8. Why did God create suffering in the universe if He has unconditional love towards us?

      In this universe, suffering exists in two different forms.
1. Mental suffering
2. Physical suffering
      Mental suffering is created in our minds. For example, the behaviour of some people provokes anger and distress in our mind in day to day life. When we pay close attention to these situations, we can realize that many outside situations can control the state of our mind. This is a kind of slavery of our mind towards outside situations. Let us see how Jesus christ reacted to such kind of provoking situations. In Mark 4:35-41, we can see that he was able to sleep peacefully despite of the terrible winds and big waves created in the ocean at the time when he was travelling along with disciples. Similarly at the time of his death, Jesus was able to forgive despite being beaten, spit upon and denounced by those wicked people. From the above mentioned two scenarios, we can come to a conclusion that outside situations are not affecting the state of happiness of his mind. Similarly if we try to imitate this character of Jesus christ, we can control our mental suffering to an extent. In other words, we can say that if we master to control our own minds, mental suffering can be brought to our control.
        Physical suffering is mainly caused by the existing laws of our iniverse. To understand this, let's take an example. If we hit our hands forcefully on a wall, we feel pain.  This is according to the Newton's third law of motion ( To every action, there is equal and opposite reaction). If this is the case, we should try to understand why God created these kind of laws for our universe. Let's take an example to find the answer for this. For a train to run at its proper speed, in addition to the fuel, it also requires a deeply rooted rails to withstand the thrust exerted by the train. Similarly a well defined fixed laws are essentially required for the smooth running of our universe.
          If the above mentioned points are true and also for God, if nothing is impossible, why He did not create those laws which would not cause any kind of suffering to the creation?
           God could have created laws which does not cause suffering to the creation. But the creation of such an universe may not be possible. To understand this let's take an example. Science now claims that the universe would not have been existed if there is a slight variation in the charge of an electron (1.6*10^-19 coulombs). Let's take another example. We believe that there is no evil and no kinds of suffering in heaven. So if we bring a child who has been brought up in heaven to this evil earth, it would be very difficult for the child to survive on this earth. Let's look at one more example. If God would not have given thorns to the rose plant, it would have extincted from earth long ago. Similarly God have made this creation in such a way that good and bad are necessary for the ultimate survival and mental growth of all living creatures.

          

7. How will God respond to those who are not ready to turn away from sins?

       From the story of prodigal son, we learn that God loves humans unconditionally. Jesus christ in Mathew 5:45 tells us that " For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil". As God as our Father and we as his children, God will try to bring back those who indulge in sins towards his unconditional love till their last breath. Jesus gave an example for this by giving solace to the thief at his right hand during the time of his crucifixion. Even after the death of a person, God still tries to bring a person back to his unconditional love. We can understand this from Peter 3:19. " and in his spiritual existence, he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits. These were the spirits of those who had not obeyed God when he waited patiently during the days that Noah was building his boat".

6. Is God punishing wrongdoers?

       Jesus Christ did not introduce a God who punishes wrongdoers. Jesus Christ presents God as a loving Father who waits for his son's return in front of his house everyday in the story of prodigal son. Jesus Christ introduces a God who does not judge anyone. In fact, the eldest son is one who judges others in the story. This is a fascinating and very serious topic. Even in christian churches today, the eclisiastical leaders introduces a punishing God to the people. In fact God's love is always present there. It is we who move away from the selfless love and get caught up in the laws of the universe. During the time of Isaiah, Leprosy was considered to be the punishment from God. The beloved king Uzziah was died due to Leprosy. Then all people strated blaming God that it was unfair to give him such a dreadful disease and death. Probably Isaiah might also blamed God. Once Isaiah went to church, he saw a particular vision where angels praises God telling that He is holy. Immediately Isaiah understood that God alone is holy and accepted his mistake. He also recognized that people are blaming God for no reason. At the moment he accepted his mistake, Isaiah was given permission to praise God along with angels. Similarly we must also strive to avoid blaming others, just as the prophet Isaiah confessed his error and turned away from it.
          For a more in-depth understanding of this subject, please refer the below mentioned links.
1. http://johnkunnathu.blogspot.com/
2. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvibIO39CfeJFhrT_sdtwgDUaSPAHw2Bk

5. What is True? What is False?

        Any path that lead us to the Supreme Being is right.
       Any path that distract us from the Supreme Being is wrong.

