Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation homepage > Notebooks of Paul Brunton

---

Is it so unimportant to form an idea of God which shall be as near the truth as possible through containing so little error as possible? The Spirit which inspired and instructed Moses did not think so. "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me,'' it said. That is, we must not label the wrong thing with the name of God, or hold the wrong idea about him as if it were the correct one. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image'' was the next commandment. But an idol does not necessarily have to be made of stone or metal. It can be made of an idea.

-- Notebooks Category 27: World-Mind > Chapter 0 : Introductory Paras > # 1