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Shri Datta Swami

 23 Feb 2021

 

How could the infinite God fit into a tiny human body?

[Śrī Anil asked: Could You please respond to this Muslim devotee who said that he is struggling with the concept of Incarnation of God? He wonders how the infinite God could put Himself inside a tiny, finite body and become human? He also asks how God could be omnipresent while being present in only a finite body?]

Swami replied: God should be understood to be an unimaginable entity. It does not mean that He is the extremely huge in size or that He is literally omnipresent. He is beyond space and volume. How can you say that God has a big size and that He cannot fit inside a small body? When you say that God is big, it means that God has a huge volume. It means that God is not beyond space! This is false! God enters a tiny body and at the same time, remains in His original position. This concept is unimaginable and it proves that God is beyond spatial coordinates. The Veda says that God is simultaneously smaller than an atom and bigger than the biggest item in the world. This means God is beyond space. Concepts of big and small do not apply to the unimaginable God.

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