Jiva’s fall down
Question:
Why has a jiva fallen down to the material world. Is it his free choice or a will of God? If a soul has been created to be perfect and without any defects, then which deeds of him make him fall down to the material world? If the spiritual world is perfect, there shouldn’t be any deeds that make a soul fall down to the material world, so maybe we are in the material world because of our own will?
Answer:
A jiva falls to the material world by misuse of it’s own free choice. Because the jiva is made in the image of God and God has independence so God has given the jiva soul independence also. Without independence there would be no love. Love means we voluntarily choose to love someone, so when the jiva chooses not to love God then it comes to the material world. This is our position. Now if we want to return to the Kingdom of God we simply have to choose to love God. Then we will be immediately fit to enter into the Spiritual world.
Yours sincerely,
Trivikrama Swami
