Posted on: 20 Jul 2023
Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked:
1. Paadanamskaram Swami, Is the statement "If you need God, You deserve God" true?
Swami replied:- This is not correct concept because following God by attraction without any need is the best devotion. Need based devotion is false and the worst.
2. Should a devotee ask Sadguru about one's own spiritual progress?
Swami replied:- Asking means what? You can explain your stage of spiritual path and can get guidance from the Sadguru about the actual stage, which you may be assuming to be very high.
3. Are emotional fluctuations because of lack of mind control or lack of faith in God?
[My emotional fluctuations are like a roller-coaster ride and I'm unable to control them. Is it because of lack of mind control or lack of faith in God? Should I accept it as something which I cannot change?]
Swami replied:- Anyone or even both maybe possible. You can change this by studying spiritual knowledge with more clarity and going to more depth. You must know all the concepts and also each concept with climax clarity. Then only, will this disease disappear.
4. Is it possible for a soul to overcome ego, jealousy and selfishness?
[Is it possible for a soul like me to overcome ego, Jealousy and selfishness?
i. Should I put efforts to overcome those 3 bad qualities and keep monitoring myself?
ii. Should I put efforts and not expect any transformation?
iii. Should I not bother about my self-reformation at all and concentrate fully on serving God only?]
Swami replied:- Full concentration on God is the best and the only medicine. When the concentration on God is weak, all these problems crop up. The topmost concentration developing due to the climax attraction to God is the best solution. When you are not aware of anything else other than God, these problems will not be born at all. If these problems are existing, recognize that you have not reached the climax devotion. Hence, in such a case, you should try to improve your devotion so that all these problem-ghosts will automatically vanish like vapours.
5. Is it true that a devotee can serve the contemporary human incarnation of God only by the will of God?
[Is it true that a devotee can serve the contemporary human incarnation of God only by the will of God? Does a devotee have any control of service to God i.e., can a devotee serve God as long as the devotee yearns for it? or Is it God who decides how many days a devotee can serve Him?]
Swami replied:- God has no hand in this matter. The attraction and worship shall come from the side of the devotee. A very basic point is that the devotee is in need and not God. God is not going to contest a spiritual election so that He can take care of the votes of devotees. In fact, God creates obstructions to the devotee to hinder his/her approach to Him. The devotee has to cross all those obstructions and reach God. In fact, God comes down as human incarnation because some topmost devotees pray to God to come down in human form so that they can see, talk, touch and live with God. Only due to such serious prayers, God comes down in the human form. Hence, all the interest must be from the side of the devotee and not from the side of God. The service is done by the devotee as long as his/her devotion is alive and strong. Once the devotion becomes weak or dead, the service itself starts vanishing. Hence, there are no rules and regulations regarding the service to God. All these points apply to devotees in general and not to exceptional devotees.
6. Can a soul always have the possibility of controlling the independence of the mind? How to use it in spiritual path in the right direction?
Swami replied:- Unless the mind is controlled, it cannot be used in the spiritual path. Uncontrolled mind results due to lack of complete and deep knowledge. Mind is always with emotion. Intelligence is always with analysis. Mind should always be associated with intelligence. If mind alone is made active, blind emotion is the result. Mind is like the steering wheel of the vehicle and intelligence is like the driver. The safety of the vehicle and the journey depends upon intelligence only. We can understand the importance of the driver on seeing the photo of Krishna as the charioteer and Arjuna as the owner of the chariot doing the journey.