Patronising God

Religion, the way it is propagated presently, tends to become at times, vulnerable to turn out into a ‘self-defeating’ gadget.
The reason is the sharp focus towards the logical aspect of mind. Elders seem gratified to find children of “this” generation (it has always been the ‘THIS’ generation about children, since quite a few generations!), to be more brilliant, ready-witted, quick-grasping, and what not, than the previous one. True. But then, why is there a complaint, when we find ‘some values’ deteriorating? There is no time to ponder about it, in the fast paced life, chasing material priorities. Is it not the ‘disillusionment’ of an all-round growth, when in fact, it is the lopsided growth of just the logic, forsaking the precious emotional balance, the intuitive evolvement?

It was nice, to find a question, that is inquisitive about ‘God’, the term itself, not the concept. (I am reminded of Bruce Lee’s dialogue, with a knock on the student’s head, “Don’t focus on the finger (the pointing finger), or you would miss all that heavenly glory”.. the giant-movie “Enter the Dragon”).

We know, it is a name, and that is why we dismiss it, with the consolation, that it signifies a higher being, what ever the name given to it. In doing so, what we miss is the concept that stays behind that nomenclature. There is a subtle distinction, from the concept of other types of nomenclatures. It was not for ‘nothing’ that there was(and still “is” with traces!), a tradition in India of naming children with names of Gods! (What was that again? That ‘nothing’? Oh! “nothingness” is the most elusive of all concepts! May be it was FOR “exactly” THE nothing, for THE knowing of that “nothing” that the ancients named(children/off springs) with ‘something’ that was very much a ‘thing’, more emphatically everything, but too closely subtle! Yes, right under our very nose, and yet subtle—the breath itself!). The stupid looking 33 crores of names assigned for Gods in the Hindu-way-of-life(not a religion, please,) was the closest, one can come, to choose the most suitable form(to oneself) of manifestation from, of that un-manifest One! Yes, I agree, this is too taxing. That is why, I did not put it in that answer.
Regards,
Psn(8th June, 2010)

The question:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100601210954AAeL9lS
Is “God” too patronizing a word for the ultimate meaning of the universe?
My answer:
Oh no! Just a symbolic reference, till the experience happens.Like we use the alphabet 'x' in algebra more often,(though all other 25 alphabets are available), but never forgetting the concept, the attribute, the unlimited value of the 'variable' attribute, otherwise we miss the wonderful experience of the abstract concept of mathematics. And, when we experience this abstract nature of 'x', we know it is not a mere alphabet, and yet we are comfortable with the name 'x'.
Please see, our confidence about the word 'God' seems to be firm, reliable, reassuring, when used by true spiritual Masters, and when some other 'unacceptable' person uses it, for some selfish gain by asserting with a false swearing, it saddens us a bit(we 'wish' , that this person would have spared at least 'God's name'). This is the simple meaning at 'earth level'. At universe level, the experience would speak for itself. Sitting here, with a limited sense of perception, it would be mere guess work.