[Worseacar]

My conception of god is two fold.
if we look at the world as it is knowing what maya is, knoiwng what real is and what is not real, but considering the complete manifestation of universe , the idea of god that emerges to me is the divine purusha or narayana of the vaishnavas. when the knowing becomes crystallized one has a never ending vision of the full manifestation of purusha as he. This purusha is the complete manifestation of this universe , yet he is not the material ingredients in it. he is the source behind every thought but he is not the thought itself yet his adorned by thought. even though he is not the materials or their energy they adorn him or reside by his side serving him(the concept of lakshmi).that is purusha is viewed not as just as a paramatman without attributes but who is bedecked by ornaments , holds the sudarshan chakra,the gada etc. In such a form he has manifested himself in different avatars and different gods.
The second concept is if I ignore the unreal, eliminate its existence because anything unreal even if it is a concept does not have existence,just like i ignore the ingredients of a dream state when I wake up,then I end up with the brahman of advaita.
I believe that the both these ideas of gods are simultaneously real. It is only that according to one's state of mind one can grasp either this form of god or the formless god. Both views are indeed real and I believe that final state one can reach this state of awareness that there is no contradiction in the two