Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Dear Shri Soundararajan, I am apoligizing immediately because, I am not going to reply based on our scriptures & tradition but solely based on my views. > When I ponder over this question that I am going to present, I always get a very unsettling, unhappy, even a shocking or a jittery feeling. - I can empathize with you. I have been through the same exact thing sometimes back. > The question is this: WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF GOD?? This question presupposes that GOD "exists" and only his origin is a mystery. Now, how conclusive are you about your premise? > Well, every "thing" should have an origin, atleast according to human perception. Nietzsche calls this the deception of language and grammer. GOD becomes a "thing" ( a false premise ) and hence every "thing" must have an origin ( false inference from a false premise ). > If Sriman Narayana is God, what about his origins, I mean, has he always been resting on the bed of Sesha?? The question thats arising in my mind is, shouldn't he have an origin, or something that created him?? How sure are we that Shriman Narayana is God? Why not Allah or Yahweh? We can trace the origin & worship of an Indian God called Vishnu-Hari- Narayana-Vasudeva etc. from literature and history, but we cannot prove that he is the God (with bit 'G'). > Well, if you cite the First Law of Thermodynamics which states, "Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed", and somehow relate that energy to God, then I can be partially convinced. According to quantum physics, energy could come out of nowhere even in vacuum and then disappear. Well, you shouldn't take it as a refutation of the First Law of Thermodynamics though. I have trouble calling the physical quantity "Energy" (measured in Joules or Calories) as God. To quote a physicist (was it Steven Weinberg?), "If you say God is energy, you can find him in a lump of coal". > Only partially because, the human intelligence (ahem!!) in me will then question the origin of that energy!! It is a 400 year old question now! Why there is "something" instead of "nothing" ? I haven't come across a single convincing answer. > Can I take convunce myself by saying that since I am only "human" and anything that's linked to being human, be it thoughts, perception, or whatever, is subject to being imperfect?? And therefore understanding those high issues is beyond the realm of my limited, imperfect intelligence?? What are we going to do? Our sense organs are (ahem) flawed indeed, but they are the only instruments we have got! > I was thinking about this last night when I was just about to sleep, "who created God??", and trust me, I didn't have good sleep at all, infact I woke up to a nightmare. Believe me, I can relate to these words. I had exact same experience some 3 years back. It was actually depressing ( the fundamental meaninglessness of this universe and existence. All our beliefs are arbitrary and whimsical. It really doesn't matter if I accept Jesus as my Savior of Hari as my Lord. I had chosen Lord Narayan previously because I come from a family of Shri-Vaishnavas. Would I have done the same thing, if my parents were, say Roman Catholics? ). I apologize to everybody for this off-beat reply! Warm Regards, KK
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