Page 175 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 5
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THE REMEMBRANCE OF EVERYTHING SHOULD MERGE INTO THE REMEMBRANCE OF ONE
Of course, Oneness is not God to persons who think of God as a patriarchal figure taking a personal interest in their conduct, behaviour and therefore their fate. Even then in many faiths the concept of God is held to be co-terminus with God. One widely held notion of God is that it is everything. Some people are of the idea that while they say God is everything it implies that God is Oneness. The fallacy in this is obvious in as much as it ignores the distinction between the aperceptual (God) and perceptual reality which is at the heart of our vision.
To say God is everything is to say that He is the SUM of all that exists and have the possibility to exist. Since this leads to the possibility of constituting infinite sets, it is saying that God is infinite. We know that all that exists and has the possibility to exist is in a constant state of flux. So this thought though theologically maintained by many faiths and is praise worthy by itself, has the implication that God is also illusory or He has also to be in a state of flux; which is anathema.
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