18 June 2025 The Self (Ātma) is absolute—present in all beings, yet untouched by anything that occurs within them. Like space, which pervades everything yet remains untainted by what it contains, Ātma is both immanent and transcendent. It enlivens every body, illumines every experience, yet remains ever pure, unchanged, and unaffected. This is not a metaphor—it is the nature of reality. The Self is the silent, eternal witness, never entangled in the play of matter. Krishna’s analogy of space reveals the formless, all-pervading truth of Ātma—undeniably present, supremely free.