What Is God?

[Khalsa_Girl_1]

har simaran keeou sagal akaaraa ||

For the remembrance of the Lord, He created the whole creation

aapan keeaa naanakaa aapae hee fir jaap ||1||

Through His Creation, O Nanak, He meditates on Himself

Why were we created for meditation...

To merge back with/into God...

God is not a place, person, animal, thing, sound etc.. God is shapeless, colourless, without gender, timeless..etc.

Do you doubt this existence?

[Mehtab Singh]

Read/recite/understand Sri Jaap Sahib. You will find all your answers.

[Khalsa_Girl_1]

Read/recite/understand Sri Jaap Sahib. You will find all your answers.

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No disrespect to Singh above..but

I would suggest reading Jap Ji Sahib first. To understand and feel Jaap Sahib, you should understand Jap Ji Sahib.

[citizen_soulja]

This whole mentality and conception that we have to find Vaheguroo, that we are detached from Vaheguroo is an inherently flawed concoction.

You have to understand that religion is the greatest means of control known to man...for thousands of years man has oppressed man and used the name of the Lord to do so. Man has tried to create a distinction between Vaheguroo and man because of a lack of understanding of science, which is a tool Vaheguroo has created for us.

We, ALL of Creation, EVERY SINGLE ATOM is under the Panaa and Hukam of Vaheguroo.

even smaller than Atoms are Quarks and Gluons, you may ask yourself what are Quarks and Gluons made of?? all of matter (existence) is composed of these particles, but what are these particles composed of??

the answer is PURE ENERGY

only recently man is BEGINNING to understand this deeper level of science. In reality we know nothing!!! we do not know what is at the bottom of the deepest ocean, we do understand the intricacies and complexities of the human body, we have not and cannot penetrate beyond a certain distance the atmosphere we are limited in every direction.

only CONTEMPLATIVE MEDITATION (not mear repetition) of Vaheguroo Vaheguroo Vaheguroo Vaheguroo Vaheguroo will answer all your questions and give you true knowledge.

"Human subtlety and ingenuity will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous" - Leonardo da Vinci (one of the greatest inventors, acknowledging that no matter how far we progress we will always be behind nature, Vaheguroo)

[immortalshaheed]

god is everything and nothing, its destroys and builds, its the whole creation yet formless, akaal is incomprehendable, it is a power and energy< of complete bliss and love and every other emotion. again God is everything . That is what God is......

[Barfi n Mithai]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I understand how our actions, decisions are a complex interation of molecules, visual cues, experiences. Therefore you could view life as a mathematical model where what we do, how we think, react etc is already preordained. Therefore free will is an illusion. God as you said is an energy. But does this energy have a consiousness or it simply a reaction and we are the result of it?

[Khalsa_Girl_1]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I understand how our actions, decisions are a complex interation of molecules, visual cues, experiences. Therefore you could view life as a mathematical model where what we do, how we think, react etc is already preordained. Therefore free will is an illusion. God as you said is an energy. But does this energy have a consiousness or it simply a reaction and we are the result of it?

The latter.

This energy does not have a conscientiousness..but instead provides conscientiousness, which then, of course, leads to actions.

[Barfi n Mithai]

If there is no consiousness then its just a random energy....

[Papi]

The question should not be 'what is God' but rather 'what isn't God'. It can be argued that the later question is easier to conclude upon.