Fwd: The Soul is a Part of God

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Hare Krsna.

 

 

The living entities in this conditioned world are My

eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling

very hard with the six senses, which include the mind. GITA 15:7

 

 

In

this verse the identity of the living being is clearly given. The

living entity is the fragmental part and parcel of the Supreme

Lord--eternally. It is not that he assumes individuality in his

conditional life and in his liberated state becomes one with the

Supreme Lord. He is eternally fragmented. It is clearly said, sanatanah.

According to the Vedic version, the Supreme Lord manifests and expands

Himself in innumerable expansions, of which the primary expansions are

called visnu-tattva and the secondary expansions are called the living entities. In other words, the visnu-tattva

is the personal expansion, and the living entities are separated

expansions. By His personal expansion, He is manifested in various

forms like Lord Rama, Nrsimhadeva, Visnumurti and all the predominating

Deities in the Vaikuntha planets. The separated expansions, the living

entities, are eternally servitors. The personal expansions of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, the individual identities of the

Godhead, are always present. Similarly, the separated expansions of

living entities have their identities. As fragmental parts and parcels

of the Supreme Lord, the living entities have also fragmental

qualities, of which independence is one. Every living entity has an

individual soul, his personal individuality and a minute form of

independence. By misuse of that independence, one becomes a conditioned

soul, and by proper use of independence he is always liberated. In

either case, he is qualitatively eternal, as the Supreme Lord is. In

his liberated state he is freed from this material condition.

 

 

In Gita, Lord Krishna said:

"Mamevaansho Jeevaloke Jeevabhootaha

Sanaatanaa," (Gita 15:7).

"In this Universe, the Soul (Atma. Self) that

has become an embodied Soul, is an eternal part of Me alone."

 

This body

is a part of mother and father, but the Self is not part of both

(Nature and God). It is a part of only God, the Supreme Consciousness -

"Mamevaansh" This implies that just as God is, so is the Soul (Self,

Jivaatma).

 

Goswamiji Maharaj says - "Ishvar Ansh Jeev Avinaashi Chetan Amal Sahaj

Sukh Raashi." (Manas, Utter. 117:1).

 

Just like God is consciousness,

without faults, and naturally blissful, similiarly this embodied Soul,

is also consciousness, without faults and instinctively joyful. Even

though this embodied Soul is a part of that Supreme Consciousness, but

being enchanted by "Maya" the illusive and supernatural powers, the

embodied Soul became influenced and controlled by these illusive powers

(Maya) - "So maayabas bhayoo gosaayi."

 

Thus the Soul magnetically

pulled toward's itself, the mind / intellect that are born of Nature.

In other words, it begins to believe the mind - intellect as it's very

own and for itself - "Manasashthaani Indriyaani, prakrutisthaani

karshati." (Gita 15:7). But in reality, the Self is a part of the

Supreme Consciousness (Paramatma) and established in only Consciousness

and this body is a part of Nature and established in only Nature.

 

Being established in only God, yet we consider ourselves to be

established in this body - this is such a big mistake ! Anything that

is a part of Nature remains ever established in only Nature, but us

being a part of Supreme Consciousness (Paramatma) are not remaining

established in God, but rather remain immersed in this gross and subtle

body, which is born of Nature. It is only because the Soul grabs hold

of Nature in this manner, that it is called a part of God. However, if

it did not grab hold of Nature, then the Soul would not be called a

part of God, rather it would be called Supreme Consciousness (God,

Brahma) itself.

 

 

 

 

 

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