What is the philosophy of the Vedas on God, the Soul and Nature?
According to Vedic Dharma, God (AUM – pronounced as OM), the Soul (Purusha) and Nature (Prakriti) are the Three Eternal Entities, meaning that they have always existed and will forever continue to exist. Though later thinkers developed a number of varying metaphysical positions, the philosophy of the Vedas, the original Divine Revelation, clearly posits the beginningless existence of God, the Soul and Nature – an eternal truth that has come to be referred to as Traita or Traitavaada, meaning the ‘Wisdom of the Three’. However, though God, the Soul and Nature are three distinct entities, they are at no time completely separate from one another. The relationship between God and Creation is that between the Pervader and that which is pervaded, respectively. God fills and pervades every corner of existence, including the eternal Soul of man. The relationship between God and man, therefore, is more intimate than any other relationship an individual shall ever experience. Indeed, God knows a
