The Unity of God refers to the concept of a single, all-encompassing divine reality across world spiritual traditions. Many traditions converge on the idea of a unified, ultimate truth. They diverge in their understanding and expression of this unity, offering unique perspectives.
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That alone is fire, that is the sun, that is the wind, and that is the moon. That alone is the bright seed, that is Brahman, that is the waters, that is Prajāpati.
तदेवाग्निस्तदादित्य- स्तद्वायुस्तदु चन्द्रमाः । तदेव शुक्रं तद् ब्रह्म तदापस्तत् प्रजापतिः ॥ २॥
'In the beginning, my dear, this was Being alone, one only, without a second. Some say that in the beginning this was Non-being alone, one only, without a second, and that from Non-being Being was born.'
सदेव सोम्येदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयम् । तद्धैक आहुरसदेवेदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयं तस्मादसतः सज्जायत
Even those devotees who, filled with faith, worship other deities, worship me alone, son of Kunti, though not in the prescribed way.
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः | तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ||९-२३||
People quarrel over the very name of God. A man who describes the Almighty as Ram is found to be always ready to quarrel with the other who calls it Allah. Why do they fight when Ram and Allah are one and the same? This is so because we have not allowed the divine light to enter our minds, enter our lives.
This Supreme Power is One. The same is called Allah, the same is called Ram, the same is called Waheguru. Once reality is known, all distinction is erased, and there remains no quarrel in the name of God. Religion is only one: humanity itself is religion.
If the light of knowledge dawns, we will understand that all these names belong to one and the same God, whose children we all are.
No matter which age it has been, one has only ever been ferried across when this Formless One, this Truth, has been known. Only by knowing the Truth can delusions come to an end. Today we have become entangled merely in the names of God, insisting He must be called this, because Ram is one, Allah is another, Waheguru is another, and God is yet another. This division is due to man's ignorance.
Allah and Waheguru are not separate, Ram is not separate. This is why the mission has one main slogan: Know the One, believe in the One, and become one. Becoming one will only be possible if we first know the One. Whoever comes to know becomes bound in the thread of unity, for now he knows that God, Allah and Ram are not different — they are different names of one and the same Supreme Power.
A Gurmukh does not enter into the controversy of names. He goes after the object, the truth, for which these names stand. Somewhere it is Allah, somewhere Ram, somewhere Waheguru and elsewhere God or Nirankar.
Then Vidagdha Shakalya questioned him. 'How many gods are there, Yajnavalkya?' He answered in accordance with this very invocation: 'As many as are named in the invocation of the Vishvedevas—three hundred and three, and three thousand and three.' 'Yes,' he said, 'but how many gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?' 'Thirty-three.' 'Yes, but how many gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?' 'Six.' 'Yes, but how many gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?' 'Three.' 'Yes, but how many gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?' 'Two.' 'Yes, but how many gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?' 'One and a half.' 'Yes, but how many gods are there really, Yajnavalkya?' 'One.' 'Yes,' he said. 'And which are those three hundred and three and three thousand and three?'
अथ हैनं विदग्धः शाकल्यः पप्रच्छ कति देवा याज्ञवल्क्येति । स हैतयैव निविदा प्रतिपेदे यावन्तो वैश्वदेवस्य निविद्युच्यन्ते त्रयश्च त्री च शता त्रयश्च त्री च सहस्रेत्योमिति होवाच कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येति । त्रयस्त्रिꣳशदित्योमिति होवाच । कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येति । षडित्योमिति होवाच । कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येति । त्रय इत्योमिति होवाच । कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येत्य्द्वावित्योमिति होवाच । कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येत्यध्यर्ध इत्योमिति होवाच । कत्येव देवा याज्ञवल्क्येत्येक इत्योमिति होवाच । कतमे ते त्रयश्च त्री च शता त्रयश्च त्री च सहस्रेति ॥ १ ॥
In fact, the inhabitants of White Island believe in and worship only one God.
The same divine Self resides in everyone. All beings are manifestations of the one God. When you harm someone else, you end up harming yourself. When you serve someone else, you are serving your own Self. Love everyone, serve everyone, and do not hate or insult anyone in thought, word, or action.
There is only one God, who is all-pervading, all-powerful, and all-knowing.
All doubts disappear when one sees God. Hearing about God is one thing, but seeing Him is a completely different experience.
Different beliefs are just different paths to reach the one God. Just as there are various ways to reach the temple of Mother Kali at Kalighat in Calcutta, there are multiple paths that lead people to the house of the Lord.
In a potter's shop, there are vessels of different shapes and forms, but they are all made of the same clay. Similarly, God is one, but is worshiped in different ages and places under different names and aspects.
It's not right to think that only your own religion is true and all others are false. There is only one God, and people call Him by different names, such as Allah, God, Krishna, Śiva, and Brahman.
I realized that there is only one God, and everyone is traveling towards Him, but the paths are different.
All children are the same to the father. Similarly, devotees call on God alone, though by different names. They call on one Person only. God is one, but has many names.
When there is no difference between Ram and Rahim, then where did the difference between Kashi and Kaaba come from? The conflicts of today, in which people are set against one another on this basis, in which one is taught to oppress another, are but a sign of our ignorance. If the light is attained, then no one will set people fighting by invoking the names of these great souls and using the scriptures as a pretext; rather, they will bring people together.