Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 403

कल्पार्णव इवात्यन्तपरिपूर्णैकवस्तुनि ।
निर्विकारे निराकारे निर्विशेषे भिदा कुतः ॥

kalpārṇava ivātyantaparipūrṇaikavastuni |
nirvikāre nirākāre nirviśeṣe bhidā kutaḥ ||
(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 403)

In that One Reality which is all full to overflowing, like the ocean after the dissolution of the universe, which is the changeless, formless, and Absolute, how can there be any distinctions?

All of us, every living being, seeks pleasure. But we do not know how to seek pleasure perfectly. With a materialistic concept of life, we are frustrated at every step in satisfying our pleasure because we have no information regarding the real level on which to have real pleasure.

[Bg. 18.61]. God is situated in everyone’s heart. God is not away from us. He is present. He is so friendly that He remains with us in our repeated change of births. He is waiting to see when we shall turn to Him. He is so kind that though we may forget Him, He never forgets us. Although a son may forget his father, a father never forgets his son. Similarly, God, the original father of everything, everybody, all living entities, will never forsake us.

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