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Ask God why He has created this world! Attain wisdom of the Self. Then you will know
why God created the world. You cannot understand it with your intellect. You can understand it
only with intuition.
For the sake of sport, God created the world. Lokavattu Lila Kaivalyam. Creation of the
world has a purpose. Just as we cannot have a sun without rays, similarly, we cannot have God
without the world process. The world is like His rays. It is His Svabhava, nature. Just as a
juggler produces something and makes it disappear, so also, God produces this world and makes
it disappear. God is omnipotent. To ask why He created the world is an Ati-prasna, a
transcendental question. We will be only wasting time by discussing it. Before asking about the
world, ask about yourself. Know who you are. Then you will know everything.
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