New York Centre: Questions On God
Dulal: Does God Have Free Will?...
Dulal: Does God have free will?
Sri Chinmoy: God the eternal Compassion has no free will of His own. God the supreme Perfection has nothing but free will. God's free will in the aspiring souls is His life-immortalising transcendental Gift.
Akuti: Does God Know Me Personally?...
Akuti: Does God know me personally?
Sri Chinmoy: Yes, God knows you personally. Do you know why? Here is the simple reason: just because you know His divine representative on earth, personally and soulfully.
Mahavishnu: When Will I See God?...
Mahavishnu: When will I see God?
Sri Chinmoy: When you live in your soul you see God all the time. When you live in your heart you feel God all the time. But when you live in the mind, in the vital and in the physical, you neither see nor feel God. You want to know when you will see God. I wish to tell you that you will be able to see God with your naked eyes only when you have become an unconditionally surrendered seeker of the Supreme and when you have made this unconditional surrender of yours a permanent reality.
Swadhin: How Can I Give God Constant...
Swadhin: How can I give God constant joy?
Sri Chinmoy: You can give God constant joy when you are absolutely determined to be nothing but His Football, His Flute and His Song.
Ishani: How Can I Remember God All...
Ishani: How can I remember God all day?
Sri Chinmoy: You can remember God all day if you discover the supreme truth that except God-realisation there is nothing on earth worth achieving or worth becoming.
Devashish: When Was God Most Pleased With...
Devashish: When was God most pleased with man?
Sri Chinmoy: God was most pleased with man when he desired. God is most pleased with man when he aspires. God will be most pleased with man when he unconditionally surrenders.
Nilima: Does God Mind When I Think...
Nilima: Does God mind when I think mainly of you and rarely of Him?
Sri Chinmoy: God does not mind when you think mainly of me and rarely of Him because my existence-reality is His Feet. How can the Heart-God be displeased when somebody is climbing up to Him on the ladder of His Compassion-Feet?
When you see a father and a child together, if you start appreciating the beauty of the child and admiring the divine qualities of the child, the father does not become jealous. On the contrary, he becomes so proud of his son who is being admired because he feels that the child is absolutely his achievement.
Pujarini: How Can I Get God To...
Pujarini: How can I get God to do everything for me?
Sri Chinmoy: You can get God to do everything for you when every breath of yours embodies soulful gratitude.
Nancy W....
Nancy W.: When will I be a good girl?
Sri Chinmoy: You can easily be a good girl when you say to God, "God, I am giving You all my jealousies, doubts, fears and insecurities for good. I have treasured them for a long time. I am no longer fond of them. I shall be glad if You kindly accept these gifts from me."
Chandika: Is God Our Mother Or Our...
Chandika: Is God our Mother or our Father?
Sri Chinmoy: God is both our Mother and our Father. God assumes the role of the Mother to fulfil us when we cry, try and surrender. God assumes the role of the Father to fulfil us when we search, struggle and strive.
Vela: How Can I Make Sure God...
Vela: How can I make sure God hears everything I want to tell Him?
Sri Chinmoy: You can be certain of the fact that God hears everything you want to tell Him if you can empty your mind, purify your heart, energise your vital and surrender your body-consciousness before you speak to God.
Purushottoma: Does God See Anything But Himself?...
Purushottoma: Does God see anything but Himself?
Sri Chinmoy: To be sure, God sees everything as Himself, right from the loftiest perfection-height to the most abysmal imperfection-depth. But one thing we all must know: when God sails His Dream-Boat between the shores of Infinity and Eternity, He expects everything from humanity's soul. But when He smilingly stands on the Reality-Shore, He does not expect anything from humanity's body.
Sunil: What Quality Pleases God The Most?...
Sunil: What quality pleases God the most?
Sri Chinmoy: When it is a matter of man's pleasing God, man's conscious, constant and inseparable feeling of oneness with God pleases Him most. When it is a matter of God's pleasing Himself, His Sound in Silence pleases Him most.
