Impersonalism vs. Personalism
Many transcendentalists attempt to escape the miserable conditions of
this world by approaching God. Unfortunately, many of them think that
the highest realization of God is His energy. Thus, they realize the
eternal aspect of the Lord, but never get to enjoy the knowledge and
bliss that accompany personal realization.
Impersonalists often speak of God as "The Light" or "The Force", but
these (the light and the force) are His energies. God is a person, the
controller and proprietor of these energies, and when the
impersonalists seek to merge with His energies, they miss the joy of a
personal relationship with Him. The impersonalist thinks that by
losing his personality in "oneness" with God he will find relief from
suffering; but the devotee knows that the soul's individual identity
is never lost. By having a spiritual relationship with the Lord, the
individual soul will discover, and be able to express his real
personality, experience complete satisfaction, and be free from all
suffering.
The soul is by nature active and pleasure seeking; therefore, in the
unnatural situation of impersonal realization, the soul is
dissatisfied, and again falls down to this world, attempting to enjoy
the material variety, being unaware of the spiritual variety that a
devotee enjoys in the association of the Personality of Godhead,
Krishna.
The sun is the energetic source of the sunshine ,(the energy). The
energetic is comparatively more important than its energy. In the same
way the devotees recognize Krishna as the energetic source of all
energies. The devotees worship the energetic (Krishna) rather than His
energy, and reject the idea of merging into His energy.
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