Aptavani-4
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Knowing God Through the Vision of Gnan
Is ‘I Am a Part of God’ True?
Dadashri: Who are you?
Questioner: I am a part of God (Ishwar).
Dadashri: People have been lead astray with these
discussions about one being a part or fraction of God. How can
one be a fraction of God? How can you divide God into pieces?
The Atma (Soul; Self) is asaiyogi – it has no connections with
any circumstance. You can cut something that is saiyog, into
pieces. The Atma is a natural (swabhavik) thing; you cannot
divide the innate nature (swabhav) into pieces. You (the Self)
are verily whole, but you are shrouded by veils of ignorance.
When one says, “I am a fraction of God,” what one is really
trying to say, is that a fraction of gnan (knowledge) has
manifested within him, and that a fraction of ignorance has been
unveiled.
The sun is full, but the amount of light you get from it
depends upon how much of it gets covered by clouds.
Likewise, You (the Self) are ‘full’ and complete, but you have
been covered up. In the beginning, there is the one-sensed
organism (ekendriya jiva) which has a fraction of the total veil
uncovered. If you hit it hard or cut it, it would feel pain, but
if you swore at it or gave it some tea, it would not feel
anything. Then the two-sensed organisms (beindriya) like
crustaceans (shells and oysters), also fall into this category.
Then there are the three-sensed organisms (tranindriya) like