Louise D....
Louise D.: How can I know God's Will all the time?
Sri Chinmoy: You can know God's Will all the time if you learn how to cry like a soulful child, smile like the glorious morning and flow like a murmuring river.
Sarama: How Can I Keep God In...
Sarama: How can I keep God in my heart all night?
Sri Chinmoy: You can keep God in your heart all night if you hear from me the supreme secret that for a genuine seeker like you, there is no night and there can be no night. It is all day, eternal day. And the seeker in you is the constant revelation and manifestation of that eternal day.
Chidananda: How Can I Get God To...
Chidananda: How can I get God to answer my prayers?
Sri Chinmoy: You can get God to answer all your prayers if you just tell God soulfully that you are tired of steering your life-boat all by yourself and that you would like Him to give you a hand. I assure you that out of His infinite Bounty not only will God steer your life-boat for you, but also He will bring the Reality-Shore much nearer.
Ribhu: Can God Ever Refuse A Sincere...
Ribhu: Can God ever refuse a sincere cry?
Sri Chinmoy: No, God can never refuse a sincere cry. Do you want to know why? The simple reason is that He has not yet acquired the capacity to climb up the tree of indifference.
Madhuri: Is God Ever Stubborn?...
Madhuri: Is God ever stubborn?
Sri Chinmoy: God is not stubborn. Had He been stubborn, He would have used His Justice-Power all the time and not His Compassion-Height and Forgiveness-Light.
Michelle L....
Michelle L.: Why does God want me to come to Him through love?
Sri Chinmoy: God wants you to come to Him through love because He loves you constantly and because He knows that the path of love is the shortest way for you and for everyone to reach Him.
Jeff K....
Jeff K.: Why does God make some people mean?
Sri Chinmoy: God does not make anybody mean, but what actually happens is this: there are some people who feel that their meanness has the capacity to take away some of the godliness of others. Of course, what we call meanness in them, they call their justice-weapon.
Nancy Mcl....
Nancy McL.: God, I would like to know how I can stay on the path of surrender?
Sri Chinmoy: You can stay on the path of surrender until you reach your ultimate goal if you can make your mind feel that there is no other way to God-realisation which is as illumined and effective as the way of surrender.
Question: Why Did God Seem To Ignore...
Question: Why did God seem to ignore me before I met my Guru?
Sri Chinmoy: God did not ignore you before you met your Guru. He just prepared you silently, inwardly, lovingly, steadily, unerringly and unconditionally to meet your Guru at His choice Hour so that you could offer Him your soul's treasure: promise, and your heart's treasure: surrender.
Ruth K....
Ruth K.: How can we have more intense love for God?
Sri Chinmoy: You can have more intense love for God by looking at the incense stick and the burning candle and observing how at every moment they are preparing themselves for their total extinction in the heart of the highest height.
Jill: How Do I Know If I...
Jill: How do I know if I am on the right path to God?
Sri Chinmoy: You have three friends inside your heart. Their names are sincerity, purity and intensity. Ask any one of them if you are on the right path to God. I assure you, you will get an immediate reply
Anjali: Is God Ever Tired Of My...
Anjali: Is God ever tired of my prayers?
Sri Chinmoy: God is never tired of your prayers. On the contrary, He often wonders why your prayers are so short-lived and not soulful. Only a long-lived and soulful prayer can have free access to God's Palace of Light and Truth.
Mahalakshmi: How Can I Become Worthy Of...
Mahalakshmi: How can I become worthy of being God's friend?
Sri Chinmoy: You can become worthy of being God's friend if you dare to write God's biography: Infinite Life and the immortal Love of the Absolute.
Elaine: What Does God's Smile Feel Like?...
Elaine: What does God's Smile feel like?
Sri Chinmoy: We feel that God's Smile is the illumination-flood of a thousand suns all at once.
