Conversation With Lord Krishna - Ii (Fiction) Poem by Varanasi Ramabrahmam

I: To whom do You belong?

Lord Krishna: We, the Gods of all religions belong to the creation as a whole.

I: Do You, the Gods of religions take care of persons of respective faith only or you take care of every one irrespective of one’s faith?

Lord Krishna: We do not segregate persons into faiths and take care of them. Any of Us will take care of any person of any faith and We are never confined to the denominations created.

I: But the religious preachers of various religions claim that their respective Gods alone can and will save the faithful and force us to join that faith and also talk derogatorily about Gods of other religions.

Lord Krishna: It is their innocence and foolishness.

I: Why You have created so many religions?

Lord Krishna: I have a question for you. Why have You created so many languages?

I: They have just evolved.

Lord Krishna: So also faiths have evolved.

I: You are the Lord and how is it that You are supporting the concept of evolution.

Lord Krishna: Because both creation and evolution are My sports only.

I: Who is God? Can we define?

Lord Krishna: Put the question as “What is “God”? Human inquisitiveness and enthusiasm is God.

I: The same question again, what is God?

Lord Krishna:
“Atmabudhiprakaasam eva divyatvam va daivam cha”.

He explained: God is the glow of your mind. He is the reservoir of compassion in you as your inner grace and love. God or Divinity is the invisible force in you and is being experienced without your being conscious about it and you will be able to experience it consciously too. All your mental activities are Divine guided by Divinity. God is present in you always as Divinity and whenever you are ego-free or transcended your ego that Divinity glows in you as serenity, peace and bliss. In reality and essence He is You.

Thus Human consciousness filled with peace, silence and bliss is God. Human mind absorbed in these is known as released mind. The mental state then is moksha (salvation)
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I: Why God causes miseries to human beings?

Lord Krishna: God does not cause anything but happiness and peace to human beings. God’s language is compassion. Everything else is human creation, illusion and misunderstanding. Wrong knowledge leads to misery. Right knowledge keeps mind peaceful.

I: What is right knowledge?

Lord Krishna: Knowledge is always compared with light and illumination. Possessing right knowledge is getting illumined. The knowledge which gives peace of mind and which prevents from losing this peace of mind during the vicissitudes of life is the right knowledge. Thus the right knowledge dispels our already acquired knowledge not able to give us peace of mind, which elders compare with darkness (tamas) .

Elders warn us that such acquiring and possession of right knowledge can make one arrogant. Actually one must be very careful and should not fall in more darkness by using it for self-aggrandizement (andham tamam pravisanti) .

The knowledge that humans are limited in their abilities, capabilities and the realization that one must cultivate humility and keep equanimity of mind both in elated and adverse situations is also right knowledge.

You must also know that being religious and being spiritual differ slightly but profoundly. One can be spiritual without being religious. Religion is the dress and ornaments we wear. Spirituality is our essence. Shedding ego is essential for progress in spirituality.

I: Why human beings are angry with and violent to fellow human beings and make all lives miserable? And why are You not preventing such atrocities?

Lord Krishna: We do not want to rob the human beings of their independence and liberty. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Chain of action and reaction has to get completed. Then only We can act.

I: You spoke more as a physicist than God. What are the means of Your action?

Lord Krishna: The compassionate hearts and wise minds of humane human beings are our means of action. We act through them at the appropriate moment. We seldom act independently and individually.

I: What is your comment about people who consult astrologers, vaastu experts, numerologists, swaamis, sanyaasis, baabaas, ammaas, and the like?

Lord Krishna: Such reliefs are the attraction of weak and anxious and wavering minds not containing Me. The minds filled with Me do not get attracted to these reliefs. Believe in Me, you are relieved of every physical, mental, or other afflictions. Did I not say in Bhagawadgita the following?

ananyaan chintayanto maam
ye janaaha paryupaasate
teshaam nityaabhiyuktaanaam
yoga kshemam vahaami aham

Meaning:
I will take care of the ones who meditate only on me and not on other matters, and are daily in communion with me; I will look after their welfare and well-being.

sarva dharmaan parityajya
maamekam saranam vraja
aham twaam sarva paapebhyo
moksyayishyaami maa suchaha

Meaning:
If you renounce other methods and are surrendered to me alone, I will release you from all sins and give you salvation.

Lord Krishna has further added: 'I' in these stanzas is applicable to any God of any faith.