The tree growing out of the soil returns to the soil; the individual arising from Brahman (Divinity) returns to Brahman - this truth is not easily perceived and that is the mystery of this marvellous creation. Embodiments of Brahman! When a seed is sown in the earth, it sprouts as a sapling and grows in due course into a big tree. In the tree, the branches, the leaves, the flowers and the fruits all appear as distinct from each other and each of them have a specific purpose. But all of them are different forms of the mud from which they have originated. Seeing a rope at a distance, suspecting that it may be a snake, one develops fear and screams. Soon someone arrives and assures that it is not a snake but a rope. The moment that person realises that, the fear is got rid of. During all these phases, the rope was only a rope. The rope is Brahman, you mistake it to be a snake or this creation or Nature. Then comes the jnani (the wise one) who reveals that all that you see is verily Brahman. All that you see in the entire universe is a manifestation of the Brahman.

- Divine Discourse, 30 Jul 1994.