GOD AND MAN'S WILL

Dear Friends

Can I take a minute of your valuable time? J.K. SIVAN

You will of course be interested to know what is Man’s free will and God’s will.

God does not interfere with man's free will and is always adopts an attitude of indifference to what Man does. He gives him full freedom to do what he wills.

God puts Himself in the place of an Eye witness, a silent spectator, of man's battles of his own life.

God therefore opts to remain uninvolved in the happenings of the world of man.

At the same time when one sincerely longs to follow the moral codes of conduct laid down in the Sastras, God is pleased and provides encouragement and incentives for the man to progress on spiritual lines.

God has invested in us, a free will instructing us, to use it to behave like human beings. Only when Adharma (evil) increases beyond limits, He intervenes to set things right and put back humans on the right track.

God dispenses His blessings based on our merits.

If we are deeply sincere, absolute, unconditional and unflinching, He knows what is ultimately good for us. He answers our prayers.

We should feel, we cannot live without loving God. The scriptures teach us "With the development of the notion of Karma, the attainment of the individual loka depends on our own moral responsibility. Therefore it is clear that we make our own Lokas, ie., Heaven or Hell, according to our karma. We are responsible for what we do. We create our own future and obtain what we deserve. The Souls within us, leave the bodies and receive the future bodies in such a process of evolution in accordance with our Karmic effects.

Every act, every thought is weighed in the invisible universal balance scales of justice then and there. None can escape it. Divine laws cannot be evaded. We carry with us the whole of our past. (Vasanas). It is our indelible record which time cannot blur nor death erase.

God/supreme power is ALWAYS WITHIN us NEVER WITHOUT and dispenses justice whereby virtue is made to bring its own rewards and vice its own retribution. Justice is here itself on earth. It will be seen and known if we realise.

In short let me sum up the inter-relationship of "Gods will" and "man's free will'':

I may do what I like; but whether I can do it at all, depends on God's will.

I may live as I choose ; but whether I live so at all depends on God's will.

I may breath any air pure or polluted; but whether I breath at all is decided by God's will

I may see hear, smell, feel or taste as I like; but whether I am enabled to see, hear, smell , feel or taste is beyond my control. It is in God's control.

Whatever ''I may do'' is within my power and free will. ''Whether I can at all' is in the power and will of God.

The differences in the numerous creatures of the world are due to their ''past actions precisely as the seeds in the case of plants'' . Our actions depend on our 'Vasanas' (result of prior karmas inherited over countless lives).

God dispenses the seeds precisely as per our Karma.

God is indifferent to the fruits of Karma. But we are concerned and affected by it!

I asked God, " How do I get the best out of life?'

He replied:'Face your past without regrets. Handle your present with confidence. And prepare for the future without fear!'"

We name our week days as Sunday,monday, tuesday etc., but without God, our week is:

Mournday,Tearsday,Wasteday,Thirstday,Fightday,Shatterday and Sinday. So, allow Him to be with you every day!"

He teaches us: Live without pretending. Love without depending. Listen without defending and Speak without offending

God tests us with Two things to define us: ''Our patience when we have nothing & Our attitude when we have everything''

A small suggestion: such golden words are worth noting to keep before us for frequent reading.

Everytime we read them it will enhance our power of thinking. I do it.