This relates to the Bai-Hai faith and is pure HERESY.
Meher Baba claimed to be the Avatar, a Sanskrit word meaning "descent of God." The Avatar, according to Meher Baba, is a special Perfect Master who was the original Perfect Master, or the "Ancient One," who never ceases to incarnate in spite of his original attainment of God-realization. Baba says that this particular soul personifies the state of God which in Hinduism is called Vishnu and in Sufism is called Parvardigar, i.e. the sustainer or preserver state of God. In Baba's system he syncretizes the concept of Avatar with terms from numerous diverse traditions, e.g. The Rasool, The Messiah, The Christ, The Maitreya, The Savior, The Redeemer, etc. According to Meher Baba the Avatar appears on Earth every 700-1400 years, and is 'brought down' into human form by the five Perfect Masters of that age to aid in the process of moving creation in its never ending journey toward Godhood. He said that in other ages this role was fulfilled by Rama, Krishna, Zoroaster, Gautama Buddha, Jesus, and lastly by Muhammad. Meher Baba describes the Avatar as a "...gauge against which man can measure what he is and what he may become. He trues the standard of human values by interpreting them in terms of divinely human life" [18].
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answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7
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