It is well said that "God takes care of all those who have no support in this world of uncertainties". We do not know 'Wht next'? However, we are used to it! We have all grown and experienced all through these day-to-day uncertanties. Many a times adversities too become advantageous. In fact, four factors gvern our lives. One is our past krma, prarabhda. Second is poorva punya, the fruits of good deeds done in past lives. Third one is the blessings of our elders, parents, teachers and saints and sadhus. The most important one, the last, but not the least, is God's Grace, daiva anugraha.
God comes into our lives in time of adversities, untold suffereings, and state of helplessness. This is the experience of almost all the people, including the agnostics, atheists (nastik) who do not believe in God. However, these people do not understand the fact that God is there to see, shining in the sky giving us light, heat, and life-force (pranic energy), the Sun God, Soorya Narayana. The Sun is the pratyaksha dEvaru. We cannot ive even for a minute without the God manifest in the form air, fire, water and food. Thus, everything is God!
God is not only there out in the Sky, but He is well within us, residing in our heart and soul. The heart cannot beat without His Will! God manifests in wahat all that exist as the core of the substance! It is well said that, "God Created and entered it". Thus, God is all that one sees here! So, the first thing that man created after God created him is to carve out His / Her forms and worship! The carvings are done in shalagram rosks (Lord Venkateshwara in TTD), or Sri Ananta Padmanabha (in Tiruvanatapura). Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman, Anjaneya are all carved out inshalagram rocks brought from the R. Gandaki, Nepal.
God is a divine force that protect us in various forms and we are incapable of understanding this. Thus, the scriptures describe the Gods in different ways and instruct us to worship with sacred words (mantra). One should offer what all is given first to Him as naivedyam, before using it for oneself.
The divine force is something that exist as spirit in all matter. The spiritual is the first aspect of the material in the process of manifestation.Thus, one should realize the spiritual in everything! God is consecreted in idols before put on the pedestal in temples. It is a divine prodding and God comes in dreams! Many a great sculptors have had darshan before cutting, chisseling the forms in rocks, wood, metal, and the like. God is immanent as well as transcendent. One can visualize Gods in a state of trenscendental meditative trance. There is no quetion of debying the existence of God. We are here, becuase God is here, and eevrywhere, within and without!
Trust in God. God protects and wards off all our difficuties. God is just a 'faith' and the dictum is- 'no faith no life'!
Very true. I have experienced this🙏
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