Should we not ask god for help?

[dattaswami]

Should we not ask god for help?

If you are an ordinary person you should follow the rules of your deeds and nature. If you are a devotee, even then, you should not ask God for help. Your devotion must not aspire any result. You are asking God for help means that you want God to violate his own natural rules. The impression of millions of angles and sages is disturbed if God violates his own rules. That will give a poor impression on God. You are putting God to inconvenience by forcing him to use his supernatural power. Whether you are a devotee or not, you must always try to solve your problems by putting your best effort.

If you fail, even then, do not ask God to help you. Then, you think that it is your fate and worship God as usual. Arjuna was fighting with his grandfather, Bhishma. Arjuna was not putting up his best effort to kill Bhishma. He was having sympathy to Bhishma, who has brought up Arjuna. Noting this, Krishna (Jesus) took His Sudarshana chakra and ran to kill Bhishma. That means the Lord tried to solve the problem of Arjuna through His divine power. Arjuna did not agree to this and forced Krishna to stop, because Arjuna knew about his inadequate effort. But when Sindhava was to be killed, Arjuna tried his best, because Arjuna took an oath to kill Sindhava before sunset and otherwise he promised that he would enter the fire.

Since the sunset took place apparently due to the Maya of Krishna, Arjuna stopped fighting and wanted to enter the fire. He was just going to jump into the fire but he never asked for help. He thought that was his fate. Therefore, the Lord helped him secretly. Therefore, if you put your best effort, still fail because it is beyond your limits, if you happen to be a real devotee and do not ask for the help from God, then you will be helped by the super power secretly. The secrecy is due to preservation of the sacredness of his administration in the eyes of others.
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[Rehmat]

Not from Hindu 'gods (idols)' for sure - poor fellows cannot even move a fly from their noses

[dattaswami]

The Gita says that the Lord is the Sun among the planets (Jyotisham Ravihi—Gita). At the same time it is said that the Sun cannot shine before the Lord (Na Tat Bhasayate—Gita; Natatra Suryah—Veda). The point here is that the Lord is the head of this world as the Sun is the head of the planets. Thus, the Sun is used here as a representative model (Pratika). This does not mean that the Lord is the Sun (Nedam Tat—Veda). The Gita says that the Lord maintains creation but is not in the creation (Bhuta Bhrut—Gita).


This statement is supported by the Veda (Neti Neti—Veda). The Lord says that people who worship inert objects will be born as inert objects and people who worship the human incarnation will be born as human beings (Bhutejyah…Yanti Mat Yajanah—Gita). This does not mean that one should not worship statues at the primary level. It means that one should not limit oneself to worshipping only statues throughout one’s lifetime. The form of the statue indicates the human form alone. With the help of the finger of a person [pointed in a certain direction] you see a flower. The finger is useful in the beginning but once the flower is seen, there is no need of the finger. The worship of statues, which are in human form, is only a training to reduce the repulsion towards the human form of the Lord.
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