Easy Journey to the Spiritual Sky
Why remain in the miserable cycle of birth and death when instead you can at every second be on an easy, ecstatic journey back to your original eternal identity in that wondrous Spiritual Sky? It is only out of ignorance that someone would opt for the cycle of birth and death.
We struggle like anything with our space programs to put man into outer space at the expenditure of billions and billions of dollars. But what do we accomplish? How far are we able travel towards the ultimate destination. It is clearly a matter of going nowhere.
In this connection my spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, stated that while the scientists go to the moon but are disappointed in their attempts to stay there and live, the devotees make an easy journey to other planets and ultimately reach the topmost planetary system, the Spiritual Sky.
I am still in an inner conflict with religions in general. How much I want to believe in a God, how much do I want to switch!
We have to ask ourselves why the word God was created. Was it created because mankind had no answers to many questions and situations which happened around him many thousands of years ago? Were natural catastrophes which could not be explained by simple human beings maybe the starting point in believing in some supernatural powers those days? Like the Sun? The moon? We know that the Sun was personalized by tribes like the Aztecs, Mayas...The Egyptians had chosen animals as Gods (Horus etc.).
You have Krishna, we Christians have Jesus, Mother Mary, God. We have the knowledge in present days to explain many, many things with chemistry, physics, biochemistry and molecular biology.
Can't it be accepted that nature just exists? That it always existed? That everything can be explained scientifically?
Can't it be accepted that there are more than three dimensions? Mathematically it is proven that there are more than eleven dimensions (Prof. Hawkins).
Why do we have to combine everything with God? What I mean to say is: Can't we just accept that nature is just simply nature and that chemical processes just happen ? Why does everything which we can't explain today has to be put into a context with some God?
Who guarantees that Jesus was God's son? Wasn't he just a freak of his time? A "simple" Bodhisattva? A man who could use man given energies better than others? Same goes for Buddha, but I am not sure about Mohammed...Take the monks of Shaolin for example: They can bundle their energies in a way which makes us Westerners just speechless. Their looks or just a fingertip (energies) can kill even without touching us.
How much I wish I could believe in a God. And I feel very miserable that scientific questions always cross and question my wish. Sometimes knowledge is really bad! No wonder that simple people can believe more than well educated people...and can be manipulated better by the clerics, too!
Still, some questions are left unanswered I know and it is easy to wipe out those question marks with religious arguments. Maybe our knowledge is not yet developed far enough to fully understand nature. Simple. The question of the soul and its origin will be solved one day, I am sure. Maybe you are right, maybe Science! Maybe Science is religion, or religion is science (as Krishna consciousness).
Do you have an answer why mankind needs a God? I don't want to be blasphemous at all...I also need something to believe in but I just can't believe in something which is not visible or explainable....I know what Jesus said to Thomas....but still....!
Best of regards
Michel
Question: We have to ask ourselves why the word God was created. Was it created because mankind had no answers to many questions and situations which happened around him many thousands of years ago?
Answer: God is an English word. In Sanskrit the word is Bhagavan, one who is most complete in the possession of opulences. It is natural. Everyone possesses a certain amount of opulences. That person who possesses the most is known as Bhagavan. It is not a contrived conception. There will naturally be some person who is more complete in the possession than others because no one possesses the same amount of opulences.
Question: Were natural catastrophes which could not be explained by simple human beings maybe the starting point in believing in some supernatural powers those days? Like the Sun? The moon?
Answer: No. Lord Brahma personally saw Krishna and the entire spiritual world. He simply described what he experienced that's all.
Question: Can't it be accepted that nature just exists? That it always existed?
Answer: Yes, but what caused it to come into existence? Those who are true scientists want to know these things.
Question: That everything can be explained scientifically?
Answer: Yes, everything can be explained scientifically. That's a fact. But the so-called scientists bully us into blind acceptance of their theories which are never proven and have to be revived every few years because they incorrect.
Question: Can't it be accepted that there are more than three dimensions?
Answer: Why not?
Question: Why do we have to combine everything with God?
Answer: God means the source. Since nothing comes from nothing, there must be a source.
Question: What I mean to say is: Can't we just accept that nature is just simply nature and that chemical processes just happen?
Answer: True scientists want to know what makes things happen. They are not content to simply say that things happen. Newton wanted to know why the apple falls from the tree.
Question: Why does everything which we can't explain today has to be put into a context with some God?
Answer: Everything that exists is manifested from its source. This is a simple scientific truth.
Question: Who guarantees that Jesus was God's son?
Answer: Who is not God's son?
Question: Wasn't he just a freak of his time?
Answer: He certainly was considered a freak. That's why he was crucified.
Question: A "simple" Bodhisattva? A man who could use man given energies better than others?
Answer: Do you consciously keep your heart beating? That energy is coming from another place. You have no control over it. Therefore there are energies that are not man given.
Why do you want to blindly believe in God. That is practically in the same category as atheism. You should aspire to be someone who realizes the ultimate truth which underlies all of existence.
Question: Do you have an answer why mankind needs a God?
