Anil Kumar Questions and
Answers
Question 55
Why
doesn’t Bhagavan cure Himself? (02.02.2003)
Bhagavan said in
one of His discourses, ‘If you pray, I will cure Myself.’ Why
don’t we pray so that He can cure Himself?”
The question that has been asked has
a problem. When there is a disease, there is a solution, a cure.
But when there is no complaint, where is the question of a cure?
Baba said, “I never experience pain. I have not used any tablet,
pill or injection until this day. I do not suffer, but it appears
like I have been suffering.”
Am I clear? Is it true? Why not? We
appear to be happy though we are not happy. (Laughter) This
is because we are good actors. God is the Super Actor, so He can
act better than all of us! (Laughter) Jagannatha
Sutradhari, The Divine Actor. So we pretend to be happy,
though we are not happy. If we can do this at the human level,
then why can’t He act at the Divine level and pretend to be
suffering?
If this is the case, then our
question becomes, “Why should He pretend?” The reason He pretends
is because He takes on our suffering. Why should He suffer for us?
He does it in order to reduce the period of our suffering because
we cannot bear the intensity of it. Therefore, Baba does not need
to cure Himself because He does not suffer.
Then why did He say, “If you pray, I
will cure Myself?” He said this so that at the very least we will
pray for this reason. (Laughter) At least we should pray on
these grounds because He wants us to pray one way or another. If
you don’t pray, you become ‘prey’. (Laughter) Therefore, I
don’t believe that He suffers because we see Him with all these
external, so-called complaints, and yet He can get up and still
speak.
There was one moment when He could
not speak at all. His voice was so low that I could not hear it.
It was like He was speaking from the bottom of a well. I could not
hear Him.
He said, “Anil Kumar, My voice is
like this. My voice is like this.”
What could I reply? He was to speak
in ten minutes. He called me into the interview room and said, “I
cannot speak.”
I
thought to myself, “What should I say?”
Then He asked, “What shall I do?”
(Laughter)
Well, I couldn’t do anything about
it! (Laughter)
Then He said, “You speak.”
I said, “I want to live for a while
longer. (Laughter) I can’t speak because people are
expecting Your speech. If I go up there and start speaking,
well I don’t think I will survive until tomorrow. People are
anxious to see and hear You, not me. I can’t do that, Swami.”
“Then what shall I do?”
“You may do anything You like. (Laughter)
You can ask somebody else to speak. Swami, I dare not speak for
You because nobody can stand in on Your behalf – unless that
fellow was just released from a mental hospital.” (Laughter)
It is impossible for anyone to
represent Him. Nobody can represent Him on His behalf. No one can
say, “He has given me all His powers.”
There are some people who say, “Baba
has given some powers to me.”
Oh ho, He is not a distribution
centre!
(Laughter)
There are some who say, “Baba speaks
through me.”
Why
should He speak through others – as if He cannot speak for
Himself? (Laughter) These are all utterly ignorant,
idiotic, stupid claims, and we should never fall prey to them. Do
not allow yourself to be preyed upon by these people. No one ever
represents Him. No one will receive special powers, or a special
delegation to start a branch office. He does not need any medium
to speak through because He is in you, with you, above you, below
you and around you. He and you are One! Where is the question of a
third person?
When Baba says, “I and you are One,” if you say, “I want somebody
else to tell me this”, well all right, hang yourself. Nobody can
help you. When He’s there in you, why do you want a
separate medium? We’re not able to find Him in us; therefore we
are confused.
My friends, I can only answer these
questions this way, but I’m happy that you have come forward with
some questions. I’m grateful to all those who have sent these
questions because they are all intellectual and thought provoking.
They help me to dive into the depths of Reality and to remember
everything Bhagavan has said. I thank them all. I thank all of you
for having listened to the talk in rapt attention.
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