🌷परित्राणाय साधूनाम् विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ।।
In the previous parts of this series, you have read so far that by praying to God, He listens. What God inspires in the mind, we do not know how to listen to him. He is merciful to all equally, but not all are eligible for the mercy of that just judge.
By praying to Him, everyone can get happiness, peace, fearlessness, self-confidence, enthusiasm, purity, contentment etc. in their life, but not all are entitled to His special grace and love.
Mere acceptance of God does not entitle you to His special love. One has to know Him from scholars with faith, intelligently, then has to accept Him as He is and then has to search Him within oneself.
Moving Further...
Acceptance does not solve the problem. Believed that there is God! So what did you gain by believing Him?
Did you deal with Him?
No!
You agree that cow's milk is very good, healthy and provides energy. Now don't search for the cow! Don't feed her, don't get milk from her! Don't do anything with the cow! Will you get milk?
Accepted God because the whole world is saying so. All parents, scholars and sages are saying that He is the protector of all.
So what is the harm in accepting Him? If you don't believe, you will be called an atheist, you will incur sin. That's why accepted Him out of fear! By not believing Him, there should not be any evil happen. That's why we had to believe that there is God because we have been hearing that since childhood! There is God! He is watching everyone, don't do this, you will commit sin, you will go to hell, do this, you will be virtuous, God will protect you, you will get heaven and a good birth! Don't step on an ant, fear from God! When you were a child, it sat in your mind, could not deny, mother forcefully held your ear and made you sit in worship and prayer, used to take you to Shivalay everyday, even in school the teachers said "Give us that power, God..." Forced to stand in line and forced to sing. While chanting praises of God in the Satsangs of the Gurujis, the throat sat, then God also sat in the mind. When there was any accident, disease etc. crisis in the family, then everyone used to pray to God.
When grew up, at the time of the result of the examination, there was only one God who could help me to get more marks from the examiner! Many times the faith was also broken, but thinking that the test will come again next time, He will be useful in future as well, so there was no question of not believing in God! That's why I have accepted it now. Yes! God exists. But the thought of searching Him has never comes in the mind?
Thats ok! No problem! Let's start the search now...
To be continue...
Acharya Lokendra
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