Ans: When someone says that they love their mother, father, child or spouse it is just not the body that they love but what is inside them. However, one does not see the soul inside. Does that mean that we do not develop love for them as we are unable to see the soul inside? We do develop the love for them seeing their body. The world around us is the body of God. It is very important for us to understand this and then we feel the love automatically.

Ans: God manifests all around us in the form of beautiful mountains, rivers, flowers, fruits etc . We have given the name of nature to all of these, but they are indeed the divine form of God. His divine presence is all around us. It’s for us to realize this and feel connected to God.

Detailed Explanation: God manifests all around us. The blossoming flower is the smile of god. The moving clouds across sky is the divine movement of his eyes.  Through the wind we experience the divine touch of God. Hearing the sweet voice of cuckoo, one feels that God is talking to us. We can see God in a dancing peacock.  We experience the presence of God in the taste of a juicy sweet mango. The divine form of God has manifested itself all around, in the form of universe. However, we have given the name nature to all of these. And are disconnected from the divine supreme power. Everything in nature around us, that helps us to survive and appreciate is nothing but the presence of God. These are all the things, through which one is connected to God

Answer: Nature is His divine body and we need to get connected to His inner soul. We do not love only the body of a person, but the life along with the body. That life of nature is what is known as God.

Detailed Explanation When we love a person, we love them holistically that includes their body and life. Do we continue to love the body of a person even when there is no life? It is just a cadaver then.  We love the person when there is life in the body. It’s the same with God. What we see around us is the body of God. We need to get connected to the life of His form. The life inside is known as God. There is every chance for the things around, to prevent us from attaining the connection with His inner self. The Vedas talk about how to attain the inner connection with the soul of God (paramatma) and it is important for us to make the connection.

Ans:We believe in God because of elderly preaching and sampradayic lineage. Trust comes from personal experience which can either happen next moment or after a few births. One has to either believe the words of elders or wait to experience themselves. 

Detailed Explanation: One might believe, but not trust. What does it mean? A man crosses a valley between 2 cliffs on a rope with his child on his back. He is very much appreciated and spectators tell him that they believe he can repeat the feat.  However, when he offers to cross the rope with the child of a spectator none is willing to give him.  Though they believe him that he can cross, they do not trust him to carry their own child across. We believe in God because of elderly preaching and sampradayic lineage and also the fact that it feels good when we do so. However, for trust, it has to be personal experience which can be a lengthy process. It may happen next moment or after a few births. So, either one has to believe the words of elders or wait to experience themselves. These are the two things which will give the confidence to trust. 

Ans: The common understanding is that effort on activities is 50% from God and 50% from us. But our thoughts and efforts are His and sankalpa, the resolution one takes to do something is also His.  Hence one should dedicate both activities and results to God.

Detailed Explanation: The common understanding of people regarding their activities, is that 50% is God’s effort and 50% effort is theirs. 50% from the side of ji:va:tma should also be there. Then only  it becomes purushaarttha (that one as a human being wants to achieve as goal). But the effort from us is also given by Him and the thought is also given by Him. “matthaha smrithi gya:nam apo:ham cha” – so our thoughts and efforts are His and sankalpa, the resolution one takes to do something is also His. The confusion comes when one’s ego comes in and makes them think that they are the ones doing it. We are an instrument in His hands to do things. Hence one should dedicate both activities and results to God. 

Ans: When one understands, I belong to Him, the things I have belong to Him And my activity is a service to Him then the question of passivity does not arise . The very purpose of a person being born here is to serve Him.

Detailed Explanation: God has given us knowledge and tools to use the knowledge. Buddhi is intellect and the body is the tool, both of which are given by Him. The ability of the body (shari:ra) is to work and knowledge helps to synchronise those activities with the goal to achieve something. The problem arises when our ego comes in between and thinks that it is “I” who does it. It also doesn’t mean that one has to stay passive and not do anything. This is not a free pass to give up everything and stay passive. All of this is given by Him so that we can work with it for serving Him in this earth. When one understands, I belong to Him , the things I have belong to Him And my activity is a service to Him then the question of passivity does not arise . The very purpose of a person being born here is to serve Him. We are an instrument who works for Him – Just like a computer which acts under human instruction. Arjuna during the Kuruskshetra war, thought that he was waging war with his relatives and he was going to kill them. He did not realize that he was just an instrument in God’s hand to execute God’s plan. This is what the Lord clarified in Bhagavad Gita. So the question of passivity does not arise.