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DWELLS WITHIN THE EGO, BUT THE EGO DOES NOT KNOW IT.
REASONING MIND IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE REASONING MIND, BUT THE REASONING MIND DOES NOT KNOW IT.
THE UNMANIFEST IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE UNMANIFEST, BUT THE UNMANIFEST DOES NOT KNOW IT.
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN THE INDESTRUCTIBLE, BUT THE INDESTRUCTIBLE DOES NOT KNOW IT.
DEATH IS ITS BODY, IT DWELLS WITHIN DEATH, BUT DEATH DOES NOT KNOW IT.
IT IS THE INNERMOST SELF OF ALL THESE ELEMENTS, ITS SINS ARE ALL DESTROYED, AND IT IS THE ONE DIVINE GOD NARAYANA -- THE SUSTAINER OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
THE BODY, THE SENSES, ETCETERA, ARE NON-SOUL MATTER, AND THE FEELING OF 'I-MYNESS' OVER THEM IS ADHYAS -- ILLUSION. THEREFORE, AN INTELLIGENT PERSON SHOULD DROP THIS ILLUSION THROUGH ALLEGIANCE TO BRAHMA -- THE ABSOLUTE REALITY.
A fish in the sea remains a stranger to the sea, not because the sea is far away from the fish but because the sea is too close. Whatsoever is at a distance is seen but what is very near becomes invisible to the eye. It is not difficult to know the distant, it is difficult to know what is close. And it is impossible to know that which is the closest of the close. Let this be understood properly, because it is something that must be known for the inner journey.
People ask where to seek God. They ask, "How did we forget that which is hidden within? How has that been separated which is nearer to us than our heartbeats, which is nearer to us than our breathing? How has that been forgotten which I myself am?" And their question seems to be logical. It appears that what they are asking has validity and that it should not have happened like this.
If I am unable to know even that which is hidden within me, if even what I am remains unknown, then who else will we know, who else will we recognize? When even the near slips out of the hand, how could we achieve that which is far? And it is not that it has only come close to us today. It has always been close to us -- since endless time. Not even for a single moment have we been separated or away from it. Wherever we run, it runs with us; wherever we go, it goes
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