"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Supreme Being

Srimad Bhagavatam

In Him who is the resident in the heart of all beings, who is birthless and actionless, these births and activities as Incarnations are described by the wise as a mystery which only revelation can explain.

Without getting in the least attached or involved, He creates, sustains, and withdraws this universe in sheer play as far as He is concerned, but not without a cosmic purpose. Being the master of all the six senses and possessed of unrestrained freedom, He permeates and enjoys all objects through them without involvement.

Just as an ignorant spectator is not able to recognize the actor behind his make-up, so also no one, having a limited and perverted intelligence depending on his skill in logic, can understand the mystery of the creator's manifestations into countless names and forms. 

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That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings,
who is the giver of grace to all, the Supreme Soul of the universe, the limitless being:
I AM THAT. -- Amritabindu Upanishad