Maharshi's Gospel - 11

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D. I am not confusing the body with the operator ; rather , I am referring to Krishna's words in chapter 18 , verse 61 , of the Gita : "the Lord , O Arjuna , dwells in the Heart of every being , and He by His delusive power spins round all beings set as if on a machine.

Maharshi :

The functions of the body involving the need for an operator are borne in mind ; since the body is jada or insenrient , a sentient operator is necessary. Because people think that they are jivas , Krishna said that God resides in the Heart as the Operator of the jivas. In fact there are no jivas and no operator, as it were , outside them; the Self comprises all . It is the screen , the pictures , the seer , the actors , the operator,

the light , the theatre , and all else. your confounding the Self with the body and imagining yourself the actor is like the seer representing himself as an actor in the cinema show. Imagine the actor asking if he can enact a scene without the screen ! Such is the case of the man who thinks of his actions apart from the Self.