07 Oct 2023
Sometimes, the Incarnation exhibits bad qualities to test devotees. One may assume Him a bad human being and avoid service. How to avoid this?
[Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Padanamskaram Swami, In the recent message of Yours, You have mentioned that we should be careful in avoiding (serving) the bad human beings because God will never be a bad human being. But You also tell that a Human Incarnation exhibits some bad qualities in order to test devotees. There are chances that one can avoid a Human Incarnation as well saying that He is a bad human being. How to avoid this Swami? Your Servant, Bharath Krishna.]
Swami replied:- If devotion develops to its height of climax, even bad qualities exhibited by God will look like the best qualities only. This is the blind fascination of the devotee on God, and in such a case, the above danger will not appear because even if it appears, it cannot affect the climax devotee in any way. When the most negative of God becomes the most positive for the devotee, then think about the position of positive and most positive qualities of God in the mind of the devotee! This is blindness or Tamas, which is the climax of love to God, called devotion. This is the final stage in the path of devotion. Learning knowledge of the divine personality of God is the first stage of God Brahma. In the second stage, the theoretical devotion reaching climax belongs to God Vishnu. The third and final stage belongs to God Shiva, which is the blind practical love to God. Tests are always good because the devotee will know his/her actual position in the path of devotion without dreaming of self-greatness. That will help the devotee to progress with the correct spirit.
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