23 November 2013 - QA 11

When the purpose of life is to realize that we are part of the Supreme Consciousness and to ultimately merge with the Divine, then why did God divide Himself into many souls at the beginning?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Well, God has His own logic and His own ways. What is the point of you asking this question now? It is too late! (Laughter) You know, you can think about it this way: if only air had different colours.
In the olden days, you had these Shantaram movies that were made. So in these movies, when the music would play, different colours would be thrown in the air. So if the oxygen and carbon-dioxide had colours, then you would see everyone’s nose turn red while inhaling and become blue while exhaling air. Why did God make this air so colourless? Air has no colour. Suppose he had made different gases different colours, then everybody’s nose would be glowing with a different mix of colours! (Laughter) This is a very interesting thought!
Suppose you had one eye in the front and one in the back of your head, then no one would have to turn to see the other person and talk! There are so many ideas, isn’t it. I think you should keep all these ideas for the next Creation.