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5. The whole of non-conscious or inert nature consists of an inter-mix of three attributes or qualities namely, ‘sat’ or ‘satogun’ (here ‘sat’ means virtuous, righteous or positive and ‘gun’ means attributes/qualities/propensities), ‘raj’ or ‘rajogun (mundane or worldly disposition) and ‘tam’ or ‘tamogun’ (darker passions or negative tendencies). The dominance of any one of the three attributes decides the nature of that creation or mind. The highest level of non-conscious creation, ‘Mahâkâran Prakriti’ (Supra-causal Nature) has all the three attributes held in perfect equilibrium, equal proportion, and, therefore, is an inactive realm where no activity of any type takes place (hence, this is also called Equilibrial Primordial Nature). The ‘Kaivalya Mandal’ or ‘Chetan Mandal’ or Conscious Sphere lies beyond all the non-conscious spheres and is, thus, free of attributes or qualities. It is, therefore, also called ‘nirgun’ (attribute-less) plane of creation. The Supreme Being lives beyond both the attributed or non-conscious or classified nature as well as the attribute-less or conscious or unqualified nature.
40, 41. God is everywhere. Nothing exists, or can exist, beyond or outside Him. Hence, everything is contained in, or accommodated within Him only. Thus, He is larger than the largest. Again, because He is everywhere, He must be present within the tiniest pores of anything & everything. Thus, He is all-pervading and, consequently, tinier (smaller) than the tiniest (smallest).
42. Monkey catchers contrive an interesting ploy or device to trap a monkey. They keep dessert or sweet balls in a vessel with a narrow neck that is large enough to let in the empty hand of a monkey but small enough to disallow a filled fist. He keeps the vessel with sweets within at a suitable place in a forest and hides. The monkey finding the sweet balls kept within the vessel slides his hand inside it. As he holds the sweet in his fist and tries to take it out his hand gets stuck inside. If he drops the sweet, he can easily take out his hand. However, the foolish monkey thinks that the vessel has gripped his hand (while it is he, the monkey, who has caught the vessel and not the vessel which has caught him) and is nabbed by the monkey- catcher who, then, trains him in trick-play to earn his livelihood. The monkey could have easily fled away had he left the sweet ball and taken out his empty hand. Likewise, say sants, we, ordinary mortals, grip the illusory world, the sensory objects ourselves, but keep foolishly thinking that the world or illusion has had a devilish grip over us and kept us imprisoned.