Brahman is all and remains indivisible

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The Teachings of BhagavanSri Ramana Maharshiin His Own WordsCHAPTER ONEGODDevotee: How are we to understand the line in the Gita: `Thiswhole cosmos forms a particle of me.'Bhagavan: It does not mean that a small particle of God separatesfrom Him and forms the universe. His shakti is acting; and as aresult of one phase of such activity the cosmos has becomemanifest. Similarly the statement in Purusha Sukta: Padosya viswabhutani (All beings form one of His parts) does not mean thatBrahman is in four parts.D.: I understand that. Brahman is certainly not divisible.B.: So the fact is that Brahman is all and remainsindivisible. He is ever realised. However, man does not knowthis; and it is just what he has to know. Knowledge meansovercoming the obstacles which obstruct the revelation of theEternal Truth that the Self is the same as Brahman. The obstaclestaken altogether form your idea of separateness as an individual.Therefore the present attempt will result in the truth beingrevealed that the Self is not separate from Brahman. 11 Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, 649.