(God is all merciful and compassionate. How do You explain earthquakes, tidal waves, etc.?) There are many ways of looking at things. If we think this physical body, this physical possession, this physical life is all there is about life and the universe, then of course, we will think God is so careless, destroying things, taking lives from people. But if we see things in a spiritual way, if we trust in God’s wisdom, then we know everything is all right, everything is perfect. That is another way to look at it.
More practically speaking, we also are responsible for all the disasters on this planet. Not all, but many of them. We cut down trees, so we reduce rain, and we encourage more landslides, encourage more drought which, in turn, affects the harvest and makes a lot of people hungry. And we test atom bombs here and there everywhere. We interfere with the stability of this globe, of the way it vibrates and changes and turns, and we cause many of the unspeakable disasters to ourselves.
But whatever God takes away, Hes gives another. Because Hes is the creator. We never know for what purpose unless we learn to be one with God, to ascend into a higher dimension, where intelligence is boundless, where the vision is limitless. Then we can see the order of work of the universe, then we understand why some things have happened. We will know that everything is for the best, then we will not blame God anymore.
(Your views on reincarnation, worship of ancestors, its benefits, the law of karma, cause and effect, and what do You say is the common thread that could unite all religions?) I mentioned before already. If the power of your thought has created things which have not arrived during your existence on this planet, then it will arrive again some other time later. You have to be reborn again in order to enjoy that, bad or good. So, be careful what you think when you are alive; then you don’t have to enjoy the bad or good consequences. Everything, we create it.
And number two, when our ancestors departed from this world, it’s just like I have mentioned already, so all you should do is just pray for them if you don’t know where they are gone to. Nothing else. Pray. Okay? Worship only God. Be grateful to our ancestors and parents, but pray for them to be liberated. Don’t use them because they died already, let them rest, for God’s sake. Don’t pray to them for prosperity, for protection, for whatever material gain that we want to extract from them. They have done their share already during their lifetime. All we do is, if we really love them, pray for them so that God protects them, lifts them up to a higher dimension. That’s all we should do. No worship, no calling, no nagging, no demanding.
(How do we rid ourselves of our ego? Is there such a thing as evil spirits? How can I be and lead a spiritual life coming from a very formal religious Islamic background? How do I know what God expects of me, so as for me to practice and master those requirements? Can Master please explain to me who or what is the source of Her inspiration?)
