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Aptavani-8
The Atma Fills the Space It is in
Therefore, the meaning of omnipresence (sarvavyapak) is different. It is not the way these people understand it. The meaning of omnipresence would be like this light bulb. It is the only bulb; there is not a bulb everywhere in the room. It is just its light that fills the room. That is how a single Atma has the energy (shakti) to illuminate the entire universe. After becoming the pure Soul (Shuddhatma), the remaining karmas are discharged completely, and when it becomes free of karma, it has the energy to illuminate the entire universe.
But the way people have understood it, is that there is Atma in everything, that there is Atma in this and Atma in that. They have understood it wrongly. What would happen if you drank the medicine instead of rubbing it on? Then neither the disease on the outside is cured, nor the disease on the inside is cured!
So when it is said that “this light is everywhere”, then it means that the bulb is in one place and its light is spread all over the room. If you take this bulb and put it in a pot and cover it with a lid, would you be able to see its light everywhere then?
Questioner: No, you would not see it.
Dadashri: Therefore, the pramaata (illuminator) casts its light according to the prameya (contained space; receptacle) it is in. The receptacle (prameya) is about this much; if you put a bulb in the pot, the amount of light will only fill the pot. Then, you would not see its light anywhere on the outside. When The Prameya is The Universe, The
Pramaata is Parmatma! Questioner: Somewhere I read that you should have a long spiritual discussion (satsang) with a Gnani Purush, and understand the meaning of pramaata, praman and prameya. So would you explain this?
