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ਵਸਤੂ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਦੂਜੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਾਸਿ ॥
One thing can be absorbed into another thing, but duality keeps them apart.
The previous lines of the shabad tells how it is futile to befriend a fool. He sees the world as his intellect let's him see it.
Other Shabad tells us how we are sleeping and that's why we see the reality (Vast) in a fragmented manner.
ਮਨੁ ਸੋਇਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਬਿਸਮਾਦਿ ॥੧॥
The mind is asleep, fascinated by Maya.
ਇਸੁ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਮਹਿ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਗਤੁ ਰਹੈ ॥
Those who remain awake in this house are very rare;
ਸਾਬਤੁ ਵਸਤੁ ਓਹੁ ਅਪਨੀ ਲਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
by doing so, they receive the whole thing.