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God. You don’t know where he is or how he is. One reason why I am able to possibly argue for the reason why Hinduism is about idol worship is energy.

The one single reason why energy is not appreciated is because, energy is not seen and known how it is. Like how energy is not appreciated as it’s outcome is, is possibly the reason why we have idols of Ganesha, Muruga, Shiva, Krishna, Vishnu, Brahma and so on… so that the actual energy has a form which could be appreciated, thought about, explained and believed.

So, if God does not have a form, how are we going to appreciate the concept of God? So, when Hinduism evolved approximately 5000 years back [The oldest veda is Rigveda which is 1700 BCE], the scholars at that time, probably judged that any concept of energy without a form, may not be appreciated and created the form of God.

One more probable reason we have many forms of God [Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Krishna, Ganesha, Hanuman, Rama] is may be because we don’t find all the qualities in one person completely. Like energy, heat is only from the substance which is associated with Fire or Mechanical energy is only from moving objects, we have a God who preserves, a God who creates, a God who destroys,a God who teaches how to be loyal, a God who teaches us to be respectful to parents at all times, a God who is loyal to his wife and so on.

Since we do not have only one energy in this world, Hinduism does not insist on one form of God. It created so many forms of God with lot of stories around God just to explain to Human Beings the…. way of life!

There is a famous story told during my school days. The story is goes like this.

Approximately 150 years back, when electricity was a new concept, a school in the United States of America was conducting a scientific exhibition. A old man walking down the street is curious about the new festivity on the street. He walks up to one of the students near the school and inquires about the festivity. The student tells him that it is a scientific exhibition where students like me, exhibit their inventions to the people who visit the school during that time.

The old man walks into the exhibition hall and visits many of the stalls in the exhibition hall.

There he sees a group of students who are demonstrating a new type of car running on track.

He walks up to them, and asks them “what is this?”. The student explains that it is an electric car, which runs on the track when the button is pressed and stops when the same button is pressed again.

The old man, apparently thrilled by the concept asks the students how it works and so on. When he hears about the electricity which is behind this, he asks the students to show the electricity. The students claim that they cant show it, however, their professor who is more educated than them, would be able to help.

When the professor got the same question, he also denies seeing electricity and explains that the principal of the college should be knowing and the principal is requested to explain about electricity to the old man.

The principal apparently having more knowledge, explains that electricity could not be seen and only could be used in such applications. He also explains that electricity is a form of energy and could not be seen. He also says, that probably the inventor of this Thomas Alva Edison might be the only person who would have seen it.

The old man, convinced, decides to leave and thanks all of them. Before walking off, he also says, “The inventor has also not seen electricity. I am Edison”

Well, as we all see and agree that energy can only be felt and not actually seen. I cannot walk into my house and ask my parents or spouse show me their love for me.

No one actually sees love, but all they see is the out come of that love. No one really loves love, but they love the outcome of love and cause behind it.

We have always admired electric trains, express elevators, bullet trains etc., which are actually the out come of energy and not the energy itself.

Energy is like the foundation of a building which is not visible but holding the big structure above it.

Love and affection are also energy. They are not seen, but felt.

Please proceed to Way of Life for the continuation