11 Apr 2023
[Smt. Sudha Rani asked: Padanamaskaram Swami! Thank You Swami for the intensive guidance in each second of my life. Being selfish, I could observe You in few moments only. But I render my thanks for every minute because You are there without my notice. Being a human incarnation, You undergo many pains and sickness to relieve Your deserving devotees. But due to helplessness, we can do nothing. Swami, what can we do in order to please You and comfort You in Your misery? How to serve You? What should we pray? And to whom? Please don't say that You enjoy misery. Please enlighten us Swami.]
Swami replied:- Suppose a guest comes to your house and says that he can eat only hot dishes since he has a sugar problem, will you force him to eat sweets? You may think that sweets are good because you like sweets. Moreover, God takes the punishments of His real devotees without their knowledge and without their consent. In such a case, how can you control God? Devotees are not giving their punishments to God whereas God Himself is taking punishments without their knowledge. God also does not take the punishments of every devotee. If God develops confidence in the devotee thinking that the devotee will develop in spiritual line if a specific problem is solved, then only, God interferes with the cycle of deeds and fruits of that specific devotee only. This was the practice of God coming from millions and millions of years. Why do you worry for such inevitable things? You try to help others, who are spiritually interested through propagating this divine knowledge and see that they are benefited.
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