[creewespock]

Dear Prasad,

Good topic :What or Who is God and why we need that


This is one question that makes or breaks a person.Most people want God cause they need something or even a shoulder to cry on.
I have seen many people giving up all believe in God when they dont get what they want.

For them God is like an Godfather Annachi types who should protect them whenever they need help.

Many feel God should be at the beck and call of them..they claim to be Dasa of God but in reality expect God to be their Dasa.

Some even hold God ransom saying "I prayed so much to you..i did so much pooja for you..but yet you let this happen"

We dont give up the love for our parents and siblings even though we might not see eye to eye sometimes.
Siblings who have fought for years kiss and make up when the situation warrants but some who give up God just dont kiss and make up with God.

Why?
Its becos we view God as totally separate from us.
We view God as a Total Outsider only then the need of God will be questioned.
Do we ever ask "why do we need father and mother?"..we dont isnt it?

When we search for God outwards we will always get disappointed and will even start to question the very existence or the need for God.

When we look within we realize that each experience in life was written for us to learn and assimilate to climb up the spiritual evolutionary scale and its not that God weaves a situation to "torture" us in the quest to know Him.

Every action of us is the reaction of our own deeds which needs to be worked out effectively and that the very purpose of our birth.
If we can accept the fact that sometimes our car can break down and we need to call the mechanic..why cant we accept the fact that life's experiences can break down and we need to repair the problem too.

Questions like What is God or Who is God is for the seeker to discover gradually in the scale of spiritual evolution but many today want an answer like how we search in Google Search Engine.
How many of us are really sincere in the quest to know God?
Hardly anyone.
Majority measure success and well being in the material scale and want constant supply of wealth to be happy and feel that God is with us.

No doubt that financial security is important but we should never make that a measure to determine if God is answering our prayers.

Many feel that they are not strong enough to give up God in their life and feel that only the strong can live without God but in reality it takes the courageous one to realize GOD.

After all didnt Lord Krishna say :

manushyânâm sahasreshu
kas'cid yatati siddhaye
yatatâm api siddhânâm
kas'cin mâm vetti tattvatah

manushyânâm -- of men; sahasreshu -- out of many thousands; kas'cit -- someone; yatati -- endeavors; siddhaye -- for perfection; yatatâm -- of those so endeavoring; api -- indeed; siddhânâm -- of those who have achieved perfection; kas'cit -- someone; mâm -- Me; vetti -- does know; tattvatah -- in fact.

Among thousands of men few strive to achieve perfection and of such successful men very few indeed actually know Me.