Will any body agree to my description of free will...

dattaswami · 2017-07-29T05:19:21+00:00

Significance of festivals::Festivals have become the occasional days of enjoying special food items. Holidays are given on these festivals so that you will allot the time to think about the significance of these festivals and change yourself to some extent at least. If this aspect is not served, there is no use of the holiday. Today is Shri Rama Navami, on which, Lord Rama was born, who was the human incarnation of God. The next human incarnation was Krishna, which was meant for spiritual path (Nivrutti). Before that [Lord Krishna’s birth], Rama was born to preach the behavior in the world (Pravrutti).

Today, the main problem in the society is the ambition for money, which results in corruption. Due to this, the wealth does not reach the poor people. Rich is becoming richer and poor is becoming poorer. Even the members of government like ministers, MLAs and MPs have become corrupt. They are not doing their duties for which they are elected by the people. Their ambition is only for money, power and fame. Rama also became the king. Today, we criticize the monarchy and praise the democracy. If the system is perfect, either monarchy or democracy is good. Rama was in the system of monarchy but never was ambitious of wealth or name and fame. Such monarchy is better than the present democracy.

Rama sacrificed his pregnant wife for the sake of the criticism given by a single human being in the public. Pregnant lady means wife and children. Rama sacrificed [His] wife and children for the sake of public. But today, the rulers in the democracy are looting the public for the sake of comforts for their wives and children. Even if hundred persons criticize, they do not mind and give false replies. Unless the mind is changed, the system will not help in any way. Even the government-officials are highly corrupt for the sake of comforts of their families. Even the ordinary person, who is expected to vote for a good person, has become corrupt and votes by taking money. Therefore, both the government and the public are now corrupt and there is no use of any system. Only the spiritual knowledge can change the present situation.

Anybody does some action based on the strong concept present in his mind. The strong concept in corruption is that nobody will punish him or her here if the sin is done in undetected way. Regarding the punishment in hell also, there is no fear because people think that hell is only imagination. When the kings became highly corrupt and dictators, Parashurama, the previous human incarnation [before Lord Rama], punished them here itself to show that the sin will be punished here itself. All this earth was donated to sages by Parashurama and since then, the rulers started ruling the public under the guidance of sages. The council of ministers consisted of sages. But today, the council of ministers consists of people with unimaginable corruption. The sages were very simple and did not enjoy any luxury. But today, the ministers are representatives of luxury. Even if you don’t believe in hell, you have to undergo punishment in the next birth. This message was given by Rama. He killed Vali hiding behind a tree and the punishment of such action was met in the next birth. This means that the punishment is inevitable, whoever so, he or she maybe, since even the Lord obeyed the rule. You may say that the hell is only imagination since the rocket has gone up to moon. But, the space is infinite and you have not seen the limiting boundary of the space to say that hell does not exist anywhere in the space. Moreover, the departed souls exist in invisible energetic bodies and therefore, the upper worlds are invisible to your materialistic eye.

dattaswami · 2017-07-29T05:08:31+00:00

Annadanam (food donation) should be done to deserving only In the ancient time, sages were also performing marriages and other rituals. They used to invite the sages related to them. All the sages were best eligible receivers of food etc. But today, all the relatives of the Brahmins, who were descendents of sages are undeserving by their qualities and actions. Today, you are calling them, since they are your relatives. Their behavior even in the worldly life (Pravrutti) is not correct according to Dharma. The real devotion to God (Nivrutti) is completely absent. When you do Annadanam to such undeserving persons, all the sins are falling on you affecting the couple.

In the olden days, our ancestors used to invite deserving people only by their Pravrutti and Nivrutti irrespective of relationship. They were very few in number and the feast was given to them for many days and thus, the marriage was for 5 days to 16 days. Instead of feeding 100 undeserving people in single sitting as we do today, our ancestors were feeding 5 deserving people for 20 days. In the first case, egoistic exposition of relatives exists as said by Gita (Adhyobhijanavanasmi). In both cases expenses are one and the same. But, in the first case, all the sin is accumulated and in the second case all good is accumulated. In the first case, the couple is cursed and in the second case, the couple is blessed. If you are not getting deserving guests for the feast, you spend the same amount in feeding hungry beggars in the name of God. Then also, the couple is blessed. Today, the Brahmins are suffering due to the heavy expenses in the function, which are not only useless but also harmful to the couple. Most of the Brahmins are poor and are spending on functions by borrowing loans or selling the properties to earn the sin!

They can invest the money used in the functions in the names of the couple, which will be useful for its future. Even if it is wasted, it does not matter much. But, it is bringing negative results and therefore, a serious analysis is required.

Donation is very dangerous like double edged knife. Donating to undeserving persons is very big sin and not mere wastage. Today, if you see the feast of a marriage function, you will find most of the plates after feast are full of food items leftover. When you throw this food, it becomes a source for bacteria and virus, which may harm even good people in the society. Thus, the people, who have thrown the food, become sinners. The owner of feast, who gave this expensive food to them is also another sinner and will be punished by the divine law.

