about saving, saturn, rituals. idols etc

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Q.200) What do you mean by saving? Will Jesus save me

if I accept Him as by saviour? What is truth? What is

the kingdom of God? Who is Satan? Why rituals are more

in Hinduism and not in Christianity? What do you think

about worshipping idols, approaching astrologers, and

people having super natural powers? How do you explain

the Heaven of Kingdom compared in several ways in Holy

Bible? Please explain

 

(1) Luke: 9: 60-62 2) Luke : 12 : 51-53 3) Mathew: 6 :

8 4) John : 18 : 37-38

5) Mathew 11 : 28-30 6) Mathew 5 : 3-8). -----

By Shri. Anil Antony, Mumbai.

Ans.) Saving from the troubles and misery is the

general sense of the word saving. In spiritual sense

saving means cutting all the worldly bonds and

establishing real bond with God, Who alone is the

truth? God is truth. This means that God is infinite

power. The creation is just His imagination and is

almost not true. The imagining person is said to truly

exist. The world, which is just His imagination and

which is completely not anything. The world is made of

an iota of energy of God. God is like the infinite

ocean of energy. Compared to God the world is almost

nothing. Thus this entire creation is under the full

control of God. Just like the person doing some

imagination creates an imaginary world in him, God

created this imaginary world in Him. The imagining

person can fully control the world. He can transform

any item into any other item. He can raise a dead body

in His imaginary world. All the miracles of human

incarnations can be explained only by this concept.

God who is present in the human incarnation does all

these miracles only to establish this concept. If the

world is equally true, then the world is equally

powerful to God. In such case God cannot do whatever

He likes. Since the world is least powerful and God is

most powerful, God controls the entire world like a

very strong person controlling very weak person. Thus

the world truth indicates the omni-potent nature of

God. When we say that this world is not true, it

indicates the negligible power of the world. Suppose a

small ant is on your shirt, will you say that you and

the ant are present in the house? The ant is

negligible and is treated as nothing. Therefore, a

person who knows this concept surrenders to God and

accepts Him as the saviour. In his eyes the entire

world looks like an ant before God. You are a tiny

particle in this ant-world. You can understand your

position by putting a relative scale. Assume that this

ant is Infinite Ocean of energy. You are an iota of

that ocean. This means your power is negligible before

the power of this entire nature. The world is like the

ocean and you are like a drop in it. God is like the

ocean and the world a drop in God. You must understand

this simile not in terms of volume but in terms of the

intensity of the power. When we utter the word God, we

immediately imagine Him as a very large figure with

unlimited boundaries. The space is largest but as no

power as it is treated has nothing. The atom bomb is

very small but it has enormous power. Therefore, our

idea about God should not be in terms of the

three-dimensional space. When a person imagines a

large city, the city is very huge but the person is

very small. But that small person has created,

maintains and finally dissolves this huge city. He can

do anything in this huge city. In fact He is standing

outside this huge city. When He wants to enter into

this huge imaginary city, He will imagine a small form

and He identifies Himself with that form. That small

form represents the outside person. This imagined

form, which is identified by the outside person is

treated as the outside person directly. This imagined

small form is the human incarnation. The outside

person is God. The imaginary huge city is this world.

Thus God identifies Himself with the human

incarnation. From this angle the human incarnation and

the God or one and the same. There is another angle in

which the human incarnation is not the original God

but a part and parcel of God. In this angle God and

the human incarnation are treated as father and son.

You can experience the Father only through this Son.

In the third angle the human incarnation is just sent

by God into this world as a messenger with some power.

Jesus talked this truth in all the three angles. Jesus

can save any human being who has any one of these

three angles. Acceptance of Jesus as your saviour is

the essential step in the spiritual effort. Here Jesus

means the human incarnation in general. Only God is

the saviour. But you cannot approach God directly.

Only through the human incarnation you can approach

God. This means you should accept the human

incarnation as that very God. In such case only the

human incarnation becomes your saviour. God is like

free electrons flowing in the atmosphere. These

Electrons are the electricity. Then can you heat water

by keeping the vessel containing water in the

atmosphere? When these Electrons enter a medium like

the metallic wire, you can heat water. If the medium

is human form it is most convenient for you to clear

your doubts, to love and to serve Him. Therefore,

acceptance of Jesus as your Saviour means that you

should accept the human incarnation as your saviour.

It is told that Jesus will come again. This means that

the human incarnation is coming in every human

generation. Otherwise, if one generation was only

blessed by such fortune, the other generations will

charge God as partial and such charge is justified.

Therefore, if you think that Jesus means only that

particular human incarnation, which came about 2000

years back, you have lost the whole concept. Through a

particular example generalization must be made. If you

say that sodium atom is indivisible it means the atom

of any element is indivisible. If you say that Daniel

is born, it means that every human being will be born.

