Posted on: 31 Oct 2006
[Shri Nikhil forwarded the request from a devotee for the need of miracle in his personal problems. The devotee asks for the reason of the problems.]
Miracle means the violation of the regular administration of God to be done by God Himself! Miracle does not appear unless there is an extraordinary emergency in the case of a deserving devotee or a specific need in the divine mission of God. The devotee deserves a miracle when he or she does not aspire for it even in dream and is really involved in the divine mission of the Lord. This is the context of the miracle from the side of the devotee. The miracle can also take place from the side of God whenever a need arises in the divine work. If God feels that an atheist can be converted through a miracle, it takes place. If God feels that a miracle can improve the faith or devotion of a devotee, then also a miracle can happen. These two cases are from the side of God and not from the side of devotee. This means that if the devotee says that he will be converted or he will develop the faith and devotion by a miracle, God will not do the miracle unless there is a real hope for it in His view. God will exhibit the miracle if God has hope even without the request from devotee or atheist. In any case, the devotee should not aspire for the miracle even in the mind. The miracle will happen spontaneously if God is convinced. There is no need of any initiation or interaction from the side of the soul. Even a deserving devotee sometimes reduces the speed of the miracle by aspiring for it. The whole problem lies with miracles is that the attention of the soul to God is completely diverted to His power only. The Vedantin (Philosopher) becomes Shakteya (Applied scientist using the power).
I advise you to keep silent about your problem and to withdraw your mind from the problem. For this, you can take the help of Atma Yoga, which says that you are pure awareness without thoughts. The Atma Yoga will give you immediate relief like a pain killer, which is not the real medicine to solve your problem-illness. Now, you attach yourself to God through prayers, songs, service etc. In this attachment to God, your detachment from the problem becomes natural and in this stage Atma Yoga is not required. When the medicine starts working to remove your illness, pain killer is not necessary. When the illness is reduced, the pain also gets reduced. The attachment to God gives you spontaneous and simultaneous detachment from the world. In this stage only, the superpower of God will solve your problem in no time.
The reason for misery or happiness is only your action that was already done. The Gita says that the actions are very very subtle (Gahana Karmano Gatih…). I will give you a small example. While eating food, suppose a piece of chilly is left over in your plate. When it is thrown outside, it decays and lot of virus and bacteria are generated. Suppose, such virus effects the health of a good devotee, who is involved in the mission of Lord; this has become the greatest sin based on the smallest piece of chilly. Your health will be affected severely. Therefore, the Veda says “Annam Na Parichakshita”, which means that even an iota (Iota is denoted by the prefix pari) of food should not be thrown out. Either you should eat the piece of chilly or use the powder of chilies in cooking the food. You can imagine the fate of the priests who throw lot of food in the death rituals stating that throwing food indicates their full satisfaction! This shows that we cannot avoid sins, which are so subtle that easily escape our attention. You have to enjoy the fruits of your actions. Without knowing such subtle nature of deeds, people cry saying ‘What sin I have done in this birth?’ They say that some deed from the previous birth was responsible for such fruit. They assume that they are very pure without doing any sin in this birth! It is not correct. All the fruits end by enjoyment or punishment either in this world or in the upper world (heaven and hell).
When the soul comes down to the earth and enters a fresh body, all the fruits are over with a nil balance sheet. But, the Samskaras (psychological tendencies for doing such deeds) exist in the soul in very much reduced state. The soul does again the same deeds guided by these samskaras, which are called as destiny (karmasesha). Therefore, either enjoyment of the fruits or worship of God (Theoretical and practical) are the two ways left over. God alone can burn your sins by His own specific technology (enjoying the fruits for your sake). The Gita says the same (Ahamtva…). You cannot escape the enjoyment of the fruits even after millions of Yugas unless these Samskaras are burnt by the divine knowledge, which leads you to God and subsequent practical devotion. People misunderstand that the divine knowledge directly burns the Samskaras. The burning can be verified only through the practical devotion to God (Jnanaagnih… Gita). The proof for receiving the right divine knowledge is only determination and implementation in practice. The root of all these Samskaras is only attachment to the world. When this attachment is burnt, the Samskaras are burnt. But, burning the attachment to the world is very difficult and cannot be achieved by the effort of even entire lifetime. Therefore, do not waste your lifetime in burning these Samskaras. You divert these Samskaras (good and bad qualities) to God and this is the easiest and fruitful solution. Suppose, you go on making efforts to get the relieving order from the old institution till the age of your retirement, where is the time to join the new institution?