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(17) Knowing God Through the Vision of Gnan
Is 'I Am a Part of God' True? Dadashri: Who are you? Questioner: I am a part of God (Ishwar).
Dadashri: People have been lead astray with these discussions about one being a part or fraction of God. How can one be a fraction of God? How can you divide God into pieces? The Atma (Soul; Self) is asaiyogi – it has no connections with any circumstance. You can cut something that is saiyog, into pieces. The Atma is a natural (swabhavik) thing; you cannot divide the innate nature (swabhav) into pieces. You (the Self) are verily whole, but you are shrouded by veils of ignorance. When one says, “I am a fraction of God,” what one is really trying to say, is that a fraction of gnan (knowledge) has manifested within him, and that a fraction of ignorance has been unveiled.
The sun is full, but the amount of light you get from it depends upon how much of it gets covered by clouds. Likewise, You (the Self) are 'full' and complete, but you have been covered up. In the beginning, there is the one-sensed organism (ekendriya jiva) which has a fraction of the total veil uncovered. If you hit it hard or cut it, it would feel pain, but if you swore at it or gave it some tea, it would not feel anything. Then the two-sensed organisms (beindriya) like crustaceans (shells and oysters), also fall into this category. Then there are the three-sensed organisms (tranindriya) like
