CAN YOU DECEIVE GOD?

 CAN YOU DECEIVE GOD?

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A person can tell a lie before his friends and relatives and even enemies, he can even tell a lie on oath in an affidavit, and deceive people, but there is one place where you can never tell a lie -- the moment you do so, you will be caught.

And that is before yourself! You can never lie to yourself. If you are sitting in New Delhi and tell yourself that you are sitting in New York, will you believe yourself?

Something within you will tell you that you are lying. You will tell yourself that you are lying.

Therefore when you cannot lie to yourself, then how can you lie before God who is sitting inside you as your own Conscience and keeping a watch on all your actions-- gently telling you that you are doing wrong. Who is the life within you, the Soul of your soul.

Whenever you do something wrong, there is something within you that instinctively tells you that you have done wrong. And that Conscience is God Himself, viewing all your thoughts and actions.

God has given you this freedom to listen to your conscience before you perform any action.

But man must not overstep his limitations

For once you have performed your action, it becomes permanent in time, and lays you open to the inexorable law of Karma- which punishes or rewards according to the action.

You cannot deceive God by praying or bowing before Him, or by trying to show how pious you are, when He knows deep down in your heart whether you are really pious or not.

"Kabhi Qaaba roo jo kharraa huaa to haram se aane lagi sadaa

Teraa dil to hai sanam aashanaa tujhe kyaa milegaa namaaz men"

"As I stood before the Holy Place of worship, a Voice came from within,

'Your Heart is full of desires of the world, what will you gain from prayer?"

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Priya Nath Mehta