When you believe that God is separate from you, you have the relationship of Master-slave or King-subject with God. You are then only called upon to express loyalty to God and your religion begins and ends with this testimony in this sort of believe. In effect, this leads to religion ending up as an activity of aggrandizement to establish political power for one’s own religion.
When you believe that you and God are one, your religion becomes a journey of meditation to realize the God within oneself. External power does not interest you.
In short, if you believe that God and you are one, then your religion is an individual affair between you and God. If you believe that God and you are separate, then your religion is political in nature. This is the difference between Hinduism and say, Islam.
When you believe that you and God are one, your religion becomes a journey of meditation to realize the God within oneself. External power does not interest you.
In short, if you believe that God and you are one, then your religion is an individual affair between you and God. If you believe that God and you are separate, then your religion is political in nature. This is the difference between Hinduism and say, Islam.
