Bhagavad Gita 6.29 · Krishna
Yourself in everyone
सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि।
ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः॥
sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmaniīkṣate yogayuktātmā sarvatra samadarśanaḥ
The one steady in yoga sees the Self in all beings, and all beings in the Self, seeing the same everywhere.
Words
- yoga
What it means
This is one of the Gita's great visions. The one steady in yoga sees their own Self living in every being. And sees every being held within their Self. Samadarshana, seeing the same everywhere. Not that everyone's identical, but that one life runs through all of us.
The story
Arjuna began by seeing two sides, mine and theirs. Krishna describes a vision where there are no sides at all. Every face on this field carries the same Self.
In your life
Picture someone stuck in traffic who looks at the other frustrated drivers and thinks, they're tired too, just like me. Irritation becomes kindness. Try it on your next commute.
One life runs through us all.