4. If soul is present in all living beings, is the same soul responsible for our good and bad actions?

     God has given the freedom to think and act for all living beings in the universe. It is true that our essence of life is a tiny little spark of the supreme creator. To answer the above question, one must first understand how human beings performs different actions. Man has five senses. Our eyes can see only light which ranges in between 380-740 nanometer in wavelength. Our ears can hear sounds only within the limit of 20-20KHz. Our nose cannot detect more than 1 trillion odors. Our skin cannot detect objects beyond 50mm without touching it. That means from this infinite universe, only a limited knowledge is entering our body through our senses. Human beings thus performs actions based on this incoming limited knowledge through the senses and also based on the interest that is present within a person. Since our ignorance is boundless with respect to our limited knowledge, it is very common for human beings to make error. This means it is our ignorance that is root cause of our bad actions. Jesus christ understood this reality well and just because of this, he was ready to forgive to those who tried to hurt him physically.
         However since the spark of supreme creator is present within us, we can correct our mistakes by acquiring more wisdom. If a gem is covered in dust, it cannot shine. Similarly if we think that the knowldge that comes through our senses is the only reality and if there is nothing else beyond our relative reality, such people can only value the pleasures of our body. They cannot understand that the spark of life within us is separate from the experiences of our body.
          That is why Jesus Christ compared the kingdom of heaven ( the part of sovereign within us) to the treasure buried in the field and also to the disappearence of the gem of the old women.

3. By what means we can identify our soul that dwells within us?

      We need to realize that our acquired wealth, knowledge, thoughts, abilities, qualities etc.. are nothing in front of our omnipotent supreme being. We also need to understand that our body is just a handfull of soil that is borrowed from our mother earth and this body has to be given back to earth on one day. When we cross each seconds, we are walking more and more closer to our grave. We also need to realize that this short life is going forward only because of the constant love from the creator of this universe. Once these realizations are deep rooted in our heart, we can then surrender ourselves in front of the supreme creator and then we can come to know what is soul and what is the original nature of our inner core. When I say supreme creator, it means the source of intelligence that works behind the creation of plants, animals, humans,  rocks,  and everything which is manifested and unmanifested in this universe. 

2. What is soul? How is the progress of the soul possible?

       Consider a chariot being driven by a human. The rider always drives the chariot to his destination. It is as same as this, our soul within us is constantly striving this human machine to reach the supreme being. When we completely surrender ourselves before the supreme consciousness, we can then start knowing our inner core, which is soul.

I here with share one of my experience which I had during the year 2018.

"I went to church.  Nobody was there. I could not enter church since it was closed.  I just stood in front of the church door focusing on a metal part attached to the door of the church.
Initially i was consciously thinking about all of my experiences which i had in my life since from the time of childhood.  I did not move from the place where i stood.  So many emotions came to my mind. Angry,  sorrow,  lonliness,  etc.  But i did not respond to any of those emotions or temptations.  I just stood there focusing on the metal part of church door without even removing my eyes from that point.  Slowly i realized there is something within me which is constantly watching everything happening with me.  When i tried to understand what it was, i understood (not fully) that it was a kind of consiousness or awareness. I started feeling that i (this consciousness) am separate from my body,  thoughts and emotions.  I  felt very exciting in this experience.  I simply stood there without closing my eyes and not moving from there for 45 min."

     What I understood from my above experience is that there is some kind of awareness within us which is witness to everything happening to us. This awareness /witness might be referring as soul. This witness is present in all living beings and not only within humans. This spark of witness present in all living beings is a reflection of a supreme witness which is referring as God. There is also a possibility that this witness might be present in non living things as well.

      The development of the soul is possible through thoughts, meditation, music and communication.