For years, I carried an image. A man standing motionless on clouds, lightning flashing around him, judgment radiating from his ancient eyes. This is the portrait we're handed when we hear the word "God." A divine judge. A cosmic enforcer.

The Yogis rejected this entirely. They understood what Jesus meant when he declared: "God is Spirit." Not a spirit among many, but Spirit itself. The word "God," as Yogi Ramacharaka teaches, has become confused, weighted with personality, burdened with human projection. The mystics preferred "Spirit" or "Truth" for what couldn't be contained by definition.

The 17th century philosopher Spinoza wrote that "to define God is to deny Him." And he was right. Words can only express relative things, and the Absolute cannot be confined by relative terms.