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## The Feeling of Oneness
**Verse 68 of the Fourth Light of Yoga Shastra:**
When a deva, under the influence of intense anger, constantly suffers in his mind, thinking, "I did not perform any good deeds in my previous birth, which is why I have become a servant of others here, a deva who obeys others." Seeing the increasing prosperity of others, the deva burns with envy throughout his life. When he is robbed of his wealth, loses all his prosperity, he adopts a humble attitude and cries out in a choked voice, "Oh Lord of life! Oh Master! Oh Deva! Be pleased with me!" Even though the devas like Kandarpa attained heaven through virtuous deeds, they are still afflicted by lust, anger, and fear there. They do not find their true place. Seeing the signs of being expelled from the heavenly realm, the deva laments, "I don't know where I will be born after being expelled from here." In this way, the deva's face wilts like the never-ending garland of flowers on the Kalpavriksha tree when it withers. His entire body structure becomes weak, and even the Kalpavriksha, which does not tremble even from the strongest force, begins to shake. It is as if beauty and shame have committed a crime together in the midst of a famine, with the accepted beloved. In this way, knowing the deva to be guilty, the goddess leaves him. The pure beauty of his clothes also fades in an instant. Just as the sky turns dark due to the sudden appearance of clouds, the deva's face becomes black and dull due to sin. Those who were previously devoid of humility become humble, those who were sleepless become drowsy. Just as ants get wings at the time of death, similarly, humility and drowsiness engulf the devas at the time of their expulsion. By transgressing the law of justice, he becomes excessively attached to worldly pleasures and desires to indulge in evil deeds. Knowing that he will face a terrible fate in the future, his body starts to break down at the joints, even though he is healthy, due to the pain he experiences. His sharp intellect, which was adept at understanding things quickly, suddenly disappears. Now he is unable to even see the prosperity of others. The fear of the suffering of being born in the womb, which is about to befall him in the near future, makes him shiver. He frightens others by trembling his limbs. Knowing for sure that his expulsion is imminent, he loses interest in his celestial chariot, Nandana garden, or well. They all seem like an embrace of fire to him. He constantly laments day and night, "Oh my beloved! Alas! My chariot! Oh! My well! Oh! Kalpavriksha! When will I see you again after my divinity ends? Ah! Your laughter, like nectar! Oh! Your lips, red like nectar! Oh! Your voice, flowing like nectar! Ha! My beloved, like nectar! Alas! The pillars adorned with jewels! Alas! The touch of jewels! Oh! The platform made of jewels! Who will you shelter now? Alas! This well, adorned with lotuses and water lilies, with its steps made of jewels, who will it benefit? Oh Parijat! Oh Mandara! Oh offspring! Oh Harichandan! Oh Kalpavriksha! Will you all leave me? Oh! Will I have to live in the hell of a woman's womb, in servitude? Alas! Will I have to taste the foul taste of food there again and again? Will I have to suffer the pain of roasting myself in the fire of my stomach, according to my deeds? Where are those celestial women, like repositories of love, and where are those foul, human women, dripping with impurities?" In this way, the deva keeps remembering the things of the heavenly realm and keeps lamenting. And as he keeps lamenting, his life's lamp suddenly goes out in an instant. ||67||
In this way, worldly beings in all four realms do not have even a little happiness in this world. Not only that, but there is also a lot of physical and mental suffering. Understanding this, if you want to be free forever from the fear of wandering in the cycle of birth and death, then abandon attachment and constantly meditate on the feeling of the world with pure intentions. In this way, the feeling of the world is complete.
Now, the feeling of oneness is explained in two verses. ||394||
One is born alone, one dies alone. One experiences the karmas accumulated in previous births. ||68||
**Meaning:** This being is born alone and helpless, and it dies alone, leaving its body. And it alone experiences the karmas accumulated in birth after birth. ||8||
Shri Bhagwan has said, "The karmas performed in the afterlife have to be experienced in this world; similarly, the karmas performed in this world are also experienced in this world." ||356||