A wise man by studying nature enters into the unity through its variety, and realizes the personality of Almighty by sacrificing his own.
'He who knows himself knows; “Ishwar-The Almighty” “Allah” or “God”
· 'Self-knowledge is the real wisdom' (Vedanta).
· Knowing onself brings you close to Allah' (Sayings of Mohammed).
· 'The Kingdom of God is within you' (Bible).
“He” is the possessor of all the visible and invisible attributes of “the Absolute”, and has different names in different languages for the understanding of man.
Personality of a man is quite comprehensible, since his actions exhibit him as an individual, whereas God's personality has no clear identification and thus full of variety. Another fact is, that variety covers unity. 'Hidden things are manifested by their opposites, but as God has no opposite He remains hidden.
God can be understood from three points of view: personality, morality, and reality.
According to the first view, God is the most high; man is dependent upon Him and is His most obedient servant. (Quran)
According to the second view, God is the all-merciful and all-good, while all evil is from Satan. (The Bible)
The third is the philosophic view that God is the beginning and end of all, having Himself no beginning nor end.(The Bhagvat Gita)
-Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, Excerpts, London 1914
Monday, 1 December 2008
Message of Spiritual Liberty
I am is serving as Head of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the department at prestigious Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. I also serve as Hon Dean of the Faculty of Yoga and Life Sciences, S-Vyasa Bengluru, Karnataka, and Vice Chairman of American Academy of Yoga and Meditation, Memphis, USA.
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To me, God is Nirgun, Nirakar,Nirantar. I can see him in the form I wish and imagine: male, female, partly animal partly human, fish, animal, human, warrior, benevolent, fair, blue, energy, matter, mountain, sea etc. Is God then just hidden or is God really all these together?
Dear Prof,
You are indeed very impressively intellligent person. I am extremely fortunate individual to have your friendship and I wish this association continues forever.
The question in the last line of your comment has its answer in the first line of the same comment. GOD is indeed Nirgun, Nirankar, and Nirantar. These 3 words encompass the entire "Existence and Non-existence" equally. In the first chapter of Bhagvad Gita, Lord Krishna introduces "The creator or Himself" to Arjun in these three words! And, now that we have touched up on this, I feel to dwell more on these 3 words in my blog. My deepest thanks for providing me this insight.
Kind regards and respect
Nirmal
Sorry Prof on the mention of chapter number. It is chapter 11 in which God reveales Himself and His qualities.
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