Posted on: 08 Feb 2023
1. How do You correlate the following two situations, assuming God is both Master and Child?
[Shri Satthireddy asked: Padanamaskaram Swamiji, God Hanuman kept God Rama's ring on His head while searching for Mother Sita. I felt that God Hanuman kept God Rama above sahasrara chakra indicating obedience and attitude of a perfect servant. Also, God Hanuman had split His chest and shown God Rama, indicating the crossing of anahata chakra which means loving God Rama like a child of His own. How to correlate these two situations, assuming God as both Master and Child? This question in fact was asked by Ms. Bhanu Samkya. please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- The son of God Shiva, called Subrahmanya became the spiritual preacher for Lord Shiva to initiate the Mantra of Parabrahman, which is AUM. This indicates that even the son can become the master (spiritual preacher) of the father. Preacher is decided by the true spiritual knowledge possessed by a soul and all other factors are immaterial.
2. Can we say that God uses His servant to establish justice in the world?
[God Rama took help from God Hanuman to kill Ravana and establish justice. Can we say that God uses His servant to establish justice in the world? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- God can certainly use His servant to establish justice in Pravrutti. While preaching spiritual knowledge in Nivrutti, God Himself plays the full role. Rama acted as ideal human being without any miraculous power and Hanuman is Rama Himself, who is the incarnation of Lord Shiva accompanying Rama, who is the incarnation of God Vishnu.
3. How do I understand the opposing behaviors of Hanuman?
[God Hanuman went into distress and wanted to commit suicide when He couldn't find Mother Sita. But the same Hanuman was in perfect balance when God Rama and Lakshmana was tied by nagabandham and used His intelligence to bring Garuda and relieved God Rama. Swamjii, How do I understand both these opposing behaviors, Bhanu Samakya asked. please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Hanuman wanted to give an opportunity to Garuda also to serve God.
4. How will one know whether one is attached more to God or child?
[Is submission of one's own child for the service of the Sadguru (contemporary Human Incarnation) as equal as attachment to the Sadguru and detachment from the bond with child or one should treat a great devotee like Satyabhama in the aspect of Narakaasura as attachment to God? How can one know whether he/she is attached more to God or child? Bhanu Samakya asked Swamiji. please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Even if the child is submitted, the child shall have natural attraction to God. The soul himself/herself shall try to submit himself/herself to God completely. Unless you know perfect swimming, how can you protect a drowning person? A soul totally absorbed in God is detached from the all the worldly bonds in a natural way without any effort.
5. Do few souls only become human incarnations of God repeatedly, or is it a different soul every time?
[Are only a few souls made as Human Incarnations of God in various generations repeatedly or every time it's different soul Swamji? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Whoever gets the devotion and behaviour of Hanuman in the service to God is the real Hanuman. The qualities decide the rebirth of a soul.
6. Jealousy is based on what quality?
[Among Satvam, Rajas and Tamas, Jealousy is based on which quality Swamji? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Ego and jealousy are based on Rajas and Tamas.
7. Is there any spiritual meaning to a mother and child's relationship?
[I have heard from one Guru that a mother and child's relationship is heart to heart even though from a mother after giving birth to her child, the umbilical cord is cut. Is there any spiritual meaning to this statement Swami? How can this be correlated to the relationship between God and soul? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Mother bears the child for nine months in the womb and is very much attached to her child than even the father. In Pravrutti, mother occupies the first place in love and hence, the first chakra (Muulaadhaara) represents the bond with mother. Heart represents worldly love, and connection between heart and heart indicates the bond of love only.
8. What is essence of the worship of Shiva lingam?
[I have heard that Shri Adi Shankaracharya brought 6 Sphatika Shivalingas directly from Kailash and asked His disciples to worship them until the end of kali Yuga. Why did He tell them to do like that Swamji and what is inner essence of those Shiva lingas? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Shiva lingam in the form of a wave represents energy. All items of the world are modifications of energy only, which suggests about the surrender of every item of the world to God.
9. How did Ramanujan detect that his mathematical excellence is due to Divine Mother?
[Swamiji, Srinivas Ramanujan blessed with mathematical impression about black holes and he said 'my Devi' gave it. How he can perfectly detect and interpret it even though Sadguru was not before him. How did he directly come in contact with God even though Sadguru is not there in front of him. How a soul can reach to that level Swamiji? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Sadguru means preacher of true spiritual knowledge and this word does not indicate about the gender. Devi or Goddess Sarasvati was his Sadguru.
10. How is a priest who stays close to God with consistent devotion different from a beggar who stays away from God but with little devotion?
[Shri Satthireddy asked: Padanamaskaaram Swamiji, Swamiji, in a temple, a priest always does puja to idols and is in service. He never asks God for anything. A beggar who sits outside the temple asks God for everything. Swamiji how is a priest staying close to God able to maintain that much consistent devotion and a beggar staying away from God has very very poor quality of devotion. How this should be seen? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Even the priest submits the desire of the devotee to be fulfilled by God because then only the devotee will offer some money to him for his livelihood.
11. How is leaving chappals outside the temple related to the spiritual context?
[Swamiji, a person leaves chappals outside the temple but he buys coconut which is symbolic of ego, anger, jealousy, he breaks it and put in front of God. How leaving chappals should be correlated to spiritual context? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Leaving chappals indicates respect to God because chappals become dirty while walking. Coconut is not ego etc., since it represents only the ego. Chappals contain directly dirt and coconut only represents ego. Hence, you should leave chappals outside and take coconut in your hands while entering the temple.
12. How can the auchitya shakti be related to souls when many souls waste their time and energy?
[Swamiji Your omnipotence is controlled by 'auchitya shakti' to do things in proper way. My question is how can this auchityashakti correlate to souls because many souls are wasting their time, energy and not doing things in an order or simply staying lazy? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- Auchitya Shakti is very important in doing any action whether the case is God or human being. Forgetting this and expressing the possessed power is ignorant and devilish attitude.
13. How can I see worldly pleasures with the eye of knowledge?
[Swamiji in Matsya Avataara the third eye of Knowledge which was stolen by worldly pleasures. Swamiji my energy and intellect is also stolen in these worldly pleasures continuously Swamiji, how i can see these worldly pleasures the with third eye (Knowledge). Bhakta Kannapa sacrificed his two eyes and Lord Shiva blessed him with the third eye? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- The third eye is not seen on the forehead of human beings. All the brain present in the head is the third eye that sees the truth through the vision of sharp logical analysis done by intelligence. The two eyes seen on the face are used to have just ordinary vision. God is seen by the third eye, which means that sharp logical analysis of brain used in spiritual knowledge alone can give you the true picture of God.
14. Does Agni symbolically represent Sita’s devotion?
[Swamiji, in Ramayana, Sitamma was told to jump in fire to prove her chastity. Was the reason for putting agni pariksha that Agni symbolically represents her devotion? please Swamiji teach to this beggar satthireddy if any corrections are there in the question itself 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ]
Swami replied:- You can represent her chastity by physical fire. But, she actually jumped into physical fire to prove her chastity.