he should die, etc. If he does not get killed, the whole structure of this creation falls
through. I am therefore brought in contact with the victim to carry out His behests. An
executioner is paid by the Government for doing his job. Even so, why should I not be
rewarded for carrying out His will, rather than be punished for doing the Papa Karma?
Hitler could not have brought on war and killed so many persons. It is idle to blame him.
God is all and He alone does everything; and yet, when man feels that he is the doer, he is
also the experiencer of the rewards and punishments consequent upon his actions. It is to be
remembered that evil is possible only in the state of individuality or Jivahood or egoism and not
when one is God-realized, God-inspired or when one is an instrument in the hands of God. The
Jiva cannot think that it is expected to kill a victim and that this is sanctioned by the Will of God,
for the Jiva is not omniscient and cannot know what exactly is the Will of God, unless it is raised
to the state of being in tune with God. No Jiva should fall into the misconception that it is meant
to exhaust the Karmas of the victim by killing the victim. This foolish act will react upon the
person who commits the action and the result will be intense suffering to the person responsible
for this deed.
God does not directly speak to any Jiva and say that it should kill or steal, and if the Jiva
falls into the error of committing these actions, it alone is responsible, and not God. There is no
such thing as God’s directing an individual to perpetrate evil, commit murder or indulge in any
kind of violence or do anything which is against others’ well-being. All such misdeeds are the
outcome of ignorance and delusion and one who does these is punished by retributive justice.
Divine activity is always a movement towards freedom, perfection, peace and bliss, and it will
not be in any way a cause of even the slightest suffering or pain.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
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