“Anyone who knows God cannot describe Him. Anyone who can describe God does not know Him.” (Paulo Coelho) Perhaps the question “Who is God?” is not apt to the human situation. The question more relevant would be “Who am I?” The more I discover myself, the more I discover God. Understanding myself is like peeling an onion. Each fold reveals a hidden side of myself but with each fold and each discovery, I diminish in existence. I keep getting smaller as I peel off fold after fold of my secret truth till I completely cease to exist. The only possibility is impossibility and the only probability is an improbability. And, then I am transformed into nothingness as the reality of everything is “nothing” as far as my self is concerned. Whereas, the more I diminish, the more I can see of God, who is limitless but keeps growing in magnanimity as I diminish. There comes a time when I am nowhere and He is everywhere. It is then that I discover that He had always been everywhere. It was only my self that was shielding me from discovering Him. Descriptions and appearances are always created for “time” and “space”. “Words” and “languages” are always specific to a nation, a society or a culture bound by “time” and “space”. There are things beyond the scope of “time” and “place” and they can neither be described nor made to appear in physical manifestation. For example, who can describe love? Yet each and every one of us has felt it at one time or the other. Who can describe the truth? Who can describe the soul? We just know that they exist and nothing else. No reason, no cause, no effect, no essence….nothing. So, if anyone can describe love, I can describe God. But, I know I cannot….because I know Him.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:04:32 +0000
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