Ultimate truth!

This lion cub, which had lost its mother, and was reared by a sheep,
would take itself to be a sheep and was very timid, subdued and
fearful. It would move about with the sheep, eat grass, etc.
One day a full grown lion chanced upon them and all the sheep along
with the cub tried to flee. The lion was perplexed to see the cub flee
from him. So he caught hold of the cub and asked him as to why he was
behaving thus. The cub full of fear and trembling, said `Please don't
eat me up.'
The lion out of pity took him to a pond and made him look at his
reflection, and said `You are a lion. You are one of us. See! You look
just like me. Now stop this nonsense and roar like me!'
The cub, still trembling, tried to roar, but could only bleat. After
several tries, he roared successfully. He was surprised and happy. He
was freed from all fear! He now moved among the lions happily as one
of them.
The spiritual analogy is obvious - the Lion symbolizes the `Atma',
while the sheep symbolizes body-consciousness, the latter keeping us
far away from awareness of our true nature!!!
Another example: Let us say there is a tree and there is also
sunlight. The tree would naturally cast a shadow; as a result, we then
have both the tree as well as the shadow. The tree is the totality
while the shadow, being a projection of the tree on a two-dimensional
plane, has features related to the tree.
Thus it is that in the shadow we see bits and pieces of the trunk, the
branches, the leaves, and so on. Of course, all the details in the
original tree are not seen in the shadow. Similarly, when God created
the Universe by projecting Himself, all aspects of His Divinity are
not fully evident in this projection. That's why we humans have
difficulty in accepting & realizing that we're from God!!! Since all
the aspects of God are not clearly visible in us (Except in the case
of POORNA AVATARS) we don't realize that we're ourselves God!!!
Surely we would agree that just because the shadow is there, the tree
does not vanish or cease to be. This is a very important point, and it
is to stress this that Krishna essentially tells Arjuna,
"I am God! I am God! I am not different from God! You're also God! The
only difference between you & me is that while you don't realize that
you're also God, I'm fully aware that I AM GOD. I AM THAT!!!"
Krishna further explains that the Universe is a projection of the
Formless God on space-time. Further, all the diversity we see is a
trick of the Divine Shadow Play; that is, on the stage called
space-time, The One appears as many!
PS: "The purpose of life is to find unity with God, to realize
Divinity within; to find unity with God means to know that you are
God. That's all. So long as we feel that we are different from God,
there is a long way to go. We will have to travel along the spiritual
path until that identity, that oneness, that unity is realized and
experienced."
We need to strive to elevate ourselves and work to attain the highest
goal, God Himself.

knr

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If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.

Every moment, thank God