Showing posts with label God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

What is the way to keep the mind focused on God?


Sri Sri: Where there is love no concentration is required. Suppose you love astronomy, you don't have to make an effort to study astronomy. If you are interested in History, You need not make an effort to concentrate in History. Concentration is necessary only when you don't love something. You don't require concentration to watch a T.V. serial because you like it or you are interested in it. Meditation, breathing exercises and bajans all these automatically lead to single-mindedness
or focused on God.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Please explain the difference between Guru & God?


Sri Sri: In India God was not a concept that was somewhere else above in the sky or in the seventh heaven. Here God permeates the whole of creation. God is present in every atom of the Universe. That is why we have the concept of "Nataraja".

The dance and the dancer are not separate. You cannot have a dance without a dancer. Similarly there can be no creation without God. God is the basis of all creations. The three qualifications of God are , God is Sath (Truth), God is Chit (conscious) and God is Ananada (bliss). This is the most scientific definition of God.

He is present in every atom everywhere. God is nothing but love. Where do you see love in life first? In the mother that is why we say "Mathrudevobhava" (Mother is your God) and mother is
the first Guru, second comes the father, third the teacher and fourth the guest who comes to your house.

The guest is god. Even today in Karnataka, they address the guest as god. They call them " Devarae" and they treat the guests with honor and respect. Guru is the manifestation of love. Guru is absolute love. He does not want anything other than happiness for everybody in the world. Love is God. We are all made up of a substance called love. Don't think God is somewhere else.

That is why here we say, see god in the rivers, mountains, Sun, Moon, stones, trees, animals and in people around us. God is in everything and seeing God within you is meditation and seeing God in the person next to you is service. We need both.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

For humans, Divine is valentine


Sri Sri: For humans, Divine is valentine.
For Earth, Sky is Valentine.
For Rivers, Ocean is Valentine.

See the Divine in the Valentine & the Valentine in the Divine. The ancient thought has been that Creation & Craetor are not separate. Like waves & ocean are not separate. You cannot have waves without the ocean.

What is God? GOD is that principle that is omniscient, omnipotent & omnipresent. Omniscient means it knows everything. Omnipotent means it can do everything. Omnipresent means it
is present everywhere. If something is outside God, then He is not omnipresent. If something is not within his control, then He is not omnipotent.

Then, Who is God? The whole Universe is Space. Inside every atom, there is Space. If you dissect matter, matter is all Space. The distance between the subatomic particles is like galaxies. God is the primary cause of the whole Creation. Like a pot is made out of clay. Clay is God & the pot is the universe. Like dance & dancer. You cannot have a dance without a dancer. Dance is Creation & the Dancer is Divine. There can be dancer without a dance. Divine can be without Creation but Creation can't exist without the Divine.
Scientists very much agree with this principle.
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