150. Non-Attachment is the Key

The quantum fields are invisible energy fields that permeate the entirety of space. One such field is called Higgs field and interaction with this field gives mass to the subatomic particles. The combination of these subatomic particles is nothing but the matter we see around us today. While subatomic particles need the Higgs field to have mass, the Higgs field doesn’t need them for its existence. 

This current scientific paradigm will help us understand when Krishna says, “All the world is pervaded by Me in the unmanifested form; all beings dwell in Me and I do not dwell in them (9.4). Nor do beings dwell in Me; behold My divine yoga! Bringing forth and supporting beings, Myself does not dwell in them” (9.5).

To make things simple for Arjuna, Krishna gives an example and says, “As the wind moving everywhere always rests in space, know that all beings rest in Me” (9.6). However mighty or destructive the wind or cyclone might be, it is still bound to be in space.

He further says, “At the end of a time cycle (kalpa) all beings enter My prakriti (nature); at the beginning of a kalpa I bring them forth again (9.7). By revivifying My own prakriti (nature), I bring forth, again and again, all this multitude of beings, all subject to the laws of Nature” (9.8). This is the harmonious creation of the manifested from the unmanifested through the force of Nature. 

Krishna says, “Nor these acts bind Me, for I remain above them, unconcerned and unattached” (9.9). The key is non-attachment. While we tend to get attached to things or achievements, Paramatma is not attached to his mighty creations. When we take ourselves to be a karta (doer), we are bound by our karmas to karma bandhan (bondage of action) while the Paramatma is like a sakshi (witness) who is not bound (4.14).