If this basic analysis is lost, the entire spiritual

castle falls down due to the absence of its

foundation.

Merely by accepting the human incarnation (Jesus) as

Saviour cannot save you. It is told in the Bible that

He came to save His people. Who are His people? They

are His beloved devotees. They follow His

instructions. Jesus did not give attention even to see

His mother, when He was with His disciples. When a

woman shouted that the Mother of Jesus was blessed,

Jesus did not agree and told that blessed are those

who followed His instructions. He says that one should

leave parents, wife or husband, children and must be

prepared even to carry on his own cross for the sake

of Jesus. This means that one should be prepared to

sacrifice even his life. Therefore, it is a narrow

path with thorns. Even to hear this statement your

mind is turmoiled with chaotic disturbance. That is

the reason why He says that He has come to give peace

to you and that He is holding the sword of knowledge

in His hand. Therefore, you can be saved only when you

reach that state. If you say to the Judge that you

accept him as your saviour, will he save you and

cancel his judgment? If you say to the jailor that you

will accept him as your saviour, will he relieve you

from the jail? Therefore, He saves only His dearest

devotees. He underwent the suffering of His people

only on the Cross. He did not suffer for the sake of

all the people and released all the people from their

sins. If such thing is done the justice is destroyed.

The administration becomes meaningless. When a devotee

leaves everybody and everything for the sake of such

human incarnation and participates in His service,

such people are called as His people. Such devotees

will never agree for the crucification of the Lord for

their sake. Therefore, real saving is only at that

stage.

Whether, it is Christianity or Hinduism the beginner

cannot come forward if the final stage is shown. In

Hinduism the saints and in Christianity, the Popes,

fathers, brother and sisters who are dedicated to the

Mission have left everything and everybody for the

sake of God. Actually such Holy saints only can be

saved since they stand according to His standards

prescribed. But if this fact is revealed no common man

will come forward. It is the tradition of the divine

preacher to show the final result even in the first

step. We say to the schoolboy that if he goes to the

school regularly and studies sincerely, he will become

the professor. It is only encouragement. Does that

mean that the boy will be appointed as professor as

soon as he finishes the schooling? He gets encouraged

and studies well in the school. Then he will go to

college and university and study further, and then he

will join as a lecturer, become reader and then

finally become the professor. Therefore, to attract

the beginners such encouraging statements are made,

which need not be condemned as lies. When a lie does

well, such a lie cannot be the sin. Even if it is

truth, if it harms it is a sin. We tell so many lies

to our children to encourage them and our aim is only

their welfare and not cheating them. Therefore, such

statements should be accepted with reference to the

level of the devotees.

To recognize God, then to recognize God as the King of

this creation and then recognizing His ultimate

underlying hidden administration in the entire

creation is the essence of spiritual knowledge. We

recognize the Government and its administration in

this world. It is clear because it is visible to the

eyes. But God and His administration are invisible.

Invisible dose not mean non-existent. This world is

filled with cosmic energy, which is invisible. That

does not mean cosmic energy does not exist. You can

experience the administration of God in every corner

of your life. His administration is applied to both

living and non-living beings of the creation. The

non-living Sun, wind etc., move constantly following

the rules of God only. That invisible God comes as

visible human incarnation and proves all this. When

Jesus ordered the storm in the sea subsided. The

plants, birds and animals and all the human beings are

under His control only. When Jesus told a tree to die,

the tree died. Jesus was controlling the sheep and

thus He controls animals and birds. The human beings

are atheists, normal human devotees and real devotees.

He also controls the atheists. The disciple of Jesus

cut the ear of a soldier who came to arrest. But Jesus

attached the ear in the proper place. Thus His enemies

are also under His control. The second type, normal

devotees worship God for solving their worldly

problems. They were also controlled by Him, when He

cured their diseases etc.; He saved the highest real

devotees by suffering on the Cross. Thus, He proved

Himself to be the controller of all the non-living and

living beings. This means that He is controller of the

entire creation. To recognize such controlling

administration in the entire world is recognition of

His kingdom. People thought that His kingdom is

somewhere in the heaven, which is above the sky. Jesus

said that His kingdom is coming to the earth. It means

that the human beings on the earth have started

recognizing His kingdom on the earth, which is already

existing. There is no place, which is not in His

kingdom. There is no king except the human incarnation

like Jesus. He is the king of kings. Even the Satan is

also an employee in His kingdom. This creation is

created by Him for His entertainment. In a cinema, not

only the hero is remunerated but also the Vilan. Satan

is used to test the devotees through his attractions.

Thus Satan is required in the spiritual effort of the

human being. In answering a multiple choice question,

there are three wrong answers along with one correct

answer. The three wrong answers represent Satan, which

appear more correct and attract the mind. The power of

discrimination of the student becomes more significant

in presence of such wrong answers only. What is the

significance of the happiness without misery? Nothing

and none can oppose the Lord. Satan is required for

His divine game.

