dattaswami
December 25, 2007, 02:04 PM
The will of God does not mean that God is awareness
Ekshaternaashabdopadhi.
(The will of God does not mean that God is awareness. It means only that the medium of God is not inert).
Veda says that God wished to create this world (Sa Ekshata..). People thought that this Vedic statement means that God is awareness and not inert energy or matter because awareness alone can wish. This means that the medium of God is not inert. This means that the medium of God is awareness. The final conclusion is that God enters a living being as the medium and neither the inert statues nor the inert light etc.,(energy). Veda never speaks about the nature of original God because Veda has already spoken elaborately that the nature of God is unimaginable. The Vedic statements regarding the nature of the medium are misunderstood to be the statements regarding the nature of original God.
Veda says that God is not in the statue
Amnaayaat na pratimaa bhutejyaagaanat cha.
(Veda says that God is not in the statue. Gita also says that those who worship the inert five elements will be born as inert elements).
Veda says that God does not exist in the statue (Natasya Pratimaa). The statue is only the representative model of God and God does not exist in the inert statue. Similarly, the inert energy like light etc. Gita also says that those who worship the inert matter and energy (inert five elements) are born as inert objects in the world (Bhutejya yaanti…). Hence, the medium into which God enters is not inert but is a living being which is mainly characterized by awareness. The body of the living being is inert but a living being is mainly characterized by life, mind etc., which is awareness.
Ekshaternaashabdopadhi.
(The will of God does not mean that God is awareness. It means only that the medium of God is not inert).
Veda says that God wished to create this world (Sa Ekshata..). People thought that this Vedic statement means that God is awareness and not inert energy or matter because awareness alone can wish. This means that the medium of God is not inert. This means that the medium of God is awareness. The final conclusion is that God enters a living being as the medium and neither the inert statues nor the inert light etc.,(energy). Veda never speaks about the nature of original God because Veda has already spoken elaborately that the nature of God is unimaginable. The Vedic statements regarding the nature of the medium are misunderstood to be the statements regarding the nature of original God.
Veda says that God is not in the statue
Amnaayaat na pratimaa bhutejyaagaanat cha.
(Veda says that God is not in the statue. Gita also says that those who worship the inert five elements will be born as inert elements).
Veda says that God does not exist in the statue (Natasya Pratimaa). The statue is only the representative model of God and God does not exist in the inert statue. Similarly, the inert energy like light etc. Gita also says that those who worship the inert matter and energy (inert five elements) are born as inert objects in the world (Bhutejya yaanti…). Hence, the medium into which God enters is not inert but is a living being which is mainly characterized by awareness. The body of the living being is inert but a living being is mainly characterized by life, mind etc., which is awareness.