Posted on: 16 Jun 2015
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami: I have 2 questions as follows based on the recent divine discourses.
1. It was mentioned that God is beyond feeling due to the free will, even when He is suffering for the sins of deserving devotees. Kindly elaborate meaning of God is beyond feeling.
2. Swami, You mentioned that 'If one observe rules of Pravrutti related to Artha, Kama and Karma, the liberation is the outcome as a gift from God'. Kindly elaborate, is it sufficient only to get liberation and what is the need to serve God in such case? -anil antony]
Swami replied: 1) When a citizen is arrested by police, we cannot say that he is beyond police. But, the president of the country cannot be arrested by police since he is beyond the police. Therefore, if you are not bound by something, you are beyond it. If you are bound by something, that is beyond yourself. If the president is fascinated to undergo the arrest, he may order the police to arrest him. In such case, he can cancel the arrest at anytime and get released. But, a citizen is arrested by the police as per the law and cannot cancel the arrest at anytime unless the period of arrest exhausts. ‘Bound’ and ‘beyond’ are totally opposite to each other and stand for no trace of freedom and full freedom respectively. You cannot be the ultimate master if you (individual soul) are bound for anything. The ultimate master (God) is not bound by anything.
2) Liberation (Moksha) is different from achievement of love of God. Liberation is relieving yourself from the previous institution. This is different from giving a joining report to the new institution. If you are following the rules of Pravrutti, God gives you the heaven as the gift. Heaven means absence of sorrow and tension and presence of happiness. This is a temporary fruit because this fruit disappears as soon as you break the rules of Pravrutti. Heaven is given to you in this world itself and you may break the rule after some time losing the heaven. Even if you die, you may go to heaven for some time and should return to this world after some time (Kshenepunye… Gita) and you may break the rule here. But, the result of sacrificial service to God generated from knowledge and devotion is permanent since you will constantly enjoy the service in spite of the difficulties. The nearness and dearness to God gives you eternal happiness in which you neglect even the difficulties in the service. Liberation is the fruit of Pravrutti and has no connection with Nivrutti and its fruit.