"God is an infinite ocean, wherein each waterdrop is the individual soul." -God Speaks
In this ocean is a cement force, a manefestation of energy. This energy creates the flow that supports and bonds each droplet into that body of water, that ocean, whose divisions, whose individual droplets or groups thereof cannot be discerned. Yes, this infinite ocean is God.
So we look closer at this energy that bonds individual souls. Within themselves, it is very clear how these bonds interact with the energy they are powered by. Assuming energy is gained or lost through transfer, there are a number of different conclusions we can make. First, this energy - whether apathy or love - can be transferred from one object to another only if it is transferred from a first person. In other words, energy transfer is like a domino game; in fact, each domino applies a force and - with it - transfers energy from the previous domino onto the next. Furthermore, we can symbolize this energy to represent three reactions that "bond" individual souls: love, apathy and hate.
To shed light on this, imagine: would a man who is hated by women his whole life ever seek to love one (and vice versa, for women)? Psychologically, that context is the number one reason for severe misogyny or misanthropy. Similarly, consider the opposite: it is very hard for a person loved all their life to show any hate.
But, of course, there are other variables that may affect a neat transfer, creating exceptions. A "spoiled brat" is usually the result of intense "nurturing," but one must wonder...is that love? No, it is apathy. The parents of the child replaced the immaterial love of a parent with material sanctity, which is why that spoiled brat doesn't show the same love to others. They are apathetic towards others and, as they are trained to believe, assume that they are better than the average; thus, believe they have the right to force their wants upon others.
Nevertheless, it is important to note that energy, passing from domino to domino, isn't created or destroyed but is transferred - that goes for even the first domino. A force and - again, an x amount of energy - is transferred from an arbitrarily large object to that first domino.
But when applied to the real world, the world around us, certain questions come to mind: from where did the formermost manifestation of such an energy hail? How was it conceived? And from whom does it flow? Unfortunately, to these questions, science does not supply an answer; thus, we must look beyond it...into the depths of mysticism.
"I have come not to teach, but to awaken." -Meher Baba
We have defined God, the culmination of individual souls, the flowing waters of togetherness. Yet, we have yet to define a few other things. First, the "energy" one feels, that bonds two souls, is a type of sanskara. Sankskaras - if you would like a detailed explanation, please visit my previous article - are impressions that enter the unconscious mind. They exit into the consciousness to become tangible thought, if not actions. But most importantly, we must define two separate identities: an Avatar and a Perfect Master.
Let it be understood that the reason, the force that strives to keep the ocean as one, to perpetuate the presence of God, is that of the Sanskara, specifically that "energy" previously defined. There are two types of souls that can be associated with this said energy: (1) those who hold the said energy and have the power to transfer it and (2) those who have the power to create this energy. The Perfect Master is the former, the Avatar the later.
As cited in "The Everything and the Nothing," the perfect servant is the Perfect Master. Why? Because s/he who follows the Rules of God - that is, in a nutshell, the conservation of a togetherness of souls necessary to perpetuate Him - and does so blindly will become a Perfect Master, a holder of that transferable energy, who must then take on the role of transferring that energy and, in certain cases, assisting an Avatar in the realization of Godliness.
Before we attempt to define the Avatar, we must first analyze the historic context of such an obligation. Consider Jesus Christ and Mohammad. Both of them, as per the say-so of Meher Baba, were Avatars of the one-and-only God, but they claimed to be the sons or "prophets" of God. Why is that? Because it is the responsibility of the Avatar to create the Sanskarian energy. They are the ones who come ever so often to replenish the energy that perpetuates the culmination of souls, God.
In this way, the Avatar does not come to preach what is good and what is bad - He doesn't teach - but he comes to awaken, that is to replenish our energy stash, to rekindle the love that bonds and keeps souls intact, to strengthen the potency of the flowing ocean that is, as said again and again, God. He creates energies that are transferred, in bulk, to Perfect Masters and, in lesser quantity, regular souls.
So, now we must ask: why did Baba so explicitly reject the previous notion of the Avatar being an other, a part or what have you of God, but not God himself. Why did Baba call himself, an Avatar AND God?
Before attempting to answer this question, it must be understood that Baba said ALL Avatars were a manifestation of God in Human form, a "Man-God." However, that does not deter away from the fact that ALL souls are, in fact, a part of God. Even though Baba said, to an extent, serve others and you will serve me, meaning, intuitively, that we are all a part of Baba, who is God, which brings back the Ocean analogy. So if we are all a part of God, does that mean we are God himself?
To answer this question, we must understand that Baba, and all the Avatars before him, went through an important stage in their ascent to Godliness, the Realization of God. With the energy transferred to them by the Perfect Masters, these normal souls rose into God-realization and then into a state of Godliness, at which point their ability to create energy had been established. [Note: it is mistakenly thought that God has descended to human form, when in reality and by the virtues of concreteness, it is the other way around.]
But at the end of the day, regardless of what our responsibilities and obligations are, we are all a part of God. We are God!
