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Nature reponds to your actions


During this time of corona outbreak and its subsequent consequences there are lots of questions. The question is within this overwhelming whirlwind of doubts, challenges and accusations, what is God doing? Why has He sent this Corona? Is He really compassionate? Or is nature more powerful than God?

The Vedic scriptures give us some hints on how to understand God's involvement in such natural disasters. Let us see below how scriptures answer these questions.

Srimad Bhagavatam 2.10.45 states "There is no direct engineering by the Lord for the creation and destruction of the material world. What is described in the Vedas about His direct interference is simply to counteract the idea that material nature is the creator."

nāsya karmaṇi janmādau
parasyānuvidhīyate
kartṛtva-pratiṣedhārthaṁ
māyayāropitaṁ hi tat

In other words, the Supreme is not directly involved in the workings of the Material Nature (prakriti)

  •  As Vedas explain, material nature (prakriti) is operating on its own, without the interference of outside forces - but with the supervision of God.
  • God's supervision does not mean to impose, control, interfere or react to the ways of the world. 
  • What to speak of God! Even nature (prakriti) does not exercise spiteful revenge out of anger. 
  • Mother nature simply responds to people as per how they treat her; if one abuses nature, they experience abuse themselves. For example, if one puts their finger in a fire and it burns, the burning is not because the fire wanted to punish them - it is just the nature of fire to burn. Similarly, nature (prakriti) responds to whatever one chooses to do. 
  • All our pain is caused by our own irresponsible behaviour and blaming God is unreasonable. 
  • The only unalloyed will of Krishna is to not exploit his dear nature (prakriti).

The Vedic scriptures teaches us to be thoughtful at the experience of suffering and grateful to Krishna at the experience of happiness.

 References


  1. (2020) Thesweetlord.com. Available at: http://www.thesweetlord.com/articles=-M3GQj5lClvYBeJxWS0y (Accessed: 25 March 2020).
  2. ŚB 2.10.45 (2020). Available at: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/10/45/ (Accessed: 25 March 2020). 
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