If the physical world is inert, how does it give us joy and entice us? Bhagawan lovingly explains revealing a profound truth from the Vedas.
If the cosmos is considered inert and devoid of consciousness, some might ask how it could be so invitingly attractive —it could not be irresponsive and dull, for it would then be ever the same. No. This view is incorrect. God is the efficient cause as well as the material cause of the cosmos. He has Himself become all this. He is the inner and the outer truth, and therefore He is the Light that illumines and reveals, that draws and discloses. By itself, flour is not welcomed by the tongue; adding sugar makes it tasty. Similarly, wherever charm, attraction, or splendour is manifest in the cosmos, it is the cosmic Spirit (Paramatma) that is evident and nothing else. The Vedas make this very clear. As the Veda texts assert, the cosmic Spirit creates, fondles, fosters, and sustains the cosmos and finally induces it to merge in Him. The cosmic Spirit is the sole Creator, the sole Enjoyer, and the sole Protector and Master. This is the proclamation contained in the Vedas.
– Sutra Vahini, Ch 09.
