. But all this can only
be understood through Gnan. All these are temporary
adjustments! Desire to enjoy temporary things is a view of
illusion (mithya drashti) and the desire to enjoy the eternal is
the enlightened view (samyak drashti). There is not an iota of
pain where the enlightened view prevails.
Questioner : Is God not in every grain and particle, no
matter how small?
Dadashri : If God is in everything then why go looking
for Him? Then there would be no difference between the
animate (chetan) and inanimate (jada)? If God is everywhere,
then where would one go to defecate? If God is everywhere,
then he is in these potato and cucumber, why go to the temple?
If God is this body, the body dies, whereas God is eternal.
People are not even aware of who creates humans and
animals. The prominent saints too claim, who besides God can
create? Has God nothing better to do than to get into a cows
womb and create a bull? If so, then why would he not send a
potter to do so? If you ask people who created hair on the
head, they will tell you they do not know. If you ask the doctors
if hair will grow on a bald head, they will say it won’t because
of the heat in the head. People do not even know what causes
hair to grow or fall out. That is why I say, “They grow because
of scientific circumstantial evidences. This body, these eyes, etc.
are all present because of scientific circumstantial evidences.
There is no one up there to create anything.” ‘God is in every
creature, whether visible or invisible.’ There are infinite living
beings (jivas). They are invisible even through a microscope,
but God is in them too. Everything works through the presence
of God. This stateme