Basic Aim of Bible and Quran is Not Nivrutti

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Swami replied: It is not wrong to develop sincerity and firm faith on the medicine present in a specific bottle that is very much related to the language, habits and culture of a specific sect of a specific region as long as the user of the medicine from a specific bottle (conservative) does not criticize other bottles. To avoid such criticism of other religions, Prophet Mohammed has already given a strong warning. When such criticism is absent, asking a person to go in his own narrow path towards forward direction is not wrong.

The strict discipline and firm faith on a specific conservative path indicates only the forward movement of the walking person or the strict discipline to be followed in using the medicine quantitatively and qualitatively. The medicine or subject is one and the same if the bottles are neglected. What all the Prophet says is about your firm faith on the medicine present in the specific bottle (or in other bottles since the other bottles also contain the same medicine) and not on the difference in the color and shape of bottles (external culture, language and habits). The Prophet is telling to develop faith in the medicine of the bottle and not to develop faith on the bottle without medicine.

A person who is not taking the medicine from any bottle will divert the message of the Prophet to the texture of a specific bottle only and medicine is never taken! The present secularism is exactly in this state! People following secularism do not take the medicine and divert the attention to equality of the external bottles only. They say that all bottles are equal and that they are not prejudiced to any specific bottle. Here ends their spirituality! They never take the medicine from any bottle. For example, ‘worship God’ is the medicine present in all bottles (religions). These people go on lecturing on the oneness and equality of all the bottles and never worship the God. They are not bothered about the God and are seriously bothered about equality of external bottles and avoiding bias to any specific bottle only.

Therefore, the message of the Prophet is regarding the concentration of the use of medicine from any bottle and not about the variety of bottles. If the Prophet said that what all He said is final – it is perfectly correct. This does not mean that other prophets of other religions are wrong. It only means that whatever was said by Him exists in toto in other religions. It shows only the end of the subject and the same end of the same subject exists in the message of any Prophet of any religion because the same God speaks the same subject through all the Prophets. The meaning of this is that the subject is totally explained and it does not mean that the subject explained by other Prophets in other religions is wrong or incomplete.

If a teacher completed the syllabus in a school in Hindi language for a specific standard class, he may declare that the last class is the final end and no other teacher need come to teach more than what he taught. Does this mean that the teachers teaching the same syllabus in other states, in other schools and in other languages are incomplete and wrong? In that region, in that language and in that standard class of that school, the syllabus is covered by a teacher and there no other teacher is necessary to teach more than that. This is also mainly regarding the concept of messenger and no more modification of this concept should be allowed in view of saving humanity from severe sin of harming the human incarnation.

One must realize the background-kindness of such strict harsh words of the Prophet. The harshness indicates only His concern about the non-repetition of crucifixion of the messenger or son of God or God. Of course, son of God and God are eliminated from crucifixion and messenger only can be crucified since God and soul charged by God (Son of God) cannot be harmed especially when even the soul of an ordinary human being cannot be harmed. The messenger will not be crucified because there is no any specialty in him other than any other human being by which there will be no problem of jealousy leading to such criminal act. Jesus told that He has not preached anything extra since God only was speaking through him. If God says that Jesus is God, it is the direct statement of God only and Jesus has nothing to do with it.

Jesus is a mike and God is the speaker. When Jesus told that He is truth and light, it is the statement of God only. God merged with Jesus so that the visible human being can alone be heard and worshipped. Worshipping Jesus is indirect worship of God if Jesus represents God (Pratika Upasana). But, God merged with Jesus and worship of Jesus is the worship of God (Saakshaat Upasana). This is the requirement of some devotees of higher nivrutti level. The omnipotent God can do anything and hence, satisfied those devotees by merging with a selected human being. None can put his finger between the omnipotent God and the higher level nivrutti-devotee. However, this is confined to minority of nivrutti-devotees and should not be referred to the devotees of normal level-pravrutti. This is the actual idea of Prophet Mohammad and He knows about nivrutti very well. He is representing only pravrutti level in the Quran, which applies to 99% of humanity.

We have to correlate this concept with Hinduism also. Lord Krishna said Arjuna that He is the God, but, asked him to keep this point as secret so that this point shall not enter the normal level devotees or Pravrutti. Gopikas belong to climax of Nivrutti and there is no need to tell them this point. Arjuna belongs to lower state of Nivrutti and hence, this point was told. Even genuine miracles like lifting mountain on finger were mocked as magic (as referred in the above question) by kauravas due to jealousy. Victory to the kingdom of jealousy! None can even touch it!