How did the world come from God? How did inert items get converted into awareness?

[An online spiritual discussion was conducted on October 5, 2020, in which several devotees participated. Some of the questions of devotees answered by Swāmi are given below.]

How did the world come from God? How did inert items get converted into awareness? (3 of 11)

Swāmi replied: The process of evolution of creation from the unimaginable God is also unimaginable. In the world, we only know of imaginable items creating imaginable products. In the world, there is no single unimaginable item that creates an imaginable product. In the world, we find that a person having awareness can create an imaginary world. It means that awareness can create an imaginary world. But that world does not appear to be very clear and real to the awareness (person), which has created it. However, the world created by God appears very clear and real even to Him, so that He gets full and real entertainment. Hence, there is no similar example in the world for us to get any clue of how God created this very clear and real world, without the help of any second item.

The inert food consumed by us produces awareness. If we do not consume food, awareness disappears after some time, i.e., we die. The food, upon oxidation, releases inert energy that is transformed into a specific form of work called awareness in a specific functioning system called the brain and the nervous system. Awareness is only a form of inert energy and is not God. Matter (food) is also a condensed form of inert energy.

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