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The Ways of Working of the Lord
The Divine's Grace is wonderful and almighty. And the ways of working of the Lord are full of a delightful sense of humour….
Be always ready to receive the Divine, for He may visit you at any moment. And if sometimes He makes you wait at the appointed meeting ― place, that is certainly no reason for you yourself to be late. 23 September 1956 It is quite evident that for some reason or other ― or may be for no reason at all ― the Supreme has changed His mind about it. 25 January 1958 The Supreme must have changed His decision in order to try your faith and see if it depended on such an external thing. 9 February 1958 Surely the Divine, like everybody else, has a right to change His mind. 1958 If we want to have conversations with God (of course within us), is it possible? If yes, on what condition? Page―23 God does not indulge in conversation.
Does God ever become angry with us? If yes, when?
When you believe He is angry.
If we shed tears for God, does He ever shed a tear for us?
Surely He has deep compassion for you, but His eyes are not of the kind that shed tears. 21 September 1964 It may be that the Divine does not see things in the same way as humans do. A sudden show may be very useful for Sadhana. 22 August 1966 According to the law of man the guilty ought to be punished. But there is a law more imperative than the human law. It is the Divine law, the law of compassion and mercy. It is because of this law that the world is able to endure and progress towards Truth and Love. November 1966 Mother, Does the Divine punish injustice? Is it possible at all for Him to punish anybody?
The Divine does not see things as men do and has no need to punish or reward. Each and every action carries in itself its fruit and its consequences. Page ― 24 According to the nature of the action, it brings you near to the Divine or takes you away from Him, and that is the supreme consequence. 25 July 1970 Human beings are capable of withdrawing from the Divine ― and they often do it; but for the Divine to withdraw from human beings, that is an impossibility.
If the supreme Consciousness got angry over the defects of men, humanity would long since have ceased to be. 7 June 1972 Why was not man created good from the beginning?
It is not God who made man wicked. It is man who makes himself wicked by separating himself from God. The Divine may very well
lean down towards you, but to understand Him rightly you must come up to Him. To understand the Divine
we must have no more preferences. To understand the Divine
one must become the Divine. 24 May 1972
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