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“Equal vision dissolves the illusion of separation.”
The one united in yoga sees the true self in all beings and all beings in the true self, seeing everything with equal vision.
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A person steady in meditation sees the same inner self present in every living being, and sees every living being within that same self.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Dhyana Yoga" (The Yoga of Meditation).
Verse 29 sits in Chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita — Dhyana Yoga, "The Yoga of Meditation". The chapter has 47 verses in total.
You are in a tense room where everyone feels like an opponent. This verse shifts the room: the person across from you is no longer a threat to manage, but a life sharing the same ground.
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Self in every being, every being in the self: the yogi united in yoga sees with an equal eye.
What this verse means
A person steady in meditation sees the same inner self present in every living being, and sees every living being within that same self.
Context & commentary
Krishna teaches Arjuna on the battlefield, where fear and division are everywhere. After describing the settled meditator, he now shows the deeper vision that meditation reveals: one who is united in yoga sees the same self in every being and every being in that same self.
What it looks like today
You are in a tense room where everyone feels like an opponent. This verse shifts the room: the person across from you is no longer a threat to manage, but a life sharing the same ground.
“Separation softens. What remains is a quiet sense of shared belonging.”
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