Guest guest Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Disciple:- Swamiji, you told me now that those sublime divinities in the form of Vishnu, Siva and others are conceived as directed by divine powers who revealed our Vedas and Upanishads to ancient sages. I still doubt if it would not be better to meditate upon them before commencing meditation on impersonal godhood. You have told me that it is necessary to pass through such a course before beginning the highest meditation. Why should we meditate upon human beings? Now I understand that forms of Gods are revealed by divinities only to make our conception of God easy. Instead of meditating upon human beings, would it not be better to meditate upon those sublime divinities like Siva, Vishnu and others with forms as revealed by divine powers? Swamiji: - Yes, forms of Gods are certainly for our conceptions and meditations. All our scriptures say that God is all pervading. But there are others who consider that God presides over the kingdom of God. They believe in a God without any form as existing in Heaven, the highest plane of existence which is described as the kingdom of God. Hindus alone accept God with form in spite of their conception of God as formless and all pervading. I am sure that you will take this explanation as confusing. There is a difficulty in conceiving an all pervading God as having a particular form. The object of introducing such a form is to make it easy for our mind and intellect for perception. The aspirant is directed to begin with the meditation on such a form of God and to have communion with the state and glory represented by that form. You may have heard that one and the same divinity is perceived through different forms of God. Different forms and systems of worship are introduced by ancient sages to lead human souls to that glorious state of Godhood. It is again with the purpose of making easy conceptions and loving attitude that the form and personality of incarnations are accepted as objects of worships as I told you before.Do You ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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