Lelihan: Where Is God's Laughter?...
Lelihan: Where Is God's Laughter?
Sri Chinmoy: God's Laughter shines in man's ignorance-pride and God's own Expectation-light.
Taranga: Does God Ever Lose His Temper?...
Taranga: Does God ever lose His temper?
Sri Chinmoy: Taranga-God may at times lose his temper when his Chetana-Goddess fails to fulfil his express desires. But God the Supreme does not lose His temper, for His divine Authority has the capacity to please Him in His own way sooner than at once.
Sumedha: What Does God Think When We...
Sumedha: What does God think when we fail?
Sri Chinmoy: When we fail, God tells us, "My sweet children, your case is not hopeless. Your disease is not incurable. And you are not past correction." God further tells us, "My sweet children, you are My only hope. In you is the fulfilment-seed of My ultimate Promise. For you is My Infinity's and Eternity's All."
Mukuli: Why Does God Have So Much...
Mukuli: Why does God have so much Compassion?
Sri Chinmoy: God has so much Compassion because He feels that only by using His Compassion can He bring people out of the temptation-snare. If He does not use Compassion, then man will always remain ignorant, imperfect, unillumined and unfulfilled.
Radha: Is God Ever Shy Of Anyone?...
Radha: Is God ever shy of anyone?
Sri Chinmoy: God is not shy of anyone. Shyness is an undivine quality. Being Supremely divine, how can God. have any undivine qualities?
Premananda: Where Is God In Suffering?...
Premananda: Where is God in suffering?
Sri Chinmoy: If I ask God, "God, where are You in suffering?" God will immediately answer, "My son, I didn't create suffering. Why do you want Me to be in your suffering? I am not responsible for your suffering. It is you who have created suffering for yourself, it is your ignorance that has created it. Again, I wish to say that I am ready to be in your suffering provided you do not create suffering again and again for yourself."
Kusumita: What Does God's Compassion Feel Like...
Kusumita: What does God's Compassion feel like to God?
Sri Chinmoy: To God His Compassion is His highest achievement. When He uses this achievement on earth, He maintains His sense of duality, His highest Height and the lowest depth. When He uses this highest achievement of His in Heaven, He maintains His unity of what He has and is.What He has is Infinity's Light; what He is is Eternity's Delight.
Lavanya: When During My Life Was God...
Lavanya: When during my life was God closest to me?
Sri Chinmoy: God was closest to you during your life five years ago, the day your Guru blessed you from his Transcendental Consciousness and took full responsibility for your inner life and outer life, assuring your soul and your entire being that he would without fail carry them to the highest Heights of the ever-transcending Beyond.
Nilaya: How Can I Feel God During...
Nilaya: How can I feel God during my work?
Sri Chinmoy: You can feel God during your work if you do not separate your work from your meditation. Work is manifestation meditation is realisation. So don't try to separate your realisation from your manifestation. Then you can easily feel God during your work.
Amita: What Does God's Bliss Feel Like?...
Amita: What does God's Bliss feel like?
Sri Chinmoy: God's Bliss feels like the Oneness, divine Oneness, that constantly grows and flows, and flows and grows. It grows to reach the Height, the highest Height, and it flows to reach the farthest corner of the Universe.
Kanan: Are There Any Gardens In Heaven?...
Kanan: Are there any gardens in Heaven?
Sri Chinmoy: Yes, there are many gardens in Heaven, and the most famous garden in Heaven is called Nandan Kanan. And the most beautiful flower is called parijat. I wish to tell you that, as there are gardens in Heaven, so also is there a garden in God's Heart; and the name of this garden is Kanan, the ever-blossoming gratitude.
Amal: God, Why Are You So Nice...
Amal: God, why are you so nice to me?
Sri Chinmoy: God never appreciates the idea of owing anything to anyone. God is extremely nice to you precisely because you are extremely nice to Him. Your presence gives Him abundant joy, just as His Presence gives you abundant joy.
