If God Datta merged with You on the Srisailam hill, does it mean that God Datta was not in You before that?

[The weekly spiritual discussion (satsaṅga) in English took place online on October 3, 2020 with about 45 members. Dr. Nikhil, Devi, Surya, Ganesh, Anil, Pavan, Suganya, Bharat, Lakshman, Ajay etc., participated and their questions were answered by Swami directly. Some of them are presented below.]

If God Datta merged with You on the Śrīśailam hill, does it mean that God Datta was not in You before that? (3 of 6)

Swami replied: I cannot exactly confirm this. I have heard My mother telling others that when I was in her womb, she used to get dreams every night in which she would see places of worship like temples, churches, mosques, Bauddha-ārāmas (monastery) etc. I immediately thought that God Datta must have entered Me while I was in My mother’s womb and that His main program to be carried out through Me is the unification of world religions. In My childhood, one big miracle happened, which is that I got the knowledge of all Sanskrit scriptures without even studying the Sanskrit language from any teacher. By the age of 8 years, I was spontaneously composing and reciting poetry in Sanskrit. By the age of 16 years, I had written about 100 books in Sanskrit on the unification of the philosophies of the three divine preachers namely, Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja and Madhva. These three divine preachers have written commentaries on the Vedantic scriptures. Over a very long period of My life, I presented My correlation of the three Vedantic philosophies to various Sanskrit scholars. Very rarely, some miracles would be expressed through Me, but I would not pay much attention to them. I think, God Datta was in Me from the beginning, but not in a very active state.

Then, on Śrīśailam hill, God Datta, the first Energetic Incarnation of God, merged with Me. Thereafter, several miracles were expressed through Me frequently, which are recorded in a printed book called ‘Mahima Yamunā’. Giving spiritual knowledge became My full time activity from about 40 of years age and I attempted to bring about the unification of world religions. The merging of God Datta in Me was perhaps, demonstrated by God Datta, so that I, as a scientist, could practically understand the concept of the merging of the energetic form of God with a material human form. This merging, which leads to the formation of the Human Incarnation of God, results in the perfect monism preached by Śaṅkara. In fact, Śaṅkara’s monism is applicable only in the case of the Human Incarnation. This merging of the God’s Energetic Incarnation is inevitable for the propagation of spiritual knowledge since God has said that He Himself will directly propagate spiritual knowledge (Jñānītvā'tmaiva me matam—Gītā). Spiritual knowledge is most important since it gives correct direction to the entire humanity. It reveals the way to achieve the complete grace of God.

The merging of God with a human being is the highest fruit and before giving this, God Datta also conducted the highest test for Me. I was sitting on a stone on a cliff on the hill and He asked Me to jump down from the hill, which I did immediately. Of course, He caught Me during the fall and made Me sit on the stone again. He told Me that I should not jump like that again since He would not catch Me every time. He expected Me to reply to Him that I would not jump like that again and that I had only jumped with the expectation that He would save Me. But I replied saying that I would jump again, if He asked Me to jump. Pleased with My answer, He disappeared and that same evening, He merged with Me before the temple of Goddess Bhramarāmbā (Pārvatī). The highest test was conducted at noon, when the sun was shining the brightest, whereas, He merged with Me, when the sun was setting!

As God Datta merged with Me, He was reciting a Vedic hymn from an Upaniṣat, whose meaning is that the various limbs of God are actually the limbs of the human being. I was experiencing this concept very clearly during the merging as His eyes, ears and all His limbs were merging exactly with mine. After the merging, My body was evolving heat continuously throughout the night. The very next day, a wonderful miracle was exhibited through Me. It was witnessed by Ch. Bala Krishna Murthy and his wife, Bhavani and it solidified their faith in Me.

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| Shri Datta Swami | If God Datta merged with You on the Srisailam hill, does it mean that God Datta was not in You before that? | Bauddhaaraamas Jnaanitvaatmaiva me matam Bhramaraamba Paarvati Parvati Parvathi Paarvatii Srishailam Srisailam Shrisailam Shrishailam