In this ocean is a cement force, a manefestation of energy. This energy creates the flow that supports and bonds each droplet into that body of water, that ocean, whose divisions, whose individual droplets or groups thereof cannot be discerned. Yes, this infinite ocean is God.
So we look closer at this energy that bonds individual souls. Within themselves, it is very clear how these bonds interact with the energy they are powered by. Assuming energy is gained or lost through transfer, there are a number of different conclusions we can make. First, this energy - whether apathy or love - can be transferred from one object to another only if it is transferred from a first person. In other words, energy transfer is like a domino game; in fact, each domino applies a force and - with it - transfers energy from the previous domino onto the next. Furthermore, we can symbolize this energy to represent three reactions that "bond" individual souls: love, apathy and hate.
To shed light on this, imagine: would a man who is hated by women his whole life ever seek to love one (and vice versa, for women)? Psychologically, that context is the number one reason for severe misogyny or misanthropy. Similarly, consider the opposite: it is very hard for a person loved all their life to show any hate.
But, of course, there are other variables that may affect a neat transfer, creating exceptions. A "spoiled brat" is usually the result of intense "nurturing," but one must wonder...is that love? No, it is apathy. The parents of the child replaced the immaterial love of a parent with material sanctity, which is why that spoiled brat doesn't show the same love to others. They are apathetic towards others and, as they are trained to believe, assume that they are better than the average; thus, believe they have the right to force their wants upon others.
Nevertheless, it is important to note that energy, passing from domino to domino, isn't created or destroyed but is transferred - that goes for even the first domino. A force and - again, an x amount of energy - is transferred from an arbitrarily large object to that first domino.
But when applied to the real world, the world around us, certain questions come to mind: from where did the formermost manifestation of such an energy hail? How was it conceived? And from whom does it flow? Unfortunately, to these questions, science does not supply an answer; thus, we must look beyond it...into the depths of mysticism.
"I have come not to teach, but to awaken." -Meher Baba
We have defined God, the culmination of individual souls, the flowing waters of togetherness. Yet, we have yet to define a few other things. First, the "energy" one feels, that bonds two souls, is a type of sanskara. Sankskaras - if you would like a detailed explanation, please visit my previous article - are impressions that enter the unconscious mind. They exit into the consciousness to become tangible thought, if not actions. But most importantly, we must define two separate identities: an Avatar and a Perfect Master.
Let it be understood that the reason, the force that strives to keep the ocean as one, to perpetuate the presence of God, is that of the Sanskara, specifically that "energy" previously defined. There are two types of souls that can be associated with this said energy: (1) those who hold the said energy and have the power to transfer it and (2) those who have the power to create this energy. The Perfect Master is the former, the Avatar the later.
As cited in "The Everything and the Nothing," the perfect servant is the Perfect Master. Why? Because s/he who follows the Rules of God - that is, in a nutshell, the conservation of a togetherness of souls necessary to perpetuate Him - and does so blindly will become a Perfect Master, a holder of that transferable energy, who must then take on the role of transferring that energy and, in certain cases, assisting an Avatar in the realization of Godliness.
Before we attempt to define the Avatar, we must first analyze the historic context of such an obligation. Consider Jesus Christ and Mohammad. Both of them, as per the say-so of Meher Baba, were Avatars of the one-and-only God, but they claimed to be the sons or "prophets" of God. Why is that? Because it is the responsibility of the Avatar to create the Sanskarian energy. They are the ones who come ever so often to replenish the energy that perpetuates the culmination of souls, God.
In this way, the Avatar does not come to preach what is good and what is bad - He doesn't teach - but he comes to awaken, that is to replenish our energy stash, to rekindle the love that bonds and keeps souls intact, to strengthen the potency of the flowing ocean that is, as said again and again, God. He creates energies that are transferred, in bulk, to Perfect Masters and, in lesser quantity, regular souls.
So, now we must ask: why did Baba so explicitly reject the previous notion of the Avatar being an other, a part or what have you of God, but not God himself. Why did Baba call himself, an Avatar AND God?
Before attempting to answer this question, it must be understood that Baba said ALL Avatars were a manifestation of God in Human form, a "Man-God." However, that does not deter away from the fact that ALL souls are, in fact, a part of God. Even though Baba said, to an extent, serve others and you will serve me, meaning, intuitively, that we are all a part of Baba, who is God, which brings back the Ocean analogy. So if we are all a part of God, does that mean we are God himself?
To answer this question, we must understand that Baba, and all the Avatars before him, went through an important stage in their ascent to Godliness, the Realization of God. With the energy transferred to them by the Perfect Masters, these normal souls rose into God-realization and then into a state of Godliness, at which point their ability to create energy had been established. [Note: it is mistakenly thought that God has descended to human form, when in reality and by the virtues of concreteness, it is the other way around.]
But at the end of the day, regardless of what our responsibilities and obligations are, we are all a part of God. We are God!
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