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In an earlier post you had mentioned `…If I am meant to fail according to the Lord’s plan and if I succeed, then I’m going against God’s plan’ Please explain this. How is this possible? Can we go against God’s plan? — Sunita Chemburkar

Swami Brahmavidananda

That statement was made only to drive a point home. Unlike a programmed squirrel (which is the example I had given) which will act in

Can I presume that every opportunity that is presented to me should be taken up, should be experienced? If I don’t take up the opportunity, does it mean that I’m going against the script?—Sunita Chemburkar

Swami Brahmavidananda

Definitely not. An opportunity, or opportunities, may come your way, and you have the freedom of choice to take them up or not. The freedom

Meditation and analysis can help us get rid of habitual patterns. But how long should one do the analysis? How do you know when to stop?—Mohan S

Swami Brahmavidananda

A habitual pattern starts either with some wrong conclusions in our thinking or picking up certain thinking patterns as part of our socialization process, and

Would a jignasu or a jnani also have some desires or some wishes? And when these people pray to God to fulfil these desires while effortlessly performing actions to fulfil these desires, does that make them an arthi or an artharthi at that point of time?—Mohan S

Swami Brahmavidananda

An arthi is a person who prays to God only when he is in trouble. An artharthi is one who prays to God not only when he is in

Can japa-dhyanam be converted into a prayer? Or is it already that as obeisance is paid to Ishwara at the start?—Mohan S

Swami Brahmavidananda

It is true. It is already a prayer because you are saluting the Lord before you start. If you choose a mantra from what is

In one sloka, Krishna says, `All the worlds (where beings exist) up to the world of Brahma-ji are subject to return. However, having reached me, Arjuna, there is no rebirth…Is it possible for a jnani to make a mistake in Brahmaloka and be re-born to start his/her unfinished journey? Does the shastra say anything about this?—Mohan S

Swami Brahmavidananda

Let me make it clear that a jnani is free right here and right now, and he does not go to Brahmaloka. He is free right here and he

Further to the above question, Swamiji, if the problem of finitude is a problem of the human, then how would one experience this finitude in Brahmaloka?—Anusha R

Swami Brahmavidananda

In Brahmaloka, the identification with the human condition is not there, but, at the same time, one doesn’t enjoy complete ananda, one enjoys only an experiential ananda. One still has

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In an earlier post you had mentioned `…If I am meant to fail according to the Lord’s plan and if I succeed, then I’m going against God’s plan’ Please explain this. How is this possible? Can we go against God’s plan? — Sunita Chemburkar

Can I presume that every opportunity that is presented to me should be taken up, should be experienced? If I don’t take up the opportunity, does it mean that I’m going against the script?—Sunita Chemburkar

Meditation and analysis can help us get rid of habitual patterns. But how long should one do the analysis? How do you know when to stop?—Mohan S

Would a jignasu or a jnani also have some desires or some wishes? And when these people pray to God to fulfil these desires while effortlessly performing actions to fulfil these desires, does that make them an arthi or an artharthi at that point of time?—Mohan S

Can japa-dhyanam be converted into a prayer? Or is it already that as obeisance is paid to Ishwara at the start?—Mohan S

Further to the above question, Swamiji, if the problem of finitude is a problem of the human, then how would one experience this finitude in Brahmaloka?—Anusha R

What is Svadharma?–Sunita Savla

Why does Arjuna get scared on seeing Krishna’s vishwaroopa?—Sunita Savla

Like Arjuna, we are all nimmita/ instruments. What role does freedom of choice have ?