9 August 2026
Sunday
Fire is bound to exist where there is smoke. Without fire, there can be no smoke. Similarly, without God, there can be no world. How can there be life without God? It is impossible, totally impossible. Everything happens as per God’s Will. Here is a small example. When a cow gives birth to a calf, it licks the calf’s body with its tongue and makes it clean. As soon as the cow cleans the calf’s body, the calf stands up on its legs and goes to the cow’s udder to drink milk. Who has shown the udder to the calf and made it understand that milk is available at the udder? It is all predetermined by God. Without understanding such subtle truths, people foolishly argue that there is no God. When you do not know what the next thought that will arise in your mind, how can you understand God? Since people do not listen to good teachings, foolishness is on the rise.
From Swami’s discourse of 7 July 1996
Fire is bound to exist where there is smoke. Without fire, there can be no smoke. Similarly, without God, there can be no world. How can there be life without God? It is impossible, totally impossible. Everything happens as per God’s Will. Here is a small example. When a cow gives birth to a calf, it licks the calf’s body with its tongue and makes it clean. As soon as the cow cleans the calf’s body, the calf stands up on its legs and goes to the cow’s udder to drink milk. Who has shown the udder to the calf and made it understand that milk is available at the udder? It is all predetermined by God. Without understanding such subtle truths, people foolishly argue that there is no God. When you do not know what the next thought that will arise in your mind, how can you understand God? Since people do not listen to good teachings, foolishness is on the rise.