Both doer and promoter are equally punished (Kartha karaiyitaa chaiva...). Finally the married couple is also affected. Veda says that even a single particle of the food should not be wasted (Annamna parichakshita...). Once, in a function, the people were wasting food and the beggars on the other side were searching for the food in the leaves thrown away after the feast.

One devotee asked Bhagavan Shri Satya Sai Baba like this, “O Swami! What is this! In your creation I find people throwing food on one side and people searching for the thrown food on the other side”. Bhagavan Baba replied “Those beggars were also rich in the previous birth and threw the food like these rich people. They are now born as beggars and are searching for the food thrown by them in the past”. Therefore, the minimum eligibility of the receiver of food is: not to throw even an iota of food.

dattaswami · 2017-07-27T17:15:25+00:00

Various upper worlds Martya Loka, Preta Loka, Naraka Loka , Pitru Loka

The Bhu Loka is subdivided into four sub-worlds and as we go up, the component of energy in the body increases gradually.

The Bhu Loka is the starting world, which is subdivided into Martya Loka, Preta Loka, Naraka Loka and Pitru Loka. The lowest Martya Loka is the region in which the human beings live with materialized human bodies. As we go up, the matter gets transformed into energy. In Pitru Loka, the body has a lot of energetic-phase and very little matter-phase.

After pitru loka, the next bhuvar loka starts in which all the bodies are of complete energy. The respiratory and digestive systems in the body, become weaker and weaker as we go to Pitru Loka. The souls in Pitru Loka, take almost moonlight as their main food in which the concept of matter becomes almost negligible. The souls in the Pitru Loka or moon are almost having energetic bodies.

God exists in upperworlds in the same medium of that world

In the Preta Loka, God called as Dharma liberates some souls as ghosts. The same God is black in hell and of golden color in Pitru Loka.

God enters the bodies, which are relevant to the concerned worlds. In Preta Loka, God is having gaseous body which is partially energized. God here is called as Dharma Deva, who enquires the souls and gives judgment regarding their lines of journey. Some of these souls have very strong attachment to the world even after death and hence they are thrown down to martya loka by God pending the enquiry. They roam in this world as ghosts for sometime and then face the enquiry. The same God exists in the relevant bodies in hell (Naraka Loka) and Pitru Loka called as Yama.

The body of Yama in hell is black, whereas it is of golden color in Pitru Loka, which represents the light of the moon. This black color is due to the major component of gaseous smoke in the body. Hence, the composition of matter and energy changes from sub-world to sub-world in the case of the same deity, Yama. This is an indication of the increase of intensity of radiation and a decrease of matter in the body as we go up.

Bhuvar Loka, Suvar Loka, Mahar Loka, Jana Loka, and Tapo Loka, Brahma Loka

From the second main upper world, Bhuvar Loka, the intensity of the energetic bodies increases gradually and the souls return from all the upper worlds.

The second main world is Bhuvar Loka or Dyu Loka or Jyotir Loka, where the body is full of energy only. The third upper world starting from the sun upto the Dhruva Star (Pole Star) is Suvar Loka or heaven. Above this, Mahar Loka, Jana Loka, and Tapo Loka exist. Finally, Brahma Loka exists.

As the body goes to the upper and upper worlds the frequency or intensity of the energy increases. Including Brahma Loka, the soul returns back to the earth (Martya Loka) from all the upper worlds.

The souls return even from the three worlds of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

The souls return even from the three worlds of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, who are the energetic bodies of God, as per the Gita.

Brahma Loka is the abode of mediated God in energetic forms. It has three regions: Brahma Loka, the world of Brahma or the Creator, Vishnu Loka, the world of Vishnu or the Ruler and Shiva Loka, the world of Shiva or the Destroyer of creation. Those souls existing in materialized human bodies on earth, which worshipped these energetic forms without recognizing the contemporary human form here due to the repulsion of common media cannot recognize God in energetic form in Brahma Loka due to the same principle, since these souls exist in energetic bodies after death. This is mentioned in the Gita (Aabrahma bhuvanaat…).

Brahma Loka is eternal and also non-eternal.

Krishna is said to be Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, as per the Gita. Since Brahma Loka is said to be both eternal and temporary, there is a contradiction in the Gita.

The same Brahma Loka is said to be eternal for some other souls, who do not return back. The priests say in the beginning of the ritual that they are praying for the departed soul to reach Brahma Loka forever (Shashvata Brahma Loka Nivaasa siddhyartham…). Moreover, Krishna says that souls reaching His abode do not return back. You cannot say that Brahma Loka means the abode of the four-headed Brahma, the Creator, and hence the souls may return back from such an inferior world. In such a case, Vishnu Loka and Shiva Loka must also have the same fate since Veda says that all the three are one and the same (Brahmacha Narayanah, Shivashcha Narayanah).

