There are three understandings of god, Swami says. The first conception is the personal god whom we adore worship in realcan we devotees? Ca experienced this god asmino; Mira experienced chrisna or silama. Christian experienced kali, the divine mother, as the personal god. A deeper understanding of god is the cosmic god who is transcendent, immanent, beyond this universe and yet appearing in and through this entire universe as its material cause.