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The True Nature of God — The Orientation

The True Nature of God — The Orientation

We have understood:

👉 True happiness lies only in God.

So naturally, the next step is clear:

👉 We must know God.

But immediately, a deeper problem arises.

The Limitation of Understanding

We assume:

  • if something exists, it can be understood
  • if we think deeply enough, we will know

But the scriptures say something unexpected:

👉 God cannot be understood by the intellect

In fact:

👉 The one who thinks he understands — does not
👉 The one who realizes he cannot — begins to understand

Why God Cannot Be Understood

This is not without reason.

There is a clear explanation.

God Is Beyond All Instruments

The senses cannot reach Him.
The mind cannot grasp Him.
The intellect cannot define Him.

👉 Because He exists beyond all of them.

God Is Divine, We Are Material

Our instruments are material.
God is Divine.

👉 The material cannot comprehend the Divine.

God Is the Source of All Knowing

The mind thinks because of Him.
The intellect understands because of Him.

👉 The dependent cannot grasp the source.

God Is the Inspirer

All faculties function by His power.

👉 The inspired cannot comprehend the inspirer.

The Nature of God

Even when described, God appears contradictory.

He is:

  • smaller than the smallest
  • bigger than the biggest

Yet:

👉 neither small nor big

He is:

  • within everything
  • outside everything

He:

  • acts
  • yet does nothing

He:

  • sees without eyes
  • hears without ears

Every description breaks the mind.

Because:

👉 God is beyond all categories the mind uses.

The Realization

Now the truth becomes clear:

👉 God cannot be known by thinking.

The Problem

But this creates a deeper difficulty.

If:

  • God cannot be known
  • and without knowing Him, faith cannot arise
  • and without faith, He cannot be attained

👉 Then how can He ever be realized?

The Turning Point

Now it is worth considering:

If God is unattainable even by the intellect,
then how can we hope to know Him?

Without knowing Him, faith cannot arise.
Without faith, He cannot be attained.

So how will the soul ever reach its ultimate goal?

Yet the Vedas declare:

“तस्य योनिं परिपश्यन्ति धीराः…
तमेव विदित्वाऽतिमृत्युमेति…”

There have been those who have known Him.

On the one hand:

👉 He is described as unseen and unknowable

On the other:

👉 He has been seen and known

The Great Paradox

So both are true:

👉 God cannot be known
👉 God can be known

The Resolution

This contradiction cannot be solved by the intellect.

It reveals something deeper.

👉 God cannot be reached by our effort

He must reveal Himself.

The Only Way

God is not attained by:

  • logic
  • argument
  • intellectual effort

He is attained only when:

👉 He chooses to reveal Himself

This is called:

👉 Grace

The Next Inquiry

👉 What is Grace — and how does God reveal Himself to the soul?

Continue the Inquiry

Or return to:

🔍 Go Deeper — Understanding God

Understanding the Nature of God

Divine Uniqueness