Our age has been branded as atheistic and secular because we dare to question and we do so openly. Since faith has the least hold on us, Vedanta (the science of life) – as expounded in the Upanishads – has a compelling charm. Hinduism is not the declaration of any one individual, but is the conclusion of generations of investigators.
The investigators, our heart rishis or sages, found that the subtlest of the subtle, the principle, or truth, resides within us, a divine spark enveloped as it were by the grosser coatings of matter.
The sum total of all the intellects of all the individuals (jivas) that are living in the visible world (jagat) is the concept of God. Not our conception of God as Rama, Krishna, Siva, Christ, Mohammed, etc., but the total concept, the God principle. The particular incarnations are only manifestations of the God-Principle. God is the total causal body of the universe.
To Be Continued…