Quote Originally Posted by Raz View Post
The Trinity itself is not - as most Christians think - uniquely Christian. The Trinity, like religion itself, originated from India where it was called 'Trimurti' . Hindus call the Absolute Being ' Brahman ' The Son, as the creative force of cosmic vibration, is called ' Vishnu' . The returning, ingoing, attracting, dissolving, involutionary force is called ' Shiva ' . That is the exact equivalent of God the Father , God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
This is a misconception to think that the Christian 'Trinity' and the Hindu 'Trimurti' are referring to the same thing. Although in both cases there are three divine aspects, any resemblance ends there. These ternaries come from completely different points of view and cannot be forced to fit together. There is one ternary in Hinduism that in certain respects comes close to the Christian 'Trinity', but is still of a different point of view: Sat-Chit-Ananda.

Quote Originally Posted by Raz View Post
Beingness, then is the nature of God...in fact, Beingness is God.
'Beingness' can be called God, but like any other name given to God, it is still imperfect. God is really beyond all Beingness. God is the source from which Being receives its reality, Non-Being. But even this is misleading, because Non-Being and Being are not separate things. It is though Being that God reveals Himself to Himself, but it is also this 'Beingness' that hides God from all Being. So it can be said that the nature of God is 'Beingness', but only in a sense relative to manifestation. That which can be named is not the true Tao.