No matter what our numbers, being a part of God himself, we will always be of consequence to God, writes AJIT KUMAR BISHNOI
Though God is one, and is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, we, small souls, are important to Him. After all, we are parts of Him. (The Gita 15.7) This fact never changes, i.e. God always remains the whole and we continue as parts only. This is the Cosmic Design, and this is how it can be.
We are aware that God creates, keeps it functioning till the time of dissolution comes and, then. He activates “pralaya” and the material creation as we see it now is no longer there. These are the major activities of God. Then, He is always busy in doing His duties, which are many. In Bhagawad Gita, He makes it quite clear that His eyes, ears, etc. are pervading all. (13.13)
Then, He is privy to everything we think of. As a matter of fact, God and us, individual souls, only know our innermost secrets; nothing is unknown to God. (13.2) Then comes the reward part. All prayers made by whoever are responded to in an appropriate manner, which God and God alone decides. No prayer is ever wasted. (2.40) God must respond but not necessarily the way we want. I have prayed all of my life, but God has invariably given me what turned out to be highly beneficial to me, whereas my prayers were for something else, which were not in my favour. By the way God is never a debtor; He doesn’t have to be. Remember whatever we see is owned by Him only; we only get to use them as ordained by our karmaphalas.
God guides if prayed to. There is a catch here though. One must have become purified enough to be able to receive God’s guidance. Similarly, God helps when prayed to. There is a difference here also; we must deserve His help. God supports His devotees as only He can, being omnipotent. Don’t we always need support from others? Is God not the best choice? Besides guidance, God also gives intuitions to those connected with Him and are able to receive God’s communication. God sometimes forgives our earlier indiscretions if He decides that justice will be served better that way. However, it must be remembered that God always upholds “dharma” and will do nothing against it. Does God not incarnate to re-establish dharma? (4.7-8)
Only God can give peace. He, who can really protect, is the one who can give peace. God is that person. God uses human beings as His instruments, as He famously used Arjuna in the Mahabharata. However, the responsibility lies with the Lord only. To advanced devotees God begins to respond. Finally, God liberates the best devotees from the painful cycle of birth and death.
Those, who haven’t traversed the spiritual path, have no idea what they are missing. The quality of life for them will be ordinary at best, while a common man may assume that whatever he has achieved is the best possible. How wrong one can be, ask a devotee. In the material world things are changing in many ways like this virus suddenly appeared, though this is rare, i.e. once in a hundred years. We need God’s help to navigate through life right now.
Therefore, let us get started, if not already; let us connect with God. There are three stages in our relationship with God. The first is to pray for getting out of trouble or for getting something material. The next stage is to do some rituals, normally not with much love for God. The third and the final stage is to do spiritual practices with love for God. He is always available. We, all, are important to Him, no matter how many we are. We will never become zero, being parts of God, therefore, we will always be of consequence. No one should ever lose hope, even though feeling lost. God is waiting for us to make contact, to link.
Bishnoi is a spiritual writer and can be reached at spiritual@ajitbishnoi.com