Now, that you mention it, yes, it is that Hindu concept. I think that Hinduism already has a huge influence on (especially) quantum physicists.

Then again, as I see it, Hinduism with its gazillion paths where anything goes — well, I have my doubts. It would be a good question for someone from India, but from here where I am, it seems to be the most superstitious country in the world. Honestly, check youtube for Hindu gurus. Once I found a “sadhu” guy who boasted about his cannibalism. Of course he didn’t forget to mention his mobile number, “For a small fee, I bless you with anything,” or something along the line.

Personally, I would bet on Advaita Vedanta and Theravada or Zen Buddhism, and then “decode” Abrahamic tradition. Taoism is also great, but it’s more on the practical side of things (tao = causal streams of creation).

But, as I said a few times, Hinduism loves devotion, Buddhism was essentially swallowed by the same sentiment (quite ironic, considering how Buddha himself was against aggrandizement and veneration— and for a reason), Abrahamic tradition is the same, and considers the pure though of God being who we are as a “mortal sin”.

Quite laughable when God goes by the moniker “I Am That I Am” (and we all know that “I Am” quite personally) and John cites Jesus saying “Before Abraham was, I am,” which essentially equals the Hindu great saying “Aham Brahmasmi”, i.e. “I am Brahman” (Brahman being the absolute reality/divine) — in other words early Christians grasped the non-dual nature of world (and Jewish religion and philosophy). Also you may be inspired by Rumi, “I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.”

Well, and common Taoism nowadays reminds me of sorcery.

Now, don’t get me wrong — devotion and love is all fine and dandy, but what people nowadays perform in shrines is not it. What they perform is a form of subservience, which has nothing to do with love. Unconditional love can exist only among equals (if we go for dualism). And that cannot be embraced before realization of our own divinity (i.e. non-dual nature of existence). And even then it feels ridiculous when you know that you practically bow to yourself (it has more to do with accepting the tao).

All in all, that was what I meant that the gods, religions offer, are only their skewed images of God. No wonder science is not interested.