Amma.

[Guest guest]

Question - If God is the cause of everything, isn't He also the

cause of the numerous illnesses we see today? Even children are free

from illness. What mistakes did they commit?

 

Amma- God is the cause of everything, He has also told us how to

lead our lives. He speaks to us through the Mahatmas. What is the

use of blaming God for the hardships we experience when we do not

obey His teachings?

 

A health tonic helps you to get better, but if you drink the whole

bottle in one gulp, without listening to the doctor's instructions

on how it should be taken, whatever health you still have could be

ruined. And if you don't tune a radio properly, it will only cause a

disturbance. When you tune it in the right way, the music will give

you a sense of pleasure and satisfaction. Similarly, people suffer

because they fail to grasp the most important points in life. It is

by grasping the key points in life that we can find happiness, and

those principles can be learned through satsang. Listening to

spiritual discourses can help us remove many problems. But if you

live close to a Spiritual Master who abides in the Ultimate Truth,

and follow his or her instructions, your life will be ever joyful;

you will never have to fall into danger. The life of those who

neither learn about the true principles of life through books or

spiritual discourses, nor experience the presence of a Spiritual

Master, will surely take a downward turn.

 

Many of the illnesses we see today are the result of the selfish

actions of humanity. We eat food that is toxic and adulterated. The

pesticides and fertilizers used to cultivate grains and vegetables

are toxic enough to kill people if they inhale them. We eat crops

produced in this way and adulterated for excessive profit. How can

our health not be affected? The use of alcohol and drugs is also the

cause of many illnesses. But people aren't even given pure medicines

to treat those illnesses, for the medicines are also adulterated.

Thus, the inhuman behaviour of humans is the reason why illnesses

are multiplying to such an extent at present. We cannot blame God

for this. God doesn't make anyone sick. Nor does God make anyone

suffer. There are no imperfections in God's creation. Humans are the

ones who distort everything. We should live according to God's will,

in harmony with Nature. Then most of today's illnesses can be

eliminated.

 

The children are born from the seeds of parents who live on

poisonous food. How, then, can they be healthy? Even cow's milk

contains toxic substances nowadays. Cows eat grass and other types

of fodder that have been sprayed with pesticides.

 

The children of alcoholics and drug addicts won't be healthy. They

may also have deformities because the semen of their fathers may not

have had the factors needed to engender a healthy body. The children

of those who take an excessive amount of allopathic drugs are also

prone to illnesses. It is because of the negative actions those

souls have committed in their previous lives that they have had to

be reborn as children of such parents. Thus, they have to suffer the

consequences of the negative actions of their parents as well. Our

happiness and sorrow all depend on our actions. The root cause of

everything lies in karma. If we perform our actions with great care

and alertness, we won't have to experience suffering. We will be

able to enjoy happiness always.

 

People cause their own difficulties. They experience the fruits not

of mistakes they haven't committed, but of those they have

committed. Today, people do not live as part of God's creation; they

live in their own creation and experience the results thereof. So we

cannot blame God and say it is His fault. As long as we follow God's

path we won't have to be sorry; we won't even know what suffering

is.

 

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Friday, 13 February 2004 - Talassery