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Title: God knows our trouble; Paramahansa Yogananda Post by: Jitendra Hydonus on Mar 09, 2024 02:01 pm He knows we are in trouble, but there is no way He can redeem us unless we cooperate with Him through our own effort. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Some people go through life dull-minded-eating and sleeping, enjoying a few pleasures, very seldom thinking deeply. So many people don't really think. They have the consciousness that material life is everything. But this life is only a passing dream. So why should you live trying to please the world? Better to try to please God first, and then you will better be able to please all. God will eventually give freedom to everyone, but it won't come to you until you have used rightly your free choice. Otherwise, there would be no point in His having given us free will. And since He has given us this freedom,, He remains silent, because He knows if He talked to us, we would be totally influenced by Him. He would be able instantly to convince us against doing wrong. And if He did that, He would indeed be a dictator. So even though He is almighty, He can't do anything for us that will interfere with our free choice. Do you not see that? Therefore, because He keeps Himself out of our decisions, remaining quiet, hiding His power, He is not a dictator. He knows we are in trouble, but there is no way He can redeem us unless we cooperate with Him through our own effort. By our own free choice we alone decide whether to accept Him or cast Him aside. Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda. Journey To Self-realization. P.218. [Is God a dictator?] |