Posted on: 15 Jun 2021
[Mrs. Priyanka asked: Pādanamaskāraṃ Swāmi, Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to ask You questions and clear our doubts. At the same time, please accept my sincere apologies for bothering You by asking silly questions sometimes. You are The Ultimate God and You are the only One we can trust. You are the source of true knowledge regarding Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti. Hence, even though I am embarrassed to ask certain questions sometimes, I am not holding back. I have some more questions. Please enlighten us, Swāmi. At Your divine lotus feet, Priyanka
1. People claim that they get messages from ghosts etc. Is this a specific gift given by God to those people?
There are some people who claim themselves as "mediums", transferring messages from ghosts or a soul from another world. They claim that those souls show them signs or symbols and sometimes even objects and gestures to indicate how they are doing in that world or to simply transfer a message to their loved ones on Earth. Is this a specific gift given by God to those rare people (mediums) to help people on Earth or help those souls?]
Swāmi replied:- All these signs are various modes of the same unimaginable power, which is the inherent characteristic of unimaginable God, who can transfer the unimaginable power required for such modes. We have to be alert to distinguish genuine and fraud everywhere. The idea behind such transfer of unimaginable power is that people shall recognise the existence of unimaginable God merged with a medium to become mediated God. If these powers are misused, punishment by unimaginable God is inevitable.
2. Do all the people not go to the same place to wait for judgement for 10 days?
[A while ago, I heard some people had near death experiences, where the soul of that person watched their body being operated upon or seeing themselves in coma, etc. When the soul was sent back to their body, they shared their experiences by mentioning seeing a white light and then being transported into a different place. Each person's story of what they saw in that specific place is different. Don't they all go to the same place to wait for judgement for 10 days? Is that place the same for everyone? I'm curious to know how they can see very different things?]
Swāmi replied:- Different atmospheres are seen with different colours based on the composition of the three qualities (Red-Rajas,White-Sattvam and Black-Tamas). The colours are only the reflections of the qualities of the soul. Based on these colours, Citragupta decides the punishments in the hell.
3. Do the people on other galaxies have the same Gods, similar religions etc. like people on Earth?
[Swāmi, You had mentioned that there is life on other planets in different galaxies. Do they have the same Gods, similar religions etc. like people on Earth? When those living beings/aliens die, do they also come to the same hell/heaven like people on Earth? Are all the "lokas" or different worlds including heaven, hell, Brahma Loka, etc. confined to our galaxy only?]
Swāmi replied:- The other worlds are not duplicates of our world. Same God exists in different forms of media suitable to those worlds. Souls with the same ratios of three qualities exist there also, but, the external media are energetic bodies. Those worlds are not seen by human beings due to the unimaginable power (Māyā) of God. If a devotee is blessed by God, he/she can see those worlds.
4. Will one spouse suffer the consequences of the other spouse's sins?
[If a spouse continues to commit a sin irrespective of the number of times they have been advised, will the advisor also suffer the consequences of the spouse's sins?]
Swāmi replied:- Why the advisor shares the sin of the sinner? Only the direct doer, the director or indirect doer, initiator and supporter share the sin and advisor is not mentioned in the four shareholders.