I was reading a comment to an article last week of the Avatar’s passing, and the lady had wondered ‘why did not a 'person' of so much expected awareness pass on in a more peaceful manner?’ Well, why did Jesus Christ pass on in not the most exalted manner? Why did Krishna get shot to death in the Dwapar Yuga?
We ascribe Divinity to have x number of characterisitics:
He should obviously be dead to be God.
He should have lived at least two thousand years ago.
He should be of unscrupulous human character.
He should not lie, He should be a bachelor and if He cures you, He should cure me.
In other words, God should be want we want Him to be.
What if I don't want the son of God to be born to a carpenter? And how can God decide to have 16,000 wives? For one descended as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna did not do many things expected of Divinity. And He did many things not expected of Divinity. How could God be a charioteer? He should have been something more respectful. Once, while Krishna was cutting sugar-cane, he cut his finger with the knife. How can I trust myself with a God who is a bit clumsy with even a knife to rule my life and sustain the universe? And as blunt is my question is the answer. He who loves God should not dictate terms to God.
The expectations of what we want Divinity to look like and behave, are but ours. What if God decides to fall ill? If He decides so, so be it. If He decides to lie, so be it. If He decides to die, so be it. He usually and unusually does what He wants. Similarly, we also tend to be foolish in our faith and logical in that of others.
At the end of the day, as the Avatar alone could phrase it most appositely: It does not matter to the sun if the dogs bark at it.
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