Sri Bhagavan once gave this in-depth answers on the same subject:
"We often use the word "God", but God means different things to different people. But actually we can define God as your higher sacred Self, higher Intelligence, or higher Consciousness.
Sometimes you might have seen hundreds of birds flying like one bird. Have you seen this? So actually you can know that the whole group has got a single consciousness; but the individual bird will follow the consciousness of the whole pack. Sometimes you will find one or two birds dropping out, and again they get back to the main flock. If we say that the individual bird is you, then that full total bird consisting of all birds is the Antaryamin (Indweller). It can be called "God" or "higher Intelligence", etc.
So when we say you have the Antaryamin or that the Antaryamin is Awakened, what it means is you the part are in touch with the Whole. In the flock of birds, if one bird drops out of the group two or three birds come out and help that bird to go and join back. Only then the whole thing can function. So as long as the small bird is following the big pack you can say, the small bird is following the will of the group or the pack.
So if you have the Antaryamin and can talk with Him then you the part is following the will of the Whole or the Divine will. So it is not enough if you are willing to follow the Divine will, you must know what the Divine will is, what the will of the higher Consciousness is, without which you are like a bird fallen off the pack.
You are in fact an orphan. The Antaryamin is the Whole, and to have the Antaryamin means you are in touch with the whole. The whole of human consciousness put together is more than the individual's consciousness. It is not 1+1 = 2 but it is 1+1 = 4. That is what is called "Synergetic Emergence".
Hydrogen and oxygen fuse to form water, whose properties are totally and fundamentally different from hydrogen and oxygen. This emerging consciousness is called "God" or "Cosmic Consciousness". And this Cosmic Consciousness is the Antaryamin.
The Antaryamin is your Inner Guide and your Supreme Friend who can guide you and protect you. Today many a time you are in conflict - "What is right and wrong? What is good and bad?" You are unable to decide this. Even when you decide, many times you regret your decisions. But, when the Antaryamin is Awakened you will exactly know how to respond to every situation of life. At every step you will have someone to guide you, on whom you can trust and who accepts you exactly as you are. And also when you have the Antaryamin, Awakening is very easy.
So until now we have seen what the Antaryamin is and why do you need an Antaryamin. Now I will tell you how the awakening of the Antaryamin actually happens. Basically in our society, in the kind of schooling, education, and life style you are not allowed to experience and express your emotions. You are quite suppressed. That is why some have difficulty in getting in touch with their Antaryamin. So once you have got in touch with your suppressed emotions, and if you invite the Antaryamin with your whole heart it will awaken in you in the way it chooses or in the form you desire.
To have the Antaryamin is the natural state of man, it is your birthright. It is just like breathing or digesting. In the ancient days everybody was in touch with their Antaryamin. There were tribes in Africa a hundred years ago who where in direct communion with their Antaryamin. They lived a wonderful life. All that you must do is from your heart, with emotion, with great feeling and with a bond, a liking, you must invite the Antaryamin, and then it will awaken in you. It is not at all difficult. You think it is difficult and have all kinds of wrong perceptions. The Antaryamin is not bothered about what kind of a person you are. The Antaryamin is your Friend, and so doesn't judge you or condemn you. All it wants is that you invite it with a feeling and a bond."
"As you grow, the way the Antaryamin appears to you will also grow. It can be outside you also, and can take any form - Buddha, Christ, etc. It is the Antaryamin who does everything. If you are waiting at the bus stop and want the bus to stop you can ask your Antaryamin. The Antaryamin is also the bus driver! For Jesus or Bhagavan to pick up your prayer you must have a bond with Them, an emotional connection, and clarity. Unless it is going to harm somebody most prayers will be answered."
"Once awakened, the Antaryamin acts like the internet. Just like the individual PCs forming a network of communications to access information and establish contacts, the Antaryamin in you, too, is connecting to the Antaryamin of the rest of humanity. A prayer done in your heart invokes a response from any part of the globe, and what you then would witness are miracles and amazing coincidences. This is the way of God."
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