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God is All Love. He is the Ocean of Compassion, the
Ocean of Forgiveness, the Ocean
of Kindness. He is the only Reality. He is the basis, source and origin
of all religions. He is the goal of all religions. Even though called
by different names, as Brahman, Atman, Jehovah, Father in Heaven, or Allah,
yet that Supreme Cosmic Reality is One and Non-Dual. It is that Reality
which is worshipped in all places of worship: Hindu temple, Jewish synagogue,
Christian church, Islamic mosque. It is the One Being glorified in all
the scriptures of the world.
For before creation was created, to whom did God belong?
Before there was any creation at all, when there was neither sun, moon,
stars, planets, space. time, world, what to say of human beings, then
what was His name? Who was there to give Him a name? What were the words
that uttered any prayers to Him? Who was there to pray? Why do we fight
over names? What folly! Before there was any creation at all, the one
absolute transcendental Being alone existed, the one universal Reality
that ever has existed, ever exists, and ever shall exist.
It was only when man came into being in the course of
the strange, mysterious
progression of human history that languages arose. In different parts
of the earth, different ways of expressing thoughts through articulate
speech evolved. Different terminologies to express the same thing developed.
Consider how many totally different names there are for
the one element that you drink in
order to slake your thirst. In another country, if you ask for water in
your language, they may not know what you want. Yet, water is the same,
thirst is the same. You call God one thing, he calls God by another name,
but that does not multiply God, that does not make God many. There is
only one non-dual Supreme Universal Spirit. God is the Great Spirit. Call
Him Allah, call Him Ahura Mazda, call Him Almighty Father in Heaven, call
Him what you will, It is the Great Spirit.
And all religions say that you are related to God. This
is one of the basic concepts in all
religions. In Islam they say, "there is the Light of Allah in man."
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, "I am the Soul seated in
the hearts of all beings." Christianity and Judaism say that God
created man in His own image and breathed His spirit into him. Therefore,
the spirit of God indwells man as the innermost reality in him. The essence
of living a successful life is the awakening of the sleeping and slumbering
divinity within you, and doing all one can to bring about its fullest
unfoldment. This is real life.
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