Thursday, December 20th., 2018Why do divine incarnations take place? Bhagawan reminds us today, so we may act accordingly and make best use of this opportunity in our life.

Thursday, December 20th., 2018

"...But Prema (Divine Love) alone can give that everlasting joy. Prema alone can remove anger, envy and hatred!..."

 
20 Dec 2018 

Why do divine incarnations take place? Bhagawan reminds us today, so we may act accordingly and make best use of this opportunity in our life.

When people do not place faith in the Self but pursue the senses only, danger signal is lit and the Lord sends a Messenger or comes Himself, if a great big step in reconstruction has to be taken. Arjuna forgot the basis of the Self, Ravana went against it. The world is building itself up on the sandy foundation of the sensory world. So, Avatars descend. Like the monkey which could not pull its hand from out of the narrow-necked pot, because it first held in its grasp a handful of groundnuts which the pot contained, people are suffering today, since they are unwilling to release their hold on the handful of pleasurable things they have grasped from the world. People are led into the wrong belief that the accumulation of material possessions will endow them with joy and calm. But Prema (Divine Love) alone can give that everlasting joy. Prema alone can remove anger, envy and hatred!

- Divine Discourse, Feb 28, 1964.