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Sri Chinmoy: God is beyond definition. But according to one's own vision or receptivity, one will define God in one's own way. Some will say that God is all Love. Others will say that God is all Power. Each one will see God according to his own necessity, his own receptivity and, finally, according to the way God wants him to see the ultimate Truth.

I see God with form and without form. I see Him as boundless Consciousness, limitless and endless Consciousness. Again, I see Him as energy, infinite energy. But usually I see the Supreme in the form of a most luminous, golden Being. When I converse with Him, I also see this form. I am extremely fond of this particular form. Here on earth, where we judge beauty with the human eye, we feel that a particular child is most beautiful. But I wish to say that the Supreme that I pray to and converse with is infinitely more beautiful than the most beautiful child on earth.

Again, the same Supreme, who is my Beloved, who is my Pilot, may assume the formless form of infinite Light, Peace and Bliss. But I personally prefer the personal form.

Some people don't even like to use the term "God." The Buddha did not use the term "God." He used the term "Bliss," or "Nirvana." But we have to know that this transcendental Bliss is none other than God Himself. Inside this Bliss is divine perfection and satisfaction. If you want to call it Bliss, you can. And if you want to call it God, you can do that, too. Whatever gives you satisfaction is the right way for you.


- Sri Chinmoy

The trouble is who designed mankind and who designed the designer or designers of humans ....ext until infinity whereas infinity is not approachable !. To believe in something that might exist or might not exist does not bring me comfort vis a vis the issues of creation and being designed . There are thousands of different religions in our globe and the striking contradictions are very obvious to anyone to see . We are better off searching for the truth far away from religion . The closer we come to religion ; the more we lose objectivity ,logic, and common sense . Yes ,we are created but how life started and who started our starter are no easy questions with no actual answers .

The infinite potentiality of the a priori essence of all existence...


The thread which runs through the way...

The question of a supreme one or several supreme ones will continue to occupy billions and billions of humans . However , as people we ought to seek the truth according to our thinking abilities under logic and support from sciences .To pretend to know the answer to such complex issues is just a work of pure imagination and sometimes a work of belief in the unknown under pressures from weaknesses or fears or both . To continue research under logic ,sciences ,in a free minded way is the path towards hopeful answers .

The question of a supreme one or several supreme ones will continue to occupy billions and billions of humans . However , as people we ought to seek the truth according to our thinking abilities under logic and support from sciences .To pretend to know the answer to such complex issues is just a work of pure imagination and sometimes a work of belief in the unknown under pressures from weaknesses or fears or both . To continue research under logic ,sciences ,in a free minded way is the path towards hopeful answers .

What is God?

I can think of a million different answers and maybe they are all true. But I think for me this makes the most sense:

God is like love: hard to describe, different for everyone, but (if you let yourself) then you will know it when you feel it...


Peace

I was thinking he was 5'8", black hair with premature balding, a toothy grin and a propensity for running naked down the alley at night........... but I like your description better.

A "god" is an absolute that is revered by humans.

Silly. Middle aged balding man? Why not a 6 foot tall buxom blonde in a tutu, feather boa and 4" heels?

I mean, let God have a little fun... actually, looking at the above description I may have seen god at South Beach last weekend...

BTW- the whole backwards word thing is fun...

I think that maybe it is EVIL to not LIVE. Wasting ones life being the worst thing we can do...

Peace and joy.

I will probably seem like a backwoods hick to those of you who are wordsmiths but here goes.......... God is on the street corner with a cardboard sign hoping someone will care. He is flat on his back in the delivery room giving birth to life. He is the puppy licking your face as you come home from work to give him attention. He is the flower you just picked to give to your sweetheart. He simply is.
Commence ripping me........ now.
I see God all around me and if that means I am simple then so be it.

it was understood what you meant...no need to commence ripping atall...

I see God in all things too.

And thanx for bringing laugher to the board... laughter is always needed in our lives...

Thanks! If I can get through the day with a smile on my face then it has been a good day. Almost as much fun as a packed elevator ride a few hours after an egg salad sandwich.

The historical "God" was the equivalent of a strike team flying around in an assault helicopter, using a loudspeaker to scare the crap out of primitive life-forms.

<------ Powered Battle Armor didn't hurt their presentation any either.


Or is anyone so naive as to believe that this is the first time around for an advanced civilization on this planet?

Not at all! I heard that archaeologists found some sort of robotic donkey at a dig in Cairo. When its tail lifted it made a shrill sound and its eyes flashed. No joke! Clearly superior.

Hmmm....Maybe it's the same one HeyZeus rode into Jerusalem!

yes. all in all, the answer is yes, except for the energy part if I may assume that energy must be expended and thus transfer into something else like heat or resistance and change shape and form and function without retaining its inherent energy while doing so.

But even in the biblical depiction there are pantheistic questions to be answered that are not congruent but equally present in form and function. Biblically, there is a heirarchy.

Biblically, the Lord alone speaks for the Creator and other gods exist as subservient and partial in their regard for the eternal consequence of man's soul.

The Lord is depicted as the judge. the others are depicted as unecessary abridgements between man and the Creator, who the Lord is said to be the only channel for such direct communication with the Creator, and that all other gods are not, but that those other gods ultimately answer to the Lord alone and are judged for their abrogations by the Lord alone.

At which time, the Lord rests and all that is left to worship in spirit and truth, after the judgement, is The Creator.

Basically, that is the stipulation.

Now then, where it gets sticky is that the Lord says that the Holy Spirit is given to the believer of GOD (the Creator) in his name, Jesus, or JHWH, to be conversant with The Creator with the caveat that the Holy Spirit also testifies of Jesus. If the spiritual indwelling does not testifiy that Jesus is the Son of God then the indwelling is not the Holy Spirit sent from God to man, but something else of lesser value.

Pantheism disputes this distinction and conjures a moral equivalence separate but equal to Jesus as Lord.

As do all other religions.

Biblically, there is no moral equivalence, but heaven is full of souls, ultimately, many of which are not Christian, but judged nonetheless by Christ Jesus, and thereby ultimately acknowledged by all as LORD. But not all are the Church of Jesus Christ, but all are the children of God.

If that is confusing, you are not alone.

If that is comforting and encouraging, you are not alone.

If you sincerely care, then you are not alone.

If it is meaningless, then you are not alone.

But choices abound and promises have been given and some are better than others.

One is best.