Avatarhood and Divine Guidance 2

The issue of divine guidance can be explained by the phenomena light that has three principal currents : in the rear, nearer and farthest from the centre. The current of divine light that runs in the rear is indicative of saintly inspiration, of that passive character which has widespread compassion and spiritual guidance of Masters.


The other current of divine light that runs farthest from the centre is the sign of divine power, of that divine glory which excels power, of that divine glory which excels others in divine attributes. Angels and Vibhutis who show gentle manner and constant self-sacrifice with a desire to serve God come under this category. The long line of Avataras of the Hindus and even many other divine souls of other religions trace this connection of divinity with Godly attributes. All the divine souls have sometimes links and partial manifestations of those deities separately. Some claim to be the incarnations of Shiv, others claim to be the incarnations of Vishnu, and a few others claim to be the incarnations of still higher divine forces like Maha-Vishnu and Akshara Brahman.


The central current nearest to the centre which manifests Godhood and brings Godly messages is called a chief prophet or Purna-Avtar. Such a divine current has been directed to go into the world to set an example, to go through all the experiences of life and yet to retain that fineness, tenderness and spiritual guidance which keep the soul close to God for communication. The prophets and avataras are sent to awaken man, just as someone who cannot wake up of his own accord in the morning is wakened by the alarm-clock. They are this alarm-clock. In the day the alarm clock is not needed, because it is day. The prophets and Avataras are sent during the night. Since it is a message of God, whenever it comes it does not fail to make a lasting impression on the souls of men. That is the very proof of its authenticity.


Christ gave his message to a few fishermen. Krishna, Buddha and Mohammed were also accepted as divine messengers by a very few persons in their times, yet they all had the message of God, and it was bound to penetrate into the hearts of the needy ones and leave its influence, ever multiplying and spreading, proving it to be the message of the Supreme. Otherwise, the sceptics may in doubt ask why, if God is omniscient. He does not guide the people when the necessity arises. Therefore, when it came two thousand and a thousand years ago, it would also be His message. And soon it will prove itself.


As many souls there are in the world, so many are their fancies and fantasies. Many look favourably at a certain teacher, whereas others do not. And there has never been one teacher in the world whom everyone regarded with favors, though the Cosmic consciousness is one and the same that has been the illuminating force in all the teachers- whether they are enlightened saints, or the attributory manifestations of divine light, or the prophetic revelators of divine messages. Mahamati says that one who could weave their pearls of wisdom lying scattered on the thread of integrality can attain to that Supreme Divine consciousness and realize its true unity with the Absolute.


The spiritual ideal in man is something that touches the depths of every man's heart and he holds him as sacred. Krishna, Buddha, Zarathustra, Moses, Christ and Mohammed are the chief ones whom people have followed, loved and adored. If one were to ask which ideal one should hold, the simple answer could be the one Teacher, the Cosmic Consciousness who has been one sacred divinity behind all the World Teachers. Christ said, 'I am Alpha and Omea. I was before Abraham was born and I shall be after Jesus has gone.' This means Christ identified himself with all the divine souls who came before Jesus whether he was Abraham or Buddha or Krishna. That is why, he also said that he had not come to give a new law, but to fulfill the law. If books were sufficient, then the book of Abraham or earlier holy books of the Vedas could be sufficient, but it was not so because the mentality of mankind differed at each period. One can pay tribute to each of them separately or to the one Absolute, in whatever form one likes best. Meditation, prayer, music, picture, light all have an effect upon a person. It is all a matter of temperament, so long as any form of worship does not turn into superstition.


There are beliefs such as that of salvation through Christ, Krishna or Mohammad. It only means that there could not any liberation without an ideal before one. Christ's crucifixion to save the world explains the real meaning of sacrifice that no man in this world going towards the goal will escape from the test to which life will put him. The Christ-ideal is the picture of the highest sacrifice the soul of a devotee may be asked for to make. Therefore, if we would know God we have not to a solvers of riddles in scientific terms, we would rather look about us and we shall see Him in human love and simplicity. True religion is a moving sea between the shores of men's souls. It purifies the understanding and illumines the soul in joy.