An interesting and fun-filled short video about what is God by Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev
Ravi: I think the video below explains very well using simple everyday language and in a nut-shell, the core part of more evolved Bhakti (Hindu path of devotion) and Vedanta (Hindu path of Jnana) views about God, from a spiritual aspirant eager to experience God perspective. It does not deal with matters like problem of suffering and evil in the world, divine intervention in human affairs and karma.
Firstly, here is some info. about the spiritual master in this video. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev:
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (born 3 September 1957) is an Indian Yogi, Poet and Mystic. He founded the Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization which offers Yoga programs around the world and is involved in social outreach, education and environmental initiatives. He is also a New York Times and Washington Post bestselling author and has written for The Huffington Post, The New Indian Express and other publications. He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan award by the Government of India on 13 April 2017 in recognition of his contribution towards spirituality.
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Here's the video: "What is God? ...", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9VOz4dV92Q, 5 min. 59 secs.
I have transcribed the last part of Sadguru's words from the video:
[From around 4 min. 25 secs.]
Your idea of God is just an exaggerated version of yourself.
You are still not able to define yourself. Isn't it? Whatever definition you put on yourself is not correct. Any kind of definition you put on you, it is not enough to describe this one.
When this small piece of creation is like this, (for) the source of creation, how are you going to put a definition of it? You cannot define it. You cannot understand it. You can only dissolve into it (itself). You can experience it. You can never know it.
You can't make knowledge out of it. Whatever knowledge you have about God is just pure nonsense - cultural nonsense. Depending upon which kind of culture you are in, that kind of God you have. Isn't it? [Ravi: In earlier parts of the video, he jokingly talks about man-God, buffalo-God, white-man-God, black-man-God, brown-man-God, woman-God and dog-God, all being exaggerated versions of man, buffalo, white man, black man, brown man, woman and dog respectively.]
It can only be experienced. Experience does not mean you can eat it or you can grasp it. No. You can experience only by dissolving in it. There is no other way.
So we are just looking for methods of dissolution so that we can experience something that is far bigger than ourselves.
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Ravi: For an evolved spiritual aspirant following Hinduism's spiritual paths (may be similar for some other religions/traditions too), who wants to experience divinity, merger with the divine where he/she loses his/her individuality and experiences himself/herself as part of the divine being, is a high pinnacle of spiritual achievement. However, those spiritual aspirants who are deeply involved in family life, worldly life with many responsibilities, typically do not desire this sort of merger with the Divine immediately (as then they may not be able to fulfill their family/worldly responsibilities). But they would like to eventually merge with the divine.
[I thank wikipedia and Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev, and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extracts/part transcript from their website/youtube video on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
Firstly, here is some info. about the spiritual master in this video. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev:
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (born 3 September 1957) is an Indian Yogi, Poet and Mystic. He founded the Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization which offers Yoga programs around the world and is involved in social outreach, education and environmental initiatives. He is also a New York Times and Washington Post bestselling author and has written for The Huffington Post, The New Indian Express and other publications. He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan award by the Government of India on 13 April 2017 in recognition of his contribution towards spirituality.
--- end wiki extract ---
Here's the video: "What is God? ...", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9VOz4dV92Q, 5 min. 59 secs.
I have transcribed the last part of Sadguru's words from the video:
[From around 4 min. 25 secs.]
Your idea of God is just an exaggerated version of yourself.
You are still not able to define yourself. Isn't it? Whatever definition you put on yourself is not correct. Any kind of definition you put on you, it is not enough to describe this one.
When this small piece of creation is like this, (for) the source of creation, how are you going to put a definition of it? You cannot define it. You cannot understand it. You can only dissolve into it (itself). You can experience it. You can never know it.
You can't make knowledge out of it. Whatever knowledge you have about God is just pure nonsense - cultural nonsense. Depending upon which kind of culture you are in, that kind of God you have. Isn't it? [Ravi: In earlier parts of the video, he jokingly talks about man-God, buffalo-God, white-man-God, black-man-God, brown-man-God, woman-God and dog-God, all being exaggerated versions of man, buffalo, white man, black man, brown man, woman and dog respectively.]
It can only be experienced. Experience does not mean you can eat it or you can grasp it. No. You can experience only by dissolving in it. There is no other way.
So we are just looking for methods of dissolution so that we can experience something that is far bigger than ourselves.
--- end part transcript ---
Ravi: For an evolved spiritual aspirant following Hinduism's spiritual paths (may be similar for some other religions/traditions too), who wants to experience divinity, merger with the divine where he/she loses his/her individuality and experiences himself/herself as part of the divine being, is a high pinnacle of spiritual achievement. However, those spiritual aspirants who are deeply involved in family life, worldly life with many responsibilities, typically do not desire this sort of merger with the Divine immediately (as then they may not be able to fulfill their family/worldly responsibilities). But they would like to eventually merge with the divine.
[I thank wikipedia and Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev, and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extracts/part transcript from their website/youtube video on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
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