SPROUTING AND GROWTH OF BELIEF IN GOD
The sprouting and growth of belief in God is a complex phenomenon
influenced by a multitude of factors including cultural, social,
psychological, and personal experiences. Here are some key points to
consider regarding the development of belief in God:
Belief in God often begins within the cultural context in which an
individual is raised. Exposure to religious practices, rituals, and
teachings from childhood can shape one's understanding and acceptance of
the concept of God. Peer groups, family members, religious leaders, and
community members play significant roles in shaping beliefs about God.
Personal experiences, such as moments of awe, transcendence, or hardship,
can lead individuals to search for meaning beyond the material world.
Belief in God can also be influenced by psychological needs and tendencies.
For example, the desire for security, meaning, and purpose in life may lead
individuals to seek solace in religious beliefs. {Many follow these
footsteps} Some individuals come to believe in God through intellectual
exploration and philosophical inquiry. Philosophical arguments for the
existence of God, such as the cosmological or teleological arguments, may
resonate with those who approach belief from a rational perspective. (Like
Ramana). Existential questions about the nature of existence, morality,
and the afterlife often prompt individuals to consider the possibility of a
divine presence. The search for answers to these fundamental questions can
lead to the adoption of religious beliefs. Engaging in spiritual practices
such as prayer, meditation, or religious rituals can deepen one's
connection to a transcendent reality and reinforce belief in God. These
practices provide a direct experiential dimension to one's faith.
Encounters with Religious Texts; Reading religious texts such as the Bible,
Quran, or Bhagavad Gita can profoundly influence one's beliefs about God.
So, there are pathways that lead many in one direction and a small
percentage in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, the wonder of the
system is that the theist as a beginner to the extreme pathway speaks about
GOD; but why does an atheist also keep talking about HIM? Even Buddha
spoke about the existence, having read under four chaturvedis as:
“ The Buddha generally remained silent on the question of the existence of
a creator god. In many Buddhist texts, he avoided metaphysical speculation
about the origins of the universe or the existence of a divine being.
Instead of addressing the existence of a god, the Buddha's teachings
centered on the nature of suffering (dukkha) and the path to liberation
(nirvana) from suffering. The Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold
Path form the core of his teachings, emphasizing self-awareness, ethical
conduct, meditation, and wisdom. (Anatma: Not-Self): One of the fundamental
teachings of Buddhism is the concept of anatta, or not-self. This doctrine
asserts that there is no permanent, unchanging self or soul (atman) within
individuals. Therefore, the idea of a personal god or creator is not
central to Buddhist thought. Buddhism teaches the concept of dependent
origination (paticca samuppada), which describes the interconnectedness and
interdependence of all phenomena. (KR:More or less a kind of chaos theory)
This principle emphasizes the *impermanent and conditioned* *nature of
existence*, (Adl Shankara in Hinduism spoke about MAYA the same and hence
was called by the Vaishnavite and the Dvaithis as MAYAVADIN) rather than
positing a transcendent, eternal god. {KR: Thus the thought of Buddha was
based on mere connecting the mind running, rather than any more above than
that; he was worried to find to end the sufferings so that a solution he
could give; but his -ism lead to factions and war only, increasing the
sufferings; but for those who wanted to follow a mid-path, neither atheist
nor the theist, viz SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS “SBNR” clause, Buddhism
became handy, who may not evince any further interest.} While Buddhism
does not advocate belief in a personal god, it generally encourages respect
for the beliefs of others. The Buddha emphasized compassion, tolerance, and
understanding, regardless of individuals' religious affiliations or beliefs
in gods.`` Instead, Buddhism focuses on practical methods for alleviating
suffering and attaining enlightenment through self-awareness, ethical
conduct, meditation, and wisdom. While Buddhism does not reject the
existence of gods.
Jainism and Parsism sail around the same path though unlike
Buddhism, they involve people with a lot of gestures to stick with in the
groove. Similar is the position of Judaism though many religious strict
fellowships are entwined in that Old Testament, where a few rituals would
be parallel to Hinduism. Greeks followed heavily by the Europeans and later
joined by the displaced Europeans of the USA and Australia and New Zealand
made Jesus the GOD and made the Christianity the order of the first as
followers. All these religions more or less were stretched on the
philosophy of DUALISM only. There was one GOD and few GODs around them
worshipable as silently, yet branded as MONOTHEISM. All set their
fastidious enforcement whoever were following the BOOK. All the religions
were created out of the brains of a few high personalities. However, in all
these, Religions, SBNR is large numbers who are either the Buddhists or a
separate group; new followers hence are needed in them for the survival of
the enforcers, and thus conversions become a must; as usual the new
broomstick sweeps well; and slowly this game between new induct and SBNR
keep on juxtaposed.
