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Why does GOD Incarnate?

 

Why does God incarnate? No doubt Krishna has already outlined the reasons, but Swami goes deeper into the subject. He says:

 

To elevate man to the level of Supreme Consciousness, God has to incarnate as man. God has to speak to man in his own style and language. He has to teach mankind the methods that it can adopt and practice. Birds and beasts need no Divine incarnation to guide them

for they have no inclination to stray away from their respective Dharmas. Man alone forgets the goal of life.

 

In other words, God comes to play the role of a teacher and a Guru. As Swami elaborates:

 

 

The essential quality of an Avatar is to teach you to make good and proper use of your thought, word and deed. Depending on the conditions and the environment in the country, the Avatar will teach and show the right use of the Divine faculties gifted to man.

 

In earlier incarnations, the Lord physically annihilated the evil. What about this time?

 

Swami has the answer:

 

In this Kali Age, the wicked have to be reformed and reconstructed through Love and Compassion. That is why this Avatar has come unarmed. The Avatar has come with the Message of Love.

 

Swami continues:

 

My objective is to establish unity in mankind, to reveal the aspect of the Divinity latent in man, and that God must be the only goal in life. It is also My duty to make you realize the kind of relationship that should exist between fellow human beings.

 

This is something very important, and all of us would do well to remember it. The first items on the agenda of this Avatar is to make each and every one of us realise our intrinsic Divine nature. Swami goes on to add,

 

There is considerable change in human outlook that I have to bring about. No one can stop Me or deter Me from fulfilling these tasks for which I have come, namely the establishment of the one unchanging Truth. In this task, you have a part to play.

 

Playing a role in Swami's global Mission calls for a proper attitude

and frame of mind. Many people are carried away by Baba's miracles, but that is not correct, as Swami warns. He says:

 

You must take a path by which you can see deep in My heart, and experience the various Divine aspects of Mine. You must understand the all-knowing power in Me. Do not be led away by people who always talk of having got a locket or a watch or a ring from Me. These

things have no deep meaning.

 

Swami is Love, in fact, Pure Love. No surprise in that since God is Love and Love is God. Swami adds that all Incarnations are embodiments of Pure Love, as indeed man also is. He says:

 

Divine Love is associated with Immortality. It is to teach mankind the truth about this Divine Love that Love itself incarnates on earth in human form.

 

Om Sai Ram

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