Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 advaitajnana , " Tony OClery " <aoclery> wrote: > > Harsha wrote: > > The faith of everyone is according to their nature O' Bharata. Man > is > > essentially endowed with faith. What his faith is, that indeed he > is. > > > > Bhagavad Gita: out of the 42 verses Bhagavan selected as his > favorite > > (see collected works). > > Namaste, > > Yes that is the situation on eclectic spiritual boards. Different > levels of understanding, capacity and even beliefs. > > Perception is everything and of course is nothing. > > I think I knew more when I was a young child and thought God was > everywhere/thing, and used to drive 'me Mam' crazy asking what would > it be like if the universe hadn't been created. I used to ask her > had she ever thought about that. I used to lie in the backyard and > look at the night sky and try and imagine nothing. Scratching me > brain, I used to call it. > > Then as we age and get more intellectual we have desires for > philosophy and brain food. We want to worship, worship anything > that'll fit our ego, Gods, people, energies, whatever---all illusion. > > That eight or nine year old boy knew more than I do now, he wasn't > cluttered with devotions and philosophy and asked the supreme > question........ONS..Tony. Namaste, Continuing on; My mother used to answer that she had never really thought about it. So I asked what would be there if it never was created? She would answer only God would be there. This used to puzzle me also for without a creation what would God do? Why would he be needed?..........ONS....Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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