In Pursuit of the Ultimate Truth...

There are a lot of questions posed by humanity over the centuries. Some are simple, some are overly profound and some are plainly pointless. But human nature to question and reason has been its greatest gift for it led us where we exactly are. Or maybe it is a curse. Either way it is a power of unfathomable magnitude. Depending on how it is used it will prove to be the greatest step forward or the very undoing of Humanity. Over the evolutionary timeline of the human mind we have brought to question the fundamental reason for the existence of life. Why do everyone of us are alive..? Towards what goal do we toil everyday..? What is our purpose..? All our life we run in pursuit of the very reason for our existence. We gave many names for it: Fate, Destiny...The Ultimate Truth. Slowly but eventually man realized that the pursuit of this Ultimate Truth, the Higher Truth is nothing but the pursuit of our origins, the starting point of everything, the beginning. We ponder over this mystery that is the reason for creation of all things in the Universe, creation of the Universe itself. We gave this mystery a name - a name that would be the biggest misunderstanding, whose meaning would be distorted beyond our wildest imagination - GOD.

Somehow whenever I say God, my mind automatically shifts to Morgan Freeman in a crisp white suit, widening his arms ever so slightly and saying "I am God...". Call it Bruce Almighty, but somehow that is where it goes. But who is God..? That is a question that is yet to be answered. Everyone has their own version of God. Before we ask that question we are forced to ask more questions which may appear to be childish. But is that a problem..? After all children are supposed to be closest to God. So, let us start thinking like children. If God created the entire Universe, where was He born..? Rephrasing, where was He created..? Does this mean that there is an entity that is higher than God..? What is that entity called then..? The more we think about these questions the more complicated things become. What does this all mean..? All these questions are those raised based on the current theological theories. Does this mean that somehow these theories are peppered with holes..?

The answer appears slowly after pondering hours and hours over these doubts. God isn't an old man with a white beard sitting atop a throne overlooking us all. God, is a concept... Being a concept it can only be felt and hard to comprehend otherwise... For men of cloth it is whatever imaginable form that they give it. For atheists it is the epitome of the highest knowledge. For men of science it is that mysterious equation that created the universe. For idealists it is that driving idea. For rebels it is that spark that burns down a forest.  What made a desert handyman die for the sins of people he barely knew ? What made lay on the cross and beg for others' forgiveness ? What made an Argentinian doctor take up arms and fight for those who couldn't fight for themselves ? What made a humble boy from the backyards of Jamaica sing a whole country of people to their freedom ? What force was behind a man who spent 30 years in jail, that he came out ready to forgive the people who put him there ? 

 Simply put : God is anything that brings us to our knees and weep in joy. God is anything that makes us realize our position and drives us to be more. God is that mysterious spark that makes the strong realize that they exist to protect the weak and the others to realize that their weakness is only so they could become stronger. God is that eternal melody that sounds in the hearts of the people willing to listen. God, is that one word that contains the wisdom of a million books. God, is that one word, that makes us realize the beginning and the end.