God exists and is present everywhere - Swami

January 16, 2010

Several people feel very proud that they are very knowledgeable and think that they can attain a very high position by their knowledge of science. These people question the very existence of God and say that even if there is a God, there is no place for Him in their thinking and in their hearts. This is a ridiculous argument. There is need to examine what is implied in this statement with care.

A person who claims to be a very knowledgeable person cannot be so, because, if he is really a wise person, then God must be in his heart for God is the very embodiment of knowledge and learning. To say that such a God has no place in his mind is only to say that he has no wisdom in himself. God is the very embodiment of Atma and He is self, that is present in everyone, and to say that such a God is not present in one's mind is to say that he does not exist himself and is the same as proclaiming that one does not believe in himself.

At one time, Hiranyakasapa of our tradition was moving about with great pride saying that he was the only God and that he was all powerful. Even such a Hiranyakasapa had the need for God on one occasion. Are these proud people of today who proclaim that there is no need for God, cleverer or stronger than Hiranyakasapa? If with all his physical and mental strength, he had the need for a God, these proud people will certainly need the help of God and will one day recognise this.

God exists in everyone and therefore to say that God does not exist is to show one's own lame hand and say that he himself does not exist. To say that God does not exist is as ridiculous as saying that he has been born to a barren woman.

To argue that there is no God is as bad as insisting that the one that is arguing cannot speak. All these are meaningless words intended to make up meaningless arguments.

- From Swami's Summer Course Discourses in May 1974.

Om Sai Ram

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