Krishna says to Arjuna in the beginning of Gita that this body of all living beings is only a temporary abode of the souls. The comparison was given as just like we changing our old dress, our souls change our old bodies. After a while, upon being asked by Arjuna, Krishna once again says something about this abode of our souls. The dress they choose to wear.

Krishna says that our body does contain the senses and the emotions they generate. There will be naturally the good emotions like calmness and happiness and bad emotions like anger and hatred within us. The reason behind this is the illusion created by God. We must come out of it and acquire qualities of mind like humility, non violence, cleanliness , detachment from family, devotion to God etc. Here one may doubt about detachment from family. While applying the principle of doing our duties without desire for results, our love towards our wives and children should also be without expecting anything in return. They may not live up to our expectations. Even then we must be happy. That’s why this example is specifically sited in Gita. That’s the speciality of Gita. It contains extreme examples. It begins with such a severe one. Whether to kill our relatives or not. Gita is written for the severest of severe conditions. For easy going moments also we can apply it, though.

It’s already said that our body is a dress for our soul. Now Krishna says that along with our soul, he too resides inside that dress. God is everywhere. He is in our bodies too. He doesn’t do anything but stays inside our bodies silently. We can’t feel that presence.

That presence of God is what moves our lives. Our soul only takes decisions for us. But it’s the God part that works for us as directed by our souls. For example, if we take a medicine for a disease caused by the illusion created by God, it’s the God part inside our body which helps the medicine to work. The victory of the illusion or the God part depends on activities of the soul. Though soul is also part of God, it’s given freedom to act according to its will. Hence, if it’s been doing good from past lives, God part triumphs illusion.

A man with knowledge of these things should understand that the bad emotions we get through our senses like a bad sight or bad news are created by the illusion. We can’t live without those bad happenings while living on earth. The degree of that bad happenings depend on how bad a bird we are. Rather what all bad things we did in past lives.

Some people realise the presence of God in their bodies by meditation, some by heard about knowledge, some by doing their duties without attachment. They all reach God in the end.We must understand that whatever we do is with the help of the God part inside us. It’s God who makes us do things when we wish for them. Since that God doesn’t have any love or hatred towards anyone or anything, we too must add that character to ourselves. We must learn to see the oneness of God in the trillions of diverse things in the universe. Just like the sky doesn’t get influenced by anything, we too should separate ourselves from attachments.

Because like the sun who illuminates the earth, God illuminates our bodies; the difference being sun is outside earth while God is inside us. We must see that light by looking into us.