The purpose of human incarnation

[dattaswami1]

The very purpose of the human incarnation is to preach the humanity. For this purpose, God takes the human form and behaves like a human being. The behavior itself gives the practical direction to humanity. If God appears in energetic form and gives the message, people will not follow it because there is no practical demonstration by a human being. They will think that the message is practically impossible for human beings. Ofcourse, they will hear the message with lot of reverence to the energetic form with extensive excitation. This extensive excitation may also cause disturbance in receiving the message and understanding it.

Jesus also performed penance on a hill for forty days. Both Sai Baba and Jesus preached that a human being should do penance and realize God practically before preaching about God. The penance means the maintenance of faith on God irrespective of severe practical difficulties. Jesus had no food during penance, which was for a short period. Sai Baba took only Margosa leaves for several years during penance. Even Baba did penance in the childhood, which is nothing but the undisturbed faith that He is Sai Baba. There was lot of torture on Baba to divert Him and Baba never changed. You find Lord Shiva always in the posture of meditation closing His eyes. Lord Shiva is God Himself existing in the energetic human form. In such case, what is the goal of His meditation? He is giving the message to the souls in the energetic bodies to meditate upon God in that way. He Himself is the goal of His meditation.

God can exist in different human forms simultaneously as per the various programs meant for the welfare of humanity in different aspects. The intensity of the program also varies as per the different standards of the receiving people. You have Parashurama and Shri Rama as simultaneous human incarnations. Parashurama was very furious to warn the kings from further atrocities. Shri Rama was very peaceful because His goal is to be an example for human beings. Both these are simultaneous programs. Even a human being does two types of activities at a time. In such case, why not the omnipotent God? Shirdi Sai Baba was very rough and tough since He preached the villagers. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was very soft since He preached the educated public of city.

Both are simultaneous human incarnations. It is impossible for a human being having spatial dimensions to exist in different houses, which have large spatial dimensions. But, God has no spatial dimensions and hence, can exist in different human forms, which have spatial dimensions. Here, to some extent, you can take the simile of current existing in different wires performing different activities. Simultaneously, the current generates sound in T.V., light in a bulb and mechanical motion in a fan. You can take this simile to a great extent because many good aspects of comparison are covered. But, there are limitations even to this simile. Current is a chain of electrons, which may be treated as particles or waves. But, God is not a chain of particles or waves. Both particles and waves have spatial dimensions and hence, current also has spatial dimensions. Therefore, current is quantitatively divided in different instruments but God has no spatial dimensions and such quantitative division is not possible in the case of God.

[SolarPlexus]

I think we are little pieces of God in shells of flesh. like drops in the ocean

[libstaK]

I think we are little pieces of God in shells of flesh. like drops in the ocean

What a delightful way of putting it t

[dattaswami1]

I think we are little pieces of God in shells of flesh. like drops in the ocean

You are correct.

Love the entire creation without rejecting or hating anything & anybody

Imagine that you are a servant of the producer and director of a film. You have accompanied him to see the film along with him. You appreciate each scene of the film and by this, he is also pleased with you. You are deeply immersed in the cinema and suddenly he wants to leave the hall along with you. You must leave the entire film and should accompany him proving your unchallenged love and loyalty to him. You are proving here that your bond with him is beyond your bond to the entire cinema. This is a specific occasion in which your boss is competing with his own creation. In this situation, you are rejecting the entire creation. This is test of God for you. You need not bring the philosophy of this situation while you are enjoying the cinema with him. Therefore, love the entire creation without rejecting or hating anything and anybody. The reason for your love to the entire creation is your love to the creator. You are seeing the creator everywhere in the creation and therefore, you love the entire creation. You love the creation not for the sake of yourself.

But, once the creator enters into the competition (Datta Pariksha), you are rejecting everything and everybody for the sake of the Lord to prove that He is the highest for you as said in the Veda (Na tat samah …). It is in this context that Jesus told that unless one hates everything and everybody, one can not become the disciple of God. You should not extend this context throughout your life and be rejecting everything and everybody for the sake of God. You should prove your attachment to God and detachment to the world when the context comes.