Ashrita: Does God Ever Get Dirty?...
Ashrita: Does God ever get dirty?
Sri Chinmoy : God never gets dirty because His all-illumining light is dirt-proof.*Albert: Why does God hide from Himself?*
Sri Chinmoy: God hides from Himself so that He can get ever-increasing joy from seeking for Himself.
Allison: Why Are Some People Closer To...
Allison: Why are some people closer to God than others?
Sri Chinmoy: God loves all His children equally, but some of His children are infinitely more devoted than others. Naturally, on the strength of their devotedness, constant love and conscious surrender, they become much closer to God than others. God's Love is like the sunlight. Sunlight is for everyone, but if someone wants to use more sunlight than someone else, naturally he will get more benefit. He who surrenders himself more to God gets the opportunity to use Him more. And how does God give him this opportunity? Just by making that person closer to Him.
Apeksha: Does God Like Speed Or Patience...
Apeksha: Does God like speed or patience more?
Sri Chinmoy: When God's Hour strikes, He loves speed more. And when the Hour has not yet struck, He loves patience more. In your case God's Hour has struck, so you should do away with your patience.
Barbara F....
Barbara F.: When does God show us what work we must do?
Sri Chinmoy: God shows us what work we must do if we can soulfully promise to Him that our work will be nothing but an extension of His divine Manifestation. Then He is bound to show us our work. But if our work is an expansion of our ego, God does not recognise us; at that time we are nothing but strangers to Him.
Brihaspati: Does God Consider It Important For...
Brihaspati: Does God consider it important for the aspirant to understand his past in order to be free of his unconscious enslavement to its influence?
Sri Chinmoy : God does not consider it at all important for the aspirant to know all about his past before he can free himself from his unconscious connection with it. On the contrary, it is not advisable to understand one's past. Understanding is an act of the mind. This understanding is of no avail in the inner world. Feeling is of great importance, and oneness-reality is of paramount importance, for feeling and oneness are the products of the heart. If we want to free ourselves from the fetters of the past, we shall not enter into the past, for the past is still unlit, obscure and impure. We have to march forward to where there is hope, light, assurance and promise. Eventually we shall bring into the past the divine wealth of the future to transform and illumine the past. We can take the past as our own home. If we do not go out and work and get a salary, how are we going to survive? Similarly, we go out of the past, enter into the future and bring back with us the wealth of the future once we have received it. Not by staying in the past can we solve the problems of the past, but by going beyond and transcending the experiences of the past we can illumine the heart of the past and fulfil the life of the past. When the future illumines the past, the Hour of God dawns for the present, and inside the Hour of God man hears the message of God's eternal Now: the message of man's continuous self-transcendence and God's supreme Satisfaction.
Chirantan: Why Can God Change His Mind?...
Chirantan: Why can God change His mind?
Sri Chinmoy: God is all Freedom. He has every right to change His mind provided He knows that this change is going to be an improvement, a better accomplishment and a more fulfilling manifestation of Light on earth. When you change your mind it is because your mind is restless and it cannot achieve anything substantial. But when God changes His mind He proves to Himself and others that His Capacity is endless.
Christie: How Can I See Myself As...
Christie: How can I see myself as God sees me?
Sri Chinmoy: God sees you as another God. If you want to see yourself as another God, just become one. In order to become one, abnegate your little 'i' and claim your big "I".
Indira: Is God Lonely?...
Indira: Is God lonely?
Sri Chinmoy: Yes, God is lonely when people consciously and deliberately do not want to participate in His cosmic Game. He is lonely when nobody sails in His Dream-boat to reach His Golden Shore. He is lonely when He sees that nobody attempts to be His eternal friend. He is lonely when He sees that earthly beings do not want to become as divine and supreme as He is.
Kazko: God Is One But His Earthly...
Kazko: God is one but His earthly manifestations are many. How does a Japanese soul reconcile itself aesthetically with an Indian God?
