29 Sep 2016
Shri Anil asked (on phone): “I am requesting for Your analysis on the following points:
1) Are the miracles so important before the unimaginable knowledge given by You?
Swami replied: The level of miracles is very very low (not low, not very low, but very very low) since miracles are just meant to give a proof for the existence of unimaginable God as the source of the unimaginable events called miracles. Such proof is needed only for the atheist, who is in far lower state than theist. Even these theists were atheists only once upon a time! These theists became theists only after observing miracles and before such observation they were also 100% atheists only. Unless practical proof is shown, who will believe your theory? The theory without practical proof will be mocked as your beautiful poetry of imagination or a beautiful imaginary story written for children and published in a magazine intended for children like ‘Chandamaama’! The difference between the present theist and present atheist is only that the present theists observed the genuine miracles thoroughly and accepted those with open mind and without any conservative rigidity where as the present atheists also observed the same genuine miracles along with the present theists (the then atheists), but, did not accept those due to closed conservative rigidity for atheism only.
Though, the level of miracles is very low, it is essential. The level of our chappels is very low compared to your upper dress, inner body, your qualities, capabilities etc., but you can’t move out without chapels because your feet may be wounded by small stones or thorns or nails on the road. Miracles are in the lowest level, but, are in the highest necessity. Before the precious spiritual knowledge like the Bible, miracles are very low. But, without exhibition of miracles, the Bible could not have been formulated. Those fishermen, who composed the Bible, were turned to Jesus at the very outset through a miracle only. They were throwing their nets in to water from a long time and no single fish was caught. When Jesus told to throw the nets, many fish were trapped! They were impressed by this miracle and surrendered to Him, who were taken away as disciples composing the Bible. The preaching of Jesus became continuously alive through the miracles only. However, certain priests with ego and jealousy treated those miracles as magic only. Such people are neither full theists nor full atheists! They believe in God, but, don’t believe a co-human being possessed by God due to ego and jealousy. They can neither preach the scripture with full analysis and clarity nor perform miracles. Whatever they know alone is final and correct such half knowledged people suffering with ego and jealousy are the most critical patients suffering with heart attack, BP and diabetes for the God-doctor!
If you observe the miracles exhibited by Lord Datta through Shri Datta Swami, you can see that all the miracles are basically for the theists only and not for any atheist since Shri Datta Swami didn’t face any atheist in His programme. Moreover, till the recent time, Bhagavan Shri Satya Sai Baba performed many such miracles to challenge the atheists for which atheists have no concrete answer except telling with closed eyes and ears that all those miracles were simply magic only. When Baba created little sacred ash from hand, they say that that ash was hidden between the fingers of hand! But, when He created several gunny bags of sacred ash from a tilted tiny vessel, they keep silent about that miracle!! Hence, even if you show millions and millions of miracles, these atheists will say millions and millions of times that the miracles are only magic. There is a saying that a rigid fellow is stronger than even a king!
If you observe the miracles performed by Lord Datta through this human medium called Datta Swami, they come basically under two categories: a) Visions to encourage the devotees to develop their devotion and further spiritual efforts. b) Curing severe deceases in no time and solving several problems of devotees so that they are relieved from the hurdles disturbing their spiritual efforts. The second (b) category have another angle also, which is that more physical validity is shown since the first (a) category (visions) may be commented as eye illusions having no physical validity like the second (b) category.
2) In Mahima Yamuna, You mentioned that Smt. Srilakshmi got the vision due to her penance in previous births. What is meant by penance?
Swami replied: I have already explained the sense of the word penance in messages. As per the impression created by cinemas, penance means sitting alone on a stone in the forest, closing eyes and chanting the name of God repeatedly for years together without food and water! This is totally a wrong concept of the meaning of the word penance. The Veda says that the word penance means intensive analysis involving the brain to the level of higher state of heat of thinking (Vijijnaasasva taddhi tapah taddhi tapah). A very sharp and deep analysis expressing lot of brain-heat due to discussions giving a picture of burning the self in the fire of knowledge is called as penance. Such penance or deep analysis brings out the ultimate reality of any concept established. Knowledge of such concluded concepts gives the correct picture of the whole spiritual field regarding God, soul and the path linking the two. Unless this total real picture is arrived, any further step regarding theoretical devotion or practical service makes you to lose your energy and earned materials only unnecessarily in the foolish path. Concepts of profit and loss are the two eyes in not only the materialistic plane but also the spiritual plane in the initial stage. As long as the deep knowledge does not remove your ignorance covering these two eyes, any step in theoretical and practical devotions will be certainly wrong step only. Penance is the root of clarification by which alone you can put any step. Hence, that soul did lot of penance in the previous births means only that it did lot of analysis in spiritual discussions so that the soul is in right direction and hence its encouragement by blessing it with such vision. Penance generates right knowledge. Right knowledge generates devotion in right path. Devotion in right path leads to correct practice by which the fruit is surely attained. Penance means the natural interest in the subject of spiritual knowledge by which alone the process up to fruit can perfectly proceed. Without penance, all the further steps become zero just like without hunger, eating, digesting, conversion of food into blood, energy to do activities etc., can’t take place. The alternative name of penance (Tapas) is interest (Shraddhaa).
3) You gave a scientific explanation for masking Your human body by energetic form of God. Such energetic form is appearing only to a person selected by You in a group. Can You explain this scientifically?
