• The mystery about God has lingered for centuries. Some people debunk all notions of God. However, all the major pillars of our society, such as science, religion, spirituality, philosophy, art etc.  have acknowledged the existence of God in some way or another. If not by the name of God per se then in varied other forms, such as guidance or intuition or strength received in the time of crisis or as superlative thinking or consciousness which gave birth to various discoveries and inventions.

• ​Since ages man has used various ways and means to know and understand God in true form. But have we been completely successful in that effort? Most importantly, why man wants to know God? What difference will that make in his life?

• Many theoretical physicists believed that underlying multiplicity of universe there is a unified description of nature i.e. Unified field from which entire universe is manifesting. The term Unified Field Theory was coined by Albert Einstein and he had spent around 35 years of his life on research of Unified field theory. The concept of Unified Field had been discussed by Greek Philosophers Plato, Aristotle and other scientists in previous centuries under the title of Theory of Everything (ToE) or Final Theory, Ultimate Theory or all-encompassing Master Theory. This Unified Field that has been immensely researched is nothing but the Supreme Consciousness Energy Field or God.

​Let us explore the truth about the Divine entity by placing the Divine absolutely separate from and above the human game. This would allow seekers to take a fresh look at the ‘God' factor. 

• What do holy saints, yogis and spiritual gurus say about God?

Adi Shankaracharya: "Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya". Meaning: God alone is real (eternal), the world is unreal (ever changing).

Sant Kabir: "Dukh Mein Sumiran Sab Kare, Sukh Mein Kare Na Koye, Jo Sukh Mein Simran Kare, Toh Dukh Kahe Ko Hoye".                   

Meaning: "During suffering, everyone prays to the Lord, but when experiencing happiness, we forget to thank God. If one were to pray to God even during the good times, can the bad times ever trouble  one?"

Mother Teresa: “In the silence and purity of the heart, God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you." 

​Yogananda Paramhansa: "God is the Eternal Consciousness. God is love. He is Sat-Chit-Ananda — ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss. Every human being is seeking that kind of experience. Cultivate His acquaintance. It is possible to know God just as well as you know your dearest friend."

Sai Baba of Shirdi: "Everyone's God is One" (sabka maalik ek). All gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.

Sadhu Vaswani: "I am so made as to rejoice in the many and behold the beauty of the One in the many. Hence my affinity to many religions. In all of them I see revelations of  the One Spirit.”

Meher Baba: "The happiness of God-realization is the Goal of all Creation. The happiness of God-realization is self-sustained, eternally fresh and unfailing,boundless and  indescribable; and it is for this happiness that the world has sprung into existence."

​Sri Chinmoy: "Love of God is the beginning of human wisdom. Surrender to God’s Will is the flowering of divine wisdom."

​Osho: "You realize God when you lose your “I”. This is why I say that love itself is knowing God. God can only be known in love because in love the “I” disappears.You will never find love where “I” exists. Love is only there when “I” is not." 

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (Founder, Isha Foundation): "The word "Shiva" literally means "that which is not." "That which is" is physical manifestation; "that which is not" is that which is beyond the physical. "

Srila Prabhupada (Founder-acharya, ISKCON): "This human form of life is meant for developing love for God. When you love God, you love everyone and everything."

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Founder, Art of Living): " You are never outside God. There is nothing beyond the Divine. Even if you wish to, you cannot ever be outside or separate from God. That from which you are born, That in which you exist and sustain yourself, and That in which you ultimately dissolve back into is God."

• Who is God in reality?

God is believed to be the Almighty (all-powerful), the Supreme, the All-knowing Creator, the All-loving, All-wise, Truth, Eternal and Blissful  – one who is highest- on-high.

• Who is the being possessing all these attributes whom we can call as God?

The spiritual gurus possess wisdom, divine powers and special healing or blessing abilities. However, they attain these special powers through worshipping some deities / God or  through following disciplines / guidelines set by their gurus or scriptures. Can they be called as God?

 The religion founding fathers or preceptors or God’s messengers certainly had wisdom, divine powers and special healing or blessing abilities. However, they made spiritual  efforts before attaining the state of enlightenment. Can we call them as God?

Most Hindu deities (Shri Krishna, Shri Ram, Hanuman, Ganesh, …) have been depicted as worshipping some higher deity or Incorporeal God. Similarly, female Hindu deities (Durga, Kali, Vaishno Devi, …) are depicted as originating from Shiv (Shiv Shaktis). Also, there are many such deities. Can there be so many Gods?

The subtle Trinity deities – Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar are remembered as deities responsible for creation, sustenance and destruction (rejuvenation) respectively. However, none of them alone have got full authority of carrying out these three divine acts. God must have the highest authority and powers all within Him alone. 

Let us now consider the Incorporeal Supreme Being with no body - physical or subtle of His own. He is remembered as Par-Brahm meaning One who is beyond physical or subtle existence. As we have learnt in Lesson 1, I am not a physical or subtle body. I am an eternal, metaphysical being. So how can my creator be a bodily being? He too must be Incorporeal.