Posted on: 21 Aug 2023
1. Why was the crowd very adamant about giving punishment to Jesus?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your responses to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. Why was the crowd very adamant in giving punishment to Jesus?
Matthew 27:24-25: When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood (Jesus’s). Look to it yourselves.” “And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.” Why was the crowd ready to allow their children also to bear such unimaginable sin?...Anil Antony]
Swami replied:- All this was the plan of God that was set already. The human beings were only roles saying the dialogues written by the author, God.
2. What is the meaning of “world cannot hate you but hate Me”?
[What is the meaning of “world cannot hate you but hate Me”?
John 7:6-7: Jesus said to them (Jesus’s relatives who do not believe in Him), “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify to it that its works are evil. Why did Jesus say like this?]
Swami replied:- The world will hate God in human form because of ego based jealousy born on seeing the divine personality of God. God is pointing the sins of human beings, while He is in human form, and this cannot be tolerated by the co-human beings.
3. Why did Jesus tell not to call anyone on earth as father?
[Why did Jesus tell not to call anyone on earth as father?
Matthew 23: 9-12"But you are not to be called `Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth `father,' for you have one Father, and He is in heaven. Nor are you to be called `teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted”. What is the meaning of these statements?]
Swami replied:- The Father of heaven (God Datta) is the mediated unimaginable God, who alone created this entire creation and hence, He is called as Father. The human incarnation came to preach true knowledge and hence, He should be called as teacher. Regarding human beings, self-projection destroys human beings forever and so humbleness without ego is stressed by the teacher to the human beings.
4. How is awareness in dream, the knower and known object and cannot be called Brahman?
[How is awareness in dream the knower and known object and cannot be called Brahman?
“Advaitins say that awareness in dream is the knower and known object and hence, the awareness is all in all in the dream.” Swami can You elaborate on this please?]
Swami replied:- In the dream, there is nothing else other than the awareness or nervous energy that is generated by the functioning brain-nervous system. This awareness is inherently the knower in any state (awaken or dream). In the awaken state, the five elements constitutes the objects. But, in dream, there are no five elements. Only awareness is present and hence, the objects of the dream are made of awareness only. This is the reason why the objects of the dream are always subtle and not gross. This concept is limited to dream but not to be extended to God. God created this universe with five elements and awareness. Hence, the creation has both gross items and subtle items.
5. Did God incarnate continuously in upper-world also as in human world?
[Did God incarnate continuously in upper-world also as in human world? God incarnates in the human world continuously in human form. Did He incarnate in the upper energetic world continuously?]
Swami replied:- In the upper world, whenever the context comes, God incarnates as per the need. In earth, the need is always present and hence, He comes down as human incarnation in every human generation. The energetic beings in the upper worlds are very much wise than human beings on the earth. In human beings, along with subtle energy, gross matter also exists.