God

 GOD 

Part One

Some people say that it is not necessary to know God. It is a great thing to know that God came down. But you know, to know God and the Word [the Lord with Form] it is not an easy thing. And once you come to know God closer and closer you find you are unable to act on your own self. When you try to act on your own self we find that we become mighty ourselves. But to allow God to work in our lives, we have to become nothing.

You know, sometimes people will say, “Lord, make me nothing”.

Actually God must make us something. We are nothing. There is nothing in man to glorify him, because man is a bundle of nerves. Man is full of sin and sickness and sorrow. And what is there to give to God in our lives? Only stinking nature. But when we come to God, He makes this stinking nature to blossom and bear fruit.

God means object of worship.

God is the creator of the Universe. Each and every plant, insects, mountains, animals, all human beings, air, water, fire, heaven, earth, all the planets were created by Him. He is only worthy to be worshipped. He is the one who created everything in the beginning, sustains His creation and destroys them which proved to be unworthy, at the end.

·        There are totally 84,00,000 living beings in this world created by God.

·        That which is born from the egg- 21,00,000. [birds etc.,]

·        That which is born from the earth- 21,00,000. [plants, trees etc.,]

·        That which is born from the womb- 21,00,000. [animals, human beings etc.,]

·        That which is born from the sweat- 21,00,000.

- [GARUDA PURANA]

Even though human beings are the best of all these 84,00,000 living beings, man is falling in to sin because of the five organs and the five senses and at last faces death due to the sins which he does because he is bound with his five senses.

The animals and the other living beings face death only because of only one of these five senses mentioned above. But man is the only living being who faces death because of all these five senses. What a pity?

For example:

The Bee when it senses the sweet smell of the flower it goes in to it and stays in the flower enjoying its smell, and when the evening comes the flower closes and the வண்டு gets caught in it and at last dies of suffocation. This dies because of the sense of smell.

v There is a bird called ‘Agana’ [அகன பட்சி] which dies immediately when it hears a loud noise [high decibel sounds]. Hence it has become a rare bird which can be seen only in deep forests. This bird dies of the hearing sense.

v The elephants when they mate-the female elephant will be forcibly sent between two trees [close to each other] by the male elephant, [for support]. But after mating if the male elephant does not pull the female elephant out of the trees, the elephant dies because of hunger and thirst, or the lions etc., The elephant dies because of sexual feelings.

v The light insects [விட்டில் பூச்சி] which come near the flame attracted by its brightness dies falling in to it. This light insect dies because of sense of seeing.

v When the fisherman puts the bait into the water to catch a fish, he puts the worm which the fish likes in the bait. And when the fish comes to eat the worm it gets caught in the bait and at last dies. The fish dies because of the sense of taste.

So except man all the other living beings die only because of anyone of these five senses. But man is the only living being who dies being attracted by all these five senses. A man who lust for all the things of these five senses, slowly becomes selfish as he wants to keep and enjoy them himself, which slowly leads him to sins, which in turn takes him to the last enemy - DEATH. Gita says in chapter 2 slokas-62, 63 that,

“The man dwelling on sense-objects develops attachment for them; from attachment springs up desire, and from desire (unfulfilled) ensues anger. From anger arises infatuation; from infatuation, confusion of memory; from confusion of memory, loss of reason; and from loss of reason one goes to complete ruin”.

Even though man wants to get rid of these Karmas, he don’t know the way thereof.  Where will the Hindus go for washing their sins? They go to Sabarimalai, here and there, or go to Ganges and say, “Our sins are washed away.” Man wants to go here and there and find out some satisfaction for his soul. He goes to some ‘theertha yatra’ [pilgrimage], dips in the Ganges and comes away and says: ‘My sins are gone away.’ If Ganga waters can take your sins away, there is no need of worshipping God. Sometimes some people swallow a big rock and then try to heal it by ginger water. And everywhere they go, they talk like a Godly person…..Why? He doesn’t read the Vedas and scriptures which tells the way to get rid of his sins. Let us read some verses from the Bhagawad Gita, Bible, and Quran.

“Even if the vilest sinner worships Me with exclusive devotion, he should be accounted a saint; for he has rightly resolved. (He is positive in his belief that there is nothing like devoted worship of God). Speedily he becomes virtuous and secures lasting peace. Know it for certain, Arjuna, that My devotee never falls”. (Gita 9: 30,31)

Mark_2:9, 10 “ Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins”…(The Bible)

Say: "If ye do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." Holy Quran3. 31.

So we could understand that God alone could forgive our sins and redeem us from this sinful world thereby saving us from the ties of Death. But never in the history,  man seek God voluntarily by himself. It is God who always comes in search of man. When a man searches God he creates 100’s and 1000’s of Gods. BUT WHEN GOD COMES IN SEARCH OF MAN HE IS ONE. People think God is somebody far away. They think that God could not be reached or known by a common man.

Now read this story:

When 4 blindmen requested a person to show them the elephant which came to the village; the man took those 4 blind people near the elephant. They were filled with happiness because they are going to see [feel] the elephant for the first time in their life. one blind man approached the elephant to see how the elephant is. he caught hold of the ear of the elephant and said, "Ah! the elephant is like a huge fan". the second one caught hold of the leg of the elephant and said, "no, the elephant is like a pillar". third one catching hold of its tail said, "no, the elephant is like a big rope". the 4th one on touching the big body of the elephant and said, "the elephant is like a big mountain".

Just as the blind men in this story who wanted to see the elephant were unable to perceive the real form of it, because of their blindness; the people in this world are also unable to have the revelation about God fully, because of the blindness caused to them because of their fanatism, pride, lack of Vedic knowledge, narrow mindedness etc.,