A Myth - Everything happens with the will of God

Quite often, we hear the phrase:

"Parmatma ki ichha kay Bina kuchh nahin ho saktaa"

That nothing can happen without the will of God.

However, it's a wrong concept - the actual quote is......

"Parmatma kay bina kuchh nahin ho saktaa"

"Nothing can happen without God"

Another popular phrase:

"Parmaatma ki ichha kay Bina ek pattaa bhi nahin hil saktaa"

"Nothing - not even a leaf, can move without the will of God.

But the actual phrase is:

"Nothing - not even a leaf, can move without God.

I don't know when and how the word "will of God" got added to these phrases.

"What is the difference?" One may ask.

There is a big difference.

And that is what creates confusion in our minds. 

By saying "will of God not only do we imply that God has ' will and desires, but preferences as well. 

It means God is not impartial and just - 

That, He favors or disfavors certain people - creates and destroys - provides or takes away according to His will and preferences.

If nothing can happen without the "will of God, then why do 'sin and evil' exist in the world? 

It means that all the bad things - killings and hatred etc. are happening with the "will of God". 

Because He desires so?

However, when we say, "nothing can move without God has a different meaning altogether. 

It makes perfect sense, and it is perfectly scientific.

Every gadget and appliance in our homes runs on electricity. 

We see the appliances working but do not see the energy behind them. 

For example, we only see the light bulb shining, not the electricity flowing through it - because the light bulb is physical, and electricity is Formless. 

We don't see electricity - yet we know that the bulb cannot shine without electricity.

Can we say that the bulb cannot shine without the 'will of electricity"?

We don't see electricity shining, heating or cooling, or even flowing - but none of the household appliances can work without it. 

And without a doubt, we know it's the 'electricity'- not the 'will of electricity' that makes the appliances move or work.

Electricity only provides energy. 

Shining, heating, or cooling depends on the design and programming of the gadget, not on the will of electricity.

Similarly, God is 'Nirankaar, 'Nirgun' (Formless and attribute-less) - the fundamental source behind everything. 

Nothing can move or work without God - the fundamental source of energy.

But Love or hatred, kindness or cruelty, generosity or selfishness, helping and saving or torturing and killing, depends on the individuals, not on the so-called 'will of God.'       

We all move and function by the power of God.

But how we use this power or energy depends on us.

Let us use this energy in the right way - at the right time and for the good of all.       

                                     'Rajan Sachdeva'