Avatar And His Supreme Powers
The descent of the Avatar means the Divine coming down to the level of the human. No blemish attaches to the Divine as a result of this descent. There is no diminution in His Presence. Here is the example of child playing on the ground. If the mother feels it is beneath her dignity to bend and calls upon the child to leap into her arms, the child cannot do so. By bending down to take the child, does the mother bow to the child? Likewise, the Avatar descends to the level of the human to bless and rescue those who cannot rise to the level of the Divine. The ignorant assumes that because the Divine has descended with a human form, God has lowered Himself to the human level. This is the case of bending and not kneeling down. It is an act of benediction and not submission. The attributes and powers of the Divine remain unaltered in their pristine amplitude. The Divine manifests His Powers according to the needs, the circumstances and the conditions prevailing at a particular time or place. Take, for example, the case of a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He has the power to inflict the supreme penalty on any number of persons according to the law. He has also the power to protect and punish. These powers can be exercised only when he sits in the judicial chair. The same Chief Justice, when he is at home, confers joy on his grandson by letting him ride on his back. By allowing his grandchild to play in this manner, does he forfeit his powers as a Chief Justice? Similarly, the Avatar does not forget any of His supreme powers merely because he moves and lives among human beings as a man. Narrow minded person view these things differently.
(24.3.1991)
(Extract from : 'God Lives In Prashanti Nilayam')