Man has an eternal question.
If there is a God? Who is this Supreme Being? Who is God? Can we know about God? And if knowing God is possible? How do we comprehend Him: by reason or only through an ascetic epiphany of faith? If so, how can He be realized? Is it necessary to have so many Gods? How can I find God?
These questions have tormented theologians and mystics in the 4000- year history of monotheism. And does it serve the real purpose some ask? But whatever methods used to invoke their blessings. The basic source is only one Supreme Being and other derives authority from Him. Each group call, Him by a name of their preference. There is no conflict in uttering the names but God is one
GOD Defination is GENERATOR, OPERATOR, and DESTROYER.
Nature Of God
Dictionaries usually describe God as the Supreme Being. Since we cannot put God on a table for a thorough investigation, God and his nature is still seen by some as belonging to a belief system.
Scholars, who believe in the theory of evolution, naturally think that this system of belief must also have undergone its own evolution. They say that ' animism ' (a belief in souls) slowly developed into ' polytheism ' (the belief in many Gods) and from there developed into a belief of one God.
However, it is clear from ancient scriptures of India, which go back four to six thousand years (longer if we add oral tradition), that their polytheism is indeed a very precise belief in only one God.
The many Gods, we hear about, are according to their own explanation no more than qualities and externalisations of the single Supreme Being. Thus the oldest book on this globe, the Rig-Veda, tells us:
"The wise speak of the same One as Indra, Mitra, Varuna, and Agni... There is one Truth but the wise call it by different names."
This sentence alone should be sufficient to clear up another result of ignorance. Polytheism can rather be compared with Trinity that is definitely since even Jesus himself explains that there is only one God and we are all part of the One.
The Trinity, like religion itself, originated from India where it was called 'Trimurti'. Hindus call the Absolute Being ' Brahman ' The Son, as the creative force of cosmic vibration, is called ' Vishnu'. The returning, ingoing, attracting, dissolving, evolutionary force is called ' Shiva ‘. That is the exact equivalent of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
To picture all three as persons is somewhat childish because then we are thinking in terms of human families. An omnipresent Being should not be pictured in terms of Fathers, Mothers, Uncles, Sons, Daughters, etc. In fact, it should be clear that God is not a person and that when we talk about an Absolute Being or Supreme Being it refers rather to a condition of perfect being ness.
Since God is self-reliant and the world is a manifestation of God's energy, we could call God: 'Self-energetic being ness'। From the accounts of the many saints, sages, and self-realised persons, who have encountered this condition of being, we may add that this condition is a blissful state of being.
If there is a God? Who is this Supreme Being? Who is God? Can we know about God? And if knowing God is possible? How do we comprehend Him: by reason or only through an ascetic epiphany of faith? If so, how can He be realized? Is it necessary to have so many Gods? How can I find God?
These questions have tormented theologians and mystics in the 4000- year history of monotheism. And does it serve the real purpose some ask? But whatever methods used to invoke their blessings. The basic source is only one Supreme Being and other derives authority from Him. Each group call, Him by a name of their preference. There is no conflict in uttering the names but God is one
GOD Defination is GENERATOR, OPERATOR, and DESTROYER.
Nature Of God
Dictionaries usually describe God as the Supreme Being. Since we cannot put God on a table for a thorough investigation, God and his nature is still seen by some as belonging to a belief system.
Scholars, who believe in the theory of evolution, naturally think that this system of belief must also have undergone its own evolution. They say that ' animism ' (a belief in souls) slowly developed into ' polytheism ' (the belief in many Gods) and from there developed into a belief of one God.
However, it is clear from ancient scriptures of India, which go back four to six thousand years (longer if we add oral tradition), that their polytheism is indeed a very precise belief in only one God.
The many Gods, we hear about, are according to their own explanation no more than qualities and externalisations of the single Supreme Being. Thus the oldest book on this globe, the Rig-Veda, tells us:
"The wise speak of the same One as Indra, Mitra, Varuna, and Agni... There is one Truth but the wise call it by different names."
This sentence alone should be sufficient to clear up another result of ignorance. Polytheism can rather be compared with Trinity that is definitely since even Jesus himself explains that there is only one God and we are all part of the One.
The Trinity, like religion itself, originated from India where it was called 'Trimurti'. Hindus call the Absolute Being ' Brahman ' The Son, as the creative force of cosmic vibration, is called ' Vishnu'. The returning, ingoing, attracting, dissolving, evolutionary force is called ' Shiva ‘. That is the exact equivalent of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
To picture all three as persons is somewhat childish because then we are thinking in terms of human families. An omnipresent Being should not be pictured in terms of Fathers, Mothers, Uncles, Sons, Daughters, etc. In fact, it should be clear that God is not a person and that when we talk about an Absolute Being or Supreme Being it refers rather to a condition of perfect being ness.
Since God is self-reliant and the world is a manifestation of God's energy, we could call God: 'Self-energetic being ness'। From the accounts of the many saints, sages, and self-realised persons, who have encountered this condition of being, we may add that this condition is a blissful state of being.
No doubt there is tremendous technology advancement, but these achievements cannot help any one to manufacture just a drop of blood, which God has created so perfectly. For this man should be thankful to the Almighty.
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