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2013  Berlin, Germany   Questions & Answers  Expand all Q&A  Why
do Angels have wings, what is the symbolism of that? Can you
please talk about why we have Angels in the Christian tradition.
Sri Sri: Man had a fascination to fly. He wanted to dominate
space. Man could walk the Earth, he could dive into the ocean
and swim in the water. But what he could not do is fly. So
Angels, which he considered one step above him, he gave them
wings. He thought, Angels have wings because they are more
powerful than man and they can fly and can go anywhere they
want. But today with the kind of airplanes we have, Angels will
be much slower. We can reach much faster than them. We will
leave the Angels behind somewhere. Nobody with wings, however
powerful, can fly faster than an aircraft or a helicopter. So it
is just a concept that they are more powerful than us, because
it is only then that they can help us. Angels mean those who can
help us, who are more powe