Posted on: 03 Oct 2020
[Divine Satsanga: About 40 devotees participate in a weekly online satsaṅga in Telugu, every Sunday. On September 27, 2020, Swami also participated in it and answered devotees’ questions, some of which are given here for the benefit of all. Smt. Vijaya, Smt. Renuka, Shri Bharat, Shri Satti Reddy, Smt. Lavanya, Smt. Rama, Shri Raja Sekhar, Kum. Trylokya, Mr. Navachaitanya, Shri Ajay, Mr. Prasad, Mr. Kishore Ram, Mr. Nitin, Smt. Usha Rani etc., are some of the devotees who were present in the satsaṅga online, while Shri Phani and Shri Sharma were present with Swami.]
Swami replied: If I advise new devotees to worship Me, they will think that I have reached the climax of madness! Even to My devotees, I will not say that because it would be the climax of ego, since, as the human being-component of the Incarnation, I cannot even solve My own problems! I am only a medium of God Datta. God Datta, the first Energetic Incarnation, merged with Me on the holy Śrīśailaṃ hill. When I told some devotees about this merging and when they also experienced miracles from Me subsequently, they began to believe that I am a Human Incarnation of God Datta. My devotees are worshipping God Datta alone through Me. They are not worshipping Me because I preach to them again and again that any miracle experienced by them is from God Datta alone and not from Me.
The unimaginable God merged with Datta, the first energetic form. Therefore, Datta is God Datta. That God Datta merged with Me and I am called Datta Swāmi by devotees. Actually, a miracle is an unimaginable event, which is done by the unimaginable God (Parabrahman) alone. The merging of Parabrahman with Datta is forever. I do not know the period of time for which Datta will remain merged with Me. When Paraśurāma developed an ego, God left Him and He was insulted by Rāma. But in Rāma, God stayed forever, the Incarnation of God as Rāma is said to be a complete Incarnation (Pūrṇāvatāra). Of course, Paraśurāma only acted like that in order to demonstrate the danger of developing an ego. The possession of a person by God is not as great as that person being able to retain that God in himself, throughout his life and even after that.
God Datta exists in Hanumān and Subrahmaṇya in a merged state and hence, the worship of both is the worship of God Datta alone. As per astrology, the worship of Hanumān pacifies Saturn (Śani) and the worship of Subrahmaṇya pacifies Mars (Kuja), Rāhu and Ketu. Generally, these four planets are the ones who give punishments to us for our sins. The planets are not bad. We are the ones who are bad! By planets, we do not mean the inert planets, but the deities of the inert planets. The planet-deities are executive powers of God that carry out the administration of souls in creation. These executive powers of God are personified as Energetic Incarnations of God. Hence, even the direct worship of the planets is the worship of God alone. Sages have written scriptures like astrology, Ayurveda etc., to solve the materialistic problems of people and to allow people to get peace. The miraculous power of God need not be used for solving every problem. Shirdi Sai Baba used Ayurveda medicines for solving the health problems of devotees. Ayurvedic medicines, which are derived from medicinal plants, have the speciality of having no side effects. God created them only for the welfare of the entire humanity and God is the first Ayurvedic doctor.
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| Shri Datta Swami | You advise to devotees in difficulty to worship Hanuman or Subrahmanya, based on astrology. Then why do some devotees worship You directly, instead? | Satsanga Rama Raama Parasurama Parasuraama Parashurama Parashuraama Puurnaavataara Shrisailam Srisailam Shani Rahu Raahu Subramanya