The rituals are in every religion. Their significance

is the effect of external atmosphere. Baptism is a

ritual .All the rituals are indicating the super

natural power of the unimagined God. Astrologers and

Black magic etc., are not good from the point the

highest real devotees. But from the point of atheists

and scientists, they indicates the super natural

element, which Leeds to the existence of the God.

Therefore, every thing in the tradition is positive

from the point of lowest cadre and simultaneously

negative from the point of highest devotees. Even the

idol worship is good from the point of lowest

devotees. They can not accept the present human

incarnation due to their ego and jealousy. They can

not see the energetic forms of God by long penance.

They can only retain concept of God through idols and

photos. Jesus on the cross of the chain present in the

neck of every Christian is an idol. Of course, the

idol worship is not direct worship of the God, because

God does not exist in idols. It is only model or

representative of the concept. We use models in

teaching. When you teach the generation of the

electricity through a model or flow sheet diagram, a

diagram or the model is not directly the electric

generator. But it represents the concept of production

of electricity. The idol worship should be limited up

to vision only. Therefore, cleaning the idol by bath

and decorating is acceptable. You can offer also the

food to the idol and feel that you are eating the

remains. But you should not say that you have really

scarified to the God. Thus, you can see every thing as

positive from the lower level.

The kingdom of God is compared to a treasure hidden in

the field. This means that God is hidden in the human

body of the human incarnation. In Gita the human body

was compared with the field (Idam areeram….).This

means the identification of human incarnation.

Purchasing the field means serving that human body. If

the treasure is announced, the owner will not sell the

field. Then it is impossible to purchase the treasure.

This means that it is impossible to serve the real

form of the God, which is beyond the imagination. The

human body is a part of the kingdom of the God. Again

the kingdom of the God is compared to a merchant who

is in search of pearls. This means that the Lord in

human body is in search of real devotees. But only one

in millions can be the real devotee as said in Gita

(Kaschit maam …). When a merchant found such a pearl,

he purchases it by selling all his property. This

means that the human incarnation will go to any extent

to save that rarest devotee. Again the kingdom of God

is compared to a dragnet, by which all categories are

captured and from each category good is taken and bad

is thrown. This means that God captures all types of

devotees. Some devotees use God for their selfish

benefits. Even for them, God answers and thus the God

captures them. From these devotees, those, who are

turned in to real devotees are accepted and the others

are thrown out. These other type devotees love God as

an instrument to solve their problems and that is not

a real love.

Matheus 5:3-8 The mercy and purity are praised because

such qualities will develop love on God. Then only God

blesses them. Simple mercy and purity related to

worldly bonds are of no permanent use. Such good

qualities without the element of the God lead to

temporally heaven, which is not a permanent fruit.

Mere love on society leads to temporary heaven only

from which one falls to earth, as said in Gita

(Ksheenee Punye…)

Matheus 11:28-30 The yoke of the Lord is light where

as the yoke of human beings is heavy. This means that

the work of the Lord will never give misery as there

is no selfishness. But the worldly work of the human

beings becomes heavy due to selfishness that creates

anxiety and misery since one is attached to the fruit

of the work.

John 18:37-38 God is truth. But every truth is not

God. For example, it is true if you say that wind

moves. This does not mean that this sentence is God.

He said " I am the truth.’’ He did not say “Truth is

my self’’. The people who belong to the truth mean the

devotees who belong to the God. Here the word truth

represents God only and not every truth in the world.

Matheus 6:8 He said that Father knows things before

you ask. This sentence belongs to highest devotees.

They do not expect anything in return, even for their

practical service but the lower devotees aspire fruits

from the God even for their theoratical service like

prayers. For such low cadre He said " Ask, that shall

be given’’. For the high devotees He suffers and

cancels their evil effects. For lower devotees it is

only postponing the punishment to the another place

called hell with increased interest.

Luke 12:51-53 Jesus is evaluating the love towards Him

in terms of decrease in the love of the worldly bonds.

As the love of a boy on his girl friend increases, the

bonds with his parents weaken proportionately. At the

final stage he runs away with girl friend totally

discarding his parents. Thus, the detachment from the

worldly bonds is an indirect measure of the attachment

to the God. Without the later, the former is useless.

This is explained here. Jesus told that who could not

be detached from parents, wife or husband and children

and even with the life can not be his follower.

 

Luke 9: 60-62 Let the dead bury the dead. You preach

about God. This means that you need not worry about

the dead body or its rituals. The reason is that the

inert dead body will decompose in to inert five

elements. The decomposition reactions are controlled

by inert items like entropy, free energy etc. The

inert means dead. Therefore, the inert five elements

will decompose the dead body and burly it whether you

do the ceremony or not. The Parsy people should be

appreciated in this concept because they leave the

dead bodies on hills and in forests.

 

DATTA SWAMI

 

 

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