Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 2, verse - 23

Nothing can hurt or maul
Nainam Chindanti Shasthrani Nainam Dahati Pavakaha
Nachainam Kledayanthyapaha Nashoshayati Marutaha
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A weapon can pass through a body and damage it. But swirl a knife through space and nothing happens to the space. A lighted fire can burn paper or other material things, but it cannot burn the space in which it burns. Water has the capacity to turn things wet, but it cannot wet the space through which it flows. The air can dry things it comes in contact with. Though it moves in space, it cannot dry it by any chance. The consciousness that we call God is like the space and subtler than that too. Nothing touches it, though it is present in everything. - Swahilya Shambhavi (swahilya.soulmate@gmail.com)