Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field

Bhagavad Gita 13.14

sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam | asaktaṃ sarvabhṛccaiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca ||

It seems to have the qualities of all the senses, yet it has no senses. It is unattached, yet it supports everything. It is free of the qualities of nature, yet it experiences them.

Modern context

Every line holds a paradox: it seems to have all senses, yet has none; it is unattached, yet supports everything; it is free of qualities, yet experiences them. These are not contradictions to be solved. They describe something our categories cannot hold. Awareness is like this. It is not any particular sight or sound, yet without it nothing is seen or heard.