I think the proper word instead of God is Spirit, and God is distinct from Spirit.

We souls are all Spirit including God, but we do have our distinct individualities, imho.


As per Hinduism, Brahman is pure consciousness as the Vedas point out. Nirguna Brahman is pure consciousness of an impersonal nature, while God as Saguna Brahman and the jivatman or soul are pure consciousness of a personalised nature, with the Jivatman in bondage due to karma or unconscious impressions. This bondage, when wiped off through spiritual exercises and meditation, results in the soul or jivatman being purified of karma and regaining its original state as pure consciousness.

Paramahamsa Yogananda also states in this regard, "The word 'God' means the manifested, transcendental Being beyond creation, but existing in relation to creation. Spirit existed before God. God is the Creator of the universe, but Spirit is the Creator of God."

Here Spirit stands for Nirguna Brahman, while God stands for Saguna Brahman.

In the yogic philosophy, the Shivalinga as Saguna Brahman is considered the first form to arise when creation occurs, and also the last form before the dissolution of creation.

The Hindu scriptures Kashi Vishwanath temple considers the Shivalinga as representing a cosmic pillar of light.

Interestingly, as per the Shaivite monotheistic religious sect called the Prajapita Brahmakumaris, the form of the Shiva linga denotes God as a point of light, and who is known as Jehovah, Allah, Ahura Mazda in other religions.

There is also a monotheistic Shaivite sect called the Pashupati school, who sees Lord Shiva as a Primal Yogi, a Guru...A great teacher and a shapeshifting being, who can appear as anything He wants to... including a human, a stone Lingam or a point of light and isn't limited or defined by ANY of that.

God tends to appear to us in the way we can immediately recognise him/her AS God...from an ascetic monk, to an endless pillar of light.... because it would be remiss of God not to take our perceptions and cognitive biases into account....but when a picture of Bhairava or Mahakaal melts my heart and gives me goosebumps, I know to what school/sect I belong already.

Everyone has the ability to become God, this does not mean everyone is God. Most people are nowhere near actualizing themselves as God.

Is it a question of percieving what the non apparent actual situation is, as opposed to what is apparent and illusory?

Reading this made me think this.

Or "God particles"

Spirit, like all words, is often used as a dualistic attempt to separate what is truly not separable.