Posted on: 27 May 2021
[An online spiritual discussion was conducted on May 23, 2021, in which several devotees participated. Devotees’ questions answered by Swāmi are given below.]
[Śrī Bharath Krishna asked: Many of us face day to day problems. Some of them are really serious, but they are always self-created. In situations of intense suffering, we cry out for Your help. However, in most of the cases, due to our own ignorance, we even dictate to God, how we want the problem to be solved. For example, a child is attracted to a fire. He wants to put his finger into it. He does it and burns his finger. So, he cries and prays to his mother to find a way so that even if he puts his finger into the fire, it will not get burnt.
Generally, I think that our prayers are just like this. We do not give You the freedom to choose the right solution for our problem. Rather, we decide in advance what solution is best for our problem and we pray You to just grant us that solution. You cannot always explain the complete spiritual knowledge to such a devotee because the devotee is mostly not willing to understand. In such situations, I wonder how You feel, being forced to constrain Your infinite love? How do You feel being forced to grant a certain solution, which the soul desires rather than choosing the right solution for the soul’s problems? According to my understanding, the soul learning divine knowledge is the only perfect solution for all kinds of problems. Of course, it is the devotee’s mistake that he or she does not give complete freedom to God to do whatever God feels is right.]
Swāmi replied: Your explanation of this question is giving the solution by itself for every problematic point. In the case of God, His love and justice-based preaching of true Spiritual knowledge do not contradict each other as in the case of an ordinary human being since God is not only omniscient but also omnipotent. He will balance both with super most talented way. His potency is unimaginable by which even light and darkness can stay together! Hence, you need not bother about this point in the case of God. If an ordinary human being exists in the place of God, certainly he will pluck his hair with his hands and will break his head. But, in the case of God, in such extreme contradicting situations, He will deal the problem with a playful smile on His lips! You can understand His talent in the end of the situation only and not in the beginning or middle of the situation. The situation ends in amazing way in His hands and you will become mad on observing His unimaginable talent in handling such complex situations. He will satisfy both the opposite parties and His way of rendering justice without any trace of damage to His ocean of love will make anybody wonderstruck!