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sridatta1 · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 652 Location: india

God enters only the soul, which is indicated by the awareness

Rupakam bhraantamupaadhau nishiddhamikshateh.

(People misunderstand the metaphor to be the medium of God. This misunderstanding can be checked by the point that no inert item can be the medium of God, since God always enters a soul only).
When we hear the statements like that God is light as in Brahma Sutra (Jyotiradhikaranaat), we are misled to think that God enters the inert light. The reason is that in metaphor, we say that God is light. This is only a hidden simile and we should understand this as the comparison. This means that God preaches spiritual knowledge and removes ignorance like the light removing darkness. The basic concept that God never enters the inert medium helps us to detect this point. By this basic concept, we can understand whether it is a comparison or the medium of God. God enters only the soul, which is indicated by the awareness. It is already cleared that awareness is only a medium of God and not God directly.