Upheavals of War during Avataric Period: Meher Baba

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"In the Bhagavat Gita (Lord's Song) it is written:

 

"Whenever vitue subsides and vice prevails on this earth, I (God)

assume a human form to establish _dharma_ (awaken love in the heart

of man which upholds the human society).

 

The Avataric periods appear to be the darkest periods of human

history and the greatest upheavals of war appear to have occurred

during such periods.

 

Because of the massive destruction by waves of war in Iran in such a

period, we have no records on the true life and work of Zoroaster,

Sri Ram and Mohamed personally fought in wars of their time. Sri

Krishna guided the course of war in his time as the Charioteer of

Arjuna, the hero of that great war. Vyasa with the knowledge and

poetic vision of a perfect Master Artist, had depicted in the great

epic of all time 'Mahabharatha' not only the origin and causes of

war, but also the spiritual purpose war served by releasing both good

and bad in human nature, thus helping the process of transforming

human consciousness from the gross plane of ego-intoxicated

tendencies of lust for power, greed and hatred towards divine

consciousness.

 

Buddha and Jesus Christ do not appear to have associated with either

the politics nor personally participated in the wars of their times.

Yet it is evident that their very presence on the earth, and their

names and messages, amply influence the forces that controlled the

administratie affairs of the then-known world. It is also evident

that sages and saints of their time worked consciously for the Cause

of Truth unfolded through them. Moreover, their agents were working

for them -- some consciously and some unconsciously -- in and through

the various strata of contemporary society.; It is also an

historical fact that great upheavals produced by war helped the

spread of their messages far and wisde.

 

Meher Baba once said, "Had not Krishna brought about that war he

would not have given the Gita, because everyone was in the mood to

fight. Had he said, 'Don't fight,' nobodyh would have listened to

him. When he said, 'Fight!' he brought the real meaning of Truth

into the world. The world is now going bnack to a barbarous state.

What Krishna teaches in the Gita goes deep. He does not say anything

in a round-about way. He says, 'You can becom eGod. If you love me,

follow me, ther eis no other way.'

 

Once in l927, Meher Baba said that it was Sai Baba who controlled the

Great War (World War i), though he seemed to be doing nothing,

sitting in an out-of-the-way place; Shirdi, in the Ahmednagar

district unknown to the world at large."

p. l06-l07:MEHER BABA ON WAR

 

Peace,

Kathy