Can advaitins believe in a personal god?
Just a simple and direct question. Many nondualists from my observation focus on plurality like "we " and "us". This leaves off God as impersonal or mechanical from this viewpoint. Can one accept advaita and still believe in ishvara as the inner controller. I figured as long as there is duality, then The Lord that answers prayers and the one to have an intimate personal spiritual relationship with is there, until one reaches that point of merging back into Brahman. In my mind God is purely singular in this sense since everything is the exact same in and during that state it is not plural. This leaves no room for an "I" or "we" I in that context. It's just God and god alone in the singular sense. Is this advaita?
For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, none will suffice. ~Joseph Dunninger
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