Gita-Sarah-Commentary-on-the-Slokas-of-Bhagavad-Gita

seen as the universe. But the seer does notsee the background itself. Think of the manwho sees only the cloth and not the cotton ofwhich it is made -----. Or again the man whosees the letters which he reads but not thepaper on which they are written. The objectsare Consciousness and forms. But theordinary person sees the objects in theuniverse but not Siva in these forms. Siva isthe Being assuming these forms and theConsciousness seeing them. That is to say,Siva is the background underlying both thesubject and the object.” (Talk No. 450)Whether it is a beggar or a king or a worm,the Supreme Divinity is full and equal in allof them. The full divinity which is inside is notmanifesting in its fullness outside because ofthe resistance or obstacles like attachment,enmity etc. When once these obstacles areremoved through sadhana, everyone canbecome a saint and get liberated here andnow.<strong>Gita</strong> <strong>Sarah</strong> 49