Quote:<b>Should we not ask the Lord for help?</b>



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If you are ordinary person you should follow the rules of your deeds and nature. If you are a devotee, even then, you should not ask God for help. Your devotion must not aspire any result. You are asking God for help means that you want God to violate his own natural rules. The impression of millions of angles and sages is disturbed if God violates his own rules. That will give a poor impression on God. You are putting God to inconvenience by forcing him to use his supernatural power. Whether you are a devotee or not, you must always try to solve your problems by putting your best effort. If you fail, even then, do not ask God to help you. Then, you think that it is your fate and worship God as usual. Arjuna was fighting with his grandfather, Bhishma. Arjuna was not putting up his best effort to kill Bhishma. He was having sympathy to Bhishma, who has brought up Arjuna. Noting this, Krishna took his Sudarshana chakra and ran to kill Bhishma.


That means the Lord tried to solve the problem of Arjuna through His divine power. Arjuna did not agree to this and forced Krishna to stop, because Arjuna knew about his inadequate effort. But when Sindhava was to be killed, Arjuna tried his best, because Arjuna took an oath to kill Sindhava before sunset and otherwise he promised that he would enter the fire. Since the sunset took place apparently due to the Maya of Krishna, Arjuna stopped fighting and wanted to enter the fire.


He was just going to jump into the fire but he never asked for help. He thought that was his fate. Therefore, the Lord helped him secretly. Therefore, if you put your best effort, still fail because it is beyond your limits, if you happen to be a real devotee and do not ask for the help from God, then you will be helped by the super power secretly. The secrecy is due to preservation of the sacredness of his administration in the eyes of others.


At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami


Anil Antony


www.universal-spirituality.org


Universal Spirituality for World Peace


antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org

Quote:Bismillah


salam Voice of reason


Mash a Allah, not only this is an essential topic and a quest you are desiring an answer to, this is the core of interest of every human being.


but let me tell u, never take a delayed response Perhaps I am predestined to be destroyed?


. No way, Allah Is the Merciful. The minute you step one inch towards Allah, Allah Shall certainly Extend a Hand to pick you up. BTW voice, you dont even need to be certain while praying, since you are praying to be guided. I mean asking u to be certain will be illogical for the reason actually that triggered your need to pray is that u are not sure.


Am I making sense to you.


You know what Voice, you are not the only one in this Universe who went thru this phase, you know who else went thru this? can u guess? well not to loose the point, Prophet Abraham.


Yes Prophet Abraham went thru this Voice. And Alhamdulelah he was guided.


I have a suggestion and a question, when u r praying, are you praying in general for guidance to know whether or not a god exists or do you pray for some specific god?


I will wait for your answer before I continue Insh aAllah. :)

Quote:I have tried both. I have never heard any word at all. I do seek if there is a god, I think it important to not be closed minded. An open mind to me is very important and is crucial in reasonable thinking.


I, like other humans have experianced pain emotional and physical and also am curious. I have sought after a god but alas, no answers at all.


I wish there would be an answer it would be a comfort I think.


Thank you for replying and peace to you and yours.


Voice of Reason