Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 9: The Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
Bhagavad Gita 9.29
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः ।
ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥
samo'haṃ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo'sti na priyaḥ | ye bhajanti tu māṃ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpyaham ||
I am the same toward all beings; no one is hateful to me and no one is dear. But those who worship me with devotion are in me, and I am in them.
Modern context
The divine has no favourites: no one is hated, no one specially loved. And yet the devoted are 'in me, and I in them'. These seem to contradict, but the sun gives a picture. It shines equally on everything. A plant that turns toward it receives more light, not because the sun prefers it, but because it opened itself. The grace is the same for all; the difference is in who turns toward it.