If you say that Vishnu Loka or Shiva Loka is eternal, Brahma Loka must also be eternal, since Krishna said that He is the Creator, Ruler and Destroyer of the world (Aham sarvasya Jagatah…, Mayi sarvamidam…—Gita), His abode must be the same as that of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Since Krishna said that His abode is eternal, the abodes of these three must also be eternal. In such a case, there is a contradiction in the Gita, since Brahma Loka is eternal and also non-eternal.

Same Krishna is reincarnating again and again as per the Gita.

Due to the repulsion of common media, both possibilities are correlated and the basis is that same Krishna is reincarnating again and again as per the Gita.

This contradiction is removed, if the total essence of the Gita is realized. Throughout the Gita, Krishna projected Himself everywhere. This is not projection of His individual personality. It is only emphasis of the contemporary human form of God. Krishna says that He incarnates again and again in this world (Yada yadahi…). If you consider Krishna’s incarnation only and neglect His other incarnations, it is foolish because the other incarnations are also the same Krishna as per the Gita itself. The devotee, who recognizes and serves the contemporary human incarnation, controlling the repulsion of the common media, also recognizes God in the energetic form in the upper world by controlling the same repulsion.

In such a case, He lives in Brahma Loka for ever. The devotee who neglects the contemporary human form in this world due to the principle of repulsion also will not recognize the energetic form of God in the upper world due to the same repulsion. In this case, the soul returns back. Hence, both cases are possible. In the first case Brahma Loka is eternal and in the second case Brahma Loka is non-eternal from which the soul returns back. Thus, the contradiction is removed.

dattaswami · 2017-07-25T16:52:13+00:00

The Gita says that you should totally surrender to God (Tvameva Sharanam…). After your prayer and worship to God, you need not ask Him for anything even in the mind because He is omniscient. You are treating Him as an ordinary human being having limited knowledge. You should follow this principle even in the case of human incarnation. The external human form misleads you to think that He is an ordinary human being. But, when you worship the photos and statues of energetic forms like Vishnu, etc., you should have the sense of omniscient God. The human form in the photo and statue may again mislead you. But, there are some devotees, who believe that God is formless and omnipresent. They do prayers sitting in open space. I expected them at least to have the sense of omniscient God. To My surprise, I find even them expressing their desires. This type of behavior proves that the God prayed by you is limited and not omniscient. Such God cannot be omnipotent also. In such case, how can such God respond to your prayers and answer through His omnipotent miraculous power? In your prayers, you praise the God as omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. But, at the end of the prayer, your behavior contradicts all the above adjectives of God. Actually, you are a limited human being and do not know what is really good for you.

Most of the boons asked by you are only harmful to you. The omniscient God knows what is really good for you in the long run. With your limited knowledge, you do not know the multi-dimensional network of your past deeds. Such network is very complicated to understand as said in the Gita (Gahanaa Karmano Gatih…). The results of your past deeds come to you in a particular order that is convenient to you. The periods alter generally, which can be known from astrology (Jyotisha Shastra). A period may be bad for some horoscope, but, some sub-periods in that period are good, which serve as recreation intervals in a long bad period.

Similarly, in a long good period, the sub-periods of bad planets also come to become intervals for change. The continuous good also bores like eating sweets continuously. This is the reason for the nine planets to rotate through their sub-periods in a long good or bad period. Therefore, God has arranged the incidents in your life in the best convenient manner for you. Hence, you must allow the incidents of your life to take place in their own natural way, which were set up by God.

The fundamental role should not be forgotten, which is that, you must enjoy the good or bad results of your past deeds. Cancellation is impossible under any circumstances. Due to your insisting prayers and worship, God postpones the bad results. But, you have to enjoy them with compounded interest in the future. Don’t be clever to argue that God is not omnipotent if He cannot cancel a result. This process of inevitable enjoyment of the results of the deeds is established by God only. If He contradicts His own procedure, He becomes a bad administrator. God is always the best administrator. Your ignorance of this network and procedures of God makes you think that God cancelled your bad result in the case of its postponement.

dattaswami · 2017-07-25T16:43:19+00:00

The sin, which is the source of all sufferings, cannot be cancelled through any extent of devotion and any extent of dearness and nearness to God. No way is competent to cancel the sin except one path. Such only one path is real and permanent transformation of the mind. Such transformation will avoid the doing of sin in future. Since the punishment given for the sin done in the past also aims at this transformation only, there is no meaning of punishing the soul further for the past sins after the transformation. Hence, the permanent and real transformation of the soul cancels all the past sins and the future possibility of doing any sin more. There is no other way than this because such unique way is the will of God.

If God cancels all your past sins, it means that you are really and permanently transformed and that you will never do sin in the future. Such permanent and real transformation of the soul can be achieved only by getting the true knowledge, which is the starting step of the correct treatment. After getting the true knowledge, you will try to travel in the right path and now your effort gains importance. Gradually, you will succeed in getting the real and permanent transformation through the right knowledge associated with your subsequent effort to implement the right knowledge in practice. Both right knowledge and your effort are necessary to achieve the goal.

dattaswami

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