GOD IS a mere word used by the religion who believed there is a higher power that is the cause of the creation. Different religions used different words for the same thing. The idea depends on the man’s imagination. God is an English word. The different language uses a different word for the same thing.
The words are there for only communication purposes.
The sages of truth called the ultimate truth as Brahman. For them, the ultimate truth is God.
The earliest uses of the word God in Germanic writing is often cited to be in the Gothic Bible or Wulfila Bible, which is the Christian Bible as translated by Wulfila (a.k.a. Bishop Ulfilas) into the Gothic language spoken by the Eastern Germanic, or Gothic Tribes. The oldest parts of the Gothic Bible, contained in the Codex Argenteus, is estimated to be from the fourth century. During the fourth century, the Goths were converted to Christianity, largely through the efforts of Bishop Ulfilas, who translated the Bible into the Gothic language in Nicopolis ad Istrum in today's northern Bulgaria. The words guide and guþ were used for God in the Gothic Bible.~wiki
All these experiences as the father, son, guru, pupil, and the world were one and the same consciousness appearing differently. All these distinctions disappear when one realizes the ultimate truth.
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The religious Gods are personal Gods. In spirituality, the ultimate truth or Brahman is God. The religious God is personal whereas in spirituality God is impersonal because God is Spirit.
One must know the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.
The existence is Brahman. The existence without the ‘I’ is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.
The existence can remain as ‘I’ in waking or dream (duality). And it remains without the ‘I’ in deep sleep (nonduality. . or without the ‘I’. The existence
God exists as the ultimate truth. Hence, in the path of wisdom do not use the word, God. It will be misunderstood. Thus, Brahman, which means the ultimate truth, is the right word. Just for the communication to indicate the ultimate truth, the word God is used indicate the God in truth, which is Atman, the Brahman.
The ‘I’ is not limited to you and me because the ‘I’ is the whole universe. Without the ‘I’ the universe ceases to exist. The universe is present in the form, time, and space.
The word ‘I’ indicates form, time, and space. Without the ‘I’ the form, time and space cease to exist. The existence is hidden by the ‘I’. The Self is not the ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul hidden by the ‘I’.
The words are mere communication purposes. If you call it ‘Soul’, ‘Atman’, ‘Self’ ‘Brahman’ ‘God’ or the ‘ultimate truth’ it is one and the same thing.
We all exist within the dualistic illusion. The words are the only tool to indicate the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. It is impossible to use language without the words and expresses the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what leads to unfolding the mystery of the ‘I’. Sticking to the ‘I-centric’ gurus and their teaching keeps you in the cage of ignorance.
The ‘Self, the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness is not limited to you because it pervades in everything and everywhere in the world in which you exist.
You are not God. The Soul the innermost ‘Self’ is God. It is not correct to say God or I am Brahman. But when Brahman is, how can "I" remain? Only Brahman or God remains, not the I.
From the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self, the ‘I’ is an illusion, which appears and disappears.
It is erroneous to use the word ‘I’ for the Self, because ‘I’ represents the form, time, and space whereas the Soul, the innermost Self is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary.
The Seeker must mentally grasp the truth hidden by the ‘I’ to unfold the existence without the form, time, and space (dualistic illusion or Maya).
The Self is not ‘I’, but the Self is the Soul which is the witness of the ‘I’. By holding the’ Self’ ‘I' leads to hallucination based on the imagination.
Those who are stuck with the ‘I’ based teaching never be able to cross the domain of the form, time, and space.
BRAHMAN -The English use of the word real as applied to the material world, whereas Indian Sages of truth use it as applied to unseen Brahman. Hence many errors have arisen in translations from the Sanskrit.
BRAHMAN- The word Brahman or Sat has no proper equivalent in English. The nearest is the ultimate reality or ultimate truth. The west, however, applies reality to individual objects or to the multiplicity of them all: whereas Advaitins apply it to the non-duality. Brahman is called "That" because it is something not known yet by the seeker. : ~Santthosh Kumaar
