GOD REALIZATION

Earlier people thought that they must accept God as a belief and not as a truth because there was no proof of God. Knowledge was earlier restricted only to the macro world—or things that one could observe directly. So people thought that if they cannot observe God, then He does not exist. Today science has helped humans reach the micro-world of atoms, electrons and quarks. The science of particle physics revealed that even though we are not able to see these micro particles, they do exist as we can determine their effects. This inferential argument is held scientifically valid and acceptable. Another example is that we do see the effects of gravity all around us, however, we cannot observe the force of gravity. Knowledge of Things and Knowledge of Truths We are unable to observe the truth directly with our eyes, but we know and accept it. It is now acknowledged that we have to accept inferential arguments for the existence of things we cannot see directly. With this change in reasoning, even Bertrand Russell was compelled to say in his book Why I am not a Christian, “If there is a design, there is a designer.” Russell opined that this argument from design was a valid argument. In the pre-scientific age, God was only a belief, but in the scientific age, we must accept the existence of God as a reality, as His existence can be proved by inferential argument. Another important argument the scientific era has validated is the universality of God. Earlier due to a diversity of beliefs, people thought there could be many gods. Science helped us overcome this myth. It concluded that all things—mountains, man, trees, rocks, etc., at the end, are one and the same, consisting of atoms, which are nothing but a ‘mad dance of electrons’. In essence, when there is no diversity of things, then we have no option but to accept that there are not many gods, rather all have been created by only one Universal God. Ignorance can be an excuse to do anything. Once you know however, you are compelled to do the right thing. There are only two right ways to arrive at any conclusion—rational knowledge or revealed knowledge. Without recourse to either of these, you do not have a basis to arrive at any solid conclusion. A claim must be backed up by either arguments By acknowledging the good favours of people and accepting them as good favours of God, reiterating and repeating good things, words and actions and forgetting all negative experiences —this is the way to developing a positive personality.