Single defect of absence of planning, space cannot be treated as God

[dattaswami]

Single defect of absence of planning, space cannot be treated as God

 

124) Na svayamasamkalpaat jivastu pashchaat .

 

(But the primordial energy itself cannot plan being inert. The awareness was not there in the beginning, which resulted in the end only in the chain of creation).

As per Veda, God created space in the beginning. From space gradually the other elements came and finally from the earth plants and from plants the awareness (purusha) is produced. Hence, you cannot bring awareness to the space before it was generated. Therefore, for this single defect of absence of planning, space cannot be treated as God.