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To: dandelion
I think these verses from the Bhagavad Gita more appropriate:

The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifes and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries. (B.G. 5.29)

The stage of perfection is called trance, or samadhi, when one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This is characterized by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happines and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this, he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of the greated difficulty. This is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact. (B.G. 6.22-23)

The yogi whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest happiness. By viture of his identity with Brahman [seeing himself as eternal soul],he is liberated,his mind is peaceful, his passions are quieted, and he is freed from sin. (B.G.6.27)

Note: the verses you linked to were a description of the universal devastating form of God; since God is the creator of all, His is also the destroyer of all, and then creates again. Atheists deny God's existence but they see Him as death, which they cannot deny.
107 posted on 08/25/2003 8:30:03 AM PDT by First Amendment
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To: pram
Sorry for all the typos - I should have proofread!
108 posted on 08/25/2003 8:34:15 AM PDT by First Amendment
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To: pram
Thank you for the insight!
109 posted on 08/25/2003 9:04:45 AM PDT by dandelion
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