RE: Oh, D'Souza.....
October 19, 2012 at 11:48 pm
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2012 at 12:53 am by Akincana Krishna dasa.)
To the degree that we are ready to stop considering ourselves the center of the universe, stop being selfish and exploitive of this world, our bodies, other living beings; and to the degree that we are ready to respect and serve a higher power - and by extension, all other living beings - to that degree one has realized God. God realization actually has nothing to do with labeling yourself a theist or a Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, whatever. It is a quality of consciousness.
God isn't inefficient at all! You're assuming He has something to prove to you - but God is infinitely greater than that. You want to insist that God fit under your microscope and adjust to fit under your science experiment, and you refuse to acknowledge God until He does so. But that's symptomatic of your egocentrism, your selfish desire for domination and control. God realization requires genuine humility - I am not the ultimate controller, I am lost, I am fallen, I am ignorant, I am dependent.
The real point is for you to fit under God's microscope, to prove your existence to Him, so to speak. God is the source of your intelligence, your method of science, the knowledge-aquiring senses and intelligence you have that allow you to do science, all the laws of nature that science tries to understand. You have to admit that you, nor any of the greatest scientists, have ever produced any of those things. You have to admit that higher powers than you have produced them. Do you expect that the source of everything has to reveal itself to you like that law of gravity? God reveals Himself according to His own sweet will, on His terms, in His time, in reciprocation for your genuine sincerity to know Him and have a relationship with Him. If you don't like that, ok, God gives you all freedom to reject Him - this world is an opportunity to live separately from God.
For souls determined not to recognize a supreme controller, He is revealed in the form of the frustration of your desires and your suffering in this world - and ultimately, death.
God isn't inefficient at all! You're assuming He has something to prove to you - but God is infinitely greater than that. You want to insist that God fit under your microscope and adjust to fit under your science experiment, and you refuse to acknowledge God until He does so. But that's symptomatic of your egocentrism, your selfish desire for domination and control. God realization requires genuine humility - I am not the ultimate controller, I am lost, I am fallen, I am ignorant, I am dependent.
The real point is for you to fit under God's microscope, to prove your existence to Him, so to speak. God is the source of your intelligence, your method of science, the knowledge-aquiring senses and intelligence you have that allow you to do science, all the laws of nature that science tries to understand. You have to admit that you, nor any of the greatest scientists, have ever produced any of those things. You have to admit that higher powers than you have produced them. Do you expect that the source of everything has to reveal itself to you like that law of gravity? God reveals Himself according to His own sweet will, on His terms, in His time, in reciprocation for your genuine sincerity to know Him and have a relationship with Him. If you don't like that, ok, God gives you all freedom to reject Him - this world is an opportunity to live separately from God.
For souls determined not to recognize a supreme controller, He is revealed in the form of the frustration of your desires and your suffering in this world - and ultimately, death.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
