God is

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Source: Chinna Katha

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God is

Once a king wanted to know answers to three questions about which he

had been contemplating for a long time. One day the king raised

these questions in his Court Hall. The questions were: Where is God?

In what direction does He cast His look? What does He do? None could

answer these questions. The King then summoned with due honour a

sage to his court. He asked the sage to answer these questions.

 

The Sage replied: " Like butter in the milk God is everywhere " . To

answer the second question the sage asked for a lamp. He lit the

lamp and asked the King: " In which direction does this lamp shed its

light? " The lamp sheds its light in all the directions " replied the

king. The sage said " Likewise God is Effulgence itself and His

vision is not directed to a particular place or person. He is all

seeing " . The king asked: " What does He do? " The sage said: " Since I

am in a way instructing you in spiritual matters, I am in the

position of a preceptor, you a disciple. So we have to exchange our

places. Are you prepared for this? " The king agreed and came down

from his elevated position and sat on the seat in which the sage

sat. The sage said with a twinkle in his eyes: " This is what God

does. He brings down the mighty and elevates the humble. He can make

the poor rich and the rich poor. He can do anything. He is all

pervading. He is all seeing and Omnipotent. " The king was very much

pleased with these answers. He expressed his gratitude to the sage

and honoured him in a fitting manner.

 

Like the king in the story, every one of us should try to understand

the true characteristics of God: God is Omnipresent, Omniscient, and

Omnipotent.