19 Aug 2024
[Mr. Bharath Krishna asked:- If we surrender to God, anything else like astrology is not necessary. Is it correct?]
Swami replied:- It is a correct statement provided the surrender to God is perfectly 100% in all times and in all places as in the case of Prahlaada. When Prahlaada is taken to the top of hill and was asked to leave the devotion to God Vishnu, Prahlaada did not agree. But, what will be the result of this test in our case? We will say that we will leave God Vishnu and worship God Shiva. Then, we will be tested again by the opponents, who say “If you don’t become atheist, you will be thrown down from the top of the hill”. What will we answer? We will say that we are already atheists! Where are we and where is Prahlaada? Do you say that our surrender to God is 100%? If we reach the state of Prahlaada with 100% surrender to God, you are perfectly correct in saying that astrology or any other thing or any other person is not at all needed. Before we reach that climax state of Prahlaada, we have to take the help of astrology composed by the sages to compensate our deficiency in the surrender.
The pure love to God in Nivrutti always makes you to upgrade into Maha Nivrutti whereas the impure love in Pravrutti always makes you to degrade to Dushpravrutti. The only merit in Pravrutti is that at least by fear, the soul follows justice opposing injustice, which pleases God very much.