“God Is All That Is….”

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What is God?
Chitra: God is ALL THAT IS. There is nothing but God. That means everything and everyone we see around us is ‘God’.

God or the Big Bang (or both)?
Chitra: God is a process – a verb and not a noun. So is the Big Bang. The Big Bang is an aspect of God.

God or Darwin (or both)?
Chitra: Both again. There is no exclusion. Darwin’s theory tells half the story, only God completes that story.

God or Darfur ? (How can Darfur happen if there is God?)
Chitra: There is no dichotomy here. God has nothing to do with what we ‘choose’, since we are co-creators of life. We choose our life dramas before we are born for our individual and collective growth. Darfur is a large human tragedy that has the potential to shake us all out of our complacency. So it is a collective karma being played out. We all ‘designed’ it, including you and me, who are so far from Darfur. The tragedy has already shaken up our collective conscious. It will bring in a wave of love and compassion. It will teach us about responsibility. All this learning is in the pipeline.

Who is God’s God?
Chitra: There is no hierarchy there. We are all gods.

Will the real God please stand up? (Why do we have so many religions?)
Chitra: We have so many religions because of our ignorance, greed, fear, and love for power. There is only one God and this God is all inclusive.

Is this just a big lab and are we just guinea pigs and God just a researcher?
Chitra: This is a playground. We are here to play in God’s Leela. We are part of this Leela.

Unexplained phenomena = God?
Chitra: If we can’t explain God, we can explain nothing else. No wonder we are still running around in circles. It is essential to ‘know’ God, only then can we ‘know’ ourselves.