Gita 13.3

Sadhak: "Guru ji, Krishna says He is the Knower in all bodies. Does that mean we are all God?"

Guru: "The wave is not separate from the ocean, yet the wave is not the entire ocean. The consciousness in you IS divine, but that doesn't mean the limited ego-self is God. The knower in you, stripped of all mental modifications, is indeed one with the Supreme."

Sadhak: "If the same Krishna is aware in all beings, why do we seem to have separate experiences?"

Guru: "The same electricity powers different appliances—a heater produces heat, a lamp produces light, a fan produces breeze. The appliances differ, not the power. Similarly, the same awareness, filtered through different body-minds, appears as different experiences."

Sadhak: "This seems to diminish individual uniqueness. Are we all just the same?"

Guru: "At the deepest level, yes—one awareness. But this doesn't diminish anything; it reveals our true grandeur. You are not a small separate self struggling in a vast universe. You are the eternal witness, playing the role of a unique individual."

Sadhak: "If I'm already divine, why don't I feel it?"

Guru: "Because identification with the field—body, thoughts, emotions—creates a sense of limitation. The sun is always shining, but clouds can hide it. The practice of discriminating field from knower removes the clouds. What remains has always been shining."