Mother, Father, Allah, and God


There is one Mother who cares. For everything. For everyone. You just have to call Her.

Many a time you don't even call Her. She Herself manifests into different people - not necessarily female. She loves me. In the form of one of you. Or in the form of strangers. I don't get it quick. But I know it's my Mother. You call Her Krishna. I address Her as Amma. That's the only difference.

You don't like Her as Mother Goddess, because you are too busy praying to Her in the form of Venkatesh, Ram, or Krishna.

There are people who don't want Saraswati Stuti but won't miss Ma Laxmi's prasadam. What ideology is that? Do you really believe there are thirty-three crore gods?

All of them are manifestations of my Mother. Call Her by any name. Draw Her in any shape. She would not mind. Because She is my Mother. You unnecessarily fear Her, dragging Her down to a personality, assigning Her some attributes that your books say.

But I know my Mother Goddess. She is much above your religion and caste. She doesn't care if you call Her Vishnu, Shiva, or Durga. She won't care if you address Her as Allah or Jehovah.

She's just Herself - a Mother, caring for all - whether or not you believe in Her existence. She'll care even if you are an atheist. That's not the beauty of Hinduism. That's the beauty of God Mother... or whatever you call Her.

She doesn't need a human form, nor a gender; nor does She think like you and me. She's way above. All you can do is seek Her blessings, addressing Her by whatever name you want. She's there, here, and everywhere. Omnipresent. And caring for all.

I love Her and Her manifestations. You just can't imagine how She can appear to reassure you, from within your own circle... and you won't even know it.

Do you think ABC helped you? It's not true. You and I cannot help anyone. We revel and take pride that we assisted someone. In reality, it is God, using you to help others. I don't take credit. You should not either. As such, we trade.

Looking at the bigger picture, it's not me who does things. It's the God. Call Her using any name, use any shape you can imagine. She'll reply. Maybe not in the way you want, but She'll reply.

That should clear out the confusion about being Vaishnav, Shaivite, or Shakta. Learn to see beyond the limits of shapes, sizes, and gender. You can never ever define God. Nor should you attempt to define Her/Him.

~
AK
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