Fwd: There itself is God; because there is no one like Him - na tvatsamosta bhyadhikah kutonyah

November 15, 2007

Question: The ocean, the earth, the moon etc. it is born and operating under an eternal order through the divine force of "Nature" (Prakruti). Everything happening, is only through the living force of Nature (Prakriti). Rather why must we believe God as the powerful force behind this eternal order and this creation ? (Cont'd) Anyone that considers anyone else as greater than himself, has in reality accepted God, because wherever that greatness ends in terms of heritage and ancestery, there itself is God - "Poorveshaamapi Guruh kaalenaanavechedaat ." (Patanjali Yogdarshan 1:26). When there is a person, then there is a certainty that he had a father at some time and that father also had some father. Wherever this ancestery, this father-son chain ends, there is God - "Pitaasi lokesya charaacharasya, " (Gita 11:43). If there is a strong person, and there is another who is even stronger than him; that greater strength wherever it ends, it's name is God; because

there is no One greater in strength than God. If some one is very knowledgeable, then there exists someone more knowledgable than him. Wherever this chain of even greater knowledge ends, it's name is God. Because no One is more knowledgable than God - "Gururgariyaan" (Gita 11:43). The point here is that strength, intellect, knowledge, capabilities, glories, beauty, and many wonderful qualities and characteristics, wherever the chain stops (i.e. where no one greater is found), There itself is God; because there is no one like Him - "na tvatsamosta bhyadhikah kutonyah" (Gita 11:43). In reality, God is only a subject of belief, not one of intellectual inquiry. Inquiry is only possible where there is inner inquisitiveness and quest for knowing and this inner quest to know is only on a subject that we may know a little bit about and may not know the other aspects. But that subject that we know absolutely nothing about, on that subject there is no quest to know,

there is no inquiry on that thing. Regarding such subjects, it is mostly about believe, and we are independent in whether we believe or we don't believe. Just like this world that we are able to perceive with our senses, but in essence what is this world, we do not really know. In other words, this world is a subject of inquiry as we may know a little bit about it and there is quest to know. But God is not known at all through our senses, thus, God is not a subject of inquiry; God is subject of belief (faith).

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