Posted on: 21 Jun 2022
[Questions from internet forums through Shri Anil]
1. Why did God not use His powers to create a house for Jesus, Mary, and Joseph when they were looking for a place to stay?
Swami replied:- As told above, God will not use superpowers frequently, especially when He has entered this materialistic world of human beings (earth) because He has come here to mix with human beings freely without creating any excitation through performing miraculous deeds. Human beings can ask, God answers for their questions only when they are in normal ground stage without any excitation. Moreover, if miraculous powers are exhibited, the attention of devotees will be diverted to solve their personal problems exploiting the miraculous powers, which increases their selfishness and this will spoil their spiritual path. Hence, a real human incarnation never exhibits miraculous powers for the exploitation of their selfishness and performs miracles only in a very much emergent state. Even after projecting the miraculous power, the real human incarnation tries to cover it. The deserving devotees are always helped by God in human form even though the process of helping is hidden by God for the sake of avoiding unnecessary side developments. Genuine miracles always happened in the case of deserving devotees even though they are hidden by God.
2. Why did Jesus utter the following words, “take care of My mother” to John a disciple while on the cross?
Swami replied:- Jesus followed the tradition of Pravrutti because He has His share of responsibility to serve His mother in old age. He instructed His disciples to perform such due responsibility in the future.
3. How was it possible for Jesus Christ to sustain so much pain during crucifixion?
[How was it possible for Jesus Christ to sustain so much of pain during crucifixion when a man can't bear more than 45 dels (unit of pain) of pain?]
Swami replied:- The measurement of pain and the units of pain given by you refer to the ordinary humanity, but not to a person, who is totally merged by God for the sake of welfare of the world. Jesus has the divine power to withstand that pain, but allowed the pain to attack Him because He was suffering the punishments of the sins of His close devotees. Hence, Jesus suffered the full pain due to His unaccountable patience.
4. Why did Christianity produce more scientists than other religions combined?
Swami replied:- Incidentally and accidentally, certain things take place about which we need not pay much attention.
5. Whom does God support in the Ukrainian War?
Swami replied:- God always supports the side of justice. Which side is justified is also known to God only precisely. From the result only, we can infer the justice.
6. Can God change value of G (gravitational constant)?
Swami replied:- God is omnipotent, which means that He can do anything that is possible or impossible.
7. Why hasn't God made everyone beautiful, tall and handsome with fair skin so that people don't suffer their inferiority complex?
Swami replied:- If one is egoistic of his/her beauty and colour, in the next birth, both are reduced much so that the ego will come down to normal level. Such process of rectification gets spoiled in your suggestion.
8. Why did God create flies? Do they have a purpose/function?
Swami replied:- The qualities of souls result in several mixtures due to different probabilities of combinations. The fruits of deeds are based on these mixtures of qualities. Hence, different types of birds, animals, insects, worms etc., result for the souls to undergo different types of fruits.