God is One
He is Nirakãr and all-effulgent (Jyoti-Swarupa).
What is regarded as `Nirakar’ is so only by comparison with objects having gross or subtle physical form. Beings that have a gross body as men and women do are known as `Sãkãr’or `corporeal’ beings. The deities Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar who are eternal, i.e., who have a self-luminous or an angelic body are, called Sukshmãkari’i.e. Subtle, Angelic or Astral in form. Shiva, the Incorporeal Being is such a soul that has neither a gross nor a subtle body, and, is therefore, relatively called `Nirãkãr’. So, Nirãkãr is one who does not have the physical form or one who has no outline as of a body. In English, the equivalent of the word `Nirãkãr’ is `incorporeal’ or `non-anthropomorphic’, i.e., one who does not have the form of a human body
God has His own imperishable form, which is a point-of-Light, who’s gross
and enlarged representation is Shiva-Linga. When a lamp is lighted or a candle is burning, the form of the flame or the light emitted is like that of an egg, i.e. Shiva Linga. Even so, God is a Divine Flame; He has a form which is subtler than the subtlest. We cannot see it with the physical eye. It needs the divine eye to see it. All seeds and eggs, i.e., all the ‘creators’ also have oval forms. So, God, who is the Creator or the conscient Seed of this Human World-Tree, also has an extremely subtle and minute, seed-like form, i.e., He is an oval point of Light.
All religions have images, idols or memorials, bearing one name or another, to represent the form of the Light of God. Christ, the founder of Christianity said, “God is Light.” Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism also sang the praise of Him who is `All- Light’ and is incorporeal. The followers of Islam in Mecca, call this image “Sang-e-Aswad”. People of Bharat call it `Meccaeshwara’.In the olden days, the Jews held a stone of this shape in their hands while taking a solemn oath and it is also believed that Moses had vision of this form of God when he saw a Flame behind the bush.
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The Different Names of God
There are as many names for the Supreme as there are languages, and each one is accurate in that each one conveys a special meaning or quality. The one name that carries out a multitude of meanings, a whole world of significance, is the Sanskrit name “Shiva”. The word Shiva has three specific meanings: Shiva means the Benefactor, the point and it also means the seed.
The Lord of the world, the Lord of the immortal souls, the Bestower of liberation and the Destroyer of sins is the One Supreme Soul. Everywhere in Bharat, from Srinagar in the North to Kanya Kumari in the South, images of this form that Shiva has, are found installed; these images are without face or ears or feet or body which fact clearly points out that it is the Symbol of an incorporeal Being. At one place, it is called ‘Vishwanath’ (meaning the Lord of the Universe), at another ‘Amarnath’ (the Father of souls), at a third place it is named Mukteshwara (the Bestower of Liberation) and it bears the name Papkateshwara (meaning the Expiator of sins) at a fourth place. All these names prove that these images represent
the Divine Form of God. He is God of all Deities, and, being Rama’s God, is rightly remembered as Rameshwara. Being Krishna’s Lord, His memory as Gopeshwara is preserved in a town called Vrindavan, by means of an idol, called ‘Gopeshwara’.
The temple of Amarnath, Rameshwaram and Gopeshwara etc. are indicative of the fact that God Shiva is the Creater and the Over-Lord of these also. The Black-Stone, called Sang-e- Aswad in the Mecca also is a symbol of God Shiva. Even these days, Muslims who go to Mecca for a Haj (pilgrimage), kiss this holy stone. Though the Muslims do not worship any idols yet they do not know why this image or idol stands there and is held to be sacred or worship-worthy. Some Buddhists in Japan concentrate their mind on a stone of this shape. Christ and Nanak also say that God is light. All this shows that God is Self-Luminous point.
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