Dear Tulik & all, I want to express some of my views regarding this subject .I wanna plead excuses in advance if some of the stuff i have written may contradict with others beliefs. Lord Krishna in Bhagvad gita(the most basic and the most comprehensive book on spiritual awareness ) in Karma yoga & Bhakthi Yoga chapters discusses this in detail. we are not just bodies but we are 'souls' and we have been taking birth in this world from ages immemorial.The sufferings/pleasures of life wat we get is due to our own actions in this present/past lives.This is called as material existence and God never interferes in this at all.He has defined a framework and all of us are subjected to tat. He has also been very kind enough to give us "free will" so that we choose our actions . At least in the human form , we are supposed to remember god lovingly to go back to his kingdom where there is eternal bliss , there is nothing like joy or sorrow there,everything is divine/transcedental. But unfortunately as soon as we are born,we get affected by the illusion or "maya" of our materialistic existence and we begin to consider ourselves more as a "body" rather than as a "soul".The only remedy in this kali yuga ,to come out of this is to remember LORD Name lovingly. To answer your question "do we need god ?" ,The answer is YES, The reasons are as follows according to me 1..If your mind in engaged in the devotional service or lord, you will automatically become immune/ strengthy enough to faces up/downs of life. 2. Lord krishna also says, that if we lovingly remember god during in our lives (materialistic existence),we will be spared from the reactions of karma He also says that we have to perform our duties in this world,to the best of our abilities and leave the results to him.Hence you will not get affected by the reactions of your work. Atleast in our next birth, you will have to suffer less !!!!. 3. In cases of a pure devotee, the lord himself will take care of the devotee as a mother would take care of his child.So in short if you love him he will take care of you. 4. Most importantly you will feel REALLY GOOD AND HAPPY. You must have realized that all our realtionships in our lives at one point or other leaves us hurt or agonized. But only in our relationship with GOD, we can never become sad.It is extremely sad ,that we forget our relationship with god and suffer so much in life. Personally,whenver i feel bad or sad ,i know it is because of lord's grace that i am not sadder than wat i could i have been .it is because of his grace,i am not worse than that wat i could have been. So dear friend, do lovingly remember GOD and am sure during course of time, there won't be any such further doubts in your mind .Also my suggestion is, you should talk to an authentic person who can clear your doubts on this so that your faith in him is firm. God bless, Regds Prash
Tulika Mishra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey guys I'm pretty serious this time. can somebody tell me who is this god and why he keeps on interfaring in our lives???do we all need him??? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/WfTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info ========================== NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens What's hot? What's not? Where are the LGBT parties being held and when? Click here!! http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,04497/srt,0/gaybombaygroup/?v=42&POS= Post:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Homepage:- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay Unsubscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/