09 Apr 2023
[Dr. JSR Prasad asked:- An ordinary human being is the basic lowest level. God with full divinity is the highest level. The Human Incarnation is expected to show that it is not the lowest level but, it is the highest level. The middle level between these two is the level of a devotee. Why does the incarnation behave like a devotee instead of proving itself to be in the highest level?]
Swami Replied:- If the incarnation is in the lowest level, nobody cares for it even to hear the spiritual knowledge. If the incarnation is in the highest level of God, there will be a lot of ego and jealousy on the side of the souls towards the incarnation. This is like a pit at the back and a well in front. Hence, the safest place for the incarnation is the middle place, which is neither pit nor well. Moreover, the devotees take a good devotee as an ideal example in their practical efforts done to please God. Hence, the best stage of an incarnation is to be the best devotee. The aim of the incarnation is only to uplift devotees and other human beings. For this purpose, the stage of a best devotee is the best, which is very safe without the extremities on both ends. The only defect in this middle golden path is that the incarnation is not getting the best name and fame as the greatest God. The incarnation never cares for name and fame and hence, this is not a problem at all for the incarnation. Whether the devotee is an incarnation or not, it does not make any difference for the devotee. But, if the guide is purely a human being, who is a good devotee, the human being may err in some points. But, if the incarnation is acting like a good devotee, this possibility of error never arises and at the same time, the devotees will not be affected by ego and jealousy. Devotees will not feel any inferiority to learn from a better devotee because in any field, anybody tries to learn from the best person in that field. Hence, a true incarnation always hides its divinity and always behaves like a good devotee as in the case of Shri Rama. Every incarnation behaves like a good devotee unless bare necessity brings pressure to expose the divinity. A true incarnation always hides its inherent miraculous powers since there is no aim to expose them to get name and fame and it uses the powers only to help the deserving devotees so that they can progress well in the spiritual path. By this, the aim of the incarnation (to help the devotees) is fulfilled and acknowledgement from them is not necessary for the incarnation.
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