It seems to me that throughout history every culture has a core belief that there is a great eternal spirit that created everything, including us people. We all believe in a creator, but we have a million names that we call Him. These different names can lead to the illusion that we are all separate competing groups. I believe that the truth is we are all creations of the one supreme eternal spirit. He has endowed everything and everyone with his consciousness. We are All One.
When humanity recognizes this profound truth we will experience a contemporary enlightenment comparable to the age of reason of the 17th and 18th century.
Here are 10 names or concepts for the Supreme Being, Ultimate Reality, or Great Spirit from major world religions and spiritual traditions:
- Wakan Tanka — The Lakota (Sioux) term for the Great Spirit, translating to the “Great Mystery” or “Great Incomprehensibility”.
- Gitchi Manitou — The Algonquian and Ojibwe term for the Great Spirit and Creator of all things.
- Brahman — In Hinduism, the supreme, infinite, and cosmic consciousness that permeates and sustains all existence.
- Allah — In Islam, the proper Arabic name for the one, unique, and universal God.
- Yahweh / Elohim — In Judaism, the monotheistic creator God of Israel.
- God the Father / Holy Spirit — In Christianity, the triune God and guiding spiritual force of the universe.
- Waheguru — In Sikhism, the marvelous divine teacher and formless, universal Supreme Being.
- The Dao (Tao) — In Taoism, the eternal, unnamable flow and natural order of the universe.
- Most Great Spirit — In the Baháʼí Faith, the bounty and descent of the Spirit of God upon divine messengers.
- Maheo — The Cheyenne name for the Creator and Supreme Being.