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CREATION IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT OF GOD

God’s Justice is not Sadism

[July 15, 2007]. Some people criticize that God is enjoying
creation and entertaining Himself, while souls are troubled with
problems. So they blame God with sadism. The entertainment of God is
not sadism at all. Sadism is based on two points: One is that an action
can be called sadism if it is exhibited in reality in the world and not in
the imaginary world. For God, this world is imaginary and not real.
However, sadism in the imaginary world may also show a mental
attitude towards sadism. Even that point is ruled out because the second
point on which sadism is based is that a sadist enjoys by torturing some
innocent person without a justified reason. Here in the case of God, the
problems of the soul in the world are based on its own actions and the
punishment is given based on perfect justice. Hence, sadism cannot be
attributed to God even in mind. Moreover, the soul need not be
concerned with the entertainment of God because the soul is not
punished for any unjust reason. If the soul follows the rules of justice1
given by God, the soul will face no problem.
A rich person started a college for his own entertainment or to
escape from paying income tax on his wealth. Knowing the reason why
he started the college is unnecessary for the student as long as the
college is running as per the rules of the university. The student can
argue against the management provided any type of injustice takes place
in teaching or in the examinations. As long as the academic program is
perfectly implemented, the student has no scope for argument against
the original intention of the management in starting the college. Only a
student, who is not perfectly following the academic schedule, will
bother about such irrelevant points to mask his own defects. If
somebody still argues on this point due to foolishness, the only answer
is that God is the Suprememost Boss and there is nobody to argue with
Him.
If an ant comments on the driving of the driver of a car, that
comment is not even heard by the driver! Since you do not know all the
actions of any soul from its childhood, you should not say that a
particular soul is good and yet is punished unjustly. Neither are you are

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capable of noting all the actions of a soul nor are you capable of judging
each action in depth. Shankara established that the nature of the world is
unreal by itself and that the world feels real as long as it exists based on
God. This unreal world is imaginary. A dream cannot be real without its
basic material, which is the soul or awareness. Similarly, a pot without
mud and a chain without gold are unreal and they are imaginary or
illusory. But the world is imaginary only to God and not to your self. If
you say that the world is imaginary for your self also and try to do sins,
you will have to undergo all the punishments. Then you must feel that
the punishments are also imaginary like your sins! Your sins and their
punishments are both within the realm of the world and hence both must
be imaginary!
Some people feel that the word “best” has no end because there is
always the possibility of something better in the future. Such people
miss even the ultimate God because they will always be hoping for a
better tomorrow, which never comes! Therefore, you have to fix
yourself in the best as soon as the certificate from your inner conscience
is granted since the inner self is always the best judge for your level,
even if you are in the highest level.
Good works will lead you to heaven temporarily. Bad works will
lead you to hell temporarily until you are transformed atleast to a large
extent. You may even enter the permanent liquid fire or hell for your
endless sin, where you have to stay till you are completely transformed.
Devotion (practical service without aspiration for any fruit in return)
will lead you to the abode of God. If your devotion is limited to the
energetic forms of the upper world, or to past human incarnations, you
will have to return back from the abode of God (Abrahma
Bhuvanat…—Gita). If your devotion is limited to your contemporary
human incarnation, you will reach the abode of God forever (Yat Gatva
na nivartante…—Gita). Ofcourse, you will be coming to the earth in
human form along with God in human form, to assist Him in His
mission. Thus you will be in the permanent association of God.
Sun, Saturn and Yama
[Swami sang the following three lines in Sanskrit, explained their
meaning and gave a discourse following it.]
Jnana Tejasam Tam Divakaram,
Jnana Karakam Tam Shanaishcharam,

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Jnana Dayakam Tam Yamam Bhaje.

To Sun2, who emits the radiation of spiritual knowledge

To Saturn, who generates the spiritual knowledge
And to Yama who gives the spiritual knowledge3
—I pray.
Sun, Saturn and Yama are the three spiritual preachers in the
traditional Vedic line. Sun is the son of Kashyapa and is called as
Kashyapeya. Kashyapa is called as Pashyaka, meaning the seer of even
minute, subtle concepts (Kashyapah Pashyako bhavati yah Pashyati
Saukshmyan…—Veda). This means that he is the top most spiritual
preacher. I was born in the early hours (Brahma Muhurta) of Sunday in
the Kashyapa dynasty (Gotram). I was born in the zodiac sign of
Capricorn for which the Lord is Saturn. My birth star4 is Uttarabhadra in
which the period of Saturn starts. Capricorn is viewed by Saturn from
the seventh house (Cancer). Capricorn, whose symbol is the crocodile,
stands for a firm grip or firm determination, which is essential in the
practice of spiritual knowledge. Today, is the day on which Saturn is
moving from Cancer to Leo.
Conducting Enquiry of Departed souls
[In the early hours of this day, Swami looked very black and
certain physical changes were seen in His body. Today a devotee, Mrs.
Shrutakirti from Hydarabad, reported that Swami gave her a vision as
Lord Yama. He was jet black in color and surrounded by several
departed souls, sitting on a throne, conducting the enquiry.]
You must understand that the planets indicate the nature of the
soul and not vice-versa. The nature of a soul is not created due to the
position of the planets. This is the basic flaw in astrology. People think
that the planets, due to their positions and movements, harm or benefit
them. The planets harm or benefit the people not based on their
positions and movements, but based on the bad and good deeds done by
those people previously. The word Jyoti stands for light; meaning the
planet. But the same word Jyoti stands for the original light or God
(Param Jyotih…—Veda, Jyotiradhikaranat…—Brahma Sutra). The real
astrology is only the spiritual knowledge. People approach astrology for
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Sun-god or Surya
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Yama, the Lord of death, gave this knowledge to Nachiketa
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remedies to their problems. The solutions must be linked to the worship

