25 Jun 2021
1. Why doesn't God speak entire divine knowledge through soul's own consciousness?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swaami, You taught us that God exists only in human incarnation and not in any other ordinary soul. God pervades the soul and body of the Sadguru to guide humanity by giving spiritual knowledge. But, You also said that God speaks to us through our consciousness immediately when we are about to do a sin. Why doesn't God speak entire divine knowledge (related to Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti) like that through soul's own consciousness? We know that God is omnipotent and anything is possible for God. Please enlighten us why God didn't choose this way to communicate with every soul?]
Swāmi replied:- Communication from God to consciousness is done briefly in the case of a practical doubt in a situation, which is inevitable in the absence of direct contact with Sadguru. Learning the true spiritual knowledge in elaborate way is done through direct contact with Sadguru. The need of the hour decides the way of contact with God.
2. Is financial independence of a woman very essential to proceed in the path to serve God?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swāmi, we see that many women who are dependent on their husbands have less freedom compared to women earn money. Is financial independence of a woman very essential to proceed in the path to serve God? Does being a dependent person retard the spiritual growth of a woman?]
Swāmi replied:- Love to God develops daringness also to jump over all the hurdles in the way. Mīrā was dependent only, but, the strength of her love to God developed daringness by which she was prepared even to drink poison. The devotee depends on the climax love to God and never aspires for independence. Prahlāda was a dependent child on his father, but, developed such climax of daringness based on madness to God.
3. How can one become an independent person?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swāmi, every soul being human is dependent on other souls for emotional needs, financial needs and social needs. How can one become an independent person? What is the correct definition of an independent person in the world? Kindly enlighten us. - At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Thrylokya]
Swāmi replied:- When all the worldly bonds are dropped due to strong bond with God, the soul becomes independent with respect to the worldly bonds. But, such independence can be attained only by total dependence on God. Attaining independence from all the worldly bonds without bond with God is an example of worldly madness. Dependence on worldly bonds shall be transformed in to dependence on the bond with God and this is the real independence of the soul. Mere liberation from worldly bonds is not independence at all because the mind can never remain independent without bond with anything. If you make the mind independent, it will become a mad horse on which you can never ride. Dependence means attachment and independence means detachment. Mind can never exist stable without attachment, which means that mind can never exist independent.
4. What is the priority of a devotee in spiritual path?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swāmi, what should be the first priority of a devotee among the below three things given the devotee has leisure time? 1. Study God's knowledge, 2. Do God's service, 3. Discuss already learnt Knowledge]
Swāmi replied:- The sequence of the three steps given by you must be in the following order:- 1) Learn God’s knowledge 2) Discuss it with other devotees and 3) Propagation of divine knowledge as God’s service. These three resemble the present advised steps in taking the food, which are 1) Heavy breakfast 2) Moderate lunch and 3) Heavy dinner. Between 1 and 3 steps the time gap is much due to which only both 1 and 3 steps are recommended to be heavy.
1) Learn God’s knowledge (heavy breakfast):- one must learn the spiritual knowledge given by Sadguru or human incarnation of God. In learning this, one shall clear all doubts by putting questions to Sadguru.
2) Discussion with devotees (Moderate lunch):- Discussion of the learnt knowledge with other devotees without serious debates must be done so that the doubts that could not come to your brain are also known and such doubts shall be clarified finally from Sadguru.
3) Propagation of final knowledge as God’s service (Heavy dinner):- The final settled true knowledge must be propagated in the world, which is strenuous work.
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