CREATOR/āϧਾāϰāĻŪāĻ āĻ
āĻਾāĻē āĻŠੁāϰāĻ
ABSTRACT
Theological God is rather an elusive conception and it becomes difficult in discussing this question, to know what one is discussing? It is an Absolute Principle and It applies to every thing (Sargun) and some thing in terms of itself cannot be defined (Nirgun). No religious teacher has succeeded in logically dissociating theism from pantheism meaning God is not a personality. Anthropomorphic theism is a religion, while pantheism is a philosophy, the former being orthodox and later being heterodox and both are inextricably blended by writers. One must set aside personal prejudices or bias and keep an open mind to understand the Principle. God and spirit are both out side the limitations of time and space. Prejudiced individuals see only what fits those prejudices.
Q. Do you believe in God?
A. It depends what you mean by the term.
One must keep an open mind and be receptive despite what issues arise?
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The absolute Principle (God) is not a, thing, sound or vibration, not divisible, not diluted or augmented, has no partner or complement, has no form or qualities, is invisible, incomprehensible, self existent and immortal;
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āĻĶਿāĻļāĻੁ āĻĶਿāĻļੈ āĻĪਾ āĻāĻđਿāĻ āĻਾāĻ ॥
āĻŽਿāĻĻੁ āĻĶੇāĻੇ āĻāĻđāĻĢਾ āĻŽਿāϰāĻĨਾ āĻਾāĻ ॥
Aáļisat áļisai áđŊÄ kahiÄ jÄÄ. Bin áļekáše kaháđÄ birthÄ jÄ▫e.
If the Unseen God could be seen, then It could be described. Without seeing God, all descriptions are useless. -----Guru Nanak, Raag Gauri Guarary, AGGS, Page, 22-12
It is One and unity, determines every thing, comes before every thing, and is the law of every thing being blind but Its justice is evenhanded. The ancient pagan Greek philosopher Plato said that the highest power was the Good Itself, that transcendent principle by whose light we could tell the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, appropriate and inappropriate. The Primary Good is good, pure and simple, not by virtue of connection with some thing else, because there is nothing else above it. All things are below It, and receives good from It. It is further more, an agent, through Its action is intellect, life, and the self, and every thing in which there is life and intelligence. The Primary Good, therefore, is that which has no opposite. God is, (Truth Itself and formless), which is why people can't get it until they get honest with themselves.
āĻŽੋāĻēੈ āĻāϰāĻĨāϰਿ āĻļāĻĪਿ āĻļāϰੂāĻŠੁ ॥
āĻŠāϰāĻŪ āĻĪੰāĻĪ āĻŪāĻđਿ āϰੇāĻ āĻĻ āϰੂāĻŠੁ ॥
Bolai bášarthar saáđŊ sarÅŦp. Param áđŊanáđŊ meh rÄkáš na rÅŦp.
Says Bhart'har (āĻੋāϰāĻ āĻĶਾ āĻੇāĻēਾ, āĻāĻ āĻੋāĻੀ āĻੋ āĻੁāϰੂ āĻĻਾāĻĻāĻ āĻĶੇāĻĩ āĻੀ āĻĻੂੰ āĻŪਿāĻēਿāĻ) God is the embodiment of Truth; the supreme essence of reality has no shape or form.-----Guru Nanak, Raag Ramkali, AGGS, Page, 953-3
Sikhism rejects the idea of a personal God or an extra-cosmic anthropomorphic God. The God of theology is a bundle of contradictions and a logical impossibility as It is Absolute (Avgat-āĻ
āĻĩਿāĻāĻĪ) and Infinite (Apaar-āĻ
āĻŠਾāϰ). Guru Nanak elucidates God with an open Oorhaa (āĻ), describes the word in Raag Asa;
āĻāĐੈ āĻāĻŠāĻŪਾ āĻĪਾ āĻੀ āĻੀāĻੈ āĻਾ āĻਾ āĻ
ੰāĻĪੁ āĻĻ āĻŠਾāĻāĻ ॥
āĻļੇāĻĩਾ āĻāϰāĻđਿ āĻļੇāĻ āĻŦāĻēੁ āĻŠਾāĻĩāĻđਿ āĻਿāĻĻ੍āĻđ੍āĻđੀ āĻļāĻੁ āĻāĻŪਾāĻāĻ ॥āĐĐ॥
ÅŠáđai upmÄ áđŊÄ kÄŦ kÄŦjai jÄ kÄ anáđŊ na pÄiÄ SevÄ karahi se▫ÄŦ fal pÄvahi jinÄĨÄŦ sacáš kamÄ▫i▫Ä. ||3||.
