For a child who is weak in studies, is it proper to suggest service to God, instead of meditation?
[When somebody’s child is weak in a subject, You suggested to serve the God instead of suggesting meditation etc. Is it not the proper way?]
Swami replied: Meditation means concentration, which is a physical process only within the rules of nature. Divinity is beyond the nature. You can expect a divine advice only from Me because My aim is to get you in touch with God through some context and not to simply solve your
materialistic problem by materialistic ways. Sometimes, the physical plane is not sufficient to solve the problem. But the spiritual plane can certainly
solve the problem. But you should note that the Lord solves your problems in the initial stage to divert you to the spiritual path. After entering the
spiritual path you should not touch your materialistic problems because you are expected to serve the Lord without any fruit in return. Therefore, you
should not continue to solve your problems using God throughout your life, in which case the main purpose is lost. If you continue like that, even the
solved problems will reappear in a magnified way. Actually, God postpones the bad results for some time to give you relief so that you will enter the
spiritual path. If you enter the spiritual path, God will cancel all the bad results in His own way i.e., He suffers for your sake. But if you are not entering the spiritual path and continue to exploit the advantage, the postponed bad results will reappear in a magnified way since they are compounded with the interest.
Swami replied: Meditation means concentration, which is a physical process only within the rules of nature. Divinity is beyond the nature. You can expect a divine advice only from Me because My aim is to get you in touch with God through some context and not to simply solve your
materialistic problem by materialistic ways. Sometimes, the physical plane is not sufficient to solve the problem. But the spiritual plane can certainly
solve the problem. But you should note that the Lord solves your problems in the initial stage to divert you to the spiritual path. After entering the
spiritual path you should not touch your materialistic problems because you are expected to serve the Lord without any fruit in return. Therefore, you
should not continue to solve your problems using God throughout your life, in which case the main purpose is lost. If you continue like that, even the
solved problems will reappear in a magnified way. Actually, God postpones the bad results for some time to give you relief so that you will enter the
spiritual path. If you enter the spiritual path, God will cancel all the bad results in His own way i.e., He suffers for your sake. But if you are not entering the spiritual path and continue to exploit the advantage, the postponed bad results will reappear in a magnified way since they are compounded with the interest.