03 Sep 2021
[Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Lord Datta says that we should always consider Him as a Son only but not as a Father or mother. If I have a desire to experience the pure love and guidance of a Mother and Father, how do I fulfil my desire? Although my biological parents' love is relatively pure when compared to other souls, it is still not the purest right? However, if I desire to have such parents, I am also willing to be a son who sincerely serves such Divine parents and also follows their orders.
You taught me that Lord Datta always remains as a 16 years old boy to teach us that we should always treat Him as our son only. But You also taught us that He is omniscient and omnipotent. Although we ordinary souls grow up biologically and become old, we can never know as much as You know, no matter how much we try to know! So in the physical appearance Lord Datta might look like a Son but when I remember His Omniscience and Omnipotent, it is very difficult to consider Him as a Son.
Is it impossible to assume myself as a son of God and still express true love without expecting anything?]
Swami Replied:- The issue devotion means only in service and sacrifice. As we serve and sacrifice to our issues, if we serve God, then God becomes equal to our issues. But we say in our prayers that our love to God is climax. Is it not utter lie? When we complain to the mother of Krishna about the stealing of butter, did we not prove that God is lower than our issues as far as the practical devotion is concerned? This is the main point and not other points like 16 years age etc.
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