Ornament is Gold but Gold is not the Ornament

From the perspective of the hand, fingers are part of the hand but hand is not the fingers.

From the perspective of the body, hands are part of the body but hands are not the body.

When you close your eyes, you are able to imagine a rose if you wish. This means that the rose is in your consciousness but the consciousness is not the rose.

As this view is expanded and Self Inquiry is done, finally there is a realisation that everything is in impersonal consciousness, but impersonal consciousness is not caught in any particular thing.

In Bhagavad Gita 9.4, Krishn says as impersonal consciousness,

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Implied Meaning: All this world is pervaded by me in my unmanifest form. All beings exist in me, but I do not dwell in them.

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