Is there a God?
We have various understanding and beliefs about God based on how we have read, seen, learnt about God.
People from varied walks of life have various beliefs about God. Some consider Him as Energy, some consider Him as Light, some consider Him as Nature, some worship Him in the form of Deities, some worship the sun considering Sun is God, whereas some say that God is omnipresent. Irrespective of all these beliefs, all of us agree to the truth that God is One. We have always heard that God is One and when we refer to God, He is One.
We consider that God has powers to love, power to give, power to be peaceful and great. Now, let us validate the above beliefs. God cannot be omnipresent, because then everything should be perfect. God cannot be nature, because then nature should be perfect and there should be no calamities. God can never get angry, because He is our Father, who loves us selflessly and unconditionally. Most of us also think that there is God within each one of us. Just imagine if the Ocean of Unconditional Love, Peace, and Purity is within each one of us, why would we ever feel even the littlest of sadness, pain, and fear? They also say that there is God as well as Devil in each one of us, which actually refers to the Values and Vices we have, but not to the presence of God or Devil in the actual sense. We are simply human beings (i.e. souls) carrying virtues and vices.
Firstly, God comes and tells us who we are. We, thus, understand that 'I am a Soul'. Further, God tells us that He is also a Soul. However, He does not come into the cycle of birth and death like we do. He is incorporeal. He does not live in this world. Since He does not take birth in a human body, He has the powers that are conserved with Him always. Thus, He is the Supreme Soul. He is Paramatma (Param - Highest, Atma - Soul).
God is incorporeal. We also believe He is Niraakar. The literal meaning of Niraakar is "having no shape". However, as God explains to us, Niraakar does not mean that He does not have any name or shape. It means, that He does not take any birth and appear in the form of any physical or visible body as we would normally think. His name is Shiv, which means Seed, Kalyankari (one who is benevolent). Shiv also means root. He is the Father of all us, Souls. His name is based on the values and virtues which He has in Himself. He is an ocean of those values of Love, Peace, Happiness, Bliss, Purity, Knowledge, and Power.
Is Shiv the same as Shankar?
Most people mistake Shiv for Shankar. Shankar is the one whom we represent as a human body, and consider as the father of Ganesha. Shiv does not take any human body, and is also a point of light, a point of energy, but with Supreme Powers, because He does not take any human body. We have erected various ShivLinga temples at the 12 Jyotirlingam places across India. These were the very first temples ever created by humans in the world cycle during Dwaparyug. The ShivLingam (Lingam means Symbol) represents light (jyoti). It shows the Supreme Soul in the center representing light and all the souls (Saaligraam) below Him. Shiv is the supreme father; Shankar is not the supreme father. We worship Shankar as a deity.
Supreme Soul, Shiv, is our Father, so we call Him Shiv Baba (Baba means Father, called with love). Shiv Baba stays in the Supreme World, also known as the Soul World, Paramdhaam, Shantidhaam, Muktidhaam. We all souls also originally stay in this Soul World until we take our first birth in the Satyug. It is now when we are saying that we want Mukti (Freedom or Exemption). We are naturally saying that we want to leave this world and go back. This is because of the Glaani and too much of everything going around and within us.
Prophets of various religions were the souls who took first birth on this Earth, and had just descended from the Paramdhaan. Since they had just come from our original home, from being so close to our Father, they knew about God. They were the "engineers", who established various religions to spread love, peace, happiness, purity, who tried to patch up the old building. However, since we souls were gripped with vices and body-consciousness, we expected God to be in a human shape and form, and we did not recognize the message that these great souls. Mohammad, Jesus Christ, Budhdha and others wanted to convey that God is One, and God is Light. Since we could not reach out to God, we considered these prophets as Gods and started worshipping them, because we could be with them, we could see them physically, experience their divinity closely, and their purity and greatness.
We were not wrong, because they were the preachers of God, and divine souls. Deities, whom we still worship existed during Satyug and Tretayug. During Dwaparyug, we had the faded memory of these divine and pure deities across generations. Hence, we built temples having their statues in their memory.
Thus, the establishment of religions by human souls was for the good of everybody. However, over a period of time, there has been a Glaani of all the religions, sub-religions and castes. Various religions were established by all the great souls to spread and share the brotherhood. However, under the titles of religions, we see so many humans killing each other. Today, we even see humans killing each other on the bars of language. We forgot brotherhood, and fought with each other over petty things. Now, God has descended on this earth and it asking us to just remember who we are (not the body, but the soul) and remember who He is, not any deity, but the Supreme Soul.
Thus, yes, there is a God. He is One. We call Him by various names and worshipped Him in various forms. He is not specific to any religion, but all the religions have remembered Him in their own way. However, every religion has always said that GOD IS ONE. Now, He has come down and introduced Himself to us (after having introduced ourselves to us), by His name, form, place, and existence!
A Simple Example
If I ask three of your relatives to introduce you to me, all of them will explain me who you are. Everybody will explain it differently from their perspective. Nobody will be wrong, but neither anybody will be 100% perfect. The only one who can introduce yourself to me is YOU. Similarly, all the prophets and great souls explained God to us as per their own understanding. Nobody was wrong, but nobody was 100% perfect either. We followed the one we understood, and gradually, we followed the religion just as a result of heredity. Only God can introduce Himself 100% perfectly to us, and He did. This is what we read above.