Sri Chinmoy: Poor God! Let us not confine Him either to India or to Japan. Since God's Beauty is all-pervading, a Japanese soul will not be denied the opportunity to appreciate, admire and grow into God, the ever-increasing Beauty.
Melissa: How Can We Purify Evil While...
Melissa: How can we purify evil while walking along the path to God?
Sri Chinmoy: We can purify evil just by making friends with the universal purity. And to make friends with the universal purity we have to give up all that we have and all that we are. Right now what we have is unwillingness and what we are is a mass of ignorance.
Padmini: When Am I Pleasing God?...
Padmini: When am I pleasing God?
Sri Chinmoy: You are pleasing God when you feed your inner cry and when you fulfil the soulful wishes of your daughter, Vela.
Paul: Why Does God Like To Play...
Paul: Why does God like to play hide and seek?
Sri Chinmoy: God says that He likes to play hide and seek because it is the only way that He can know how much love He has for Himself and how much love man has for Him.
Prabhat: Is There Any Limit To God's...
Prabhat: Is there any limit to God's Forgiveness?
Sri Chinmoy: As there is no limit to man's ignorance, even so there is no limit to God's Forgiveness. Man's infinite ignorance can come to an end the day man becomes sincerity's intensity and intensity's sincerity. Sincerity's intensity and intensity's sincerity can be found only in cheerful and constant self-offering to the Will of the Inner Pilot.
Roselle: When Will We All See God?...
Roselle: When will we all see God?
Sri Chinmoy: We all have seen God; what we are trying to do now is consciously reveal God and soulfully manifest God.
Ruth S....
Ruth S.: What is God's favourite food?
Sri Chinmoy: God's favourite food is man's constant and soulful smile.
Savyasachi: Why Does God Have So Much...
Savyasachi: Why does God have so much Compassion that He has to suffer so much for man?
Sri Chinmoy: The best friend of the worst suffering of man is God's Compassion. God and His Compassion are inseparable. God finds that of all His weapons the Compassion-weapon is the only one that can eventually transform human suffering into divine Bliss; therefore, he uses His Compassion-commander to fight against the commander of suffering, ignorance. The soldiers that obey the commander of Compassion are concern, patience and forgiveness. The soldiers that fight for the commander of suffering are lethargy, darkness and impurity.
Sid: How Can I Open My Heart...
Sid: How can I open my heart of gratitude to God?
Sri Chinmoy: You can open your heart of gratitude to God just by repeating the word gratitude as you breathe in and out.
Steven: Does God Ever Doubt?...
Steven: Does God ever doubt?
Sri Chinmoy: God does not doubt. God never doubts because His Light is all-illumining and all-fulfilling. There can be no doubt in illumination, and there can be no doubt in fulfilment.
Tanima: How Can I Be God's Child...
Tanima: How can I be God's child and how can I be God's soldier?
Sri Chinmoy: You can be God's child if you know how to offer a cry of gratitude to God inside your heart. You can be God's soldier if you know how to offer a smile of fortitude to God inside your soul. Try, you can and you will succeed.
Uddipana: What Is The Easiest Way To...
Uddipana: What is the easiest way to make God love me?
Sri Chinmoy: The easiest way to make God love you is to make your mind feel that it is God's business to perfect His entire creation and it is your business to grow into a garland of gratitude to God's ever-illumining Life and ever-fulfilling Will. In your case, God does love you, but where is your heart to feel it? Where is your mind to think of it?
Vivian: Does God Like Everything That Everyone...
Vivian: Does God like everything that everyone does?
Sri Chinmoy: Let us take God as the supreme Singer. In the morning He sings, in the afternoon He judges his musical talents and in the evening he makes His Song absolutely perfect. God is the Singer, God is the Judge and God is the Perfection-Lover. When God the Perfection-Lover has played His role, He likes everything that He does. God being everything and everybody, ultimately He is bound to like everything that everybody does.
