' Ishvara '...

There has been so much friction and clash between the different religions because of this idea: whether God is personal or impersonal--so much persecution, even hatred, so unnecessarily.

I say unnecessarily because the difference between the two conceptions is only an apparent one.

Mind is the source of all; this is Mind inactive.

Mind as World-Mind-in-manifestation is the personal God.

Between essence and manifestation the only difference is that essence is hidden and manifestation is known.

World-Mind is personal (in the sense of being what the Hindus call "Ishvara"); Mind is totally impersonal.

Basically, the two are one.



-- Notebooks Category 27: World-Mind > Chapter 3: World-Mind and ``Creation'' > # 56
-- Perspectives > Chapter 27: World-Mind > # 9 Paul Brunton