Creation and Creator

Man is bewildered to think how vast, beautiful and useful the material world is. His practical life is so closely dependent on the material world that it is but natural that it should have a great significance for him. It will be no exaggeration to say that man is totally lost in this vast creation. His achievements prompt him to probe its mysteries still more. He feels that in case he continues to probe, he will secure still more comforts and conveniences. He devotes his entire life in research of the material creation. That is why material progress has become the sole aim of his life. Despite his research since time immemorial, he has not reached the end. For this, one reason can be that the material creation is undergoing moment to moment change. When one thing is extinct, another takes its place. Thus, man remains entangled in this cycle. This is called illusion. Caught in this crisis, man falls a prey to success and failure in the game of life. There is no stability.

The holy personages draw man's attention to a simple solution to this vexing problem. They exhort him: Why have you engrossed yourself in the creation instead of identifying yourself with the Creator? Don't you think, if the creation is so vast and alluring, how much more vast and charming its Creator would be? This way they awaken man to his foolishness to forget the Artist in his infatuation with the art. The fact is that we are committing this folly at every step, with the result that we do not experience peace anywhere. In our homes, we love and adore our grandchildren but do not respect and honour their mother as our own daughter. We adore the scriptures but do not wish to revere those whose utterances are enshrined in them and live up to their teachings. We forget that books containing prescriptions are not more important than a physician. A physician can write many books but all the books cannot produce one physician. Similarly, scriptures, new or old, cannot be greater than their authors. It is our great good luck that Nirankari Baba has made his devotees understand that Avtar Bani though holy, is not an object of worship. In truth, every word uttered by a True Master is a scripture and needs to be translated into action.

The True Master of the day has cautioned us not to regard the creation as more important than the Creator. While making use of the material creation, we should not forget the Creator. We should strive not only for transitory happiness of the material creation but also realise and identify ourselves with the Supreme Creator for experiencing abiding peace, bliss and happiness.

-Nirmal Joshi