Why did "God" "create" the world?
A friend of mine asked me this question on Facebook recently: So why did Krishna create this universe? Is it for fun or is there a purpose/goal to achieve something..? Good question. Glad someone is even pondering. That I think is the first thing that makes us human. Consciousness. First of all I do want to replace the word "Krishna" (proper noun) with the word "God" (common noun) to attempt an answer. Its an interesting loaded question though. To answer that question, you have to first understand what/who "God" really is. And what "creation" really is. Its an important point to clarify before we attempt to answer the main question. My answer is based on my understanding of Advaita, mixed with the more common more popular notion of God. The Vedas are very clear: Where your thought and language cease to being able to imagine or explain, the Almighty (God), is 10's of hundreds of times larger than that. i.e. God is inf