Your Task Is to Realize Its Presence

A man in the sky stands motionless on clouds, watching. Lightning flashes around him, but he doesn't flinch. Judgment radiates from his ancient eyes.

An image that haunted me for years. This is the portrait we're handed when we hear the word "God." A divine judge. A cosmic enforcer. A bearded figure with human attributes deciding our fate.

The Yogis rejected this entirely. They understood what Jesus meant when he declared: "God is Spirit." Not a spirit among many, but Spirit itself. As Yogi Ramacharaka teaches, the word "God" has become confused, weighted with human attributes and personality. The mystics preferred "Spirit" or "Truth" to point toward the same Reality. The Absolute that transcends all relative descriptions.