What Do You Believe In?

Do you believe in God, a higher power, force, matter, the Universe? How do you refer to it, or do you deny the existence of a higher power and call it nothing at all?

I grew up Catholic, and I used to refer to it as God. I used to think it was somehow a man in the sky, someone with qualities similar to humans but far superior. Someone who witnessed everything and was capable of both boundless love and strict punishment if you didn't behave according to his rules.

The Yogis believe that God, or the Absolute as they prefer to call it, transcends such primitive feelings, representations, and characteristics popularized by the churches of the world.

There's an entire branch of Yogi philosophy that delves into the nature of reality, known as Gnani Yoga. One of its maxims is: