One Absolute Reality – Many Roles

There is only one absolute reality – the impersonal consciousness – playing many roles.

Bhagavad Gita 13.22

[Bhagavad Gita 13.22]

Implied Meaning: The Self located in this body is also called the Witness/Knower. It is also the Approver/Intellect, the Provider, the Enjoyer/Experiencer, the great Lord and the Supreme Self.

Comment: While the absolute reality is playing many primary roles, it is also playing many secondary roles via primary roles. For instance, while experiencer is a role played by absolute reality, this role also plays several other roles which eventually are the secondary roles played by the absolute reality only. Sometimes the experiencer becomes father, sometimes son, sometimes boss, sometimes husband and so on. Often, it is attachment to the role that causes suffering to the experiencer. If a particular role played by the experiencer is causing mental suffering then the experiencer should try to switch over to  being just a detached witness.

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