INCARNATIONS ARE OF TWO TYPES

God Himself Enters in First Type

His Power Partly or Completely Enters in Se ond Type O !earned and "e#oted Ser#ants of God$ [December 29, 2013] Shri Phani asked: Some incarnations are said to be lower, which are like incarnations of ala !a ra" of the #ower$, %msha !#artial$ com#ared to hi&her Poorna !com#lete$ and Pari#oorna !#erfectl" com#lete$ incarnations' a#ila, ("asa, )ama and rishna are the res#ecti*e e+am#les' Does this mean that ,od is #artiall" #resent in one incarnation and is com#letel" #resent in another incarnation-. Swami Replied% In any incarnation, the power of God may enter partly or completely. /he #ower can be 0nderstood with 10antitati*e difference' The source of this power is the unimaginable God in whom you cannot apply this concept of quantitative difference. 2ncarnations are of two t"#es in basic sense' 2n the first t"#e, ,od enters totall" to #reach the s#irit0al knowled&e' 2n the second t"#e, the #ower of ,od enters #artl" or com#letel"' 2n this second t"#e, e*en the de*ils achie*in& ,od3s #ower #artl" or com#letel" are also mentioned' /his #ower is inert ha*in& the #h"sical nat0re as seen 0sed in destro"in& the e*il forces or in doin& miracles' You should not conclude that wherever the power exists, God must be present there. 2f this &enerali4ation is tr0e, ,od m0st be #resent in the demons also' 5oreo*er, demons ne*er #reached the s#irit0al knowled&e' Therefore, we can conclude that the existence of Gods power need not indicate the existence of God. 60t the re*erse is tr0e, which means that where*er ,od e+ists, the total #ower e+ists there' 2n the case of e+istence of ,od, the total #ower ma" be totall" or #artiall" e+#ressed' Sometimes, the #ower ma" not be e+#ressed at all' 2t de#ends on the re10irement of the sit0ation' 7ere, the power means the inert miraculous physical power' 2n fact, knowled&e is also 7is #ower and it is the best #ower' 8hen ,od is #resent in some #lace, ,od #ossesses the total #ower there' /he e+#ression of the #ower ma" not take #lace at all or ma" take #lace which ma" be #artial or com#lete' You should not decide the possessed power by the expressed power. /he e+#ressed #ower ma" be 4ero, b0t the #ossessed #ower is com#lete' % #rofessor is teachin& the small children in 9' ',' class' /he e+#ressed knowled&e in that class is *er" little since that m0ch little knowled&e is onl" re10ired for that class' 2t does not mean that the #ossessed knowled&e of the #rofessor is also little'

Sometimes, the #rofessor ma" not e+#ress an" knowled&e and this does not mean the #rofessor does not ha*e an" knowled&e' 7ence, when ,od directl" enters, the #0r#ose is onl" #reachin& the s#irit0al knowled&e' 60t in s0ch case also, the #h"sical #ower is totall" #resent with 7im' 8hen there is no #0r#ose of #reachin& the s#irit0al knowled&e, onl" 7is #ower enters #artl" or com#letel"' )ama is said to be the incarnation with 12 alaas and rishna is with 1: alaas' /his does not mean that the #ower of )ama is onl" 3;<th of that of rishna' /he same 0nima&inable ,od with the same total #ower e+ists in both' /he #ossessed #ower is one and the same in both' /he e+#ressed #ower of )ama is 3;<th of that of rishna' 60ddha did not e+#ress an" #ower' /hat does not mean that 60ddha does not ha*e an" #ower' /he same 0nima&inable ,od with the same total #ower e+ists in )ama, rishna and 60ddha' 2n s0ch case, wh" rishna is called as Pari#oorna and )ama is called as Poorna onl"- /his difference is based on onl" the e+#ressed #ower' 8ith reference to the e+#ressed #ower onl", rishna is said to be #erfectl" com#lete ,od and is said to be the basic so0rce ,od, who has taken the ten incarnations' /his is the reason wh" rishna is not mentioned in the ten incarnations' 6" this, "o0 sho0ld not treat rishna as hi&hest and the other ten incarnations as lower beca0se the #ossessed #ower is one and the same in all the incarnations' %ll are e10al and "o0 sho0ld worshi# all in the same wa"' You should not say that the expressed power is only the proof of the possessed power. ,od ne*er wants to #ro*e 7is #ower b" e+#ression' /he #ower is e+#ressed based on the re10irement of the occasion' The necessity of the occasion only becomes the reason for the expression of the power. /herefore, "o0 sho0ld treat all the h0man incarnations as one and the same based on the same internal 0nima&inable ,od' %s alread" stated, knowled&e is also #ower' The expression of nowledge also depends on the requirement of the understanding capacity of the then existing humanity. Sometime back, Shri )amanadhan asked 5e one 10estion: Swami= 8h" this e+cellent knowled&e e+#ressed b" >o0, was not e+#ressed b" the #re*io0s h0man incarnations-. Swami Replied% /his e+cellent s#irit0al knowled&e e+isted in all the #re*io0s h0man incarnations, which is alwa"s associated with the internal 0nima&inable ,od onl"' /he same 0nima&inable ,od #resent in all the #re*io0s h0man incarnations e+ists in 5e also' /his e+cellent s#irit0al knowled&e was not e+#ressed b" the #re*io0s incarnations d0e to the absence of recei*in& ca#acit" in that time to the e+tent #ossessed b" the #resent h0manit"' Science was not so de*elo#ed in the ancient times,

which was confined to theoretical ima&inations based on certain obser*ed #ractical e+am#les' /oda", the lo&ic de*elo#ed b" the Science associated with e+#erimental obser*ations e*er"where is so shar# that the ancient #hiloso#h" based on the lo&ic of mere theoretical ima&inations cannot satisf" the a##etite of the intelli&ence of the #resent h0manit"' /h0s, the re10irement for s0ch to# most s#irit0al knowled&e is arisin& toda" onl" and the s0bse10ent e+#ression of s0ch knowled&e b" ,od takes #lace toda" onl"' The demand and requirement of the occasion happens to be the only reason for the expression of the power of God. ,od ne*er likes to show 7is #ossessed #ower for the sake of ad*ertisement' ?nl" e&oistic demons do like that'