Posted on: 02 Jun 2021
[An online spiritual discussion was conducted on May 30, 2021, in which several devotees participated. Devotees’ questions answered by Swāmi are given below.]
[Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Paadanamskaram Swami! I ask some of the questions just so that they do not disturb me again and again. Kindly tolerate my ignorant questions and help me understand Your knowledge better, Swami. I have never seen a person who has infinite tolerance and patience in clarifying a disciple’s doubts other than You (God)!
I have learned from You that this creation will be dissolved, whenever every soul starts doing sins and there is no possibility of reformation in them anymore. The very reason for souls continuously committing sins is in order to get complete freedom from God. They wanted freedom because they were bored with the continuous happiness they experienced during the Satya Yuga. I feel that this very boredom is the cause of all the sins and also the reason for souls becoming so ignorant and dumb to Your teachings. I was thinking if there was any way to get rid of the boredom of souls without giving freedom to souls. Then I wondered why God could not dissolve creation when souls got bored and then recreate it creation again so that the boredom is forgotten by the souls. Then they can enjoy that new creation all over again. This definitely is a stupid idea because You did not do so. So, Swami, please help me understand how this idea of mine is stupid. At Your Lotus Feet, Bharath Krishna.]
Swāmi replied: Had all the souls been spoiled with the God given freedom, your idea of dissolving the creation without giving freedom to the souls would have been the best. There are some souls, who were not spoiled by the given freedom, instead, progressed very well with the help of the given freedom. Such human beings were saved in the final dissolution also. When the examination is conducted in the end (March) of the academic year, some pass and some fail. In view of these failed candidates, a re-examination can be conducted in September for the failures. Instead of this, you are recommending to cancel the previous examination and conduct a re-examination for all once again! In your advice, very frequently, dissolution has to be done and who will bear the cost of destruction so frequently? If you are prepared to pay the costs, I will recommend to God to implement your advice! The perfect procedure will be to give freedom and at the same time, train the souls in the right path so that all will pass the examination of dissolution of world. For that only, God is trying again and again bearing the cost of the dissolution of the world. The trained candidate is equally responsible from his/her side for the failure. In this case, the training teacher (God) is always perfect in His duty of teaching. Due to this fact, the candidate becomes totally responsible. Hence, efforts of the soul to travel in right path while enjoying the full freedom given by God simultaneously is the best programme from the side of the soul. Imposing force and making souls to become robots or frequent dissolutions without giving freedom is not a wise solution.