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The First Step in God Realization
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able to cleanse the materially absorbed mind, it is impossible for them to concentrate upon thoughts of transcendence. And to do so one may fix one's mind on the gross material or external feature of the Lord. The different parts of the gigantic form of the Lord are described in the following verses. The materialistic men are very anxious to have some mystic powers as a result of such controlling process, but the real purpose of yogic regulations is to eradicate the accumulated dirty things like lust, anger, avarice and all such material contaminations. If the mystic  yogī  is diverted by the accompanying feats of mystic control, then his mission of yogic success is a failure, because the ultimate aim is God realization. He is therefore recommended to fix his gross materialistic mind by a different conception and thus realize the potency of the Lord. As soon as the potencies are understood to be instrumental manifestations of the transcendence, the next step is automatically advanced, and gradually the stage of full realization becomes possible for him.
TEXT 24
विशेषस्तस्य देहोऽयं स्थविष्टश्च स्थवीयसाम् । यत्रेदं व्यज्यते विश्वं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च सत् ॥२४॥
viśeṣas tasya deho'yam   sthaviṣṭhaś ca sthavīyasām   yatredam vyajyate viśvam   bhūtam bhavyam bhavac ca sat
viśeṣah —personal;  tasya —his;  dehah —body;  ayam —this;  sthaviṣṭhah —grossly material;  ca —and;  sthavīyasām —of all matter;  yatra —wherein;  idam —all these phenomenal;  vyajyate —is experienced;  viśvam —universe;  bhūtam —past;  bhavyam —future;  bhavat —present;  ca —and;  sat —resultant.
TRANSLATION
This gigantic manifestation of the phenomenal material world as a whole is the personal body of the Absolute Truth, wherein the universal resultant past, present and future of material time is experienced.