Answer: Of course, we do. Just try to manufacture your eatables in a factory and see how far you get.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
We struggle like anything with our space programs to put man into outer space at the expenditure of billions and billions of dollars. But what do we accomplish? How far are we able travel towards the ultimate destination. It is clearly a matter of going nowhere.
In this connection my spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, stated that while the scientists go to the moon but are disappointed in their attempts to stay there and live, the devotees make an easy journey to other planets and ultimately reach the topmost planetary system, the Spiritual Sky.
Answers According to the Vedic Version
Question: Why Does Mankind Need a God?...
Thank you for your answers! Especially the sentence "The only switch one can make is between religion and irreligion" impressed me.I am still in an inner conflict with religions in general. How much I want to believe in a God, how much do I want to switch!
We have to ask ourselves why the word God was created. Was it created because mankind had no answers to many questions and situations which happened around him many thousands of years ago? Were natural catastrophes which could not be explained by simple human beings maybe the starting point in believing in some supernatural powers those days? Like the Sun? The moon? We know that the Sun was personalized by tribes like the Aztecs, Mayas...The Egyptians had chosen animals as Gods (Horus etc.).
You have Krishna, we Christians have Jesus, Mother Mary, God. We have the knowledge in present days to explain many, many things with chemistry, physics, biochemistry and molecular biology.
Can't it be accepted that nature just exists? That it always existed? That everything can be explained scientifically?
Can't it be accepted that there are more than three dimensions? Mathematically it is proven that there are more than eleven dimensions (Prof. Hawkins).
Why do we have to combine everything with God? What I mean to say is: Can't we just accept that nature is just simply nature and that chemical processes just happen ? Why does everything which we can't explain today has to be put into a context with some God?
Who guarantees that Jesus was God's son? Wasn't he just a freak of his time? A "simple" Bodhisattva? A man who could use man given energies better than others? Same goes for Buddha, but I am not sure about Mohammed...Take the monks of Shaolin for example: They can bundle their energies in a way which makes us Westerners just speechless. Their looks or just a fingertip (energies) can kill even without touching us.
How much I wish I could believe in a God. And I feel very miserable that scientific questions always cross and question my wish. Sometimes knowledge is really bad! No wonder that simple people can believe more than well educated people...and can be manipulated better by the clerics, too!
Still, some questions are left unanswered I know and it is easy to wipe out those question marks with religious arguments. Maybe our knowledge is not yet developed far enough to fully understand nature. Simple. The question of the soul and its origin will be solved one day, I am sure. Maybe you are right, maybe Science! Maybe Science is religion, or religion is science (as Krishna consciousness).
Do you have an answer why mankind needs a God? I don't want to be blasphemous at all...I also need something to believe in but I just can't believe in something which is not visible or explainable....I know what Jesus said to Thomas....but still....!
Best of regards
Michel
Answer: Just Try to Manufacture Your Eatables in a Factory...
Here are your questions with answers:Question: We have to ask ourselves why the word God was created. Was it created because mankind had no answers to many questions and situations which happened around him many thousands of years ago?
Answer: God is an English word. In Sanskrit the word is Bhagavan, one who is most complete in the possession of opulences. It is natural. Everyone possesses a certain amount of opulences. That person who possesses the most is known as Bhagavan. It is not a contrived conception. There will naturally be some person who is more complete in the possession than others because no one possesses the same amount of opulences.
Question: Were natural catastrophes which could not be explained by simple human beings maybe the starting point in believing in some supernatural powers those days? Like the Sun? The moon?
Answer: No. Lord Brahma personally saw Krishna and the entire spiritual world. He simply described what he experienced that's all.
Question: Can't it be accepted that nature just exists? That it always existed?
Answer: Yes, but what caused it to come into existence? Those who are true scientists want to know these things.
Question: That everything can be explained scientifically?
Answer: Yes, everything can be explained scientifically. That's a fact. But the so-called scientists bully us into blind acceptance of their theories which are never proven and have to be revived every few years because they incorrect.
Question: Can't it be accepted that there are more than three dimensions?
Answer: Why not?
Question: Why do we have to combine everything with God?
Answer: God means the source. Since nothing comes from nothing, there must be a source.
Question: What I mean to say is: Can't we just accept that nature is just simply nature and that chemical processes just happen?
Answer: True scientists want to know what makes things happen. They are not content to simply say that things happen. Newton wanted to know why the apple falls from the tree.
Question: Why does everything which we can't explain today has to be put into a context with some God?
Answer: Everything that exists is manifested from its source. This is a simple scientific truth.
Question: Who guarantees that Jesus was God's son?
Answer: Who is not God's son?
Question: Wasn't he just a freak of his time?
Answer: He certainly was considered a freak. That's why he was crucified.
Question: A "simple" Bodhisattva? A man who could use man given energies better than others?
Answer: Do you consciously keep your heart beating? That energy is coming from another place. You have no control over it. Therefore there are energies that are not man given.
Why do you want to blindly believe in God. That is practically in the same category as atheism. You should aspire to be someone who realizes the ultimate truth which underlies all of existence.
Question: Do you have an answer why mankind needs a God?
Answer: Of course, we do. Just try to manufacture your eatables in a factory and see how far you get.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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