Man should not be punished.

Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.

It has been accepted in all the books of different religions that man works under the directions of God and without His directions, he is not in a position to move. In some of the statements there are instances when this man works under the directions of the Devil. It has also been said that there is Soul in each person and this Soul is part of God and it is present in us to guide us. We are accepting the directions of this Soul or we are ignoring the directions of this Soul, it is an other thing because when we are not accepting the directions of this Soul, we are functioning under the directions of the Devil and when we are accepting the directions of this Soul we are working under the directions of God. And who has created this Devil on this earth and who has allowed this Devil to function and mislead the people on this earth. If this Devil is also the creation of God then only God can recall this Devil and till this Devil is on this earth, we are not safe from Him.

If we admit that this Devil has also been created by God and He has given liberty to this Devil to play with us, then we should not be punished for the deeds which we perform during the spell of this Devil because when we are under the devil, we are not free persons and we are not in a position to save ourselves from the spell of this Devil. If God wants that we should be good persons always, then it shall be better if this Devil is recalled from this world and till this Devil is here, we shall not be at liberty to function on the right directions.

We are not free because either we are functioning under the directions of this Soul or we are functioning under the directions of the Devil and therefore, it is strange that we are punished. A man or a woman must be punished when he is committing a crime, sin or a misconduct out of his own sweet will and with prior motives, but when he is not free and when he is functioning under the will of God or the will of the Devil, then we should not be punished. This question is still written on the wall and none has come here to answer this question. The man is not able to solve this question because on one hand he has been given to understand that whatever he is doing, all is the will of God and on the other hand we have been told that when we commit a crime, a sin or a misconduct, we shall be punished. It means these actions are not done by us under the directions of our own will. It clearly means that we are here free and it is not compulsory for us to obey the will of God and we are at liberty to accept our own sweet will and act accordingly. But this concept has not been accepted in the religious books because, there we have been told that we are functioning under the will of God and we are never free.

If this is only freedom, then God may withdraw this freedom because this man once starts on the wrong path, then there remains no return for him and he goes on and always remains on the wrong path. This power is vested only in God and if He so desires, He may recall all evils from this earth and turn this earth a holy place and all living here must turn holy people. Only God can do this because we, the people in this world are helpless and we are not the creator of anything. We are just following the paths laid down either by God or by the Devil and at times we have got no choice. Our problem is that we are to meet so many situations in life where we are not in a position to keep the right path. We are obliged to go on a wrong path because that path looks better to us. Our soul may be guiding us, but we are not accepting the guidance and when that moment is over, then there are chances that we may start repenting upon our work and on our conduct. This life is full of regrets and repentance.

We, therefore, pray before God that He should come down on this earth and may set the things right. The man on this earth had done so many mistakes and that is the reason, this man has already turned this world into a Hell. Man has created all bad things and that is the reason this man is afraid of the man facing him. Even a father is afraid of his son and even a son is afraid of his father. Some people are telling us that they are in love, but in spite of this love, they are not having full faith in each other. We have relations, but all these relations are worldly and at times, the people are deceived by others. All crimes, all sins and all misconducts are committed by this man and all these activities are against the other man. The soul may be present in us, but it is weak and often we ignore the call of this soul. So till this world exists, the man on this earth would never be able to understand the real soul in him and on most of the occasions he shall be functioning under the spell of the Devil and that is the reason this man shall never reach God and Soul. Only God can do this and therefore, we should wait for God and His arrival on this earth when he shall be setting the things right.

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