It is wrong to take the Universe and its Lord as different. It is a delusion, it is a product of your imagination. So long as you have this delusion, you cannot visualize the Reality immanent in you. Also, you will slide into wrong thoughts, words and deeds. A piece of sandal wood if kept in water will produce a bad smell. But, if taken out and rubbed into a paste, its perfume will return. When the authorities of the Vedas and Sastras are respected, and when discrimination is sharpened on the practice of good actions, the evil smell of the wrong and wickedness will vanish and the pure innate perfume of the Self will emerge. Then the duality of the doer and the enjoyer will disappear. You will realize that just as your image under the water is not different from you, the Universe is the same as He.
- Divine Discourse, Upanishad Vahini.
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