God the HIGHEST being, eh?
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As a Hindu, the teachings are that "God" which is often refered to as Brahman is consciousness. It is the all pervading consciousness that manifested the entire universe from its very existence. It is the nothing from which everything manifests forth and it is what everything returns to (the entire universe, everything in it). Since everything came from Brahman, then everything is equal to it. That is the saying of the Upanishads "tat tvam asi" or you are that. In our own innner Self is consciousness, the atman. The atman is not seperate from Brahman. The atman is Brahman. Brahman is both everything that is manifested and yet is also everything that is unmanifested. It cannot be known with our senses, only when we search our inward can we learn to discover the Atman, and thus with Atman-Realization (Self-Realization) you are then able to achieve Brahman-Realization. Brahman is the Ultimate Reality, Supreme Soul, Cosmic Consciousness (those are how it is translated into English anyways). Everything is still Brahman, everything always will be Brahman. Everything is divine, everything is interconnected. Brahman is both impersonal and personal. Brahman is all forms, and yet also is formless. Brahman is the universe, yet also pervades it. It is the source, the root. It is time, it is space, and yet it exists without it. Hindu myths of the creation of the universe (one of the many creations of the universe, because afterall this isn't the first universe to emmanate from Brahman) sounds very much like the Big Bang. So Brahman is the source from which everything came from. It is said that this is because Brahman is overflowing with creative energy and that is Its nature. Brahman wasn't created, it is all that exists right now and yet pervades it. In Hinduism they talk about consciousness not as the byproduct of the brain, but instead say that it is the mind that is the sense organ of consciousness. The brain senses the consciousness that pervades the universe...senses Brahman...and this is what gives us awareness. Prana is the life breath, what makes some of Brahman living beings and what makes other inanimate objects, but all is still Brahman. \n\nNot sure if that helps. Hindus don't think of God as the "highest being", they think of God as that which exists all around them and as pure consciousness. They use forms, like the statues or pictures, to help focus their mind on God, yet these statues and pictures are merely forms for us, merely symbols and tools. Brahman is everywhere. That is why in some Hindu villages where there is no temple it is not unusual for people to simply designate a tree or rock as the "temple" place, because Brahman exists in all things. When Hindus greet each other they say "Namaste" which means "The divine in me bows and respectfully honors the divine in you." In essence, God...Brahman...is being 'worshipped' even when greeting each other. There is a saying amongst Hindus "Treat your mother like the goddess she is. Treat your father like the god he is. Treat your siblings like the divine they are. Treat you guests as you would god. For truly Brahman is everywhere." The food prayer for Hindus is "Brahman is the ritual. Brahman is the offering. Brahman is the devotee who offers to the fire which is Brahman. If a devotee sees Brahman in all things, the devotee will find Brahman."\n\nThe word Brahman comes from Sanskrit. Brih and Manah. Brih means "great", "expanding", "growing" and Manah means "consciousness". So Brahman is "Great Consciousness", "Expanding Consciousness", "Growing Consciousness"
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Yes, although some people worship Him differently and believe there is different ones... bs God is God...theres one.
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Spiritually speaking, Heaven is higher than Earth.
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Well everything is greater than god, as he does not exist. The same goes for the devil. This also works for the rich part and the eat part.\n\nThe answer you wanted was "nothing" but it does not quite work.
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God is omnipresent. He is everywhere. You are thinking of God in human terms, and He is most definitely not human.
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Child of the most high God.\n\nSome of my ancestors may have hung by their necks, but not a one hung by their tails.
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I agree with you.  You cannot use logic to figure out All Powerful Super Natural God.\nIsaiah 55:9 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.\nBlessings:  Kaitlynn
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Wow I never knew that- are you sure about that? That is pretty awesome if that is true....God works in WONDROUS ways! And that verse is so good- I love it.
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With God all things are possible.  He is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.  The Alpha and the Omega.  The Beginning and the End.
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He is the Supreme Being, the creator of all things, the great I AM.\nHe is worthy of our worship, and our lives should revolve around Him.\nI love Him.
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God trnscends time and space and even our comprehension.
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What are you talking about? which god with a little "g" do you serve that would do such a thing? Not the God of all Glory and Creation, Jesus Christ!
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Exalted be Allah, the True King. There is no god but He, the Lord of the Glorious Throne
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Jehovah is the name of the Most High, Almighty God, Universal Sovereign.
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God IS the 'higher power'! PRAISE GOD!!! :) He saved me!!\n\n:)
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these words mean to me that something is so immense that we as humans can not even comprehend what they actually mean. we only use a tiny portion of our brains. i think if you do believe in god he is so powerful,immense, infinite eternal whatever words you want to use, but words are never enough
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I like your logic, and I agree.  I believe all gods are one God, just different names/aspects.  The supreme ruler is an IMMENSE being, and mere humans with our human brains cannot possibly interpret the whole thing as it is.  So we look at aspects of the supreme being.  I see one part, and you see another part.  But we're seeing the same Being.