Divine Forms

So we must remember that there are two aspects involved in our coming here into this world, again and again: one is like us, who come because of the bondage of the impressions (samskaras). We have no choice. We have to come; we are pushed here. The other is the divya swaroopis [divine forms]; you can call them saints - Divinity itself, who out of compassion for its own creation, takes on a form, suffers with us, laughs with us, enjoys with us, teaches us, and goes back. Now suppose Divinity did not have this compassionate aspect to descend again and again, to teach us and lift us up, where would we be? We would be wandering in the mire of ignorance and sin, all our lives, life after life!