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Religious talks
Who Is
God? : We are used to knowing things by seeing them, hearing them, tasting them,
touching or smelling them.
Most of
us have grown up in a ‘seeing–is–believing’ and ‘hands on’ culture and we
are used to perceiving things in that way. Because we can’t see, hear,
taste, touch or smell God, the question arises – is God for real?
One can reach out to God with pure thoughts and be connected to Him. The
soul experiences the response of pure feelings and spiritual strength. God
is truth itself and thus can be recognized with the eye of truth.
God: The Supreme Soul
Like us, God is also a soul. Unlike us, He is referred to as the Supreme
Soul – the only soul who never takes a body (gross or subtle, human or
angelic) of His own. He is beyond the effects of actions and is never
subject to the dualities of birth and death, pleasure and pain, success and
failure. Being beyond the limits of time of this physical world, He retains
absolute knowledge of the universe and all its dimensions.
Where is God?
God lives, not everywhere but somewhere. A thought of God almost always
takes the eyes upwards, as though one is perhaps expecting a face to
miraculously appear from behind the clouds or to beam down from the moon.
Thoughts are powerful. They link one soul to another. If they are properly
channelled, thoughts can even go where only the soul can travel – beyond the
moon and stars to a dimension of golden red light, the original home of all
souls. Immersed in the experience of the warmth of this light, the soul
feels as though it is truly at home at last, and with God.
God – The Spiritual Sun
Like the physical sun, which gives light and life indiscriminately to all
beings, God is the Spiritual Sun, giving light to all, whomever and wherever
they may be. He serves altruistically, without any selfish motives,
reminding each one of their innate qualities of love, peace and happiness.
This is why He has been remembered in some countries and cultures by the
name Shiva, The Benevolent One.
God’s Wisdom, Love and Power
People may wonder why, if God exists, He doesn’t wave a magic wand and fix
things, making or at least influencing everyone so that they do exactly what
they ‘should’ do. But God never takes away anyone’s freedom of choice. God’s
wisdom is to recognize and respect each soul’s individual identity, freedom
and inherent goodness. God shares knowledge – a profound understanding of
the dualities and dilemmas of love and hatred, happiness and sorrow, victory
and defeat, etc. – but He does not make our choices for us. The soul is free
to choose ‘to be or not to be’, ‘to love or not to love’. God’s love
strengthens the soul’s will to free itself from the distresses caused by
vices such as selfish desire, anger, fear, ego and attachment. God’s power
helps the soul to recognize its highest potential and to aim for perfection
by practising the art of simple living and high thinking. Such practice by a
significant number of souls eventually brings about positive change in the
whole of humanity.
When you learn to tune your mind in meditation to the mind of God, then
whatever the situation, you always have a source of help and strength to
draw upon – an infinite reservoir of power and virtues that is only a
thought away.
( Courtesy: The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual
University http://www.bkwsu.org )
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