The light of the Atma is omnipresent but not the Atma
itself. The light of this electric bulb illuminates the whole room;
however, it is the light that spreads throughout the entire room;
the bulb is not everywhere, but in its own place. Only in the final
lifetime, in the final body (charam sharira), when the Atma
becomes the Absolute Soul (Parmatma); does it become fully
exposed (niravaran), and enters the state of final liberation
(Siddha-pad). This is when the entire universe becomes known
(prameya), and the light of the Absolute Soul spreads throughout
the universe! What is amazing about this is that the intensity of
the light does not decrease anywhere!
If God is everywhere, in every particle, then where is the
need to find Him? Does the Atma within us go and spread
anywhere? Hence, in the form of life (chetan) the Atma is not
omnipresent, but it is omnipresent by its inherent nature
(swabhav).
God is present in the form of light, in every jiva (living
being). But when a living being (jiva) becomes capable of seeing
within, then he can see with the divine vision (divya chakshu)
of the Lord, the divinity that resides within it. God is in “creature”,
not in the creation (man-made). But He is covered up. Whichever
part that becomes uncovered, is the direction the knowledge
opens up, and develops in the worldly life to form a lawyer or
a doctor. A single Atma has the energy to illuminate the entire
universe, provided that it is completely free from particles of
karma!
‘The Parmatma (the Absolute Soul) is complete, and I
am a part of Him.’ – To dispel this misconception, the Gnani
gives precise elucidation, saying that there are infinite numbers of
souls, and they are all independent. That which has form, can be
broken into pieces, but can you make pieces out of something
that has no form? When it becomes a piece, how can you make
it whole again? Can you make pieces out of the Lord?
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