Taken from Mother Radha's notes, written at Swamiji's feet.
God-personal is the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer, of everything. God-impersonal is omnipresent, the Eternal Father and Mother of the Universe, eternally separated from us and all souls.
Liberation is coming near Him, becoming one with Him. Vedantists [those who practice or follow the philosophy of Vedanta] say, "All adjuncts are superfluous."
Why do you want to think? Because you want to recall something.
Not-reasoning is a sign of weakness.
The Impersonal form of God is not symbolized by anything but It, That. God with form is a relationship - creator, preserver, destroyer.
The Absolute has no relationship. We are One. Jesus Christ said, "I and my Father are One." This is a very important relationship. Misery consists of thinking we are different; [that] we are not He. You are separating yourself from Him. Bliss is in knowing our unity with It or God.
In every nation Truth has been preached from ancient times. Christ and others said we must love all human beings as ourselves; and they indicated no difference between men and animals. No one knew why it was important to love all. The answer is that in the idea of the Impersonal God, the whole world is One - the oneness of the Universe.
About the Author
Clive Simpkins is a Change Architect, Strategist, speaker, author and a chela [disciple] of Swami Shivapadananda (1938-1994), second President and Spiritual Head of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa. http://swamishivapadananda.typepad.com http://www.imbizo.com
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