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Part VIII: The Mystery of Omnipresence.1439
Part VIII: The Mystery of Omnipresence.
Yet again, spake Arjuna, unto Krishna, the Blessed Lord, saying:
“Tell me, I pray Thee, O Krishna, My Beloved Teacher, what is the
Universal Life? And what is that which we call Self-consciousness? And
what is the essential nature of Action? And what is the constitution of the
Universal Principles? And what is that knowledge of the Arch-angelic hosts,
higher far than that of man? And what is the secret of Thine appearance in
the body? Inform me of all these things, O Wisest of Teachers, and further
tell me how the Wise Ones know Thee at the hour of death?”
Krishna: “I am the All, from which All proceedeth. From Me floweth out
the Soul of Souls—the Universal Life—the One Life of the Universe. Karma,
which many call the essence of Action, is that principle of my emanation
which causeth things to live, and move and act. The Universal Principles, in
their inner constitution, are but my Will manifested in the Natural laws of
the universe. The knowledge of the Arch-angelic hosts is the knowledge of
the Spirit. The secret of Mine appearance in the flesh, belongeth to those
who are able to understand the higher teachings, and is closely woven with
the Law of Sacrifice.
“At the hour of death, the Wise One, with mind fixed upon me, goeth
straight to Me, without doubt or mischance. But, he who fasteneth his desire