Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit

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Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit

 

Guru madhye Sthitham Vishwam

Vishwa madhye sthitho Guruhu

Gurur-Vishwan Nacha-anyosthi

Thasmai Shree Gurave Namah

 

The Universe has its being within the Guru; the Guru abides within the universe

as its essence; the Guru is the universe; nothing exists besides him.

Salutations to such a Guru - Shri Guru Gita

 

Some have this question. Is Guru different from God? If Guru helps in realizing

God, then must Guru be different from God? One physical analogy that easily

comes to a logical mind is the concept of the Teacher, the Taught, and the

Subject. There may be a tendency to differentiate between the subject and the

teacher not knowing that Teacher is the representation of the subject and none

else; thus is as venerable.

 

Similar concept is explained in the Bible as the God of trinity; the Father, the

Son, and the Holy Spirit. Bible says that the Father is not the same person as

the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit

is not the same person as Father. They are distinct persons; yet, they are all

one God. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance. They

are coeternal, coequal, and copowerful. If any one of the three were removed,

there would be no God.

 

Restriction of God to the grander of visions; the One with brilliance, radiance,

power and might does less to help realize the Supreme that exists beyond the

adjectives. Krishna, the brave prodigal son of Yadavas, the brilliant statesman

that skillfully led the righteousness to its ultimate glory comes as an example

of the Grand God. It is easy to sense such a mighty God by seemingly powerless

human. It is the same tendency that might render one to see the Saint of Shirdi

as just a fakir albeit with some powers. Once in his fold, what the fakir

represents becomes very clear. The God that is difficult to comprehend is in

fact the most mercifully bestowing. The material that God is made of also

includes the simplest of the Nature, the entity within and outside, dormant yet

powerful, the weak and the unnoticed!

 

Distinction between Sadguru and God is very superficial and exists for a simple

reason. Sadguru is the closest that anyone can easily relate to God!

 

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