AV1611 said:
Gerani, I can assure you, I meant no disrespect toward YOU. I don't even know you.
All I had asked for is ONE Hindu to come on here and tell us who really sent that hurricane.
It's too late now, though.
You chimed in to answer that, and, in my opinion, blamed it on a non-Hindu occurrence.
Again, no problem. I was just looking for a specific name.
Who? when you ask who, you ask the entire essense of Hinduism. I suppose you know about the two types of God in Hinduism. If you werent aware or just forgot, let me remind you, in a sort of story kinda way... hold your breath.
The ancient hindus could not define God. "Why?" you ask. Because God was a bodiless being. Its complexity was incomparable with even the most intellectual human. That doesnt mean God is too great for us. God is within us, creating a balance of knowldege and an empty notebook.
Then the anciet hindus said, "Hold up, who are we going to worship??" They saw God as attributless, Brahman, but they also saw a more human God (as you will later know, this type of God(s) were far from human human). This was the God with attributes.
Different *gods* came with different attributes. as you have mentioned about Siva, the lord of destruction and visnu, the lord of perservation, there were plently like so. Kama, the god of love, agni, god of fire, ganesha, god of beginnings and removal of interruptions.
"Yes yes!" said the ancient hindus. For they were all happy they could finally worship God.
Now, I dont mean to say that the polythestic side of hinduism is completly made up by funny brahmins who liked wierd names or their gods, no no. Some
say (I emphasize this because Hinduism is one of the oldest religions, and the religion itself calls it without beginning because the core essense is God...) that these gods came into dreams of several people, often causing different names for the same god in different parts of india. still the same god, different name. The lord Ganesha (elephant headed one, as you know) was reputed to have more than a 100.
Vocabulary words for today:
nirguNa brahman (attributeless god)
saguNa brahman (god with (good) attributes)
now you may be confused. "How come Shiva, the Lord of destruction is Good?" Well, God basically is the essence of nature. You wont find anything otherworldly besides the statues (with many arms, believed to represent how its just a representation, and that God is powerful, more than the strongest man on earth). Because the gods represent nature, within and without us, it also represents destruction, an essential part of nature. Without destruction we cannot have renewal and everything will go old. thats why all life eventually dies. otherwise the world would get awfully crowded, dont you think?
now to answer your question (for the last time). There is no one specific answer. I cannot say, God was angry, Shiva was angry, because thats basically putting words in someones mouth. One could say that this was natural's renewal. maybe the balance of bad energy was overloading on one side.... I really do not know. Most hindus really dont know either. No onen could know. maybe this was caused by how all other hurricanes are caused.
But then again, I would rather not know who supposedly was the cause of this (if there even was one) that listen to some misinformed preacher/priest who had is own agenda of converting people to his relgion. I dont believe in that ****. Believe in something because your heart takes you there.
Hope that answers your question. have a nice day.
Believe me, He doesn't even resemble the God of the Bible!
