Remote Control: A Spiritual Insight

One of the many terms the modern age has added to the dictionary is ‘remote control.’ This term denotes controlling something from a distance without any direct physical contact.

These days, remote-control technology is widely used for a variety of purposes. Signals are sent out in the form of codes. In the concerned machine, a receiver obtains these signals at an appropriate frequency and functions in the desired way as directed by the person holding the remote control. Remote-control technology has advanced so much that commands are sent from Earth through remote control to artificial satellites orbiting space. Any defect or dysfunction on them can be repaired from Earth without direct physical contact simply through radio waves.

The system of remote control is a material manifestation of a spiritual reality. It provides a practical example of how God directly controls and guides the vast universe according to His will. While a remote control may be a human invention, it has made a grand Divine phenomenon—of God’s control of the universe—more understandable for us.