Theist , Atheist and Pseudo-theists

Theist , Atheist and Pseudo-theists

 

Space, Time and State continuums

(Dikkaala-avastha-pravaaha)

The world in which we live exists on three endless parameters : -

(i) The parameter of space (Dik) which continues to an infinite distance in all possible directions.

(ii) The parameter of time (kaala) which has no limits on either side, from and endless past, it would continue to exist to an endless future,

(iii) The parameter of state (Avastha) that is, the object of the material world are subject to decay, growth and the like from an unknown endless final state - always undergoing some type of change.

At the background of all these continuums is the existence of our Supreme Lord, who is not conditioned by the change of space, time or state, it is that within whom the causal matter and the objects resulting from it undergo changes in terms of space, time, and state. Einstein’s theory of relativity takes into account all these changes.

The supreme Self, our Lord or God, is different from matter, and since nothing could be outside the Supreme Self, all the changes pertaining to space, time and state take place within Him. Matter is in Him, and yet He is different from Matter. He exists as the first cause, whereas matter simultaneously has been existing within Him from the past eternity and would continue to exist in Him through the future eternity as the material cause (Upadana Karanatva). Here some of our philosophers have erred. They could not discriminate between the First cause,  the intelligent one, that designs and shapes,  and the material cause, Prakriti, which under His supervision, undergoes modulations and transformations.

Since nothing can be outside God, all His creativity as an artist and creator, is within Him. His is the singular illustration of this type. All the tiny little souls exist within Him and the entire flux (time-space-state changes) is within Him. Unable to grasp this little-subtility, many of us think that God or Brahma is also the material cause of this creation, as if the world is His modification. The world is not His modification, it is His art in which He is the first intelligent cause only, whereas the substance is provided by the prakriti. Moreover, the entire art of this Great Artist is to provide an opportunity of fulfillment to the numberless souls, the jivas.

Theist :

What is a theist? Some essential concepts that would decide whether a person is theist, other than pseudo-theists.

(i) A theist is one who believes in the reality of the world, in the reality of his own existence, and then establishes his relation to the creator Lord.

(ii) A theist loves the creation as a divine art of our lord;  the creation is orderly, meaningful and purposeful.

(iii) A theist believes in God and in His creation, and the divine knowledge give to him in two ways,
a>  knowledge which one derives from creation which includes sciences,
 b> and the knowledge which he receives from our Lord as revelation (in a form which we call Shruti, Veda and by various other names).The verbal divine knowledge and the sciences do not stand in contradiction to what is revealed as shruti.

(iv) A theist believes in one God, infinite, personal, omniscient, omnipotent, kind, just, blissful, the creator of the world, the source of knowledge, and to whom alone, we offer our prayers, the ultimate shelter of ours in time of distress, and despair, and the one who awards the fruit of our actions for our own benefit.

Athiest :

One who does not surrender himself to this benevolent Infinity, and who thinks that the universe is devoid of law or order and exists as a matter of chance, depending on trial and error or as a self-working machine with no purpose and objective is an atheist.

Pseudo-theists :

Some of our pseudo-theists are also, in fact, atheists.

For example:

1> Such thinkers (though infinitesimal in all essential potential), as have the haughtiness to assume that they are the supreme Brahman, or who think that this creation is non-existent, a dream, a myth, and illusion or an apparition.

2> Such persons as claim for themselves the divinity, or prophet hood or an incarnation of the Supreme Lord are also in delusion. They and their followers are pseudo-theists.

Anti Nationalist and a terrorist admirer fooling innocents through his speech.

Such usurpers, claiming for themselves as possessing extra-ordinary miracles, do not only put themselves into hallucination, they corrupt and deceive the society also to the worst extent.

Primitive pseudo-theism assigns Godhood to even the inanimate objects. This has given rise to the worship of trees, rivers, tombs,idols, walls, dargah and the like. People belonging to this category are worse than such agnostics and atheists, who have not been able to convince themselves as regards the presence of  a benevolent and universal personality which shapes the destiny behind the events.

All the idolators are pseudo-theists, whether the idols are of Rama or Krishna, Buddha or Mahavira, or Phyllum of Siva, or of an incarnation or of a mythological concept or of a guru or a preceptor.

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Courtesy : Foreword to the book "Vedic Concept Of God" of Swami Vidyananda Saraswati by Satyaprakash Saraswati

Links To External Websites :

Please do read these :

1> http://agniveer.com/vedic-god/

2> http://satyagni.com/kaba-or-idol-worship/

3> http://agniveerfans.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/ajmer-2/

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