INSCRUTABLE ARE THY WAYS, O GOD

INSCRUTABLE ARE THY WAYS, O GOD

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THE COLOSSAL DANGER LURKING OVER HUMANITY!! WITH THE OUTBREAK OF CORONA VIRUS WHICH HAS TAKEN A FORMIDABLE FORM OF PANDEMIC!! FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE ARE HEARD THE PAINFUL CRIES OF DESPAIR WITH THE EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF THE DEAD AND THOSE STRUCK WITH THE VIRUS!! FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY HAS ENVELOPED ALL!

We are naturally tempted to ask : How can God, who is called the Ocean of Mercy, the Help of the Helpless, let it happen to His created beings? Does He not have the power to stop the onslaught of Covid-19 on mankind? Is there anything impossible for Him?

For the answer, let us listen to the words of Sri Ramakrishna —the Avatara Varisthaye. 

“Who, indeed can  understand the things of the Spirit through reason? No, all should strive for devotion to the Lotus Feet of God. 

"Infinite are the glories of God! How little can you fathom them! Can you ever find out the meaning of God's ways?

"Bhishma was none other than one of the eight Vasus, but even he shed tears on his bed of arrows. He said: 'How astonishing! God Himself is the companion of the Pandava brothers, and still there is no end to their troubles and sorrows!' Who can ever understand the ways of God?

"A man thinks, 'I have practised a little prayer and austerity; so I have gained a victory over others.' But victory and defeat lie with God.

M: "Once Vidyasagar said in a mood of pique: 'What is the use of calling on God? Just think of this incident: At one time Chenghiz Khan plundered a country and imprisoned many people, the number of prisoners rose to about a hundred thousand. The commander of his army said to him: "Your Majesty, who will feed them? It is risky to keep them with us. It will be equally dangerous to release them. What shall I do?" Chenghiz Khan said: "That's true. What can be done? Well, have them killed." The order was accordingly given to cut them to pieces. Now, God saw this slaughter, didn't He? But He didn't stop it in any way. Therefore I don't need God, whether He exists or not. I don't derive any good from Him.'"

MASTER: "Is it possible to understand God's action and His motive? He creates, He preserves, and He destroys. Can we ever understand why He destroys? I say to the Divine Mother: 'O Mother, I do not need to understand. Please give me love for Thy Lotus Feet.' The aim of human life is to attain bhakti. As for other things, the Mother knows best. I have come to the garden to eat mangoes. What is the use of my calculating the number of trees, branches, and leaves? I only eat the mangoes; I don't need to know the number of trees and leaves.

MASTER (to M.): "The husband of Mani Mallick's granddaughter was here. He read in a book that God could not be said to be quite wise and omniscient; otherwise, why should there be so much misery in the world? As regards death, it would be much better to kill a man all at once, instead of putting him through slow torture. Further, the author writes that if he himself were the Creator, he would have created a better world."

M. listened to these words in surprise and made no comment.

MASTER (to M.): "Can a man ever understand God's ways? I too think of God sometimes as good and sometimes as bad. He has kept us deluded by His great illusion. Sometimes He wakes us up and sometimes He keeps us unconscious. One moment the ignorance disappears, and the next moment it covers our mind. If you throw a brick-bat into a pond covered with moss, you get a glimpse of the water. But a few moments later the moss comes dancing back and covers the water.

"One is aware of pleasure and pain, birth and death, disease and grief, as long as one is identified with the body. All these belong to the body alone, and not to the Soul. After the death of the body, perhaps God carries one to a better place. .

"How little we know! Can a one-seer pot hold ten seers of milk? If ever a salt doll ventures into the ocean to measure its depth, it cannot come back and give us the information. It melts into the water and disappears."

—THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA 

JAI THAKUR 🙏🙏🌹🌺🌷PROTECT THY CHILDREN FROM ALL HARM, O LORD