Through the heat of tapas, Brahman swells and grows; from that comes food; from food, the life-breath; from the life-breath, mind; from mind, truth; from truth, the worlds; and from works performed in those worlds, immortality.
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This world is an illusion of colors and sounds, a false display created by the tricks of Maya, the mind, and the senses.
The Sandalwood tree gives fragrance even to the one who cuts it with an axe, because it is its nature to give fragrance.
The person who lives in God's love must be detached from themselves and all created things, and consider themselves just one among millions.
God created man in His own likeness.