of God so that people slowly become devotees of God. Even Kamya
Yajna (sacrifice performed to fulfill desires) is expected to gradually
lead the person to the worship of God. This is the path of the Veda
(Nastyakrutah…—Veda).
Suppose there are three persons. One uses his entire salary for his
day-to-day expenses without saving any for his old age. The second
person uses some of his salary for his expenses and saves some for his
old age. The third person saves the entire salary for his old age and leads
a simple life on the earnings from some work that he does on the side,
because during oldage one needs a lot of money for medical treatment
etc. All these three persons are not different in the view of their
employer because the basic selfishness in them is one and the same.
Similarly, one person serves God only for getting happiness in this
world. The second person serves God for getting happiness in this world
and also in the upper world. The third person serves God only for
happiness in the upper world and in this world he leads a simple life by
doing some work for his livelihood. All these three are not real
devotees. Shankara says that a real devotee should serve God without
aspiring for anything in return in this world as well as in the upper world
(Ihamutraphalaviragah…). This is a very clear indication of real love as
can be observed even in worldly life. Parents love their children and
serve them without aspiring for anything in return from them and hence
paternal love is said to be real and pure. On this point, no scripture is
needed as evidence because it is a very well established point even in
worldly affairs.
Message From History
[Swami watched a film on the T.V. titled “Yashoda Krishna”.
Devotees requested Swami for a message on the film.]
You must learn lessons from past history, which are useful to your
present. Otherwise, history is only an entertainment to pass time and is
useless. By seeing the past human incarnation, Krishna, and His past
devotees, you, the present people, must become devotees of the present
human incarnation in a similar way as far as possible. Only then has the
intended practical purpose of the movie been served. You have seen
God in human form and the love of His devotees for Him. Each of the
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per their taste. The extent of love in a bond is important and not the
form of the bond. The weight of the sweet fixes the rate and not the
form of the sweet.
You must not forget that the basic essence of a divine movie like
this is the love that the devotees expressed for God in human form who
existed before their eyes. They proved their love through sacrifice. If
you forget this basic essence and view the movie simply as the
expression of love through various bonds, this movie is as good as any
movie with a social theme. Many such movies show the same emotional
love in various bonds like mother, father, beloved, husband, brother etc.,
as we see in the case of Yashoda, Nanda, Radha, Rukmini, Balarama
etc., respectively. People often forget the basic essence of a divine
movie and only see the emotional love of worldly bonds in it. Then the
final result is only the strengthening of their worldly bonds further and
further, which is quite opposite to the aim of strengthening the bond
with God.
Recognition and Value for God
Purity means oneness. Pure gold means the single gold metal
without any second metal like copper. When a single bond exists
without a second bond, that single bond is called as pure love or
devotion. This is the highest stage. In the lower stage, even if several
bonds exist, only one bond becomes the topmost, before which all other
bonds get rejected, in case of competition. In childhood, the bond with
parents is the topmost. In youth the bond with one’s beloved or wife is
the topmost. Afterwards the bond with one’s children becomes the
topmost and continues throughout one’s life. The rejection of other
bonds before the topmost bond is the meaning of the word “hate” used
by Jesus, when He stated that one cannot become His dearest disciple
unless one hates the worldly bonds. The bond with inert money is only
to see happiness in one’s parents, wife and children; i.e. the bond with
money is only for the sake of life. The bond with one’s own life happens
to be the topmost bond from birth to death and before this bond all other
bonds may be rejected. But sometimes, this bond may be rejected before
the other bonds. It varies from one individual to the other.
The bond with God is also like the bond with money. People love
God and money only for the sake of the happiness of self (life), parents,
wife and children. Money and God are only the instruments to achieve

