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according to the size of the final physical body ( charam sharira ), retaining two-thirds of its shape , in spite of its formless nature .
In the beginning , the worship of the perfect and formless God ( niranjan-nirakari Bhagwan ) is done through the worship of a Gnani Purush , who is manifest in the human form , and considered a God with form ( sakaari Bhagwan ). Through this , you will recognize the Lord who is formless ( nirakari Bhagwan ).
How can you say that the Atma has no attributes ( nirguna ), when it is full of infinite Knowledge ( anant Gnan ), infinite Vision ( anant Darshan ), infinite Bliss ( anant sukh ), and infinite Energy ( anant shakti ), and all infinite attributes ( anant gunas ), and who moreover , is the Absolute Soul ( Parmatma ) Himself ? By saying that the Absolute Soul has no attributes , would you not be turning your face forever from the devotion and attainment of its infinite qualities ( gunas )? The attainment of the Absolute Soul can only occur through the worship of its attributes ! The Atma has none of the qualities that the mind , speech and body complex ( prakruti ) possesses , but with regard to its own qualities ( gunas ); they are in abundance . Not a single quality ( guna ), belonging to the non-Self complex ( prakruti ) has entered into the Atma ( Self ), and not a single quality ( guna ) of the Atma has entered the mind , speech and body complex ( prakruti ).
The Atma has never become mixed with the properties of the non-Self complex ( the prakruti ). It has forever remained separate .
It is not that the Atma has knowledge , but that it is Knowledge itself ( Gnan swaroop ). It exists in the form of light ( prakash swaroop ). And it is on the basis of this light , that the Self is able to know all the objects to be known ( gneya ), and see all the objects to be seen ( drashya ).
The Atma is omnipresent ( sarva vyaapi ). In what reference is this so ?
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