Ooraa: Sing the Praises of the One whose limit cannot be found. Those who perform service and practice truth, obtain the fruits of their rewards. ||3||-----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 432-12
Creation is a process, which is unfolding according to the Absolute Divine Principle. It is of utmost importance to have a correct intellectual conception by the individual of the “Supreme God”, for illogical and erroneous conception are capable of misleading and keeping in dark people who otherwise by their intuitions would be on the right track. An individual is entitled to define his Higher Power of his own understanding but on the other hand a false conception of God is responsible for spiritual ignorance.
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āĻļੰāĻ āĻŪੂāϰāĻ āĻ
ੰāϧ āĻੋāϰ ॥
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āĻļੰāĻ āĻੋāϰ āĻđāϰਾāĻŪ āĻੋāϰ ॥
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āĻļੰāĻ āĻ
āĻŪāϰ āĻāϰਿ āĻਾāĻđਿ āĻੋāϰ ॥
āĻ
āĻļੰāĻ āĻāĻēāĻĩāĻĒ āĻđāĻĪਿāĻ āĻāĻŪਾāĻđਿ ॥
āĻ
āĻļੰāĻ āĻāĻēāĻĩāĻĒ āĻđāĻĪਿāĻ āĻāĻŪਾāĻđਿ ॥
āĻ
āĻļੰāĻ āĻŠਾāĻŠੀ āĻŠਾāĻŠੁ āĻāϰਿ āĻਾāĻđਿ ॥
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āĻļੰāĻ āĻੂāĐਿāĻāϰ āĻੂāĐੇ āĻŦਿāϰਾāĻđਿ ॥
āĻ
āĻļੰāĻ āĻŪāĻēੇāĻ āĻŪāĻēੁ āĻāĻਿ āĻਾāĻđਿ ॥
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āĻļੰāĻ āĻĻਿੰāĻĶāĻ āĻļਿāϰਿ āĻāϰāĻđਿ āĻਾāϰੁ ॥
āĻĻਾāĻĻāĻੁ āĻĻੀāĻੁ āĻāĻđੈ āĻĩੀāĻਾāϰੁ ॥
āĻĩਾāϰਿāĻ āĻĻ āĻਾāĻĩਾ āĻāĻ āĻĩਾāϰ ॥
āĻੋ āĻĪੁāϧੁ āĻਾāĻĩੈ āĻļਾāĻ āĻāĻēੀ āĻਾāϰ ॥
āĻĪੂ āĻļāĻĶਾ āĻļāĻēਾāĻŪāĻĪਿ āĻĻਿāϰੰāĻਾāϰ ॥āЧāĐŪ॥
AsaÅkáš mÅŦrakáš anáļáš gášor AsaÅkáš cášor harÄmkášor.AsaÅkáš amar kar jÄhi jor.AsaÅkáš galvadáš haáđŊi▫Ä kamÄhi.AsaÅkáš galvadáš haáđŊi▫Ä kamÄhi.AsaÅkáš pÄpÄŦ pÄp kar jÄhi.AsaÅkáš kÅŦáđi▫Är kÅŦáđe firÄhi.AsaÅkáš malecášáš mal bášakáš kášÄhi.AsaÅkáš nináļak sir karahi bášÄr. NÄnak nÄŦcáš kahai vÄŦcášÄr. vÄri▫Ä na jÄvÄ ek vÄr.Jo áđŊuáļáš bášÄvai sÄ▫ÄŦ bášalÄŦ kÄr.ÅĶÅŦ saáļÄ salÄmaáđŊ nirankÄr. ||18||.
Countless fools are blinded by ignorance. Countless thieves and embezzlers. Countless impose their will by force. Countless cut-throats and ruthless killers. Countless sinners who keep on sinning. Countless liars, wandering lost in their lies. Countless wretches, eating filth as their ration. Countless slanderers, carrying the weight of their stupid mistakes on their heads. Nanak describes the state of the lowly. I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You. Whatever pleases You is the only good done, You, Eternal and Formless One. ||18|| -----Guru Nanak, Japji, AGGS, Page, 4
The energy/force/conscience source of life in an individual is a part of the same.
