COMMON TO ALL RELIGIONS

 

COMMON TO ALL RELIGIONS

 

 “Before the world was created, the Word already existed; he was with God, and he was the same as God. From the very beginning the word was with God. Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made without him.” (Bible, the New Testament the book ‘JOHN’ Chapter 1, verses 1 to 3.)

     “What is this world after all? It is nothing but materialization of thought forms of God.” ----- “Thought is the primal force at the origin and back of all creation; the genesis of the entire phenomenal creation given as a single thought that arose in the Cosmic Mind.”  ----- “Thought is a great force; it moves; it creates. You can work wonders with the power of thought. You must know the right technique of handling and manipulating thought.” ( From the book ‘THOUGHT POWER’ by Sri swami Sivananda).

The Vedantic conception of God:

      “What is God of Vedanta? He is principle, not person. You and I are all personal Gods. The absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver and destroyer of the universe is impersonal principle”. ----- “God is the infinite, impersonal being, ever existent, unchanging, immortal, fearless; and you are all His incarnations, His embodiments. This is the God of Vedanta, and His heaven is everywhere”.

  “Ask me it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you”. (Mathews, chapter 7, verse 7, from the Bible).

     The above quotations from religious books indicate that God is the same for all religions. In short God the supreme has no form. God is only principle, not person  according to Vedanta. God is word as in Christianity.  We are connected to God through the word and certain principle. The word is also our thought. So we have great link with God. Since God cannot be defined exactly, different religions named God differently. All human beings are not of the same power. Some are born with extraordinary powers. Secrets of such variation in power are not known. So people born with extraordinary powers are considered as close to God or even called as sons of God or even as the incarnation of God. But we do not know exactly what this phenomenon is.

     Whatever it may be, we have to study the observed facts in connection with God in some religions. When a Hindu prays Rama with high concentrated thought, his prayers get materialized. With such thought for a considerable time Ramadas could see the materialized form of Rama. There are instances that some Hindu saints seen Jesus by concentrated thought. Paramahansa Yogananda was able to talk to Jesus. Christian preachers were able to cure many diseases of others by prayer to Jesus. In Christianity also some pray mother of Jesus, some pray through Jesus, and some pray Jehova directly. And all of the prayers are being rewarded. In Hinduism also some pray Rama,  some  pray Krishna and many other Gods. All their prayers are getting materialized. There are instances that some pray ordinary human beings due to their sacrifices in Jatharas and even their prayers are successful.

     All these indicate there should be something common behind their prayers. If we analyse there seems to be common God, Word (thought power) and concentration behind the prayers of all such cases. So we can conclude that we are linked to God mainly through our thought. Depending on our concentrated thought we can materialize whatever we want.

 “Ask me it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you”. (Mathews, chapter 7, verse 7, from the Bible).

The above verse from the Bible is true and is applicable to all religions since the God is the same for all religions in whatever name is given to God. So the common factor is our thought. We have to properly apply the same properly. The following may be useful.

  According to the study of scientists from Boston University School of Medicine in the U S people with greater optimism are more likely to live to the age of 85 or more. 

. . This article is written for the unity of all religions especially in India.