It is within all beings, yet outside; motionless yet moving; too subtle to be perceived; far
away yet always near.
In all beings undivided, yet living in division, It is the upholder of all, Creator and
Destroyer alike;
It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is
worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all.
Thus I have told thee in brief what Matter is, and the Self worth realising and what is
Wisdom. He who is devoted to Me knows; and assuredly he will enter into Me.
Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of
character and quality have their origin in Nature only.
Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of
all pleasure and pain.
God dwelling in the heart of Nature experiences the Qualities which nature brings forth;
and His affinity towards the Qualities is the reason for His living in a good or evil body.
Thus in the body of man dwells the Supreme God; He who sees and permits, upholds and
enjoys, the Highest God and the Highest Self.
He who understands God and Nature along with her qualities, whatever be his condition
in life, he comes not again to earth.
Some realise the Supreme by meditating, by its aid, on the Self within, others by pure
reason, others by right action.
Others again, having no direct knowledge but only hearing from others, nevertheless
worship, and they, too, if true to the teachings, cross the sea of death.
Wherever life is seen in things movable or immovable, it is the joint product of Matter and
Spirit.
He who can see the Supreme Lord in all beings, the Imperishable amidst the perishable, he
it is who really sees.
Beholding the Lord in all things equally, his actions do not mar his spiritual life but lead
him to the height of Bliss.
He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and
that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth.
He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One, and growing forth from Him, he
shall indeed find the Absolute.
The Supreme Spirit, O Prince, is without beginning, without Qualities and Imperishable,
and though it be within the body, yet It does not act, nor is It affected by action.
As space, though present everywhere, remains by reason of its subtlety unaffected, so the
Self, though present in all forms, retains its purity unalloyed.
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