2006-11-25 13:41:09 · 4 answers · asked by Holy G 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Impersonalism is often speaking of God as 'The Light" or "The Force", some form of energy in short.
impersonalists seek to merge with His energies
they miss the joy of a personal relationship with Him. The impersonalist thinks that by losing his personality in "oneness" with God he will find relief from suffering;
personalism: thinks of god as a person and not as some force.
God is a person, the controller and proprietor of these energies.By having a personalised spiritual relationship with the Lord, the individual soul will discover, and be able to express his real personality, experience complete satisfaction, and be free from all suffering.
2006-11-25 15:22:10 · answer #1 · answered by swtsvn1 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Impersonalism
2016-10-19 04:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad gita, chapter seven, verse 8, "O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man." A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada(founder of ISKCON) explains in the purport, This verse explains how the Lord is all-pervasive by His diverse material and spiritual energies. The Supreme Lord can be preliminarily perceived by His different energies, and in this way He is realized impersonally. As the demigod in the sun is a person and is perceived by his all-pervading energy, the sunshine, so the Lord, although in His eternal abode, is perceived by His all-pervading diffusive energies. The taste of water is the active principle of water. No one likes to drink sea water, because the pure taste of water is mixed with salt. Attraction for water depends on the purity of the taste, and this pure taste is one of the energies of the Lord. The impersonalist perceives the presence of the Lord in water by its taste, and the personalist also glorifies the Lord for His kindly supplying tasty water to quench man's thirst. That is the way of perceiving the Supreme. Practically speaking, there is no conflict between personalism and impersonalism. One who knows God knows that the impersonal conception and personal conception are simultaneously present in everything and that there is no contradiction. Therefore Lord Caitanya established His sublime doctrine: acintya bheda-and-abheda-tattva—simult... oneness and difference. Please read Bhagavad-gita-as-it-is, by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,to know more about what is God.
2016-04-10 06:47:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Impersonalists think God is light, God is energy, this is partial realization of God, thus they lack complete knowledge.
Personalists knows that God is person, God is one who is full in six opulences, who has unlimited strength, unlimited fame, unlimited wealth, knowledge, beauty and renunciation, is God, and that is Lord Krishna! the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
http://www.harekrsna.de/artikel/who-is-krishna.htm
2014-10-03 20:35:14 · answer #4 · answered by Ramiro Cruz 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