Whatever I would be speaking now is about my understanding of God after living a Hindu life. Also I would like to say, I am a man of science and try to see logic or reasoning behind anything.
I am a born in Hindu family, and worshiping many Gods is natural thing for us. How can be there, many gods? Well, for a Hindu which sees divinity in all people, its nothing different. From my understanding, we respect the wisdom of saints, even revere them as god because they were most close to attaining the status of god because of the knowledge and experience they have accumulated. Thus we have many saints, Rishis, many sects, belief systems which later became much bigger into religion.
So, again, why many gods....because even in Hindu belief, the actual god or supreme being that oversees the World has no form, all seeing, all knowing...so vast that, there is no one way of reaching him. (we call it MahaShiva, MahaVishnu, Parambrahma depending on the sects or thought process).
Thus, this vastness of universe were overseen by spiritual beings or people who have attained that level of spirituality. This became the basis of many gods, and worshiping them for our normal livelihood.
Anything, anyone which help us connect to spirituality while living our lives in this materialistic world will be revered as god, if it also teaches us or creates a path towards divinity.
Since there were million of people, we had many gods. {I would like to clarify here, 33 crore devi devta does not mean 3.3 billion gods or goddesses, rather 33 type of demigods that were prevalent in prayers at that time}.
Each people follow their own god or divinity and we accept it as long as that path lead to god, or the divine force and in the process, also make them spiritually refined.
Confused? I was too...but let just say, the supreme being be a cluster of photon ( infinitely large one), and a time came when parts of it were spread out. The world was formed, living being came to be, finally human came.
Now, we have a concept of Karma...for our actions we will reap benefits or punishments sooner or later. It could be day, month, years, afterlife or after reincarnation. The concept of reincarnation is essential in Hinduism.
Human are considered most closest to god, because they can think spiritually. But no one can reincarnate to one. From small insects to Human being, it takes millions of cycle of birth and death. What does that means? The soul (let say photons) are getting refined with all the experiences they get in life and the action they do.
From human, more they become spiritual, more they become closer to the supreme being and when their soul ( read photon) became most refined, they get assimilated into the supreme being and that's what we call attaining Moksha. Thus we have terms like Paramatma (Supreme soul) or Parameswar ( Supreme God) for naming 'Supreme being.'
So friends follow any religion, any path...no matter what you do, sooner or later people will get Moksha but your actions/ Karma will define the path filled to flowers or thorn. You may reincarnate into a life of struggle if you do bad karma (for example, which is against the values of live and let live ).
*And by religion and concept of God...this reasoning connects with me most.
Finally I would say this, remember if your religion preaches God is only for human and deny the presence of other living beings, then its not a religion of god.
And for others, live you life as you please, follow your belief system, gain experiences, let your actions be good for you and others. You will have no problem reaching god even if you want or not. ;)
PS: I have taken some words from science to describe my understanding but that's for clarifying things and not making things equivalent. ( like photon and soul)
I am a born in Hindu family, and worshiping many Gods is natural thing for us. How can be there, many gods? Well, for a Hindu which sees divinity in all people, its nothing different. From my understanding, we respect the wisdom of saints, even revere them as god because they were most close to attaining the status of god because of the knowledge and experience they have accumulated. Thus we have many saints, Rishis, many sects, belief systems which later became much bigger into religion.
So, again, why many gods....because even in Hindu belief, the actual god or supreme being that oversees the World has no form, all seeing, all knowing...so vast that, there is no one way of reaching him. (we call it MahaShiva, MahaVishnu, Parambrahma depending on the sects or thought process).
Thus, this vastness of universe were overseen by spiritual beings or people who have attained that level of spirituality. This became the basis of many gods, and worshiping them for our normal livelihood.
Anything, anyone which help us connect to spirituality while living our lives in this materialistic world will be revered as god, if it also teaches us or creates a path towards divinity.
Since there were million of people, we had many gods. {I would like to clarify here, 33 crore devi devta does not mean 3.3 billion gods or goddesses, rather 33 type of demigods that were prevalent in prayers at that time}.
Each people follow their own god or divinity and we accept it as long as that path lead to god, or the divine force and in the process, also make them spiritually refined.
Confused? I was too...but let just say, the supreme being be a cluster of photon ( infinitely large one), and a time came when parts of it were spread out. The world was formed, living being came to be, finally human came.
Now, we have a concept of Karma...for our actions we will reap benefits or punishments sooner or later. It could be day, month, years, afterlife or after reincarnation. The concept of reincarnation is essential in Hinduism.
Human are considered most closest to god, because they can think spiritually. But no one can reincarnate to one. From small insects to Human being, it takes millions of cycle of birth and death. What does that means? The soul (let say photons) are getting refined with all the experiences they get in life and the action they do.
From human, more they become spiritual, more they become closer to the supreme being and when their soul ( read photon) became most refined, they get assimilated into the supreme being and that's what we call attaining Moksha. Thus we have terms like Paramatma (Supreme soul) or Parameswar ( Supreme God) for naming 'Supreme being.'
So friends follow any religion, any path...no matter what you do, sooner or later people will get Moksha but your actions/ Karma will define the path filled to flowers or thorn. You may reincarnate into a life of struggle if you do bad karma (for example, which is against the values of live and let live ).
*And by religion and concept of God...this reasoning connects with me most.
Finally I would say this, remember if your religion preaches God is only for human and deny the presence of other living beings, then its not a religion of god.
And for others, live you life as you please, follow your belief system, gain experiences, let your actions be good for you and others. You will have no problem reaching god even if you want or not. ;)
PS: I have taken some words from science to describe my understanding but that's for clarifying things and not making things equivalent. ( like photon and soul)
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