The Creation Is Nothing But The Creator

The Creation Is Nothing But The Creator : 

If a child starts with a square piece of paper, and makes a boat out of it, we do not any arguments to prove that the boat contains the paper. After all, the boat is nothing but the paper in another form. Similarly, since the creation is nothing but the Creator in another form, we do not need any arguments to prove that the creation contains the Creator. However, since the Creator is not visible in the creation, we say that It is present in the creation as the Spirit. Thus, in terms of Vedanta, the all-pervasive Spirit of the Creator in the creation is not just there; its presence is inevitable. The Spirit is there in each atom of the creation, inanimate and animate. Each individual creature has the Spirit of the Creator throughout itself. However, at the level of the individual, the Spirit is called the soul. Thus the soul is nothing but the individualized spirit. Like the Spirit, the soul is also all-pervasive. Therefore, we do not have to look for the soul in the head or the heart. The soul permeates each atom of the individual. This worldview, which may be called the spiritual worldview, has important implications for our daily lives. First, it gives us a fundamental basis for unity of all creation, because the entire creation is a manifestation of the One Creator, or the Divine. Secondly, the boundary of the individual, as defined by the skin, becomes only a partial boundary, because the soul is co-extensive with the universal spirit. That is why, the thoughts and emotions of an individual can have an impact on his surroundings, even on the health and well-beings of other creatures. This provides an explanation for the gardener’s love accelerating the growth of plants, and the doctor’s love hastening the healing process in his patients.

Om Namah Shivay.