Philosophy of Divine Love
Just as a formless soul takes on a body, Brahman too
Impersonal and Personal
Brahman
Some people are curious to know what a descension
is. They think God to be only formless. But the scriptures
clearly proclaim God to be an abode of opposing qualities.
The Vedas clearly state-
ajiiyamiino bahudhii vijiiyate
(Veda)
"He, the Supreme Being, is without a body, yet He
possesses one: He is unborn, yet he takes innumerable births."
dve viiva brahmar:JO rupe murtaril caiviimurtaril ca
(Veda)
God has two forms, Impersonal and Personal. Now the
question is, if God possesses a form, how can He possibly
pervade subtle things. Besides, he would have been seen in
the world at some time or the other if he did have a form.
Actually, even the soul is formless-
biiliigrasatabhiigasya satadhii kalpitasya ca
bhiigo jivaJ:t sa vijneyaJ:t sa ciinantyiiya kalpate
(Suetiisuatara Upani~ad)
cinmiitraril sri harer arilsaril su~mama~aramavyayam
(Veda)
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takes on a form. The only difference is that the individual
soul being under the control of Maya, takes on a material
body, the nature of which depends upon his past karma,
while God takes on a Divinely blissful form according to His
own free will through His power Yogamaya, in order to shower
Divine bliss on souls. To raise the objection that if God had
a form, He would surely have be seen by us at sometime,
is childish, because God is Divine, and our vision is material.
A Divine form can never be perceived through material vision.
It is only when an individual becomes deserving through the
practice of devotion that he attains Divine vision through
God's grace, and sees the Divine Personality everywhere in
Personal form. The experience of Saints provides evidence
of this truth.
Isn't it silly to presume that the Almighty, All-powerful
Supreme Being, who gives form to innumerable solar systems
and countless subtle elements, cannot take a form Himself?
God has innumerable, incomprehensible transcendental powers.
When He has such unlimited powers, what is so surprising
about Him assuming a form? We have examples of formless
substances taking form, in the material world itself.
tasmiid vii etasmiidiitmana iikiisaJ:t sambhutaJ:t
iikiisiid viiyuJ:t....
(Veda)
"God made the element ether. Ether does not have
the property of touch, but from it came air which possesses
the qualities of both sound and touch. From air came fire,
and from fire came water, from which came the element
earth. From the earth came the trees and plants, and from
the trees and plants we have food ... " Observe, from the
formless element ether which is devoid of even the quality
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