Seeing Truly ... The Bhagavad Gita

Seeing Truly   ...   The Bhagavad Gita

If you see the soul in every living being, you see truly. If you see immortality in the heart of every mortal being, you see truly. If you see God within every man and woman, then you can never do harm to any man or woman. If you see God in yourself, then you attain perfection.

When you see the soul in every living being, you see that all actions are performed by the soul’s energy – though the soul itself does not act. You see that the soul inspires every movement – though the soul itself does not move. When you see that amidst the variety of living beings the soul is the unity, then you attain fulfilment.

The soul has no birth; it cannot be divided into parts; and it has no death; it dwells in the body, but it is not touched by the body. It pervades the universe, but is not affected by anything in the universe. The soul can never be corrupted or stained.

As the sun lights up the world, the soul lights up the body. Those who possess the eye of wisdom, can distinguish the soul from the body – and therefore they can break free from the body.

(Taken from the monthly magazine “Splendour”, November 2010)