Inside outside directly and indirectly
“While pantheism asserts that “all is God”, panentheism claims that God is greater than the universe. Some versions of panentheism suggest that the universe is nothing more than the manifestation of God. In addition, some forms indicate that the universe is contained within God”
Let’s see what the Vedas say.
The very first verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam gives us the full understanding of Divinity. He has unlimited expansions , and is directly and indirectly conscious of every aspect of creation.
His decent to the material realms are described in the Vedas. A complete list of the different types of Avatars and their individual purposes are given , its also stated that as many waves in the ocean, there are incarnations in one firm or another of Divinity . Thus, it can be understood in the context of how many universes exist , along with each of their multidimensional aspects.
But as a summary and a general understanding, the first verse of the Bhagavatam offers us this.
O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmājī, the original living being. By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth.
The understanding is Divinity is everywhere but no where, He is inside and outside. How can this be , its due to His specific relationships , although He is everywhere and neutral , same time He specifically reveals Himself in His fullness to specific His devotees in different circumstances according to how the devotees relate with Him . He says in the Bhagavad Gita, “As you do, my bhajan , I do your bhajan . Or As you relate to Me , so I relate to you . In higher circles where Divinity or Krishna exhibits his most complete form , one has to take ones trancendental position , behind the prominent eternal devotees who reside in Vraja , the topmost realms where the sweetness of Divinity is revealed in full . We can not possibly stand before Dhira Lalita Krishna, Prabhupada said , ” we would burn up,” so intense is the pure love and spiritual rasa .
Actually, even in this material world, there are some incredible personalities , and and even they are somewhat unfathomable, what to speak of Radha Krishna Nitya Lila.
The Goswamis of Vrndavana writings gives us an insight, and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, in his purports of Ragganathha das Goswamis Mana Siksa book , says we should regard the Goswamis as our own personal Siksa Gurus.
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