Swami replied: Any miracle involves three domains independently or in mixed way. These are:
i) Unimaginable-invisible God doing unimaginable-invisible (though visible externally, invisible in their mechanisms) events called as miracles. The actual part (mechanism) of the miracle is not only invisible to eyes but also unimaginable to brain. For example, in a miracle like a small boy, Krishna, lifting huge mountain, the actual part is logic of mechanism in the process of such lift, which is invisible as well as unimaginable. Similarly, the source of this actual part of miracle is also invisible and unimaginable called as unimaginable God present in that small imaginable-visible boy. All this is about the independent unimaginable-invisible field, which is isolated and not associated with any other imaginable-visible field for the sake of perception of the miracle.
ii) Imaginable—invisible energetic medium of unimaginable God, which is independent and isolated, follows all the established scientific rules so far. The energetic form called Narayana without the unimaginable God in it is as good as any other quantum of energy existing in invisible range of frequency. There is no trace of unimaginable field in this.
iii) Imaginable—visible medium of matter (representing model) of unimaginable God, which is independent and isolated, follows all the same rules of science. The statue-form of Krishna without the unimaginable God in it is as good as the matter visible to naked eye. Of course, in the matter of such statue both types of energy in visible and invisible ranges also exist since matter cannot be fundamentally isolated from energy. When this statue is added with another specific form of energy called as awareness, such statue becomes the alive human form of Krishna, which is also independent and isolated coming under the imaginable-visible category.
All these three domains are to be understood independently in isolated way as above. Let us examine these three fields interacting with each other as far as the small boy Krishna and the action of lifting huge hill by Him are concerned. Following mixed domains result:
A) God Narayana as energetic incarnation of the unimaginable God is a mixture of above mentioned (i) and (ii) fields. This means the unimaginable God with unimaginable power (domain-i) entered the imaginable-invisible energetic form called Narayana and the resulting mixed domain is a mixture of (i) and (ii) domains. This resultant Lord Narayana is characterised by events of both unimaginable and imaginable components related to the corresponding unimaginable and imaginable domains respectively. God Narayana expressing unimaginable components comes under domain-(i) where as God Narayana doing imaginable components comes under domain-(ii). In such mixed domain, confusion between mutually contradicting unimaginable and imaginable characteristics is to be resolved understanding the possibility of association of unimaginable and imaginable domains together also, by the will of unimaginable God prevailing over all contradictions and reinforcing associations (just like two waves can be in-phase or out of phase). Every event of such mixed domain shall be a mixture of unimaginable and imaginable components only. Example (refer your question): Human incarnation is a mixture of unimaginable (unimaginable God) and imaginable (energetic form of God and human form of the energetic form of God) domains. The event is that the energetic form (imaginable domain) generated by unimaginable God (unimaginable domain) masks the human form (imaginable domain) of God. This event is also a mixture of unimaginable and imaginable components of their corresponding domains. The generation of the energetic form of God and superimposition of such generated energetic form on a specific human being only become the unimaginable component. The masking of human form by energetic form like glass bulb by light is imaginable component. Hence, you must note that any event of human incarnation is consisting neither purely unimaginable nor purely imaginable components. In this event: a) the unimaginable components are: 1) generation of a specific energetic form of God on a specific human being only. 2) Expression of such energetic form to a specific devotee only in a gathering while other devotees don’t see it.
b) The imaginable component (scientific explanation) is: 1) The materialised human form is masked by the superimposed energetic form. You should not bring (a)-(2) under (b) and ask how the superimposed energetic form is not seen by all. Any event in a miracle is of neither purely unimaginable components nor purely imaginable components.
The unimaginable component is only the will of unimaginable God. Even a specific devotee can see the superimposed energetic form of God through the will of unimaginable God fallen on that specific devotee as grace or the special vision given to that specific devotee. When God Krishna showed cosmic vision to Arjuna, Arjuna could see it only through the special vision granted by God to him (Divyam dadaami te... Gita). Others could not see it since such will or grace granting special vision was not on anybody else.
B) God Krishna as human incarnation of the unimaginable God is a mixture of domain-(iii) and domain-A. This means God Narayana (A) enters and merges with a human boy called Krishna (iii) and the resultant mixed domain is (B). Naturally, this mixed domain (B), God Krishna, who also performs events of both unimaginable and imaginable components.
We have seen the mechanisms regarding the miracles coming from the source of miracles (unimaginable God) existing in Narayana as well as in Krishna since God Narayana merged in Krishna.
We can apply the same concepts and mechanisms in the events of miracles as we applied in the source of miracles. Even though the ultimate source of unimaginable event called miracle is only the unimaginable God (if we talk about pure isolated domain-(i)), when we talk about mixed domains like God Narayana and God Krishna, the pure unimaginable components get associated with pure imaginable components also. I will explain this point in the above miracle. The process of lifting a huge hill by a small boy called as Krishna is purely unimaginable component of domain-(i). But, this component is associated with imaginable domains also like the imaginable human body of the boy and the imaginable huge hill. The process of one item lifting another item is also imaginable and this imaginable component is associated with the unimaginable component, which is a small boy lifting huge mountain. What I mean here is: one item lifting the other item is not unimaginable, but, a tiny item lifting a huge item is unimaginable. Thus, you have to isolate the unimaginable and imaginable components in the same process of one item lifting the other item. Unless you are careful in differentiating these two components associated in a single event (lifting), the confusion is inevitable.
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