God in relation to matter, space and time

We have studied the abstract nomenclature of God in respect to His personality. When he created this universe three facts came into being namely matter, time and space. Let us analyse this turn by turn; Guru says He exists in every thing he has created that makes His person a matter that has weight and form but Guru calls Him Gaura – heavy, Atol – unweighable like ocean so He also becomes Sagar and Dariya, Bharpur – without emptiness because He is filling all spaces. For us matter is divisible and weighable with economic valuation attached to it but for Guru He is abhang – unbreakable, Achhed – unpieracable, Avagat – unchangeable. For us matter is value added goods like gems that we barter but for Guru He is a Gem himself that has unestimated value so He becomes – Amolak and Bekimat – priceless and invaluable. So Guru calls Him Ratnagar – an ocean of gems. As the level of understanding His personality ascends He becomes Adrisht – invisible and the matter is only manifested in His creation. God becomes Nirakar – without form and we only have notion of His Form that Guru calls Tat Maya – essence of Form. Warna chhina Bahra – without any marks, features, form, outline, colour, lineage or caste. He becomes a universal form that is self luminating and self existing – Saibhang, an all pervading conscious principle. He becomes Atmaram – a universal entity.

In context of time we usually divide into eras that have beginning of calculation of time. Guru’s concept of God with reference to time has manyfold discriptions. Guru calls Him Puratan – ancient. When thinking of His past Guru calls Him Adi – the beginning, Paramadi – the very beginning, Anadi – without any beginning, because Guru says He was always there in His Nirgun Form. In the present tense He is the truth that exists, omnipresent, all pervading and immanent. In the future tense God is Eternal – Beant and Anant without any end. The earth and heaven, His creations may pass away but He is Thir, Nihachal, Avagat  - permanent, without change and eternal. He, Himself holds the time cycle so He becomes Chakradhar – one who holds the cycle of time in his own hands. In this context He becomes Akal or Timeless. The three time zones or traikaal – past, present and future does not apply to Him.

 In Hindu mythology time has been divided into Yugas and all the complicated calculations are with reference to man,  the lesser gods and God but all the calculations result in the merger of perceptible into inperceptible that is God. Yugas may be of millions of years for man for God they are just a wink of the eye and Guru calls it a Pal or Chhin and this is such a small unit of time that we cannot even calculate. That is why Guru calls God Akal – the Timeless Being.

In terms of space God as person needs a location but all major religions of the world do not establish any location for Him. He is seen having only spirit and He shall be worshiped only in spirit. Guru calls Him Alok or Ades – without any country or continent. His omnipresent character needs an explanation so we locate him everywhere, in every space and He is then called Sarbniwasi, Sarbviyapi. These personal space related forms of God are used to preach the ethical values to the man. The sinners or evil doers get some fear from His very near, omnipresent closeness which is termed as Hadra-hadur – very near, always present.