सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि | ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः || २९ ||
sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṃ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ
sarva-bhūta-stham—present in all beings; ātmānam—the Self; sarva-bhūtāni—all living beings; ca—and; ātmani—in the Self; īkṣate—sees; yoga-yukta-ātmā—one united with the Self through yoga; sarvatra—everywhere; sama-darśanaḥ—seeing equally.
“With the self united through yoga, seeing equally everywhere, the yogi sees the Self in all beings and all beings in the Self.”
This is the crowning vision of the accomplished yogi: sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ — the equally balanced vision that sees everywhere. The yogi sees the Self in all beings (Brahman is the inner reality of every creature) and all beings in the Self (all forms arise from and return to the one Consciousness). This is not a pleasant philosophy — it is a direct perceptual reality for the enlightened. The apparent multiplicity of the world is seen as expressions of the one Consciousness, like waves on the ocean.
When you look at another person today — whether someone you love, someone who irritates you, or a stranger — practice consciously: 'The same awareness that knows itself in me is knowing itself in them.' Even a sincere attempt at this practice begins to dissolve the separateness that is the root cause of loneliness and conflict.