Devotee: How are we to understand this passage in the Gita: “This whole cosmos forms a particle of Me.”
Ramana Maharshi: It does not mean that a small particle of God separates from Him
and forms the Universe. His Sakti is acting; as a result of one phase of such activity the cosmos has become manifest. Similarly, the statement in Purusha Sukta, “All the beings form His one foot (Padosya viswa bhutani) does not mean that Brahman is in four parts.
Devotee: I understand it. Brahman is certainly not divisible.
Ramana Maharshi: So the fact is that Brahman is all and remains indivisible. He is ever realised. The man does not however know it. He must know it. Knowledge means the overcoming of obstacles which obstruct the revelation of the Eternal Truth that the Self is the same as Brahman. The obstacles form altogether your idea of separateness as an individual. Therefore the present attempt will result in the truth being revealed that the Self is not separate from Brahman.
Ramana Maharshi: It does not mean that a small particle of God separates from Him
and forms the Universe. His Sakti is acting; as a result of one phase of such activity the cosmos has become manifest. Similarly, the statement in Purusha Sukta, “All the beings form His one foot (Padosya viswa bhutani) does not mean that Brahman is in four parts.
Devotee: I understand it. Brahman is certainly not divisible.
Ramana Maharshi: So the fact is that Brahman is all and remains indivisible. He is ever realised. The man does not however know it. He must know it. Knowledge means the overcoming of obstacles which obstruct the revelation of the Eternal Truth that the Self is the same as Brahman. The obstacles form altogether your idea of separateness as an individual. Therefore the present attempt will result in the truth being revealed that the Self is not separate from Brahman.
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