Deny God?

Why It Is Difficult To Deny God's Presence by Kirpa Sagar TOI 10/11/2006

We go thru every change or transformation - in a world bound by dimensions of time and space - unconscious of the Supreme Force behind the same.

The knowledge that God exists and is the source of our being as the Supreme Creator comes with deep introspection and the urge to know the Truth. Even those who do not believe in God have no reason to deny His existence. God exists at a level of reality that is beyond the five senses. We live, act and move in Supreme Force everywhere and all the time, but without actually acknowledging it.

This lack of knowledge, understandably, keeps us beholden to all kinds of delusions about Self as well as the world outside. We tend to follow convention. We imitate what is communicated to us by tradition and retain it by habit. The urge to know God, if any, gets lost in the haze of ritualism and dogmatism and we get trapped by ignorance and superstition. Knowing God is, therefore, essential. Only then, we can know the real Self and understand the world phenomena surrounding us. Spiritual masters have always described God-knowledge as the principal objective of human life.

The basic requirement for knowing God or to acquire God-knowledge is to nurture the urge to know in the seeker's mind. It may spring from a genuine quest for Truth or some worldly tragedy that he may find it ordinarily difficult to bear, accept or explain. And this thirst for God-knowledge can be quenched only by the benevolence of the one who has already known God and is competent to reveal the Truth. No amount of reading and reciting of holy scriptures - which are otherwise treasures of knowledge about God-can bestow one automatically with God-knowledge.

A true Master reveals the presence of God and explains the traits of the Supreme Power. We come to know that all that is visible exists in God, while God, too exists in every particle of the universe. The difference between the two, however, is that whereas the Creator is eternally present - permanent and imperishable - Creation and is subject to transformation and decay.

God-knowledge by itself is, however, not adequate. Real bliss comes only when we apply this God-knowledge to our daily experience, conduct and behaviour. We 'realise' the presence of God all the time everywhere so much so that spiritual knowledge manifests itself in every thought and action. We have seen the ocean, known all about its waves and the cooling effect of its water, but to realise all this, we must not only stand on the beach, but also enter the water. Similarly, God-realisation takes us above worldly duality and keeps us linked with the supreme source of love, peace and bliss. We find in every human being the image of the Creator and realise the fundamental kinship with every fellow-being.

God-realisation is the manifestation of God-knowledge in practical day-to-day life. The mind remains inclined towards Soul and guided by viveka or wisdom that is positive, productive and useful. To maintain this state of mind, to save it from negativity and to infuse spiritual perspective, guidance from spiritual gurus could be greatly beneficial

REVIEW OF THE ABOVE TOPIC:

The writer is completely convinced of his own delusion. He is unable to sustain as to why people should in deep introspection at all. What earthly or life saving use. If god exists at a reality that is beyond the five senses how the author claims to know the truth. If according to him we are enveloped by a Supreme Force, what does acknowledging it make any sense? He pretends that he speaks against traditional rituals, dogmatism and superstitions. However, his own idea of a god is simply dogmatic and superstitious. He has no reasoning except to some spiritual masters who has or had knowledge of god you also follow them without question in the premises. The writer maintains a mistaken notion that without god realisation humans will not practice love, peace or bliss. The contention is against all that are observed in nature by scientists. The writer did not even mention the current situation where all kind of gods manifest through different and antagonistic religion. George Bush went to war against Iraq on a call from his god. Bin Laden and his ilk exhort their followers in the name of their own god to kill and maim others not of their faith. Kirpa Sagar has another god who is powerless to alter the situation. All such thoughts brings out the truth that no 'God' is present except in some individual minds that no universal application.

By K.N. Krishnan

18-11-2006