Dr Shantanu Panigrahi has swung back to a belief in a Personal God on 21 March 2013

Posted on March 21, 2013 by shantanup

I cannot go into the details of why I now believe in a Personal God indwelling in human beings except to say that I feel that my patient studies based on non-stop satya-advaitic truth seeking has been rewarded by God to confirm my original theism a decade ago and reinforcing that knowledge. I feel very strongly now that there is a God who comes to those who Hindus regard as true gyana yogis to reveal that He protects the good and sort outs in his own way those who oppress and persecute the innocent.

It is sufficient to say that I changed my mind and realised that there is a Personal God through a combination of rationalising events that took place in my life, renewed deja vu-type experiences, and further positive sightings of ‘7’ at critical times from my advaita clock checking habit. It has been a roller coaster ride over 15 years of search but I am a theist who today sees no reason to change his mind again that God is watching and has made things happen for me.