Exactly!
Why are we too concerned about God or the Truth?
Why do we feel we only know the Untruth?
There goes my Advaita belief today.
Why do I need to subscribe to the belief that what I perceive is the Untruth?
I should not be bothered about the snake or the rope.
I feel to a great extent we forget to live in the world if we are too concerned about the Truth.
Everyone be it Hindu or Muslim is only concerned about life after death.
No one knows to simply live...may be thats the greatest delusion..to think the Truth is Out There!
I am in a given situation and I live here and now in that.
I am able to think logically. And I do think........
At one level I have challenges here in this world which I have to face, fight and win. I do that with all that I am endowed with. A few instances are there when I lost and I do not give up. I keep struggling till i win. I may or may not win. There are challenges that humanity faces and they are beyond my capacity to grapple and deal with. Here I contribute what I can. And keenly observe how the collective entity is faring. It is interesting and satisfying that there is overall progress. And when tragedies occur-anywhere in the world-, it is painful to realise that it is completely beyond me and I find myself helpless and yet carry on with my journey as I am not personally touched In this level or dimension, I depend totally on myself and my success, failure and struggle are all driven by myself and none else.
There is another level in the given situation.
Every day from my experience and observation of the events in the irreversible continuum called time, I become keenly aware of the possible existence of a schme which is beyond me and yet is inclusive of me. When I stand defeated in the battle field without any support to fall back on, when I reach the dead end and yet am left with the problem in tact to weigh me down, torture me and overwhelm me, when I find I am rewarded for no reason, when I find that there is no branch of a tree on which I can sit and rest and that I have to continue flying though my strength is all depleted, when I get love and affection which I do not deserve, when I face hatred and maltreatment without any reason, when I feel alone, when I have fear of the future, when I have fear of the unknown that is waiting at another point in the continuum called time, etc., etc.,....... I look for support from the author of the scheme if there is one.
As I am given to the efficacy of cause and effect logic for long throughout my life, I naturally look for a cause that has given the effect--the scheme.
As I am born an Indian, a brahmin, I tend to accept this author or the cause as the God entity.
So this God entity is partly a filler of a troubling vacuum/finding after a search for me. A vacuum is difficult to handle as it destructs everything that comes in contact with it. Yes. Absolute vacuum corrupts and 'destroys' everything.
As a brahmin I have a treasure of knowlege left behind by individuals like me who lived/came into this "given situation" in the past several millenia and I pick up that knowledge and use it as a tool to understand the "scheme" in my current predicament. For the sake of convenience -as I am in a given situation- I make a few convenient presumptions and try to understand the Author of the scheme to the extent possible. And I end up making not much headway. The author is indeed elusive and does not fall within my dimensions or coordinates in those dimensions. As it is a torture and a hopeless situation I find a way out.
I look at myself closely. I am wired to love and respond to love naturally. So I adopt the form the Author of the Scheme has been given by my ancestors through several centuries and call that form God.
As I am wired to love, I do that sincerely and with all that I am towards the Author. I surrender to him knowing him well.
The name and form are dearest to me.
The love and affection I shower are deep from my heart.
My trust in him/her is unimpeachable.
My surrender is total at that plane.
எங்கேயும் கரை காணாது எறி கடல்வாய் மீண்டேயும்
வங்கத்தின் கூம்பேறும் மாப்பறவை போன்றேனே. and
இச்சுவை தவிர யான் போய் இந்திர லோகமாளும் அச்சுவை பெறினும் வேண்டேன் அரங்கமாநகருளானே
represent my feelings somewhat accurately. Language being an inadequate medium, they represent only "somewhat" accurately.
Hope I make sense. LOL.