āĻਿāĻĻੀ āĻāĻĪāĻŪੁ āĻੀāĻĻਿāĻ āĻŠāϰāĻŪਾāĻĪāĻŪੁ āĻļੋāĻ ॥
āĻāĻੋ āĻ
ੰāĻŪ੍āϰਿāĻĪ āĻŽਿāϰāĻੁ āĻđੈ āĻŦāĻēੁ āĻ
ੰāĻŪ੍āϰਿāĻĪੁ āĻđੋāĻ ॥
JinÄŦ ÄáđŊam cášÄŦniÄ parmÄáđŊam soÄŦ Äko amriáđŊ birakáš hai fal amriáđŊ hoÄŦ.
Those who understand their own Higher Self are themselves the Supreme God. The One God is the tree of ambrosial nectar, which bears the ambrosial fruit.-----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 421-16
āĻĪੁāϧੁ āĻāĻŠੇ āĻļ੍āϰਿāĻļāĻਿ āĻļāĻ āĻāĻŠਾāĻ āĻੀ āĻĪੁāϧੁ āĻāĻŠੇ āĻļਿāϰāĻਿ āĻļāĻ āĻੋāĻ ॥
āĻāĻĻੁ āĻĻਾāĻĻāĻੁ āĻੁāĻĢ āĻਾāĻĩੈ āĻāϰāĻĪੇ āĻੇ āĻੀ āĻੋ āĻļāĻāĻļੈ āĻਾ āĻਾāĻĢੋāĻ ॥ ÅĶuáļáš ÄpÄ sarisat sabáš upÄÄŦ jÄŦ áđŊuáļáš ÄpÄ siraj sabáš goÄŦ. Jan NÄnak guáđ gÄvai karáđŊÄ kÄ jÄŦ jo sabášsai kÄ jÄáđoÄŦ.
You Yourself created the entire universe, and having fashioned it, You Yourself shall destroy it all. Servant Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Dear Creator, the Knower of all. -----Guru Ram Das, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 11-13
āĻŽāϰāĻĻੁ āĻਿāĻđāĻĻੁ āĻĻਾāĻđੀ āĻŪੁāĻੁ āĻĻ āĻŪਾāĻļਾāϰਾ ॥
āĻāĻđāĻĻੁ āĻĻ āĻਾāĻ āĻੇāĻēੁ āĻĪੁāĻđਾāϰਾ ॥
Baran cášihan nÄhÄŦ mukáš na mÄsÄrÄ.Kahan na jÄ▫ÄŦ kášel áđŊuhÄrÄ.
God has no color, no sign, no mouth and no beard. I cannot describe Your play.-----Guru Arjan, Raag Suhi, AGGS, Page, 746-10
God is every where(āĻĻਿāϰੰāĻĪāϰ) all the time (Immanent & Transcendent) and forever with out any relation to time and space.
