God is All-pervading

There is no other way of looking at it . So when we say God is all pervading , we are literally saying he is everywhere . So if he is everywhere or it is everywhere , then even that which has parts or is partless , it's that same one that is being experienced , or more .

So we are experiencing God or we are God experiencing itself through what appears to be many parts or

even partless . Now I want to welcome you to the Bearded Mystic podcast and I'm your host . Rahul N Singh and I generally talk about Advaita Vedanta , non-duality , and that tends to be what we teach here . But sometimes we talk about other matters , which does have an impact on our personal dharma and therefore we have to talk about it .

But this is an important one . When we say that God is all pervading , then literally we are saying that every single particle , every single atom contains God , are saying that every single particle , every single atom contains god . There's nothing that can you know . It doesn't say that it's partly pervading this .

Or even if we have the notion of good and evil , right , it cannot be only pervading the good and then not pervading evil . That would not support the all-pervading quality that is given to God . Sometimes we say God is omnipresent . Well , again , omni means only , and present means present , so the only one present . Present means present , so the only one present .

So if it's omnipresent and it's the only one present , then where is me and mine in this ? Eventually , we have to understand that there is nothing but this formless , nothing but this consciousness , and that is what we truly are Now , even as a body and mind . Now , let's look at it through a different way .

Instead of negating the body and mind , let's look at it in the sense of well , what if this body and mind also has God pervading it ? Now , if you think in that way , then your body becomes a temple , your mind becomes a temple . So would you speak ill about others ? Would you harm others ? Would you deliberately cause harm to others ?

I know that sometimes we can do things accidentally , but purposefully , if you try to harm other people . Can that happen ? When you are consciously aware that god is pervading your mind , that god is pervading your body . So even what we intake through the body is important .

What we do with our body , keeping a healthy lifestyle , that's when you know that God is residing in your body . So when we have that perspective in life , then every thought we want has the ability to create profound effects of

transformation . We can transform from being so limited to something limitless Within seconds , within a moment . A moment that again will turn into eternity , because we realize that this being that we call God is timeless . Now a lot of people tend to also think that if you believe in Advaita Vedanta , you don't believe in God . That's not necessarily true .

I've done an episode on this before , but I'll say it again yes , I used to be an atheist . I'm not one now . I kind of have departed away from that for some time now , but I understand the necessity of beginning on this path . As an atheist , I can see the benefits , you know , when you have to rid yourself of all notions .

For example , a notion that I did have was that we are different parts of God , and so there was me that's separate and God that is separate , and one day we will merge , and most likely we will merge after death .

Now , the problem with that type of belief not that it's bad , but the limiting aspect of that belief was that it wasn't going with my experience , meaning that once I connected with God , there was only God present and therefore it's very hard to say , well , I'm a part of this , no , there is no separation .

Therefore , to say that one is a part of something would be actually limiting even the limitless in this , in this aspect . So , for example , if this part of god is taken away to some other universal planet , does it still remain with you ? Does it still remain , uh , does that still remain part of God ?

Say and say that God is just of this universe , you know , but you see my point , it's a limiting belief , it's somewhat a blind belief , something that I maybe falsely understood . I maybe falsely understood . So when we understand that , well , I'm not simply a part of God , I'm not separate to God , then it's very different .

So my atheism at one time it freed me from certain concepts , but at the same time as I came back into spirituality or should I say I was still in spirituality I don't think it was the absence of spirituality .

So when it came to relearning , so I had to unlearn , now I have to relearn it came to a point where so I had to unlearn , now I have to relearn it came to a point where God was actually undeniable , because I understood that the fundamental part of existence is consciousness , and the scriptures talk about consciousness .

So I had actually subtly , probably believed that God was some sort of being somewhere . But then when I understood that God is existence , then I was like , oh well , that makes more sense . It's the one playing the game of many ,

but actually it's just one . And you know , we can entertain ourselves and think that we're part of the many , but then when we take a closer look and we go deeper into our spiritual practice and we we actually start having that experience of oneness and unity , then we understand that actually it's only the game of the one that's being played .

So , fundamentally , if God is all-pervading and it's pervading here right now , then there's nothing except God , and even the notion that there's a separate me , a separate you , simply doesn't exist . It's a narrative that this mind that has created that thinks it's separate to the God that is already pervading it .

So that's a different aspect to , maybe , non-duality in the traditional sense , but if we really want to go deeper into this all-pervading aspect and we go deeper into it as a meditation , it can take us really far and it can really really bring us to experience liberation right now in this life .

So once we understand that this formless consciousness that we call God is within everything , within everyone , within every being there's no single place on this existence where this is not . There's no single place on this existence where this is not then simply resting in this formless awareness becomes a very simple matter for us .

And that is the end of the episode .

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