Unimaginability of God

O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,

1. When human beings differ in qualities, how can they be the same?

[Shri Anil asked: In one of Your discourse You preached that, human body is one and the same for God as well as the human being. But human beings vary due to the type and magnitude of a particular quality, this means their corresponding energy equivalent may be different and thus, when the qualities goes back into original form, may result in higher energy content with respect to other human bodies, if so how they can be same?]

Swami replied: The human body means the outer most gross body made of five elements, which is common to all the human beings including the human incarnation. The internal soul is made of pure awareness, which is also same because it is a special work form of energy. Only the qualities, which are the various forms (feelings) of the soul differ in the human beings. This bundle of strong qualities is called the subtle body, which is in between the soul, and gross body. Even this subtle body is made of the three fundamental qualities and the feelings differ only in the various proportions of these three qualities. The human being is a composite of gross, subtle and causal (soul) bodies. In the human incarnation, God exist as the extra fourth item, who is beyond the above three bodies.

2. What happens to the soul after Lord leaves the body in incarnation?

[In any human incarnation, soul is a part. But what happens to that soul after Lord leaves that body? Sometimes the individuality of that soul is felt through its quality, even though Lord is present in that body?]

Swami replied: The soul is a liberated soul that accompanies God as the son of God to sit on His right side. This is the second component of the incarnation. Whenever Jesus prayed His Father, the soul is involved. But, when Jesus told that He is the truth and light, this refers to the first component i.e., God existing in the human incarnation. Jesus told that He and His Father are one and the same and this statement means that you should treat the live wire as the current and there is no other way than this to experience current (God) directly. The experience of God is only through the soul (path). Due to lack of analysis of His preaching, the unfortunate crucifixion took place.

3. If God is unimaginable, then why do we imagine Him to be unimaginable?

[When one says God is unimaginable, that statement itself ‘imagines’ that Lord is unimaginable? (If God is unimaginable, then why do we imagine Him to be unimaginable?)]

Swami replied: In such case, you cannot use the word “Unimaginable” at all! Then, why is that word created? What is the meaning of that word? If you choose that way, silence only indicates God and some have followed this way also. Suppose you say, “I cannot utter that”. Does this mean that you have uttered that? Therefore, it is one and the same to indicate God through silence or through the word unimaginable. If a word is not assigned, mention of God becomes impossible in the spiritual knowledge. The Veda uses the word “Unimaginable” for God (Atarkyah…, Aprameyah…).

4. Is there any astrological significance to time when making a decision and under the guidance of Sadguru?

Swami replied: It all depends on the intensity of your faith on Sadguru, provided your Sadguru is real. The concept of time satisfies others around you who will criticize you if something goes wrong even by its own fate. By following the time to satisfy others, you are not losing anything or you are not sacrificing anything to an undeserving person as in the ritual to get the sin. If you are conducting the ritual blindly to satisfy others and sacrifice something to undeserving priest, you are purchasing the sin. The case of time is not like that.

5. Is it not injustice to distribute food to poor people as a part of alleviating the sins?

[Some devotees distribute food, as a part of alleviating their sins. Is it not injustice, since the receiving person undergoes the sin of the giver [Presuming it happens so]? Also it is told that sin of a particular soul has to be suffered by itself or by the Lord in Human form when He is pleased by the souls selfless service. In that case the distribution of food may contradict this aspect, if it is done with this selfish motive?]

Swami replied: When the receiver is deserving like a devotee, God is pleased with you and suffers for your sake for the sake of the devotee, whatever may be your aim. If the receiver is a beggar, your sin is not cancelled but you will get heavenly reward separately. If the receiver is not deserving, even if you sacrifice without selfish motive, the sin is purchased. Therefore, everything is decided by the quality of the receiver and not by your aim. If one drinks poison mistaking as milk, he dies. If one drinks milk mistaking it as poison, he is not affected.

6. If one leaves the family for the sake of self-attainment (not for God’s service) whether that act is justified?

Swami replied: Self is already attained by self. If you are self, you have already attained yourself. If you are the inert body, then also the body contains self and self is attained by the body. Self-attainment means realizing that you are the self (pure awareness) and not the body. You can attain this in one minute. Trying to continue in the state of self-realization is meditation of self, which is also very easy if you sit alone. What is the use of leaving house for this? If you have recognized the Sadguru, then only there is some meaning in any sacrifice.

7. Family bonds are basically feeling only. In that case, is it sufficient to leave that feeling instead of physical leaving?

Swami replied: You need not leave even the feeling of family, if the feeling on the God is not existing. You have to replace the water in the vessel by the milk. If milk is absent, at least the water should be kept in it for drinking purpose. When you are in the state of theoretical devotion of emotions on God, then only this point of family bond arises, which is also a theoretical love. In that case, to satisfy the family, you can act externally showing the artificial feelings. But if you enter the practical devotion through service, this valueless phase of feelings is neglected. If you are only in the phase of feelings, what is the difference whether you drink Gold Spot or goli soda in the dream?

8. If the Lord in human form is partially ignorant, can He form bonds like ordinary human beings?

Swami replied: Lord in human incarnation is in partial ignorance, which is unreal only, since real and full ignorance cannot exist in God like darkness in the sun. The second component in the incarnation, which is the soul is in partial ignorance and forms bonds. Since the Lord and soul are mixed with each other, the bonds of the soul appear as the bonds of the Lord. Similarly, the credit of miracle done by the Lord appears to be the credit of the soul. Since the Lord selects only His most beloved soul (Son of God), such mutual exchange is not an issue.

9. One of the attributes of Lord is the full knowledge. What are the other attributes?

Swami replied: The full knowledge is useful for the guidance of all the souls and therefore, it always exists with the God and it is treated as almost the identity mark of God. The other attributes are according to requirement of the divine program of God. Any attribute can be taken up by God as per the requirement. Even bad attributes may be used in tests. Since God is above all the attributes, it does not matter in anyway. The attributes are only the colors of His shirt. But the human being is shirt itself and the attributes matter very much since they are responsible for the actions.

10. According to the Bible, Jesus was the only fullest human incarnation. What about those who preceded Him?

[According to the Bible it seems that Jesus was the only fullest human incarnation, what about others who came before Him, like Eliah, Elisha, Amose, Moses etc.?]

Swami replied: When God comes down in human form, it is full incarnation. When His servant comes down, charged by the power of God, he is a prophet or messenger. According to the level of your requirement, the teacher is assigned by the principal and the principal himself comes as a teacher to any class according to his plan. The soul need not analyze the divine plan as long as the suitable teacher is available. The student should be alert only about a substandard teacher. Jesus was the only full incarnation in the list mentioned by you.

11. What is soul? If it is produced from food, then, when food stops, is the soul destroyed?

Swami replied: Soul is pure awareness, which is a special work form of energy produced by the oxidation of food. Its generation requires the function of several biological systems also like lungs, stomach, nervous system etc. When any one of these fails, the energy is not produced, and awareness in general disappears, as in deep sleep, in which the nervous system takes rest. But the subtle body, which is a bundle of strong feelings (samskaras), which are the waves of awareness, is not destroyed and it leaves the body for final inquiry. The inquiry is conducted by God based on these samskaras only and not mere pure awareness, which is common in every soul. If you mean the subtle body for the soul, it is not destroyed. Even in the subtle body, pure awareness exists like gold in the jewels.

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