Government of Lord & Government of World

[dattaswami]

Government of Lord & Government of World

It is the climax of ignorance to think that the spiritual knowledge is unrelated to the present worldly affairs. People think that the spiritual knowledge is always related to the upper world only and this shows their ignorance. The Lord is simultaneous ruler of this world as well as the upper world. The Lord can grant any materialistic boon in this world and also can give simultaneously the protection in the upper world. The Lord is also involved in the social problems of this world because He is ultimately governing this society also. There is His government underlying in the present human government as the foundation. The present human government is like the castle seen above the ground. But the government of the Lord is like the hidden foundation present inside the ground. Jesus always referred this government of the Lord.

The absence of realization of the existence of this underlying invisible divine government of the Lord, which was preached by Jesus again and again as kingdom of heaven is responsible for all the present burning problems at the individual level as well as at the gross level of the society. The human government is neglecting to propagate the awareness regarding the existence of this divine government. In fact the divine government also rules the human government. Perhaps the human government is feeling about the loss of its prestige by propagating the presence of this ultimate divine government. The awareness of the concept of this ultimate government of the Lord can be propagated through education at the primary level. But the government especially in India feels shy to introduce the spiritual knowledge in the education due to the so-called secularism. Secularism really means that the same medicine is present in every cup and you can take the medicine present in all the cups with equal liking.

Secularism also means that you can take the medicine from any cup and respect other cups with equality. But the present secularism has ended in a horrible sense by which the medicine is not taken at all from a single cup or all cups. Such sense is misunderstood or misinterpreted secularism. Mahatma Gandhi prayed Eeshwara and Allah equally and that is the real secularism.

[weaver]

Taking the medicine out of the cup and worshiping the cup itself seems fruitless. Interesting though.

[Atrus]

I got the cup thing, but the rest...?

So, now we have the Government of God. Isn't the concept a bit too much like another religion. Where would we go to worship, the IRS?

All kidding aside, don't get me wrong it's okay for folks to believe in that sort of thing if they like. It simply serves as another example of the timeless need for people to assign their God with abilities and duties that they can form into easy to understand concepts that serve some social or governmental purpose. Problem is that purpose more often than not isn't in the best interest of ALL people, but that of the chosen few.

Interesting concept, but not one I would subscribe to.

~A