āĻŽāĻĻ āĻŪāĻđਿ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻĪ੍āϰਿāĻĢ āĻŪāĻđਿ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻ੍āϰਿāĻđਿ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻāĻĶਾāĻļਾāĻ ॥
āĻĶੰāĻĄāϧਾāϰ āĻāĻāϧਾāϰੈ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻĩāϰāĻĪ āĻĻੇāĻŪ āĻĪੀāϰāĻĨਾāĻ ॥
āĻļੰāĻĪāĻļੰāĻਿ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻŪāĻĻ āĻŪਾāĻਂ ॥
āĻāĻ āĻŠāĻāĻāĻē āĻļāϰāĻŽ āĻŪāĻđਿ āĻŠੂāϰāĻĻ āϰāĻļਿ āĻŪੰāĻāĻē āĻੁāĻĢ āĻਾāĻ ॥
āĻੋāĻ āĻੇāĻ āĻļੰāĻĻਿāĻāĻļੈ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻāĻĪਿ āĻੰāĻāĻŪ āĻਾāĻŠāĐਾāĻ ॥
āĻĪāĻŠੀ āĻĪāĻŠੀāĻļੁāϰ āĻŪੁāĻĻਿ āĻŪāĻđਿ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻĻāĻ āĻĻਾāĻਿāĻ āĻĻਿāϰāĻĪਾāĻ ॥
āĻāĻđੁ āĻŪāĻđਿ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŪāĻđਿ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻĶāĻļ āĻ
āĻļāĻੀ āĻļਿੰāĻŪ੍āϰਿāĻĪਾāĻ ॥
āĻļāĻ āĻŪਿāĻēਿ āĻāĻੋ āĻāĻੁ āĻĩāĻਾāĻĻāĻđਿ āĻĪāĻ āĻਿāĻļ āĻĪੇ āĻāĻđāĻ āĻĶੁāϰਾāĻ ॥
āĻ
āĻāĻđ āĻ
āĻāĻđ āĻŽੇāĻ
ੰāĻĪ āĻļੁāĻāĻŪੀ āĻĻāĻđ āĻੀāĻŪ āĻੀāĻŪ āĻੀāĻŪਾāĻ ॥
āĻāĻĻ āĻĻਾāĻĻāĻ āĻĪਿāĻĻ āĻੈ āĻŽāĻēਿ āĻŽāĻēਿ āĻਾāĻāĻ āĻਿāĻđ āĻāĻਿ āĻŠāϰāĻāĻੀāĻāĻ ॥
Ban mÄh pekáši▫o áđŊariáđ mÄh pekáši▫o garihi pekáši▫o uáļÄsÄ▫e. áļandáļášÄr jatáļášÄrai pekáši▫o varaáđŊ nem áđŊÄŦrthÄ▫e. SaáđŊsang pekáši▫o man mÄ▫eÅ. ÅŠbáš pa▫i▫Äl sarab mÄh pÅŦran ras mangal guáđ gÄ▫e. Jog bášekáš sanni▫Äsai pekáši▫o jaáđŊ jangam kÄpáđÄ▫e. ÅĶapÄŦ áđŊapÄŦsur mun mÄh pekáši▫o nat nÄtik niráđŊÄ▫e. Cášahu mÄh pekáši▫o kášat mÄh pekáši▫o áļas astÄŦ simmriáđŊÄ▫e. Sabáš mil eko ek vakášÄnÄh áđŊa▫o kis áđŊe kaha▫o áļurÄ▫e. Agah agah be▫anáđŊ su▫ÄmÄŦ nah kÄŦm kÄŦm kÄŦmÄ▫e. Jan NÄnak áđŊin kai bal bal jÄ▫ÄŦ▫ai jih gášat pargatÄŦ▫Ä▫e.
I have seen God in the woods, in the fields, in the household, and in renunciation. I have seen It as a Yogi carrying His staff, with matted hair, fasting, making vows, and visiting sacred shrines of pilgrimage. I have seen It in the Society of the Saints, within my own mind, in the sky, in the nether regions of the underworld, pervading and permeating in everything. With love and joy, I sing Its Glorious Praises. I have seen It among the hermits, the ascetics, the celibates, the wandering hermits and the wearers of patched coats. I have seen It among the men of severe self-discipline, the silent sages, the actors, dramas and dances. I have seen It in the four Vedas, in the six Shaastras, in the eighteen Puraanas and the Simritees (Hindu Scriptures) as well. All together, they declare that there is only One God. So tell me, from whom is It hidden? Unfathomable and Inaccessible, It is our Infinite God and Master; Its Value is beyond valuation. Servant Nanak is a sacrifice, a sacrifice to those, within whose heart It is revealed.-----Guru Arjan, Raag Bhairo, AGGS, Page, 1139
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āĻਿāĻāĻĻੀ āĻŪਾāĻĻੁāĻੁ āĻāĻāĻ āĻੋ āĻĻਾāĻđੀ āĻļੋ āĻēੋāϰੈ ॥
āϰੈāĻĢਿ āĻ
ੰāϧਾāϰੀ āĻਾāϰੀāĻ āĻāĻĩāĻĻ āĻੁāĻāĻĪਿ āĻਿāĻĪੁ āĻੋāϰੈ ॥
AgiÄnÄŦ mÄnukáš bášaiÄ jo nÄhÄŦ so lorai. Raiáđ anáļášÄrÄŦ kÄrÄŦÄ kavan jugaáđŊ jiáđŊ bášorai.