People from varied walks of life have various beliefs about God. Some consider Him as Energy, some consider Him as Light, some consider Him as Nature, some worship Him in the form of Deities, some worship the sun considering Sun is God, whereas some say that God is omnipresent. Irrespective of all these beliefs, all of us agree to the truth that God is One. We have always heard that God is One and when we refer to God, He is One.
We consider that God has powers to love, power to give, power to be peaceful and great. Now, let us validate the above beliefs. God cannot be omnipresent, because then everything should be perfect. God cannot be nature, because then nature should be perfect and there should be no calamities. God can never get angry, because He is our Father, who loves us selflessly and unconditionally. Most of us also think that there is God within each one of us. Just imagine if the Ocean of Unconditional Love, Peace, and Purity is within each one of us, why would we ever feel even the littlest of sadness, pain, and fear? They also say that there is God as well as Devil in each one of us, which actually refers to the Values and Vices we have, but not to the presence of God or Devil in the actual sense. We are simply human beings (i.e. souls) carrying virtues and vices.
Firstly, God comes and tells us who we are. We, thus, understand that 'I am a Soul'. Further, God tells us that He is also a Soul. However, He does not come into the cycle of birth and death like we do. He is incorporeal. He does not live in this world. Since He does not take birth in a human body, He has the powers that are conserved with Him always. Thus, He is the Supreme Soul. He is Paramatma (Param - Highest, Atma - Soul).
God is incorporeal. We also believe He is Niraakar. The literal meaning of Niraakar is "having no shape". However, as God explains to us, Niraakar does not mean that He does not have any name or shape. It means, that He does not take any birth and appear in the form of any physical or visible body as we would normally think. His name is Shiv, which means Seed, Kalyankari (one who is benevolent). Shiv also means root. He is the Father of all us, Souls. His name is based on the values and virtues which He has in Himself. He is an ocean of those values of Love, Peace, Happiness, Bliss, Purity, Knowledge, and Power.
Is Shiv the same as Shankar?
Most people mistake Shiv for Shankar. Shankar is the one whom we represent as a human body, and consider as the father of Ganesha. Shiv does not take any human body, and is also a point of light, a point of energy, but with Supreme Powers, because He does not take any human body. We have erected various ShivLinga temples at the 12 Jyotirlingam places across India. These were the very first temples ever created by humans in the world cycle during Dwaparyug. The ShivLingam (Lingam means Symbol) represents light (jyoti). It shows the Supreme Soul in the center representing light and all the souls (Saaligraam) below Him. Shiv is the supreme father; Shankar is not the supreme father. We worship Shankar as a deity.
Supreme Soul, Shiv, is our Father, so we call Him Shiv Baba (Baba means Father, called with love). Shiv Baba stays in the Supreme World, also known as the Soul World, Paramdhaam, Shantidhaam, Muktidhaam. We all souls also originally stay in this Soul World until we take our first birth in the Satyug. It is now when we are saying that we want Mukti (Freedom or Exemption). We are naturally saying that we want to leave this world and go back. This is because of the Glaani and too much of everything going around and within us.
Prophets of various religions were the souls who took first birth on this Earth, and had just descended from the Paramdhaan. Since they had just come from our original home, from being so close to our Father, they knew about God. They were the "engineers", who established various religions to spread love, peace, happiness, purity, who tried to patch up the old building. However, since we souls were gripped with vices and body-consciousness, we expected God to be in a human shape and form, and we did not recognize the message that these great souls. Mohammad, Jesus Christ, Budhdha and others wanted to convey that God is One, and God is Light. Since we could not reach out to God, we considered these prophets as Gods and started worshipping them, because we could be with them, we could see them physically, experience their divinity closely, and their purity and greatness.
We were not wrong, because they were the preachers of God, and divine souls. Deities, whom we still worship existed during Satyug and Tretayug. During Dwaparyug, we had the faded memory of these divine and pure deities across generations. Hence, we built temples having their statues in their memory.
Thus, the establishment of religions by human souls was for the good of everybody. However, over a period of time, there has been a Glaani of all the religions, sub-religions and castes. Various religions were established by all the great souls to spread and share the brotherhood. However, under the titles of religions, we see so many humans killing each other. Today, we even see humans killing each other on the bars of language. We forgot brotherhood, and fought with each other over petty things. Now, God has descended on this earth and it asking us to just remember who we are (not the body, but the soul) and remember who He is, not any deity, but the Supreme Soul.
Thus, yes, there is a God. He is One. We call Him by various names and worshipped Him in various forms. He is not specific to any religion, but all the religions have remembered Him in their own way. However, every religion has always said that GOD IS ONE. Now, He has come down and introduced Himself to us (after having introduced ourselves to us), by His name, form, place, and existence!
A Simple Example
If I ask three of your relatives to introduce you to me, all of them will explain me who you are. Everybody will explain it differently from their perspective. Nobody will be wrong, but neither anybody will be 100% perfect. The only one who can introduce yourself to me is YOU. Similarly, all the prophets and great souls explained God to us as per their own understanding. Nobody was wrong, but nobody was 100% perfect either. We followed the one we understood, and gradually, we followed the religion just as a result of heredity. Only God can introduce Himself 100% perfectly to us, and He did. This is what we read above.
