29 Dec 2013
[Shri Phani asked: “Some incarnations are said to be lower, which are like incarnations of Kala (a ray of the power), Amsha (partial) compared to higher Poorna (complete) and Paripoorna (perfectly complete) incarnations. Kapila, Vyasa, Rama and Krishna are the respective examples. Does this mean that God is partially present in one incarnation and is completely present in another incarnation?” Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
In any incarnation, the power of God may enter partly or completely. The power can be understood with quantitative difference. The source of this power is the unimaginable God in whom you cannot apply this concept of quantitative difference. Incarnations are of two types in basic sense. In the first type, God enters totally to preach the spiritual knowledge. In the second type, the power of God enters partly or completely. In this second type, even the devils achieving God’s power partly or completely are also mentioned. This power is inert having the physical nature as seen used in destroying the evil forces or in doing miracles. You should not conclude that wherever the power exists, God must be present there. If this generalization is true, God must be present in the demons also. Moreover, demons never preached the spiritual knowledge. Therefore, we can conclude that the existence of God’s power need not indicate the existence of God. But the reverse is true, which means that wherever God exists, the total power exists there. In the case of existence of God, the total power may be totally or partially expressed. Sometimes, the power may not be expressed at all. It depends on the requirement of the situation. Here, the power means the inert miraculous physical power. In fact, knowledge is also His power and it is the best power. When God is present in some place, God possesses the total power there. The expression of the power may not take place at all or may take place, which may be partial or complete. You should not decide the possessed power by the expressed power. The expressed power may be zero, but the possessed power is complete. A professor is teaching the small children in L.K.G. class. The expressed knowledge in that class is very little since that much little knowledge is only required for that class. It does not mean that the possessed knowledge of the professor is also little. Sometimes, the professor may not express any knowledge and this does not mean the professor does not have any knowledge. Hence, when God directly enters, the purpose is only preaching the spiritual knowledge. But in such case also, the physical power is totally present with Him. When there is no purpose of preaching the spiritual knowledge, only His power enters partly or completely. Rama is said to be the incarnation with twelve kalaas and Krishna is with sixteen kalaas. This does not mean that the power of Rama is only 3/4th of that of Krishna. The same unimaginable God with the same total power exists in both. The possessed power is one and the same in both. The expressed power of Rama is 3/4th of that of Krishna. Buddha did not express any power. That does not mean that Buddha does not have any power. The same unimaginable God with the same total power exists in Rama, Krishna and Buddha. In such case, why Krishna is called as Paripoorna and Rama is called as Poorna only? This difference is based on only the expressed power. With reference to the expressed power only, Krishna is said to be perfectly complete God and is said to be the basic source God, who has taken the ten incarnations. This is the reason why Krishna is not mentioned in the ten incarnations. By this, you should not treat Krishna as highest and the other ten incarnations as lower because the possessed power is one and the same in all the incarnations. All are equal and you should worship all in the same way. You should not say that the expressed power is only the proof of the possessed power. God never wants to prove His power by expression. The power is expressed based on the requirement of the occasion. The necessity of the occasion only becomes the reason for the expression of the power. Therefore, you should treat all the human incarnations as one and the same based on the same internal unimaginable God.
As already stated, knowledge is also power. The expression of knowledge also depends on the requirement of the understanding capacity of the then existing humanity. Sometime back, Shri Ramnathan asked Me one question: “Swami! Why was this excellent knowledge expressed by You not expressed by the previous human incarnations?”
Swami Replied: This excellent spiritual knowledge existed in all the previous human incarnations, which is always associated with the internal unimaginable God only. The same unimaginable God present in all the previous human incarnations exists in Me also. This excellent spiritual knowledge was not expressed by the previous incarnations due to the absence of receiving capacity in that time to the extent possessed by the present humanity. Science was not so developed in the ancient times, which was confined to theoretical imaginations based on certain observed practical examples. Today, the logic developed by the Science associated with experimental observations everywhere is so sharp that the ancient philosophy based on the logic of mere theoretical imaginations cannot satisfy the appetite of the intelligence of the present humanity. Thus, the requirement for such top most spiritual knowledge is arising today only and the subsequent expression of such knowledge by God takes place today only. The demand and requirement of the occasion happens to be the only reason for the expression of the power of God. God never likes to show His possessed power for the sake of advertisement. Only egoistic demons do like that.
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