In spite of the vast expansions of conversions in between the I
and II rank religions, safely sail through a dharma though changed the name
as Religion by law of the British as Hinduism, under the brand SANATANA
DHARMA, where there is conditioning or enforcements except the
conditionings and enforcements ensured by the groups of that society. This
dharma is all over the world which was long ago called a universal
adoptions. There are no hard and fast rules. Men may stay and men may go.
Hypotheses do exist as rituals. Adoptions are on the free cards. GODs are
too many 33 million but all roads lead to Brahmam so it is the real
monotheism. The way of life is hard to live and lead. People slip a lot and
yet rise to higher levels of worship and travel through the paths chosen.
There is no coercion for the repentance but repentance by self-exposure to
some remarkable agreements with the words of the sages. Infinite paths,
infinite worship, infinite roads, and the infinite gateways; and are they
not any oath of faith and beliefs unlike the conditioned streams, from
where so much deflections into, towards the infinity seen? Anathi holding
the rank III and travelling on self-realisation of the individual minds
only?
Now the last question sir. DOES GOD EXIST? IS THERE REALLY THE
EXISTENCE, THE SAT?
1 The basic question was answered by Easwara Chandra Vidyasagar as if
you deny the existence, then are you not denying that it exists already?
Where there is no table, how can you deny that there is no table? So,
unless a table is known denial cannot arise. WHERE THERE IS ASAT, WHY WOULD
ONE BOTHER ABOUT THE DENIAL OF SAT? Then those who raised the question for
the existence also walked into the trap of (by denial) science law that
nothing can come out of ASAT; so, SAT IS THERE WHICH IS SOMETHING. For the
present that is certain. Naming ceremony lets the individuals finalise as
the road leads, a long way. However, there is no uncertainty about THE
existence, right?
2 Then the earth is seen, visually seen. But seen with changes every
minute; same architecture but different shapes; and many new products are
sprouting and dying also altering the life stay on earth; and all where do
they come from and where do they go? Vedas said they are all matters,
indestructible absolutely but modifiable, alterable; the science also said
the same matter is neither created nor destroyed; so, matter was also there
and had the GOD been matter then GOD is also perishable; alterable;
modifiable? then that matter which is changeable cannot be omnipotent. Then
there is even if a GOD, HE may not be omnipotent. Right? So, matter is
also not so omnipotent? But nature frightens humans but also saves
humanity. So, matter who is playing the dice, it cannot be GOD. Also,
matter is dormant and lies somewhere; where? Tus for the matter to stay
safe to alter shapes, it needs dependency. Hence there is one dependent to
host it as its guest. Then there is a host in existence with whom the
matter co-exists forever; in other words, for the matter to exist forever,
another ONE is required permanently. KAPILA THUS FOUND IT AS PURUSHA AND
Prakriti and you call it by any name you like. This was named as SANKHYA
THE RULE OF WORK PROCESS. So, there are two? If two, each shall operate
separately with power; but matter is powerful at times; powerless at times;
so, the functionality of the matter is not independent, but by only
operational motivations, matter can keep moving; then what about the
Purusha? Purusha if docile, matter will also docile; If Purusha is active,
matter gains the power to operate, so Purusha is the master holding the
Prakriti. Hence Prakriti accepts the Purusha to be in conjunction or union.
Then The possessor of the property and the property, though appears to be
as TWO is actually within the fold up of ONE ONLY. Thus, there is sat and
sat manifests all the sat and asat.
3 Then are there only TWO INTO ONE? As matter keeps expanding with
the power of the other SAT, matter changes shapes to create and become
dead; so many come to stay and so many disappear; so, a system of objects
are seen and unseen; the gap in between is within a space and the period is
the time. The matter is asat and so asat becomes sat by the SAT; then there
are Capital SAT and many small sat. Thus, SAT with the life sending it’s
sat in many parts to infuse life to matter, are altering the matters with
life. So, they are the new births and old deaths according to the space and
time having infused to measure life strength. Then all the species should
be of the same tables or one shape only in chains and rows. But so many
variations which science terms them as they take their own shapes after the
mutations. They are also termed thus as atoms. Quanta. By whatever name
called A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE. How the variations are caused without
effects and chains of causes which physics do accept a sone from one. The
system is there. The system has a formula. The formula is payment of salary
according to the work turned out by the small sats. Then there are
differences. Causes of difference arise out of the work caused by the
activists. Then there is a unit of measurement unknown to the sats as a
management secret. Thus, it was proposed by Kanchi Periyava as raising a
question: if all were new to the earth in one hospital, born at the same
time, who did not commit anything to count upon as ONLY BUDDHA REMAINED
SILENT IN DOUBT, then why the new born were -born to parents of different
status, leaving the hospital by different types of vehicles? and are not
equal? Evidence for the Karma theory and absence of evidence is not absence
of no evidence. Now all set. Lead kindly light.
K Rajaram IRS 18 3 24
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