God is in Brahmloka:-
IN Gita, the famous Scripture, it has been said: “Whenever there is complete irreligiousness, I take a corporeal form….”It has also been said. “My abode is located beyond the light of the sun, moon and stars.” This clearly points out that the Supreme Soul abides in Brahmloka-the World, where the souls dwell after liberation. Yet there are many people who think that God is omnipresent or that all beings are different manifestations of one same God! The ques tion arises: “If God, the Giver of health and happiness, were omni- present, or were Himself manifest in various human forms, why should a person be diseased at all or why should he pray to God for relieving him of the pain?” Does this not show that God has His existence different from individual souls?
Again, it is a matter of common observation that, when fire per- vades an Iron ball, the iron also gives a burning sensation and begins to glow like the fire. Likewise, if God, the Ocean of Purity, Peace and Bliss dwells in the heart of all beings, why should not there be vicelessness, peace and bliss in all and why should there be no consciousness at all when a soul has left a body? Do these facts not betoken that God has His own separate abode; He does not dwell in all? Otherwise, if God, the loveful Father, dwelt in all or if all beings were manifestations of God, how would you explain the stabbing of a man by another man or the aspiration of the vision of God by a Yogi? It would only be self contradictory to say that even a criminal, a crocodile, a snake and a pig, all are manifestations of God. Let all know it clearly that God is the Parent Soul in Brahmloka, i.c. the Soul World, whose
vision the yogis aspire. It is a point worthy of consideration that, if God were omnipre- sent or if all beings were manifestations of God, there would be no sense in withdrawing our mind from all directions and focussing it on God. In that case, one would let one’s mind wander in all direc- tions. But, as one knows. Pratyāhāra, ie., withdrawal of mind Dharna, i.e. holding the mind at one point and Dhyana, ic. Contemplation or Meditation on Him as a Special Person (Purusha Vishesha), are the prime factors in the practice of Raja Yoga and all these refute the belief that the self is God or that God is omnipresent. Those who believe that God is omnipresent, seek to concentrate on the tip of their nose or on the point between eye brows or on a candle-flame which are only material objects. One should, in fact,
concentrate on God, who is a Point-of-Light in the Soul World.
