How many Gods do we need?

   The Upanishads give a clear idea about our concept of God, but not in the anglicized word (G O D), but, as Bhagavan, devi, devatas. We have given a name, a form, a specific power and armament and decoarte each one of them with ornaments in order to recognize their power and glory. Moreover, all these Gods exist within us! For us the Gods are personal and visible. Our parents, teachers and guests are our real Gods. We have Light, Fire, Air, Water, Soil and plants and animals, birds and all living creatures on this planet earth as Gods.Our Gods do not live somewhere in Kailas, Vaikuntha or do not come from somewhere; they are born with us in our heart, soul, eyes and ears and die with us! There are as many Gods as there the nadis and nadi granthis like brahma granthi, vishnu granthi, rudra granthi, kurma nadi, etc. There 72 000 nadis in which the God of Life Forec, Prana, lives and works! There is a God of Fire Vaishvanara in all of us who digests the four types of food we consume- solid, liquid, paste, and the like. The skin is warm due to the Fire God- agni deva; so also, our intelligence and the eyes and ears that see and understand due to the Gods of Light and Sound. Our Gods are not agents, but Gods by themselves with specific powers to make us what we are! If there is a doubt regarding this, no God will ever help such a fool! So trust in God within you and don't go from pillar to poste and face empty walls; Sit in meditation and visualize the God within you. He, the God, exists in the vital breath (Prana vayu. and He is Shiva who breathes, and none else bu Shiva!

   Some of the names of the Gods are Narayana, Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Sharada, Parvati, Chamundi, Kalika, Gayatree, Savitree, etc. There are twelve names of the Sun for twelve months of the year (dwadasha aditya); there are numerous rudras who protect us, including plants, animals,birds, and all that! And, there are Gods in every stone and need less to say minerals like the radio-active ones like uranium, vanadium, zircon, barium, and the like. In fact every particle of light photon) is a God and every electron, proton, ,boson, fermion and nucleotide and quarks are all Gods and exhibit the Power and glory of the Gods, however, a minuscule form, these might be! Thus, a butterfly exhibits its intelligence and, so also an ant, too, for that matter! The, where do you search for a God? A blooming flower is the most beautiful power of the supreme Lord, at His best.
  Not second or third or fourth is he called-- he who knows this God as One only. .Not fifth or sixth or seventh is he called-- he who knows this God as One only. Not eighth or ninth or tenth is he called-- he who knows this God as One only. He watches over all existent beings, those that breathe and those that breathe not. [Atharva Veda XIII, 4, 16-19]