WHAT IS HINDUISM?
The Co-Creation of God and Man .....................................................................
“The long road to finding God. Somewhere along the line,
they [human beings] achieve Freedom by identifying with
Shiva. The circle is complete – as once Shiva identified with
them to give them freedom. As his selves or creations
come to self awareness as him, he comes to self awareness
as his selves.”
Andrew GaraIn the beginning was that God who knows no
beginning or end. That God which is not 'nothing' but is
also no 'thing' and no 'being’, for it is the source of ALL
beings. This God is not a being 'with' awareness. This God
IS awareness as such – infinite and unbounded.
This unbounded awareness alone is the ultimate and
unsurpassable reality (Anuttara), for it is the very condition
for our awareness of any specific thing or being, world or
universe whatsoever – including our very awareness of
ourselves, our bodies and mind, feelings and thoughts. This
Awareness alone is therefore also the very essence of The
Divine – of 'God'.
Yet within the womb of this Divine Awareness – the
true meaning of 'Shiva' as the Great God or Mahadeva –
infinite creative potentialities lie darkly hidden – this womb