MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT - MYSTERY OF DIVINE INCARNATION

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Fundamental tenet of universal religion, wherever worship is done, only the

one Supreme Being is worshipped. No one, except the perfected sage, can

worship Him in His fullness, since the human mind can grasp only limited

aspects of Him. The more an individual or a community is evolved, the more

noble and comprehensive will be their conception of the Deity. But the

less evolved men too are adorning the same Deity, grasping such aspects of

His, as his undeveloped mind would allow.

Deities are the power aspects of the Divine worshipped in separation from

Him, the infinite and the Absolute Being. They are expressions of His

power, but manifesting under limitations. Devotees, who want boons, or

divine favours, worship them according to the ritualistic code with

offerings and Mantras and prayer for the fulfillment of their particular

wants. But it is only He, the one God, who fulfils even these wants. It is

only the Supreme Lord who fulfils such prayers to the Deities. There

Deities are like the vassals and high officers of an emperor, and the powers

are only the reflection of the power of the Supreme Being. So even the

fulfillments that came through the worship of the Deities come from Him, the

Supreme Being only, as He alone is the sat-chit-Ananda, the Absolute

existence - knowledge - Bliss. But the ordinary votaries do not know the

metaphysical truth and worship Deities as separate centres of high power.

They may get their favours, but they do not gain any spiritual elevation by

such adoration. Spiritual elevation means the attainment of Bhakti, Jnana

and Mukti. Only the Supreme Being, the Parabrahman, can grant these; no

Deity as such can. But if any Deity is recognized by the worshipper as an

expression of Sat- Chit-Ananda Parabrahman, the Supreme Being, the worship

becomes the adoration of the Supreme Being Himself But then the devotees

outlook has to change from a seeker after petty worldly fulfillment to the

seek after Bhakt-Jnana and Mukti. Spiritual excellences like Bhakti-Jnana

and Mukti are the only gifts to be sought of Him, and he is the only one

that can grant these. The incarnation too is one with the Supreme Being

and can bestow the highest spiritual blessings. Thus to seek one’s daily

bread of parabrahman is too silly for words according to the devotional

system of thought.

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