What is the first thing that you visualize when you hear/read the word "God" ?

[Aupmanyav]

As I see it, everything above (God, creation, soul, heaven, hell, judgment, deliverance, boy, girl, dog) is in the domain of vyavaharika and is an appearance. Even Saguna Brahman is an appearance of Nirguna Brahman in vyavaharika.

Our views are quite similar, though perhaps not exactly (which is OK). Even if they are different, it is OK.

I don't associate any of those things with God, other than maybe 'soul'.

Our views are semingly different, but we know, at the heart of it, they are the same.

 

[chinu]

I have only had glimpses in to them

Oh come on ! Why so shy ?
please tell properly

 

[chinu]

It being a construct?

Whatever you want to take it as.

 

[chinu]

Thank you, valuable reply (as a reminder of a good Sadhana)

You means Ego
Desire means "Sure way away from Enlightenment"

More time would be good

Why care for just one more desire, when have so many ?

 

[chinu]

Light, I think, in the sense of a sensation of brightness.

Very nice.

 

[chinu]

Historical gullibility continued.

What make continued ?

 

[chinu]

It depends upon who is saying it or writing it. Without context, the word means nothing to me.

Suppose its me

 

[chinu]

About the same as when I hear the word "aksjicnbewd". Something I do know nothing about.
But it's not exactly the same as I have never heard "aksjicnbewd" before whereas I have heard the word "god". I have heard it so often and have heard it explained so often that it has lost all meaning.

So, your simple answer is.. "Confusion" ?

 

[chinu]

Confusion, mostly.

I can understand this.

My mind goes blank and I think, "Wow. I don't know how people believe this." Then I go on my way with an "oh, well."

But, why you care for others, I don't understand

 

[chinu]

Nataraja

I like that.

 

[chinu]

Untruth.

About what ?

 

[Aupmanyav]

About existence of any such entity.

 

[chinu]

About existence of any such entity.

But, this question isn't about existence, or non-existence.

 

[chinu]

My eyes rolling.
I grew up in a very Christian community as the only "out" atheist.
It all seemed so very very strange.

It all seemed so very very strange.. about WHAT ?

Please complete the answer.

 

[chinu]

To me God is a word about an idea of what reality really is.

reality really is about WHAT ?

 

[chinu]

It actually depends on if it is heard or read.

If I read the word "God" in proper case, it's referencing the one-god of Abrahamic religions, so I visualize one of their sacred spaces.

If I hear the word "god," which is ambiguous in reference, all I really think is "which one?"

Okay read below:

God (It is written by me)

Now, what do you visualise ?

 

[chinu]

This ...

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Good answer

 

[chinu]

The Supreme Bramh is the ultimate reality for me, which I call Bramh or ParaBramh rather than anything else.

A calm and extremely capable Super-Intelligence with a basic property of Sat-Chit-Ananda (existence - consciousness - awareness - bliss)
-- that is Self-expressed as the phenomenon called Uni-multi-whatever-verse as its existence and a glimpse into Its nature (svabhAv).
-- that confines everything that IS inside IT. There is nothing outside IT yet IT pervades all.

TLC (tender loving care) is its WAY with and natural unbiased approach to everything from galaxies to creatures at global, intermediate and local levels.
Fractals is its strategy to exists in and as everything - as BramhAnDa so pinda (its inherent property to replicate the universal in the local-individual at each recursive hierarchical level.

IT is what it IS

galaxies SPIN and IT at the center ATTRACTS
stars have the life cycle they do.
laws and properties of mathematics ARE
laws of physics ARE
Intelligence EXISTS
Care, gentleness, affection are inherent to IT
parameters are INTERDEPENDENT / CONNECTED
Time FLIES
hearts BEAT
earth ROTATES
energy TRANSFORMS
Generates places like earth that has water and environment to support LIFE.

These verbs are ITS svabhAv - its natural way to BE.

The best part is that this Supreme Bramh , this most loving Supreme Intelligence is willing to walk with you -- who are just a tiny ego inside its vastness and its large "heart" -- and hold your hand. Yes, you. If you turn towards IT -- then you are no longer some insignificant spec, but live in ITS heart which is in turn intrinsic to the real you.
The real you in hidden deep under layers of thoughts that make the ego-you.

This is what the Ved-VedAnta, Upanishads of the Hindu dharma say with a portion of it being the inspiration installed by this Super-Intelligence itself, and the Upanishads being the follow-up from the minds of the fine Rushis - seers of this truth -- in human-understandable form.

It can be experienced, and has been experienced.
However, it can only be understood and experienced after putting the ego aside first. The ego cannot understand it. If all phenomena are looked at from the universal standpoint, cause-effect can be seen with detachment and non-bias.


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But, this isn't your own visualisations. its somebodies else.

tell your own please.

 

[Heyo]

So, your simple answer is.. "Confusion" ?

"Confusion" is close but it doesn't fit exactly. I think "puzzlement" is better.

 

[chinu]

"Confusion" is close but it doesn't fit exactly. I think "puzzlement" is better.

Lot of confusions leads to puzzlement, yes.