When are you God? When are you not? || Acharya Prashant, on Guru Granth Sahib (2019)
He himself acts, and he himself contemplates.He Himself is the Master of both worlds. He plays and He enjoys; He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. As He wills, He causes actions to be done. Nanak sees no other than Him. ||2||
Tell me – what can a mere mortal do? Whatever pleases God is what He causes us to do. If it were in our hands, we would grab up everything. Whatever pleases God – that is what He does. ||3||
~Guru Granth Sahib
Page: 277
Question: Acharya Ji, Pranaam!
I am reading Guru Granth Sahib, and loving it. Strangely, I agree with what is written there, but disagree with what it implies. In some of the lines it is stated that He wills, contemplates, acts, and causes actions to be done. It is also said that there is no other than Him.
These are harmless and acceptable assertions. However, they imply that there is no suffering, and hence no ‘I’. I resist this implication. Is it His will that ‘I’ exists, ‘I’ resists, and ‘I’ claims to be suffering?
