La veritte eternelle, the eternal truth. Many of us believe and worship the god. What is god anyway? Many say he is the only source of Energy. God is used wherever phusics fails. The creation of universe is attributed to the god. The creation of life on the earth is attributed to the god. Wherever our theories fail we associate god. God is worshipped in many forms. There are many religions, many principles to praise and justify the existence of god. God is pictured as the forgiver, punisher, guardian, rescuer, creator, destoryer and whatnot. They are not only confusing but also contradicting each other. The stories of the god are equally eccentric. God is supposed to have awakened the dead, killed the immortals etcetra. There are religoous books like the Bible, Quran, Bhaghavata, Tora etcetra that explains these stories. The paper work available on god is larger than the largest ocean on the earth. Yet we find atheists!
When you have so many things about god, it is indeed difficult to decide which is the truth, the eternal truth. When man came into existance, did he believe in god? If not, when did this principle of god came into existance? And how exactly it was derived and why?
There are in fact no exact answers for these questions. Analysing the human behaviour however, you can arrive at the nearest possible answer. When man arrived on earth, he was totally wild. Hunting for food, sleeping in caves, no civilisation. It was just a struggle for survival. Human thinking was subdued by this struggle. He could not explain any physical phenomenon. As human race evolved, man started asking quetions. Questions to himself and to the world. But he had no answers. Everything was intangible. Then he started attributing every inexplicable physical phenomenon to the god. Sun, moon, earth, trees, animals, birds, water eveyrthing. Everything was just god for him. And this belief continued through generations, ages.
But gradually human were able to find proper answers for their questions. It was a rebellion against the god, agianst the beliefs of the scoiety then. Physics took over. Human discovered amazing things about the nature, universe. The number of non-believers of god gradually increased. It was science(physics) replacing god.
Though we are civilised now, we have enhanced thinking power and unlimited resouces to research, we still attribute the intagible physical phenomenon to god. And I clearly think that is wrong.
So does god exist?
Well, answer to this question is a bit complex. God exist only if there is a believer (theist). God exists in the mind (heart or soul) of the believers. People have said many things about the god. Lemme just take a few points from the greats.
- Atma and paramatma are one and the same (advaita philosophy, Sri. Shankaracharya)
- There is only one god but many ways to reach him. (source: unknown)
- There is only one soul for a body.(source: unknown)
- God gives to strength and the power to face challenges. (Gita)
So, the eternal truth is, my friend, if you believe in god, be truthful to yourself. There is no need to go to a temple, a mosque or a church. There is no need to follow a religion. God is within all of us.
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In India, Atheism is almost as old as the Vedic Tradition...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charvaka
I have pondered about this 'God' idea several times. I wouldn't talk about religions, faiths, communities etc. coz' those are too man-made! So, assuming that there is just one single God, i have started to believe that this 'God' is nothing but positive energy within the universe. You just need to reach out to that energy, and this energy itself creates wonders for you.
Now how do we reach out to that energy? Most of the times, through self-control. For eg. when we build a dam around some flowing water, we create lot of energy around it. Similarly, in various forms like meditation (forced 'no thought'; concentration also requires effort from our side) or fasting, or charity, or simply going out of the way to a temple and praying etc. itself requires effort from our side. This creates positive energy around you, and the things one is trying to acheieve by doing all this knowingly or unknowingly get done, coz' of the presence of this positive energy that goes into doing it. It is also cultivated by just being good; good to others, fellow human beings as well as animals, being kind, resisting anger, egos; not hurting people etc. Remember hurting people generates negative energy on their side, which could affect you. Sometimes, we don't necessarily pray for something, but still we get it! Some people call this Luck! But, can't it be simply this? I am not sure whether i am making this point clear, as these were only thoughts till now, which i am trying to express here. Somehow, i have tried to follow these in my life till now, and i am somehow happy with my beliefs. Maybe, this is just my way of interpreting God, as nobody till today has been able to define God. Anyways , glad that i was able to write down my thoughts here..Maybe, God and physics are related. Someday, some scientist may come up with similar theories and then we'll start believing all this. Then there won't be any theists left in the world!
hey it was nice one... nice thoughts on something which we haven't seen or sensed[may be sometimes it happens,if u realise].. why dont you something about LOVE!!!! i think you'll having even more better thoughts abt it.wish to see your postings on it soon.take care.all the best.
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