question

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I'm a little new to the group, so please excuse me if this is an

inappropriate question...

 

Is there any Goddess that represents the universe...even say

other galaxies, etc.?

 

I guess I'm asking because I've been working on this theory of

mine (hardly original...even popular culture like the xfiles has

tapped into it) that the original higher power that came and

influenced our evolution was actually from another galaxy.

 

specifically, a meteor or some such thing came and had some

type of life form that produced a huge jump forward in human

evolution. There is in fact a period in the evolutionary history that

has been largely unexplained...basically nothing had been

happening for tens of thousands of years, and all of a

sudden...boom!

 

So the idea would be that we are infact part of universal life, both

spiritually (which we knew already) and biologically.

 

There are drawings done by aborigines called the wondjina in

Australia, cave drawings done during what they call the

"dreamtime" many, many years ago that also some have said

prove this theory.

 

And so while I'm am developing my own personal spirituality,

this has been one thing I have been searching for...a connection

to this type of idea....but I either find stereotypical ufo type stuff

(which is fine, but not what i'm looking for exactly) or other types

of things like goddess worship which I'm totally into, but which

often really focus on earth based ideas, although this may be my

own misinterpetation.

 

I hope this makes a bit of sense, and again hope it's ok to post

this question here...any urls, info you might have would be much

appreciated!

 

laura degrace

lauradegrace

[Guest guest]

My $0.02:

 

I thought about a similar question for a long time. My reflections / study /

experiences:

 

God(dess) is beyond time, space, causality, name, form, emotions, attributes, .

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

God(dess) is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. . . . . . . . . . . .

 

A world is limited and so is a galaxy and thus God is beyond that! Similarly,

the question of God existing does not arise as he is beyond causality and time.

S(he) always existed - manifested or not is a different story. The Bhagavad

Gita says Brahman is the eternal unmanifest while Krishna (for example) is a

temporal manifest form appearing for a limited time for a limited purpose

(destruction of evil and establishment of righteousness). Krishna says in the

tenth chapter that all the manifestations (good and bad in the human point of

view) are his creations and He is in them. Some people misinterpret this to say

that Krishna is the only deity to be worshipped for spirituatl progress and

salvation, forgetting that Krishna himself said that he comes from time to time

in the manifested (human or animal) form.

 

Similarly, if you look in Devi Mahatyam or Chandi, the Goddess is eternal,

auspicious, supreme bliss, prosperity, strong, gentle, etc. and is to be

worshipped in the form of intelligence, hunger, mind, beauty, mercy,

contentment, modesty, faith, etc. etc. It also states that all minor gods

worship the Goddess. In fact I have an Indian minature on my wall in which Durga

is seated on a tiger and all the gods including Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma etc.a re

standing in line to make their offerings!

 

According to Kashmir Shaivism, no single event created God but Shiva (eternal

unmanifest) decides to manifest and goes through several stages to create this

phenomenalogical universe. There is a theory on how he does it which is outside

the scope of the present discussion. This goes back to saying that God(dess) is

beyond cause and effect except for his / her own free will on when to decide to

manifest.

 

Thus there is only one God (eternal unmanifest or temporal manifest) for all

worlds and all galaxies. This is such a mind bogling concept and I constantly

think about it. There cannot be a different God for each galaxy as the

boundaries of galaxies are themselves nebulolus and changing!!! On the other

hand, if you accept that there is a different God for each galaxy, then why not

a different God for each planet, universe, country, century, etc. etc.?

 

Cheers

Mukti

 

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degrace0000

Friday, August 09, 2002 9:41 AM

question

 

 

Hi,

 

I'm a little new to the group, so please excuse me if this is an

inappropriate question...

 

Is there any Goddess that represents the universe...even say

other galaxies, etc.?

 

I guess I'm asking because I've been working on this theory of

mine (hardly original...even popular culture like the xfiles has

tapped into it) that the original higher power that came and

influenced our evolution was actually from another galaxy.

 

specifically, a meteor or some such thing came and had some

type of life form that produced a huge jump forward in human

evolution. There is in fact a period in the evolutionary history that

has been largely unexplained...basically nothing had been

happening for tens of thousands of years, and all of a

sudden...boom!

 

So the idea would be that we are infact part of universal life, both

spiritually (which we knew already) and biologically.

 

There are drawings done by aborigines called the wondjina in

Australia, cave drawings done during what they call the

"dreamtime" many, many years ago that also some have said

prove this theory.

 

And so while I'm am developing my own personal spirituality,

this has been one thing I have been searching for...a connection

to this type of idea....but I either find stereotypical ufo type stuff

(which is fine, but not what i'm looking for exactly) or other types

of things like goddess worship which I'm totally into, but which

often really focus on earth based ideas, although this may be my

own misinterpetation.

 

I hope this makes a bit of sense, and again hope it's ok to post

this question here...any urls, info you might have would be much

appreciated!

 

laura degrace

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