In days gone by, it was prophesised by the Great Sages during Sat Jug, the Age of Truth, that countless years later in the burning Age of Kalyug (the fourth great eon in Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist Mythology), man's connection with the divine within him would dwindle, until eventually he became unaware of the presence of God within him. He would worship his senses, and instead of heeding the advice of a Satguru, would go by his five senses - thus giving rise to the frequently cited argument by atheists, 'seeing is believing'.
The world is like a painting. Paint is spread across a canvas to create an image. When paint is applied to a canvas, then you are unable to see the canvas behind all that paint. But the canvas is there, you know it is, else how could the images in the painting be there? Paint cannot float in nothingness, it needs a support. Similarly, God is the canvas on which the entirety of all that exists, including you and I, is painted upon . The images on the painting, the world as we see it through our eyes, make the presence of God, the canvas, unknown to us. We believe that the painting can exist without the canvas. This idea that we are seperate from God has taken us over, we believe this world to be all that exists, we worship our senses and wordly things. Bhagat Fareed Ji says: 'Birha Birha Akhieh, Birha Thoo Sulthan'. Oh seperation (from God), (people) complain of seperation, Seperation, you are the ruler of all'.
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