18 Jun 2023
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- When somebody claims that they are God, I used to ask him/her to lift a big stone at least instead of Govardhana hill that was lifted by God Krishna. Was my question proper?]
Swami replied:- You can ask a better question like “Can you do an unimaginable event called miracle?” Every miracle is an unimaginable event and indicates its source as the unimaginable God or Parabrahman present in the human being claiming Himself as God. An unimaginable event is always unimaginable irrespective of its magnitude. Whether you create one fruit or hundred fruits, the unimaginable power is one and the same behind the two separate miracles (i. Creating one fruit and ii. Creating hundred fruits). If you limit that lifting a big stone or a hill alone is the miracle, other divine forms of God like Rama, Vaamana, Narasimha, Adi Shankara, Sai Baba etc., did not lift a big stone or a hill. In such a case, as per the limited logic of your proof, all the other divine forms except Krishna must not have been God. Every divine form of God does a set of miracles that are required as per the context of the program. Any miracle is beyond worldly logic giving proof for the existence of the unimaginable God or Parabrahman existing in the divine form. An ordinary human being cannot do any type of miracle and hence, this generalized question is sufficient to disprove it as not God. The same unimaginable God or Parabrahman is merged in all the divine forms and hence, every divine form can do any miracle. But, the nature of the miracle depends upon the requirements of the specific program planned for a divine form and unnecessary repetition of the miracle is not done by every divine form as an exhibition.
The basic reason of logic is that every miracle, whether it is small or big is based on the inexplicable and unimaginable power of the ultimate God only. Since the unimaginable and inexplicable background is common to all miracles, you cannot distinguish one miracle from the other so that you cannot identify one miracle is greater than the other miracle. The common miracle is the miraculous true spiritual knowledge that is preached by every divine form for the sake of right spiritual direction to humanity and this is higher level. Doing miracles for the sake of proving the existence of unimaginable God is for beginners only, which is of lower level only. Moreover, excellent spiritual knowledge and divine love along with miracles is the full proof of divinity and mere miracles can’t be taken as the full proof of divinity because even demons and devilish people perform miracles alone, which are achieved by them from God through rigid penance. Ravana lifted a even bigger hill called Kailasha (not to speak of a big stone) and by this, we cannot take Ravana as God. Even God Datta, who is the ultimate God or the first energetic incarnation never lifted a hill or a big stone! Unless you do hair split analysis, you cannot correctly catch God.
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