Faith and Belief Systems.

Ever since man appeared on this earth he has developed some fear, anxiety about the world and has found ways and means to combat it. Even Yoganidra Narayana when came out of yoga felt lonely and fearsome and said, "Why fear when I am alone? There should be fear if two are there. So I shall become many, He said" - Ekoham bahusyam | (Rk Veda and Vishnu Purana) So, He, the Lord, only manifest in different forms like Lakshmi, Vasudeva, Sudarshana, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and all the powers that be.

   Itihasa and Purana speak a lot about all these. People worshiped King as God. If some people worshiped Rama some worshiped Ravana (Dravidas). Some worshiped Mahishasura and some worship Durga Devi. So Evil is worshiped due to fear and God is worshiped for favor, help. In the dva para yuga Krishna became Bhagavan by his special qualities. But all these Rama Krishna Nrsimha or Buddha are not Gods. They are all evolved souls into pure Consciousness. People call whoever help them as God. God is one who helps! It is deva or devata for us in India; deva means da i eve meaning one who lifts up- lifts up from poverty (lakshmi), ignorance (Sarasvati), from evil forces (Ganapati or Rudra or Bhairava), etc.In the beginning there were no separate Gods and alre One Narayana only. Narayana only becomes aditya (dvadasha adityas), and ekadasha rudras, sahasra koti devatas. So, we worship everything in faith for fear or favor (may be, animals, birds, stones, plants, pitrus/ elders), everybody (parents, teachers, guests). and ultimately, even make idols in clay like Ganesha and worship Him. 

  Ultimately, what is God. God is the manifest Energy, Knowledge, Intelligence, and Lakshmi manifests as an embodiment of Narayana's Shakti, jnyan, aishvarya, bala, virya tejas and these are delegated powers of Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha from whom Manu and manu-manus and manavas manifest as just energy and nothing else. That is how one energy particle fro a distant star enters the earth, cloud, rain, food, father and then through his virya mother's womb and finally emerges as the like of the parents- piglet or human, makes no difference! Everything is vibrant energy, prana, prajnya and when vibration stops everything stops. So God is everywhere and what all we see in everybody's eye (pupil) is our own image and nothing else! He is the person in the eye, the akshi purusha (Brahma sutra).
  We have already discussed about devi devatas More in the next.