former Christian searching for understanding of God, unsure where to begin Options

[Rawlinson]

Im not completely sure if I am posting on the right forum, but for starters I was a christian for a period of time and became confused on how the Bible should be interpreted this lead me to believe that I may be wrong. I then went onto this website and learnt of the Indian folk-tale of the elephant and the three blind men. The point of that story was that there are many interpretations (religions) but they are all of the same thing and only through understanding this can one totally understand God. After reading this I felt that I understood. I started looking into Hindu philosophy and the concept of reincarnation which I now feel is right. However, I am still confused as to where I should begin, I have contemplated reading the Bhagavad Gita and other Hindu literature so as to understand because as far as I know (or think I know) already, in Hinduism, no belief should be considered wrong as they all stem from Brahman who is within everything. This is why I have considered Hinduism.

Is it possible that I can understand God through Hinduism, or should I look to other scripture and consider Hinduism as part of it all? Basically, I am searching for total understanding of God, and I don't know where to begin. I would like it if your answers would not dictate what I should do as I would like to understand myself but I feel I need a 'sign-post at the crossroads' as it were to point down the right direction without forcing me along the way.

Thanks

[trojan_libido]

The Oracles of Delphi seem to have been poor girls forced to lead short lives of delirium induced by a natural gas pocket, effectively tripping/dreaming and steering our worlds history on a huge scale. Humanity has always revered and followed its dreams

Of course 3 is viable, but it isn't the case. I'm using my eyes and observing what we've got, not what could be. The stability aspect of 3 also has its own mythology and philosophies.

But if your not interested in 0 to 1 to 2 (visible species polarisation), or something from nothing (ie creation), then why not just focus on some huge random number? If you go to infinity you again come to serpent symbolism in the Ourobros.

I do believe mathematical truths are the most pure, they are the root of all our theories, and it really is the only Universal language. I don't mean the numbers 1,2,3,4 etc, there is no such thing as the object 3. I mean the abstract invisible layers of reality which must exist externally to language.

The study of mathematics is probably the largest contributor to our culture and evolutionary path. When our religions are monitoring the most obvious link to something larger (seasons, stars etc.), and the priests are also highly trained mathematicians, you've got to expect the work of those people to have spiritual/mathematical aspects within its symbolism. Pythagoras is an striking example of this. He focussed on the pentagram as the knowledge of the Golden Ratio collided with his mathematical genius.

When you see how consisently this setup has happened in the past, on seperate continents and separated by thousands of years, its awe inspiring. Why should we accept a spirituality which doesnt acknowledge all of humanities shared views? Why can't we discuss what we've thought about for Aeons sensibly. Why can't we use our combined insights into the eternal question in our search for the answer to it? At the heart of all religion is the belief that something set everything in motion. That is the only valid question, both scientifically or spiritually, that is also the root of God.

Maybe the intuition of those ancient spiritual ideas resonate so well because they are describing a Truth of a sort. I feel the modern idea of a Fractal Universe may not be a new one. You can easily trace the rise of the higher mathematics/religion, Golden Ratio, Pentagram and unfotunate subsequent suppressal by monotheism. The ideas were supressed because the idea behind all of these links is so outlandish. The idea is quite unsettling, because it only leaves an uncaring void. Maybe thats why it was glossed over by monotheism (blind devotion), because the Truth of the times was literally causing chaos within the minds of the priests. You shouldn't stare at God! (or the sun.)

As we move further into abstraction (subatomic, quantum) the mathematics still hold true, spinning microcosms creating formations of atoms, all polarised and neat, yet extremely hard to get your head around. Anyone who gives it two minutes thought is blown away by our limited view of the true Reality.