Is there God? Where is?
[Something about Story- Dear friends, sometimes a question hits my mind, “Is there God?” What would be your answer- yes or no? If you will say Yes, I would go ahead to ask prove of His existence. I know you will not remain silence. You will put various examples from scriptures and history to prove your point; you also may even bring scientific facts into discussion. But finally I may not agree to your points. And if your answer is No, I may raise question like- how you can be so sure? Do you have any point to prove His non-existence? Who is managing this whole universe? How the whole universe can work automatically? In either way we are in trouble.
Many of us do not exact answer of this question. From the time immoral this question on existence of God is there. Despite of so many attempts by so many saints, gurus, scriptures still this question in as frees as it was in its starting. Below is a beautiful story, what may help you in this regard- “If God is there, where he is and in what form.”]
Once upon a time, there was a rich man in a village. He was very popular in his own area both for his richness and helping nature. People from far and near were rushing to him in trouble. But he had no believe in God. He believed that there is no concept like God. He had a strong believe that it’s, human work which pays only. It’s you and your work alone, which defines your future.
One day one reputed saint visited the village. People started to come to him with their own problems and he was satisfying all. When satisfied people were rewarding him back, he was saying, “I am nobody. It is God alone who does everything here. I am his messenger and servant to him only.” Slowly, slowly reputation of the saint reached at its peak.
Somebody suggested the rich man to visit to God to resolve his confusion. At first he was reluctant but finally he decided to pay a visit. In one evening when the saint was mediating under a tree, the rich man came to him.
After paying him due respect, he said:-“Dear saint, what is your opinion about God? Is He there anywhere?”
The saint who was still in his own state, backed to normal state and said, “By the way what is your opinion on Him? Do you believe Him?”
The rich man told immediately, as if he was expecting this question, “No saint, I have no believe on God. I do not believe he there any where even”.
Then the saint with a pause said, “But how can you be so sure? How come you are so much confident about his not existence”?
The rich man thought for a while and then told, “You know, God always want to keep people happy.”
“Yes” replied the saint.
Then the rich person continued, “Then why 70% of my village people are under poverty? Why my people are getting sufficient food to eat? Why my village has not a medical and a school? If God is there how come he can see it? Why he is not doing anything?”
The saint told him, “Dear you are right. Your allegation on God is justified. But what you mean, can you do better than God?”
“Surely saint” continued the rich man, “I can do far better and much quicker than God. I would like I can turn this village to a dream place in a month or two. I can make a hospital and as well as school here. I can insure electricity and healthy food to each people of this village.”
The saint gave a surprised look to him and said, “I have seen many speak like this. But hardly anybody stands to it. Anyway, why will I believe you?”
The rich person without any delay said, “Just give me two months to prove myself. I am not like other. I do what I say. We shall again meet after two months. And on that you will have no option but to accept that there is no God. I will prove it. I will make you to believe it.”
Then the saint said with a smile, “As you like dear. Wish you all the best.” The rich man rushed out from the place, when the saint still smiling.
Now something happened, which had never happened in the village before. In few days the village saw some dramatic changes like; opening of new school and medical, good road for communication, five new bore well to facilitate good drinking water for villagers etc. Villagers surprise had no end, when the rich man offered enough money to each poor family to build own roof house.
Within two months the very look of village had totally changed; from entrance to end. A person who had seen this village before two months, must would test himself/herself at least for three times just to ensure that he/she is not in the dream, when sees for this time. These remarkable changes started to be praised in govt. and above levels. Nobody just could not put his eye down when sees the beauty of the village.
The rich person, who was the key person behind all the changes, was feeling very proud as he had kept his commitments made to the saint. He was interested not to make any late to meet the saint to celebrate his winning over God. In the very next morning he started his journey to the saint’s ashram.
When he reached in ashram and looked for the saint, he found him nowhere. He thought, “May be the saint has escaped from here just to save face.”
When he was about to return, his eyes reached to shadow of a tree where the saint was mediating. He rushed to him and without any delay said, “Dear saint, do you have anything left to say or I will continue?”
The saint who was well award about all the happenings and waiting for him told, “Dear Son, speak what you want to speak.”
The rich person who was experiencing extra spin in his legs told, “Dear saint, you must would have known about the changes in village. I have kept my commitment made to you. And I am very sure, now you will no hesitation to accept that there is no God. It’s happens what we do.”
The saint stood up and hugged him and told, “Dear son, first you deserved to be congratulated for the achievement you have made here. You are really great.”
Then he paused for a while and told, “Latter I will come to God. First let me tell you something more important. Tell me- how fair is it to wait for God to do, what we can do all by ourselves? How good is it to make the God work for us, when we are good enough to work for self? It has become a wrong practice to believe that the God alone do miracles. If you open history of human civilization, you would must realize at no time God has done miracle. It is one or some of us have done it, just like you have done here.”
“Was not the village here or were not you?” the saint continued “Who was stopping you before? Is it God? Were you expecting the God to come and work for you? No. If you understand God in this manner, may be you have not understood God. It is our mistake that we have separated God form us and expecting that separate God to come and work.”
The saint took some water and said, “But the truth is that the God love to be within us and he is there. When we do something good for betterment of society the God within works and when we do harm the god within get harmed; we may or may not notice it. Have you marked-when you were working for the village people you were no less than God.”
With a pause the saint concluded, “If you want, you can keep the God alive within you for forever and ever.”
The rich man was listening the saint very silently, as if his argument power had come to the end and as if he had realized the power within. His face and smiling were speaking that, he had seen the God within.
