THE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF OMNIPOTENCE
[Christmas Message] The unimaginable God is omnipotent and can do anything that is impossible. But, He does not do a thing because it is not proper to do so. If He has not done a thing, it does not mean that He is incapable of doing that thing. A person has an axe and can cut anything with that axe. He cuts the tree only and not an innocent child with it. This does not mean that he is incapable of cutting the child. It is not proper to cut the innocent child and it is proper to cut the tree in the forest by which the livelihood can be earned. You should not use the omnipotence of God to support your improper philosophy. If you say that God did something in a particular way, it should appear proper to the eyes of the human beings and it should also be easily understood by every human being. As far as possible, the omnipotence of God should not be used to explain whatever you like.
God created this Universe. Some people say that this entire universe is God. According to human logic, the creator and creation should be separate. If there is no difference between the creator and the creation, the process of creation becomes false. One cannot create himself because he exists even before the creation. If pot is created from mud, the circular shape of the pot did not exist in the mud before creation of the pot. Therefore, the circular shape standing for the word ‘pot’ is created, which did not exist before its creation. You can use the omnipotence of God and can say that God created Himself through His unimaginable power, which is the omnipotence. We agree that this is quite possible in the case of God. But, if everything is God, the sin also becomes God and the sinner will defend himself based on this point. Therefore, you should say that God created something different from Himself through His omnipotence even though God alone existed before creation. You can use the point of omnipotence in this aspect of creation of a different thing other than God by God without the pre-existence of a second thing. Now, the sin is not God and hence, the sin will be punished. Similarly, you need not say that God entered every part of creation. In such case, there should be something other than God for the process of entry. If there is nothing different from God, the process of entry is meaningless since there is only one God and God cannot enter God. The Veda speaks about the entry of God in to creation (Tadavanupravishat...). In such case, the Veda becomes false. If only God exists even after the creation, God cannot enter Himself. If there is God in everything, God exists in the sinner also and the punishment of sinner results in the punishment of God.
People bring the concept of existence of God in everything so that God is aware of everything (Omniscient) and controls everything due to His omnipresence. To achieve the knowledge and control of everything, God need not be present everywhere. He can know and control everything through His omnipotence. Even a king, who is not omnipotent, knows and controls everything in his kingdom. Therefore, when we say that God entered the entire cosmic energy in the case of formation of Hiranyagarbha, it only means that God exists as milk in vessel. The vessel only contains the milk and milk is not pervading all the walls of vessel. If God pervades the entire cosmic energy, He will be present even in a sinner. Therefore, the point of omnipotence should be used in proper place and in proper angle so that there will not be confusion in the minds of the people. God will follow the rules of worldly logic only as far as possible so that people can understand Him and His actions easily. He does not want to confuse the people as far as possible by using His omnipotence everywhere as He likes. He uses the power of omnipotence only in a rare place, when it becomes inevitable.
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