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The light of the Atma is omnipresent but not the Atma itself. The light of this electric bulb illuminates the whole room; however, it is the light that spreads throughout the entire room; the bulb is not everywhere, but in its own place. Only in the final lifetime, in the final body (charam sharira), when the Atma becomes the Absolute Soul (Parmatma); does it become fully exposed (niravaran), and enters the state of final liberation (Siddha-pad). This is when the entire universe becomes known (prameya), and the light of the Absolute Soul spreads throughout the universe! What is amazing about this is that the intensity of the light does not decrease anywhere!
If God is everywhere, in every particle, then where is the need to find Him? Does the Atma within us go and spread anywhere? Hence, in the form of life (chetan) the Atma is not omnipresent, but it is omnipresent by its inherent nature (swabhav).
God is present in the form of light, in every jiva (living being). But when a living being (jiva) becomes capable of seeing within, then he can see with the divine vision (divya chakshu) of the Lord, the divinity that resides within it. God is in "creature”, not in the creation (man-made). But He is covered up. Whichever part that becomes uncovered, is the direction the knowledge opens up, and develops in the worldly life to form a lawyer or a doctor. A single Atma has the energy to illuminate the entire universe, provided that it is completely free from particles of karma!
“The Parmatma (the Absolute Soul) is complete, and I am a part of Him.' – To dispel this misconception, the Gnani gives precise elucidation, saying that there are infinite numbers of souls, and they are all independent. That which has form, can be broken into pieces, but can you make pieces out of something that has no form? When it becomes a piece, how can you make it whole again? Can you make pieces out of the Lord?
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