Humanity is in spiritual ignorance; people see things that do not exist. The night is dark and gloomy; how will the morning dawn?-----Guru Arjan, AGGS, Page, 212-11
Thus the Universe itself is unfolding out of its own essence beyond the reach of our limited senses. It is a waste of time in arguing with people who do not want to be convinced or ridicule every thing, which is new to their limited outlook regarding God/Higher Power. The message is for those---- who want to know and are seeking something that will solve their doubts (duality) and remove their difficulties. Guru Arjan prays in humility for God’ in Raag Asa;
āĻਿāĻੂ āĻĻ āĻਾāĻĻਾ āĻŪāĻĪਿ āĻŪੇāϰੀ āĻĨੋāϰੀ ॥
āĻŽਿāĻĻāĻĩāĻĪਿ āĻĻਾāĻĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŠ੍āϰāĻ āĻĪੋāϰੀ ॥
KicášášÅŦ na jÄnÄ maáđŊ mÄrÄŦ thorÄŦ. BinvaáđŊ NÄnak ot parabáš áđŊorÄŦ.
I know nothing, and my intellect is inadequate. Prays Nanak, O God, You are my only Support.-----Guru Arjan, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 388-3
He, who sees the Eternal existing alike in imperishable and perishable things, sees indeed. So God is every where, in every atom of the visible and invisible Cosmos as a Power of evolution and involution as expressed by Guru Arjan in Raag Gauri and Farid Slokes and Kabir in Raag Parbhati;
āĻāĻē āĻĨāĻē āĻŽāĻĻ āĻŠāϰāĻŽāĻĪ āĻŠਾāĻĪਾāĻē ॥
āĻŠāϰāĻŪੇāĻļ੍āĻĩāϰ āĻĪāĻđ āĻŽāĻļāĻđਿ āĻĶāĻāĻāĻē ॥
āĻļੂāĻāĻŪ āĻ
āĻļāĻĨੂāĻē āĻļāĻāĻē āĻāĻāĻĩਾāĻĻ ॥
āĻĻਾāĻĻāĻ āĻੁāϰāĻŪੁāĻਿ āĻŽ੍āϰāĻđāĻŪੁ āĻŠāĻਾāĻĻ ॥āЧāĐŠ॥
Jal thal ban parbaáđŊ pÄáđŊÄl.Parmesvar áđŊah basÄh áļa▫i▫Äl.SÅŦkášam asthÅŦl sagal bášagvÄn. NÄnak gurmukáš barahm pacášášÄn. ||14||
In the water, on the land, in the forests and mountains, and in the nether regions of the underworld, the Merciful Transcendent God is abiding. God exists in all subtle and gross matter (āĻĻਿāϰāĻੁāĻĢ & āĻļāϰāĻੁāĻĢ). O Nanak, the Guu oriented realizes God. ||14||-----Guru Arjan, Thiti Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 299-17
āĻŦāϰੀāĻĶਾ āĻਾāĻēāĻੁ āĻāĻēāĻ āĻŪāĻđਿ āĻāĻēāĻ āĻĩāĻļੈ āϰāĻŽ āĻŪਾāĻđਿ ॥
āĻŪੰāĻĶਾ āĻਿāĻļ āĻĻੋ āĻāĻੀāĻ āĻਾਂ āĻĪਿāĻļੁ āĻŽਿāĻĻੁ āĻੋāĻ āĻĻਾāĻđਿ ॥āĐāĐŦ॥
FarÄŦáļÄ kášÄlak kášalak meh kášalak vasai rab mÄhi. ManáļÄ kis no ÄkášÄŦ▫ai jÄÅ áđŊis bin ko▫ÄŦ nÄhi. ||75||
Farid, the Creator is in the Creation, and the Creation abides in God. Whom can we call bad? There is none without Creator. -----Guru Arjan, Sloke Farid, AGGS, Page, 1381-17
O people, O Siblings of Destiny, do not wander deluded by doubt. The Creation is in the Creator, and the Creator is in the Creation, totally pervading and permeating all places.-----Kabir, Raag Parbhati Bhibhas, AGGS, Page 1350-1
The Eternal God is the source of everlasting life, power, and wisdom through its manifestations in the world. Some call It hypothetical personal Creator-- to whom they petition—for the fulfillment of personal questionable desires. This Eternal power teaches that right action is the truest supplication for the benefit desired. Aristotle said that there is Something above the substance of the firmament, nothing is greater than It and there is no way to quantify or measure It. It is beyond change in any manner or mode. There is no limit to Its power. Therefore It performs Its acts outside of time, being by nature effective and thus always in action, with out Its actions affecting It. Nothing comes from It in a state of potential, rather things come from It in action, while Its potential always pervades the universe. The present age is learning to apply scientific method to find that truth about the Eternal Wisdom.
