Question: Why does God sometimes seem so serious?

Sri Chinmoy: Seriousness is also an aspect of God. If God always remains childish or frivolous in the physical, and if God does something in a relaxed, funny manner, then His children will do that very thing in a destructive way. That is to say, if God cuts a joke which is not at all a hurtful joke, just because God has cut a joke, His children will cut jokes which will be most hurtful and painful. So God has to show his other aspect. After all, His universal Breadth and transcendental Height and eternal Depth are all serious matters.

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol.II-2, No. 8, 27 August 1975, Vishma Press, 1975
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