22 Oct 2022
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Being the creator, maintainer and destroyer of this creation, You have given us free will. We can choose to love You and serve You. We can choose to enjoy our life fulfilling our own desires. We have the choice to hold You or leave You. But, why do You always hold on to us without exercising Your free will? You can also abandon this creation and leave it to its fate. Still, why do You care for us (souls) although the majority of us disbelieve Your existence and misunderstand You all the time? Why do You bind by Your own words and give free will to others? Why don't You excercise Your free will?]
Swami replied: A horse and a donkey tied side by side cannot bring equality between these two. The horse is horse and the donkey is donkey. You can compare a horse with another horse, but in this case, there is only one horse. Donkeys are several and you can compare one donkey with another donkey. How can you compare a single horse with all other donkeys when a second horse is not available? Comparison must be always between two similar animals and not between two dissimilar animals. When the horse is alone and is the absolute truth, what is the significance of free will in the case of the horse. Free will is appreciated by donkeys because they were tied already without any freedom. Then they were given a little free will by just losening the rope to a little extent. The horse is not tied at all and it has no question of a relative free will, which depends on the reference of previous full binding with the rope. One need not say that the horse has freedom because the horse was never tied. All the donkeys are just the relative realities or the shadows of the will of that horse. In the angle of this analysis of absolute reality and relative reality, the end result is that the horse alone is the ultimate truth and the donkeys are inherently non-existent. The horse wanted some entertainment and created these donkeys donating its absolute reality to them and making them equally real. The donkeys have become equally real, no doubt, but the absolute reality of all these donkeys can be withdrawn by the horse at any time and in such a case, all these donkeys disappear. You must understand the purpose of entertainment of this single unique horse having various fascinating modes of entertainment. The horse also wants to play a role in which it is defeated by the donkey because the horse is bored with its continuous success in fighting with the donkeys.
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