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Thanks to Monica for sending this question.
Question: Why did
God make this world, what is the purpose, and if there is a purpose
why do I exist and what does God want from me?
Answer:
This set of questions goes to the heart of yoga and people have
pondered over them for thousands of years.
Scientists can just about describe how the universe came into being
through study of the natural world and by logical deduction. However
to probe into the "why" of creation takes one beyond the
scope of logic.
Where logicians are left wanting, humble devotees of God have come
up with a simple answer to the question. They say "God was
alone, He had no one to talk to, no one to love, no one to scold!
So, He created the planets and the living beings to fill this emptiness
with endless activity."
When you make observations based on cause and effect this is called
Kriida in Sanskrit and when you go beyond logic it is called Liila.
Liila also means "play" or "sport." So, from
this viewpoint God created the universe as a cosmic play, a great
cosmic drama in which each of us has a role to play.
What is my role and what is your role in this Cosmic Drama?
You, I and all the animate and inanimate objects of the universe
are nothing but manifestations of God. When we say that God created
the universe, we have to ask, "What is the stuff from which
He created everything?" Yoga philosophy says that everything
of this universe is composed of Consciousness or the very essence
of God.
Poets describe this by saying that God is playing hide-and-seek.
He has hidden Himself in all the created objects of the universe.
So our role is to act out our part in the drama but to do our best
to seek God, and to discover that He is everywhere, and most importantly
residing in the core of our hearts. When you understand that He
is in all objects, then you will begin to treat these objects with
great respect and love.
What does God want from you? He wants you to smile, to seek inside
yourself and find out who you really are, and to serve the others
around you, knowing that they are expressions of Him.
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