Definition of Metaphysics: Nature Of God

By Times of India

Definition of Metaphysics: Nature Of God

Dictionaries usually describe God as the Supreme Being. Since we cannot put God on a table for a thorough investigation, God and his nature is still seen by some as belonging to a belief system.

Scholars, who believe in the theory of evolution, naturally think that this system of belief must also have undergone its own evolution. They say that ' animism ' (a belief in souls) slowly developed into ' polytheism ' (the belief in many Gods) and from there developed into a belief of one God.

However, it is clear from ancient scriptures of India, which go back four to six thousand years (longer if we add oral tradition), that their polytheism is indeed a very precise belief in only one God.

The many Gods , we hear about, are according to their own explanation no more than qualities and externalisations of the single Supreme Being. Thus the oldest book on this globe, the Rig-Veda, tells us:

"The wise speak of the same One as Indra, Mitra, Varuna , and Agni ... There is one Truth but the wise call it by different names." (164.46)

This sentence alone should be sufficient to clear up another result of ignorance. Polytheism can rather be compared with Trinity, the threefold God of the Christians. Generally, Christians, Jews, and Moslems agree: There is only one God. But there are still many Christians and Non-Christians who believe that Trinity means three Gods. That is definitely not true since Jesus himself explains that there is only one God and we are all part of the One.

The Trinity itself is not - as most Christians think - uniquely Christian. The Trinity, like religion itself, originated from India where it was called 'Trimurti' . Hindus call the Absolute Being ' Brahman ' The Son, as the creative force of cosmic vibration, is called ' Vishnu' . The returning, ingoing, attracting, dissolving, involutionary force is called ' Shiva ' . That is the exact equivalent of God the Father , God the Son and God the Holy Spirit .

To picture all three as persons is somewhat childish because then we are thinking in terms of human families. An omnipresent Being should not be pictured in terms of Fathers, Mothers, Uncles, Sons, Daughters, etc. In fact, it should be clear that God is not a person and that when we talk about an Absolute Being or Supreme Being it refers rather to a condition of perfect Beingness. Knowledge of this fact is found in all genuine religions and systems of belief, which also includes that of the American Natives.

Beingness, as the nature of God, is expressed when we hear American Natives refer to God as the 'Great Spirit.' 'Jahwe' (JHVH\Jehovah), the Jewish name for God, translates as 'I am who I am' which is the perfect description of Beingness. Beingness, then is the nature of God...in fact, Beingness is God.

Since God is self-reliant and the world is a manifestation of God's energy, we could call God: 'Self-energetic Beingness'. From the accounts of the many saints, sages, and self-realised persons, who have encountered this condition of Being, we may add that this condition is a blissful state of Being.

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