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happiness for the sake of self, parents, wife and children. If these bonds
are absent, the bond with God and money disappears. This is the case of
Pravritti, which is the general trend of most devotees. Only few
exceptional cases exist among devotees for whom God becomes the
topmost. Such exceptional devotees come under Nivritti and God loves
only such exceptional devotees. The transformation of Pravritti to
Nivritti is the real spiritual path. Jesus referred only to such devotees of
Nivritti in His statement given above. Krishna also referred to such
devotees in the Gita (Matchittah matgatapranah…). Divine movies aim
to achieve such Nivritti. But people take God as an instrument to
achieve protection and happiness of their worldly bonds including their
own selves. Jesus says that His dearest disciple must be prepared to
carry his own cross for the sake of God. This means that one has to
sacrifice even the bond with one’s life for the sake of God. Infact, Jesus
sacrificed the bond with His life for the sake of God’s mission, through
His crucifixion. Hanuman tore His chest and heart to show God in His
heart and this also shows the sacrifice of the bond with life for the sake
of God. Krishna also sacrificed the bond with His life and the bonds
with His children, wives and relatives for the sake of God’s mission. To
establish justice and devotion on this earth, which is the primary aim of
God’s mission, Krishna supported the Pandavas by all means. For the
sake of this He accepted the curse from Gandhari due to which all His
family and even His own life had to be sacrificed. Such practical
sacrifice with all worldly bonds including one’s life for the sake of
God’s mission alone could prove that God is the topmost. Thus, Krishna
Himself practiced what ever He preached. Practical sacrifice alone can
bring the real fruit. Theoretical knowledge and theoretical devotion
should lead to the practical sacrifice. Theory is essential for the
appearance of practice. Theory is like the seed and the subsequent
practice resulting from it is like the tree. The tree alone can give fruit.
The knowledge and devotion are like water and fertilizer, which are
essential for the seed to grow into a tree. Therefore, knowledge and
devotion are important but without practice (service), which is work,
there is no fruit.
Brahma Vidya, Brahma Jnanam or spiritual knowledge is the most
complicated path and even to achieve the correct knowledge is a hectic
affair (Kashchinmaamvetti…Gita). Correct knowledge is the first step
and even in this first step, there are a lot of complications. People are

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often misled even in this first step. The whole complication lies only in
one point: you must conquer your ego and jealousy completely and
recognize the contemporary human incarnation existing before your
eyes even though He acts as an ordinary human being. Sometimes He
may even act as the worst human being. You have to recognize God
who is beyond good and bad. God is the Possessor of the world in which
both good and bad exist. God is not touched by the world and therefore
the good and the bad do not touch Him. He can expose good or bad but
He is not touched by both. The world is like a shirt, which cannot be His
characteristic like His skin. The good and bad are like the different
colors of His shirt and they are not the colors of His skin. The white
color of His shirt is not the white color of His skin. He is wearing white
shirt and He is beyond the white shirt. Seeing the color of the white
shirt, you will decide that He is white and approach Him as a good
person.
In the case of the individual soul, your analysis is correct because
the individual soul is a bundle of qualities. The individual soul is the
shirt itself. Therefore, the individual soul is actually white or good
himself. Similarly, the individual soul can be black or bad. But in the
case of the human incarnation, God is beyond the white and black
colors, since He is unimaginable. When you approach Him, He will
change His white shirt and put on a black shirt. You will think that He is
black and you will run away.
All your spiritual knowledge must be used to distinguish a really
black man and a colorless person wearing a black shirt. This is a test for
your knowledge of discrimination and your faith about your
identification of God. It is also a practical test for your value for God
over the other worldly values including the value for your life. Thus,
your identification of God in a human being, who looks like an ordinary
human being, is the first step. The faith in this identification is tested on
the exhibition of bad qualities by the incarnation. If your faith remains,
the extent of faith is tested through the extent of value given to God over
other worldly values.
Sage Sharabhanga could not identify Rama as God, because Rama
ended in problems by blindly following the foolish desire of His wife
for a golden deer even though Lakshmana warned against it. He
submitted his living body in the fire altar for the sake of God and thus
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recognize the contemporary human incarnation. King Dhritarashtra

believed in Krishna as the contemporary human incarnation but his
value for God was not high compared to his value for his son. Therefore
he refused the proposal of Krishna to avoid war even after seeing
Krishna’s cosmic vision (Vishwarupam). If you see Hanuman, He not
only recognized the contemporary human incarnation as God like
Dhritarashtra, but also gave the topmost value to God like Sharabhanga
by tearing open His chest with His own nails and offering His life for
God. Thus, Hanuman contains the merits of both Sharabhanga and
Dhritarashtra and he also avoided the defects of both. Most human
beings have both the defects and therefore salvation is only for one in
millions and that too after millions of births as per the Gita.
In the statement of Jesus that unless one sacrifices all the worldly
bonds including the bond with one’s life, one cannot be His dearest
disciple, both these merits are indicated. Generally the inner circle-
devotees of God, who are very few in number, are born as devotees and
get salvation, which is only a show for the sake of other devotees
because the inner circle-devotees are already liberated souls. Sage Nara
was a liberated soul already associated with Lord. But he was born as
Arjuna, then as a hunter and finally as Vivekananda. In these three
births, he represented an ordinary human being (Nara) and showed the
path of salvation in the role of a devotee. Thus, the same liberated souls
are born again and again and get salvation to show the path to other
devotees. Only one in millions, after millions of births, gets real
salvation and enters the inner circle of God. To achieve this goal, you
have to conquer the ego and jealousy in order to recognize the
contemporary human incarnation on one side. On the other side, you
have to increase the value of God to the highest place, defeating all
other worldly values including the value for your own life.