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To answer your mail Sridevi, let me also first point that the analogy 
of video-game was excellent. 

But what did the analogy really cover ? It addressed the concept of 
re-incarnation as a means to attain perfection finally. It also 
talked about progress and failures and the role of Guru etc. 

Now when people turn agnostic due to failures what can be said ? The 
first point is that all the happenings in one's life are only due to 
Prarabdham (fate). Happiness and sorrow are just functions of what we 
have done in our past of which we possess no knowledge. And everyone 
is subject to time (kaalam). 

Even Sri Rama who was god himself surrendered his kingdom and spent 
time in the forest. The Pandavas who were so close with Krishna 
experienced all kinds of problems right from poisoning of Bhima, 
burning their house, sending them to forest, Durvasa's visit and then 
the Mahabharata battle, and finally they also lost all their sons and 
grand-children except Parikshit. 

What about all these problems for those who can directly put 
questions to Sri Krishna itself ? Kunti in her stuti prays to Krishna 
to give her more problems!!! The reason being that whenever there is 
a problem, Krishna was by their side. Same with all the gopa, gopis 
of brindavanam.

One should take problems as a good thing to do some introspection and 
realise the impermanence of happiness. Even Indra the lord of 
heavens, is just a post holder for sometime, which may appear long 
for us, but then when it gets over, he too will have to exit.

And for any spiritual progress Sri Krishna tells Uddhava that he 
first takes away the devotee's ego which happens through failures in 
life. Only when one realizes that things are not under one's one 
control that there's any scope for Bhakti to begin. 

I know not much sinks in when one is agnostic. But how can God 
consciousness be instilled by anyone other than himself ? It is only 
through his Grace that one can understand his presence. 

> "..I kindly request someone to throw some light as I really 
> want my dear ones to start believing in God.."

When someone shines a powerful light from above a tower, everthing 
below gets illuminated and we can everything being below. But unless 
the person turns the light towards himself, we cannot see him. 

So the light towards God can only be shown by himself in through a 
Guru (who is himself). 

Radhe Krishna






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