God Comes Down As Avatar To Remind Man That All Is Really 'One'
All this variety is the play of Name and Form; without the multiplicity of names to distinguish one from the rest and the vast phantasmagoria of form to identify and cognize, knowledge of the many is impossible; then, all will be seen and felt and experienced as One, which it really is. To remind man of this fundamental unity so that he may not get lost in the conflict and complexities of manifoldness, the One assumes Name-Form and comes as Avatar (Divinity incarnated in human form) among men. Then man is drawn towards the Avatar by means of Grace and prema and led into the path that will give him the vision of the Full, the One.
(23.5.1967)
(Extract from : 'God Lives In Prashanti Nilayam')
