| Ya, Jah, Ra, YHWH, Jehovah, Brahman, Elohim, El | | | | personal experience of the Supreme Being but rather |
| Shaddai, Adonai, Zeus, Theos, Logos, Krishna, Om, | | | | from the holy scriptures of their religion and/ or |
| Heavenly Father, Divine Mother, Ishvara, Paramatman, | | | | teachings of their holy figure's experience. In other |
| Purusha, Allah, Sat and Lord - these are just a few of | | | | words, many "religious" people are willing to defend, |
| the more popular names in the attempt to label the | | | | argue and even kill for a belief upon which they truly |
| original source and substance, creator of all the | | | | have no ground to stand on. This is the same thinking |
| universe most generically referred to simply as God. | | | | and mentality that lead to people being burned as |
| With so many to choose from how do we know | | | | witches, scientists being beheaded for their discoveries |
| which one is the right One? | | | | and the many wars being fought in God's name. |
| Since the beginning of time man has sought to | | | | Ironically, the holy figures that actually claim to have |
| understand the cause of his own existence and the | | | | experienced the Divine for themselves all seem to say |
| purpose of his life. We cannot prove that we exist to | | | | the same things. Every divine saint may play different |
| another and yet we know that we exist. Even if all | | | | roles for mankind in smaller or greater fashion but their |
| your senses ceased to function you would still know | | | | message is consistent. Each figure may have |
| yourself as "I." Most rational people will acknowledge | | | | poetically, prophetically and metaphorically put his or |
| that they aren't self-created. But if we are not | | | | her own twist on the Creator but in essence it's the |
| responsible for our own sense of existence, who is? | | | | same teaching! That teaching most greatly seems to |
| That Being, known as God, is man's attempt to explain | | | | be that we are all souls made in the image and |
| how we came to be. The world we live in today is full | | | | likeness of the Creator and thus perfect in essence. |
| of all sorts of self-proclaimed "religious" people but how | | | | Our only purpose is to come to realize this for |
| many have actually even taken the time to question | | | | ourselves through spiritual evolution and conscious |
| where did the name "God" come from. | | | | choice! Look at how similar their teachings were: |
| The English word God comes in many variations such | | | | · "Peace comes from within do not seek it |
| as gud, gudis and gott, which are the Gothic, | | | | without." Buddha (Buddhism) |
| Scandinavian & German versions. These words | | | | · "At the center of your being, you have the |
| are all claimed to derive from the Proto-Germanic | | | | Answer." Lao-Tse (Taoism) |
| word "g(h)udan" of which its meaning and etymology | | | | · "The best richness is the richness of the soul." |
| are not quite certain. There is still debate but the | | | | Muhammed (Islam) |
| general consensus is that this word came from a | | | | · "Behold the kingdom of God is within you." |
| Proto-Indo-European word known as "ghutom." This | | | | Jesus (Christianity) |
| word was gender neutral and the word god didn't take | | | | · "Still your mind in me, still yourself in me and |
| on "masculine" influence until the later evolution of | | | | without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of |
| Christianity. Ghutom is accepted by most historical | | | | Love, dwelling in your heart." Krishna (Hinduism) |
| scholars to come from either the Proto-Indo-Aryan | | | | · "I salute the light within your eyes where the |
| words "gheu" or "ghau" which mean "to pour or libate" | | | | whole universe dwells. For when you are at that |
| or "to call or invoke" respectively. The Indians contest | | | | center within you and I am at that place within me, we |
| that the natives of India, known as the Aryans, were | | | | shall be one!" Chief Crazy Horse (Oglala Sioux Indians) |
| responsible for theses words as part of their rituals to | | | | · "Everyone who is seriously involved in the |
| invoke God's presence. The word "Aryan" means | | | | pursuit of science becomes convinced that a Spirit is |
| noble and the word Aryavarta is an ancient name for | | | | manifest in the Laws of the Universe." Albert Einstein |
| India, which means, "abode of the noble, holy or | | | | In spite of whatever historical evidence may be |
| excellent ones." There is also suggestion that these | | | | presented, there will be those still unready to release |
| words are an extension of the Sanskrit word "huta," | | | | their traditional belief systems. That is fine. Continue to |
| which has the connotation of "having been sacrificed" | | | | hold on to what you are comfortable with but ask |
| or "one who sacrifices are made to." | | | | yourself "do I really know God personally"? If you |
| All of this is great food for thought but what do we | | | | sincerely ask the Source to reveal Himself to you He |
| really know about this creator known as God? The | | | | will set you on the path to find Truth. However, you |
| vast majority of mankind across the globe from every | | | | must be humble and open-minded that the Creator |
| religion, nation, culture and language has their beliefs | | | | may present Himself in ways that you may not have |
| about God. Although they all may have different | | | | expected. When it is in your heart that you desire to |
| stories, legends and history they all seem to express | | | | know God before anything else, you will come to |
| similar qualities of this Creator as being benevolent, | | | | know from direct experience the same Truth that all |
| merciful, loving, eternal, omnipresent, omniscient & | | | | enlightened souls understand. At the end of the day it |
| omnipotent. So how could so many various | | | | doesn't matter what religion you practice or what |
| philosophies all share common descriptions about God | | | | name you use to refer to God. Most religions agree |
| and yet adamantly disagree on God's real name? | | | | that the Creator is indefinable. All names He has been |
| Part of the problem is that the majority of religious | | | | given have come from man. How can the One |
| followers who grudgingly hold on to their religious | | | | Source of all things possibly have only one name |
| beliefs do not speak from their own direct and | | | | when He is the Source of all names? |