Vivekananda Mailing List-8/5/03

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Are there then two Gods — the " Not this, not this, " the

Sat-chit-ânanda, the Existence-Knowledge-Bliss of the philosopher, and

this God of Love of the Bhakta? No, it is the same Sat-chit-ananda who

is also the God of Love, the impersonal and personal in one. It has

always to be understood that the Personal God worshipped by the Bhakta

is not separate or different from the Brahman. All is Brahman, the One

without a second; only the Brahman, as unity or absolute, is too much

of an abstraction to be loved and worshipped; so the Bhakta chooses the

relative aspect of Brahman, that is, Ishvara, the Supreme Ruler.