Re: GOD within Us
Namaste The_One,
Originally Posted by
The_One1
Hi friends I am new in this forum and have a question regarding the so called existence of god within us. I have heard from many hindu friends that god lives inside all human beings. Is it true? If its true then does it also mean that god lives inside a bad person such as murderers, thieves, rapists? If god lives inside a bad person then should we not abstain from punishing the bad person for doing crime and immoral deeds? Or does God live inside of only selected chosen person. Please enlighten me friends.
Yes, God resides in all of us and yet He is not within us. How ? For that we must define what we understand as "us". If "us" means our "intellect", our "ahamkAr", our "tendencies" our "mind", our "ego" etc. then it is not God but it is Nature acting powered by God. These emerge from God within us or better to say that these are powered by God. Without God's power, these cannot arise.
Yes, He is there even in the worst sinner. However, even while being there within, He is not responsible for our actions but He is mere a witness in all our actions and thoughts. The "ego", "Intellect" and "Observing Mind" with past impressions create a virtual person (an entity) who owns all thoughts and actions performed. You will be surprised to know that all actions are actually done by Nature/Prakriti with all these arisings and therefore, actually there is no sinner or virtuous person. It is due to person's (virtual) attachment to ego which further owns up all actions and desires and thoughts that the virtual person goes into cycles of births and deaths and suffers pleasures and pains.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
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