From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage
Subject: Re: What's your SIQ?
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 04:09:15 EST
Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA

emery@tc.fluke.COM (John Emery) writes:

> In article <VyJoTB3w165w@kalki33> kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us writes:
> >
> >Spiritual Intelligence Test.
> >
> >(Please answer each question in 25 words or less)
> >
> >1) What is the soul?
> 
> I would like to share my heart on this matter.  I believe the soul
> is the inner part of us which a loving God has created.

Question 1 grade: 25% (at least mentions God)

The soul is not "part" of us, we are the soul. The soul is the person,
entirely. The soul is a nonmaterial living entity whose symptom is
consciousness. It is an integral, eternal, individual unit of spirit.

> 
> >2) What is the purpose of human life?
> 
> To use this soul to love the God who created us and to give Him praise:
> "You shall love the Lord your God with ...all your soul" (Matt 22:37).
> I have found that He is worthy of this love.  If someone were to ask me
> why, I would say: because He so infinitely loves us.  Just think, the
> One who created us always has His arms open to love us and care for as
> a Father.  "I love you my Lord".

Question 2 grade: 75% (close but off)

The purpose of human life is to reestablish our forgotten relationship
with the Lord. Then we can love Him properly. Being born into a material
body conditions us to forget the Lord, but in the human form there is
sufficient development of the intelligence to enable us to inquire about
the cause of this forgetfulness. If one uses this advantage properly,
then one will go home, back to Godhead, and he will have properly
executed the purpose of human life.

Overall grade: 50%
Thank you very much!

> I have found that my loving Father just loves me to talk with Him and
> share my heart with Him.  I do not need formal prayers or chants, He
> just wants me to spend time with Him and to listen to His voice as He
> speaks to me.  It is so wonderful to hear the voice of the Lord and do
> according to His will.  I have found perfect peace in it.  

We do not know what you mean by "formal". It is a fact that language has
form. If a person is just babbling meaningless syllables, then perhaps
this could be called "informal" but it is also meaningless.

If one is interested in the words of God, then he will find them in the
scriptures. The scriptures say that we should pray, and that our prayers
should have meaning, and that means form. The scriptures also say that
we should glorify the name of God, and that means chanting the holy
names of God.

Of course, in the present age of Kali, many people claim that they have
direct contact with God and do not need any scriptures or any advice
from anyone else. People want something very cheap, and they do not like
to think that they might actually have to DO something to strengthen
their relationship with the Lord. They want everything to be done for
them, and they want to passively accept God's service without offering
any service in return. This is why the scriptures are so unpopular,
since they are full of demands.

In the long run, the attitude of "just sit back and let God do
everything" will not pay off, since the soul by nature must be active.
Therefore, we should chant and we should pray, and we should actively
serve the Lord by obeying the scriptures as far as is in our power.

Sincerely,
Kalki Dasa



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