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of each other.
This chapter shows that this is not correct because the spirit that works through each object and idea has the same and similar quality of infinithy, imperishability and dynamism. How this is so? The Lord explains that it is He, the Supreme Spirit, which splits Himself into various objects and ideas that constitute this phenomenal plurality. It is for this reason that the dynamic spirit, which gives duality to every object of the world, possesses the same qualities, which are possessed by the Supreme Soul called Purushottam. (Ref: Verses 7 to 11 and 17 to 20).
This chapter makes an allegorical reference to a tree whose roots are high up in heavens,thus making a suggestion that nourishment of the tree of this “Sansara” (Life) is made by the Supreme Spirit, which appears to have divided itself into different objects of our life.
Thus the principal concept of this chapter
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