First of all, what is GOD OR ALLAH OR PARAMATMA OR HEAVENLY FATHER.
God (or refer to it by your own name as per thetendency of your mind) is defined as something that is all pervading in this creation and as well as beyond the creation.
But if you look from an individual persons perspective, in the initial stages one sees GOD as remotely located superior thing and will have a feel thatt his superior thing may be controlling things that are far beyond the comprehension of the self. In the intermidiary stages, the same individual perceives the GOD as superior and the individual sees self as part and parcel of the divintiy as well as will have the perception that the GOD is all pervading including in self and in everyone and in everywhere. Now, in the advanced or final stages, the same individuality doesnot have any feeling or perception of self as an individuality but as an all PERVADING DIVINITY that exists within and beyond the creation.
Its like, if you look from bottom of the building, you donot have a complete picture of what your visibility is, but as you progress up and up the building, you will get more and more visibility and at the peak point, you will have an omnipresent view. Divinity is also same.
RE:Dear Imran: This is for you
by sridhar gorantla on Nov 12, 2007 03:20 PM Permalink
CONTINUED FROM ABOVE: Its like, if you look from bottom of the building, you donot have a complete picture of what your visibility is, but as you progress up and up the building, you will get more and more visibility and at the peak point, you will have an omnipresent view. Divinity is also same. The secret to this realization is to calm down the mind and body, which is what the CORE ESSENCE of every religions is. When you do namaz or when you do bhajan or when you just sit calmly or when you are doing prayers or when you do yoga or meditation, the mind will be in calm state relative to other times and in this calm state, we see solutions to many problems, and if you progress to such highers states of calming the mind, then the truth gets revealed very clearly, that you will rely on your intuition rather than any external material or mind level objective things to guide you towards the divinity.