There is no absolute scientific proof of the presence of The Absolute Principle or the Infinite God; henceforth the It’s subtle essence cannot be obtained by any one. Religion and science will always clash due to perceived insults to the research and rationality by fundamentalists and non progressive individuals. Spirituality was the domain of the faith but lately science has developed with close alignment. Science ends, when reason fails and then spirituality takes over. God cannot be completely contained with in nature and therefore God’s existence is out side the science’s ability to weigh in. Scientists are not blind believers but make a critical analysis of the evidence, quite opposite to the religious approach based on blind faith and belief. On the other hand because something is vastly improbable, we need a God to explain it. Since we are profoundly ignorant about certain things we need to work on them like understanding the physiology of conscience to reduce human suffering of pain and depression.
āĻđਾāĻđਾ āĻđੋāĻĪ āĻđੋāĻ āĻĻāĻđੀ āĻਾāĻĻਾ ॥
āĻāĻŽ āĻđੀ āĻđੋāĻ āĻĪāĻŽāĻđਿ āĻŪāĻĻੁ āĻŪਾāĻĻਾ ॥
āĻđੈ āĻĪāĻ āĻļāĻđੀ āĻēāĻੈ āĻāĻ āĻੋāĻ ॥
āĻĪāĻŽ āĻāĻđੀ āĻāĻđੁ āĻāĻđੁ āĻĻ āĻđੋāĻ ॥
HÄhÄ hoáđŊ hoÄ nahÄŦ jÄnÄ, Jab hÄŦ hoÄ áđŊabeh man mÄnÄ, Hai áđŊao sahÄŦ lakášai jao koÄŦ, ÅĶab ohÄŦ uho Ähu na hoÄŦ.
HAHA: God exists, but also is not known to exist. When God is known to exist, then the mind is pleased and appeased. Of course the God exists, if one could only understand It. Then, alone It exists, and not this mortal being.-----Kabir, Gauri Bawan Akhari, AGGS, Page, 342-16 &17
The Primary Good (God) does exist as It is the cause of causes and It does not cease to exist. The secondary good is what the Primary Good has created, which is intellect. The tertiary good is the self with its arrangement winding up in bodies.
The forces and qualities of Mother Nature are not blind and unintelligent they may appear so when viewed by our physical senses but in the depth of the thought they are alive and conscious. It is not irreverent to say that God acts through some form of energy (heat/electricity/magnetic/some form of waves). In history at one time people were persecuted for making scientific discoveries.
God is a sum of forces of physical nature higher than the real Self. The Higher Self is far higher than ordinary conception of God, which is limited by the imperfections of mind that imagines and fathoms It. When man’s nature becomes so sublimated that he can rise beyond thought to a higher and fuller state of consciousness and becomes enlightened with the Divine knowledge, it is then that he may stultify the nature of that “Higher Power”.
