In order to make a child understand that the word 'chair' represents a piece of furniture, you have to draw the picture of a chair and write the letters underneath. When once the child has learnt to identify the kshara (the temporary form, the chair) with the Akshara (the formless eternal — word), the picture is eliminated; the word remains. The word, hence forward, represents the thing, the concrete material visible thing. If no chair existed, the word chair could not have emerged. The word God emerged to indicate an entity that was experienced. A 'nothing', 'non-existing being' needs no name. The name is evidence of the thing. The word God is evidence of the Divine Phenomenon. From the Form to the Formless, from the Formless to the Form both processes are possible and progressive. Your Personal God is an expression, a symbol, a representation of the Impersonal God. The Impersonal does personate and assume a form and attributes. This is the very Nature of the Divine.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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