If there were no people who are as forgiving as the earth, there would be no peace among humans, only constant conflict caused by anger.
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Universe
The universe is a complex concept representing the totality of existence. Spiritual traditions converge on its interconnectedness and sacredness. They diverge in their interpretations of its nature and purpose.
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However, anger has been given to humans for the destruction of the world.
Knowledge is what moves towards unity, and when it reaches the supramental level, it grasps the oneness, essence, and self-law of existence, and views and handles the many things from that light and fullness, somewhat like the Divine does from the highest point from which He embraces the world.
This world is an illusion of colors and sounds, a false display created by the tricks of Maya, the mind, and the senses.
Time is more precious than money, and more valuable than anything in the world. It's the greatest treasure, the essence of life. Use time wisely for spiritual growth, and don't waste a single moment.
You have been born in this world as a human being to worship God, so try to cultivate love for his divine presence.
As a spider sends forth and draws in its thread, as plants grow on the earth, as hairs grow from the head and body of a living person, so from the Imperishable arises everything here.
यथोर्णनाभिः सृजते गृह्णते च यथा पृथिव्यामोषधयः संभवन्ति । यथा सतः पुरुषात्केशलोमानि तथाऽक्षरात्संभवतीह विश्वम् ॥ ७॥
This is that truth: as from a well-kindled fire thousands of sparks of the same form spring forth, so, my dear, various beings arise from the Imperishable, and into it they return.
तदेतत्सत्यं यथा सुदीप्तात्पावकाद्विस्फुलिङ्गाः सहस्रशः प्रभवन्ते सरूपाः । तथाऽक्षराद्विविधाः सोम्य भावाः प्रजायन्ते तत्र चैवापियन्ति ॥ १॥
But what need have you to know all this in detail, Arjuna? With a single fragment of myself I stand supporting this entire universe.
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन | विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ||१०-४२||
The jnani lets go of his identification with worldly things, distinguishing 'not this, not this'.
Om—this syllable is all this. Its explanation: all that is past, present, and future is simply Om; and whatever else is beyond the three times, that too is simply Om.
ॐ इत्येतदक्षरमिदꣳ सर्वं तस्योपव्याख्यानं भूतं भवद् भविष्यदिति सर्वमोङ्कार एव यच्चान्यत् त्रिकालातीतं तदप्योङ्कार एव ॥ १॥
See now the whole universe, moving and unmoving, standing together here in my body, Gudakesha, and whatever else you wish to see.
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् | मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद् द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ||११-७||
Understand that all beings have their source in these two natures. I am the origin of the entire universe, and its dissolution as well.
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय | अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ||७-६||
'As vast as this space around us is, so vast is this space within the heart. Within it both heaven and earth are gathered, both fire and wind, both the sun and the moon, lightning and the stars, and whatever a person has here and whatever he does not have — all of it is gathered within it.'
यावान्वा अयमाकाशस्तावानेषोऽन्तर्हृदय अकाश उभे अस्मिन्द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरेव समाहिते उभावग्निश्च वायुश्च सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ विद्युन्नक्षत्राणि यच्चास्येहास्ति यच्च नास्ति सर्वं तदस्मिन्समाहितमिति
Than whom there is nothing higher, nothing smaller, nothing greater, who stands alone, fixed like a tree in heaven — by that Person all this is filled.
यस्मात् परं नापरमस्ति किञ्चिद्य- स्मान्नणीयो न ज्यायोऽस्ति कश्चित् । वृक्ष इव स्तब्धो दिवि तिष्ठत्येक- स्तेनेदं पूर्णं पुरुषेण सर्वम् ॥ ९॥
Fire is his head; his eyes are the moon and the sun; the directions are his ears; his speech is the revealed Vedas; air is his breath; his heart is the universe; from his feet came the earth. He is the inner Self of all beings.
अग्निर्मूर्धा चक्षुषी चन्द्रसूर्यौ दिशः श्रोत्रे वाग्विवृताश्च वेदाः । वायुः प्राणो हृदयं विश्वमस्य पद्भ्यां पृथिवी ह्येष सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा ॥ ४॥
From him arise life-breath, mind, and all the senses, space, air, fire, water, and the earth that supports all.
एतस्माज्जायते प्राणो मनः सर्वेन्द्रियाणि च । खं वायुर्ज्योतिरापः पृथिवी विश्वस्य धारिणी ॥ ३॥
All beings enter my nature at the end of a cosmic cycle, son of Kunti; at the beginning of the next cycle I send them forth again.
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् | कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ||९-७||
That world yonder, Gautama, is a sacrificial fire. The sun is its fuel, the rays its smoke, the day its flame, the moon its coals, the stars its sparks.
असौ वाव लोको गौतमाग्निस्तस्यादित्य एव समिद्रश्मयो धूमोऽहरर्चिश्चन्द्रमा अङ्गारा नक्षत्राणि विस्फुलिङ्गाः
With hands and feet on every side, with eyes, heads, and faces on every side, and with ears on every side, that stands in the world, enveloping all.
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत् सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥ १६॥