CHAPTER 9 THE EXTRAORDINARY BOONS OF THE DIVINE GURU
It is the nature of fire to emit heat and give light. Anything coming in contact with it starts burning according to those situations and contact. Once the fire dies down even if a lot of fuel is there no fire will be seen to blaze. If wet sticks are lit only dark smoke will emerge. There will be no fire and fuel will not be seen burning as flames. If fire contacts dynamite then high rise mountains too burn to naught in a few miniscule moments. When a corpse comes in contact with fire the surroundings get covered with poisonous fumes and smoke. As against this if fire contacts fragrant sandalwood or camphor the mind feels good on smelling fragrance emitted by it. Fire has its own characteristics just as fuel has its own. But based on objects and circumstances extraordinary levels of differences have been noted regarding in its burning, fragrance, light and reactions like sound. The subtle existence of Almighty God or divine cosmic consciousness and fire and individual consciousness can be said to be of the stature of fuel. When both contact each other under optimal conditions the consciousness becomes radiant and sanctified and the stature of an individual which previously was ordinary now becomes extraordinary akin to a divine human. By itself, everyone aspires to rise higher in life and attain progress but its special measure is found in Yogis and sages of austerities based on gathered sacred psychic imprints from past innumerable births. If even a little extra effort is made, not only an intense bond manifests between the micro and macro, visible and subtle and devotee and Almighty God but that a program of give and take too sets in. Just as human beings have their own desires time and again similarly Almighty Lord too manifests his desires, aspirations and mission. His chief goal is to maintain optimal balance in the world. The cosmic Lord as divine consciousness can have no shape/form cannot have bodily parts and other paraphernalia. Hence in order to execute visible activities he too has to take up a human body. In this gigantic cosmos only a human body has the capacity to carry out tasks that are divine consciousness oriented. It is only the human body and human consciousness can fulfill the wishes of Almighty God who directs both the gross and subtle worlds. It is man who can neo create or transform as per God’s wishes.