Conclusion:
God cannot be defined because It applies to every thing and can not be measured. Following Gurmukhi words have been used towards Its attributes: Atula/Atula, Atolak (āĻ
āĻĪੁāĻē, āĻ
āĻĪੋāĻēāĻ) unweighable, Agochar, (āĻ
āĻੋāĻāϰ), Ached (āĻ
āĻੇāĻĶ) impregnable, Agaadh (āĻ
āĻਾāϧ) unfathomable, Adisatt/Alakh(āĻ
āĻĶਿāĻļāĻ/āĻ
āĻēāĻ) invisible, Agocher (āĻ
āĻੋāĻāϰ)unknowable, Agum (āĻ
āĻāĻŪੁ) unaproachable, Ajooni (āĻāĻੋāĻĻੀ/āĻ
āĻੋāĻĻੀ) unborn, Akal Moorat (āĻ
āĻਾāĻē āĻŪੂāϰāĻĪ) immortal, Akhut (āĻ
āĻੁāĻ) inex-haustible, Alpaari/Alpana-(āĻ
āĻēāĻŠਾāϰੀ/āĻ
āĻēāĻŠāĻĻਾ) neutral, Anaath (āĻ
āĻĻਾāĻĨ) with out a master , Apaah (āĻ
āĻŠਾāĻđ) aloof, Alpat (āĻ
āĻēਿāĻŠāĻĪੁ/āĻ
āĻēੇāĻŠ) disinterested, Apaar (āĻ
āĻŠਾāϰ) infinite, Aprasa (āĻ
āĻŠāϰāĻļ) do not touch any one , Athaha (āĻ
āĻĨਾāĻđ) unfathomable, Itthrha (āĻāĻ āĐਾ) dear, Karta Purkh (āĻāϰāĻĪਾ āĻŠੁāϰāĻ) Creator God, Nirbhau (āĻĻਿāϰāĻāĻ) fearless, Nirvair (āĻĻਿāϰāĻĩੈāϰ) without enmity, Niranjan (āĻĻਿāϰੰāĻāĻĻ) immaculate, Nirankar (āĻĻਿāϰੰāĻਾāϰ) formless, and Saibhung (āĻļੈāĻੰ) Self- existent. These words have been used in Gurbani to express Its Unfathomable nature. Those who fathom It cannot behold God and those who behold God do not fathom It. God is incomprehensible and cannot be anthropomorphized since It is Infinite and hence cannot be squeezed into a finite human body.
āĻđੈ āĻĻਾāĻđੀ āĻੋāĻ āĻŽੂāĻāĻĻāĻđਾāϰੋ āĻਾāĻĻੈ āĻāĻĩāĻĻੁ āĻāĻĪਾ ॥
āĻļਿāĻĩ āĻŽਿāϰੰāĻਿ āĻ
āϰੁ āĻļāĻāĻē āĻŪੋāĻĻਿ āĻāĻĻ āĻāĻđਿ āĻĻ āĻļāĻਾāĻđਿ āĻāĻĪਾ ॥
āĻŠ੍āϰāĻ āĻੀ āĻ
āĻāĻŪ āĻ
āĻਾāϧਿ āĻāĻĨਾ ॥
āĻļੁāĻĻੀāĻ āĻ
āĻĩāϰ āĻ
āĻĩāϰ āĻŽਿāϧਿ āĻŽੁāĻੀāĻ āĻŽāĻāĻĻ āĻāĻĨāĻĻ āϰāĻđāĻĪਾ ॥
āĻāĻŠੇ āĻāĻāĻĪਾ āĻāĻŠਿ āĻļੁāĻāĻŪੀ āĻāĻŠāĻĻ āĻļੰāĻਿ āϰāĻĪਾ ॥
āĻĻਾāĻĻāĻ āĻੋ āĻŠ੍āϰāĻੁ āĻŠੂāϰਿ āϰāĻđਿāĻ āĻđੈ āĻŠੇāĻਿāĻ āĻāĻĪ੍āϰ āĻāĻĪਾ ॥
Hai nÄhÄŦ koÅŦ bÅŦjášanhÄro jÄnai kavan bášaáđŊÄ. Siv birancáš ar sagal mon jan geh na sakÄhi gaáđŊÄ. Parabáš kÄŦ agam agÄáļáš kathÄ. SunÄŦai avar avar biáļáš bujášÄŦai bakan kathan raháđŊÄ. ÄpÄ bášagáđŊÄ Äp suÄmÄŦ Äpan sang raáđŊÄ. NÄnak ko parabáš pÅŦr rahio hai pÄkášio jaáđŊar kaáđŊÄ.
No one understands God, who can understand God’s plans? Shiva, Brahma and all the silent sages could not understand the state of the Higher Power. God's sermon is profound and unfathomable. God is heard to be one thing, but is understood to be something else again; God is beyond description and explanation. God Itself is the devotee, Supreme and Master; is imbued with Itself. Nanak's God is pervading and permeating everywhere; wherever one looks he finds him there. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Gujri, AGGS, Page, 498
Every individual has the liberty to understand his/her Higher Power according to his/her understanding and contact It in any way he/she likes IMHO.