Posted on: 13 Apr 2023
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami! Kindly explain in an elaborate way about qualitative equality followed by quantitative difference and qualitative difference followed by quantitative difference in the case of ordinary human beings and sages regarding fascination to God and fascination to children.]
Swami replied: i) Qualitative equality with quantitative difference:
Suppose the power of fascination to any bond (God or children) is 10 Watts-this is qualitative equality. The power of fascination to children on remembering children ten times in a birth is equal to 10 Watts X 10 times/birth = 100 Watts/birth. For ordinary human beings, they remember their children in every birth (whether human birth or animal birth). Suppose hundred births have passed away for an ordinary soul, the total power of fascination to children is equal to 100 births X 100 Watts/birth = 10,000 Watts. Out of hundred births, only ten births are human births in which alone, God was remembered 10 times in a birth. Then, the total power of fascination to God is equal to 10 Watts X 10 times/birth X 10 births = 1,000 Watts. 10,000 Watts (total fascination to children) is far greater than 1,000 Watts (total fascination to God) for ordinary human beings.
ii) Qualitative difference with quantitative difference:
Suppose fascination to children is 100 Watts and fascination to God is 10 Watts – this is qualitative difference. In ordinary human beings, the total power of fascination to children is equal to 10,000 Watts X 10 times (quality is increased by 10 times) = 1,00,000 Watts. Now, the total power of fascination to children i.e., 1,00,000 Watts is far far far greater than the fascination to God (1,000 Watts).
In the case of Sages (Qualitative difference with quantitative difference in a single birth):-
Suppose the sage is remembering children two times in a birth, the total power of fascination to children is equal to 100 Watts X 2 times = 200 Watts. The same sage is remembering God ten times in a birth, the total power of fascination to God is equal to 10 Watts X 10 times = 100 Watts. Therefore, the total power of fascination to children (200 Watts) is far far greater than the total power of fascination to God (100 Watts). Since sages are not getting animal births and all the hundred births are human births only, total power of fascination to children in a hundred births is equal to 200 Watts/birth X 100 births = 20,000 Watts. Total power of fascination to God is equal to 100 Watts/birth X 100 births = 10,000 Watts. Therefore, the fascination to children (20,000 Watts) is far far greater than the fascination to God (10,000 Watts). In order to raise the result for God, number of times of remembering God must be increased. If God is remembered 50 times per birth, then the total power of fascination to God is 10 Watts X 50 times/birth X 100 births = 50,000 Watts
Conslusion:- Therefore, even though the number of times remembering children is only two times and number of times remembering God is ten times, still the total power of fascination to children stands very high. This is because the qualitative difference of the power of the bond with children (100 Watts per one time), which is far far higher than the power of the bond to God (10 Watts per one time). This means that we can increase the total power of fascination to God by increasing the remembrance of God more and more number of times so that the fascination to God can exceed the fascination to children.