Because in one lecture, I remember you saying that Krishna also has its individuality. That means other Bhagavan also have it. So When Mira bai called God, abviously Krishna has to come . But the Krishna that came to Mira Bai was the same Krishna who performed leela on Earth or Was it the infinite Gid who responded to the Mira bai bhaav towards Krishna ?
There is only One Divine Reality of which gods and goddesses are the many aspects.
The aspect of the God that will respond will be that in which we have faith.
If the devotee has faith in Krishna and conceives Him in a certain way, it is thus that the Bhagawan will meet the devotee. If he has faith in Shiva, he will find that the stone responds as if Shiva himself.
If he has faith in some lower and lesser gods and wants to satisfy some desire, God will respond through that limited form and aspect.
If he has faith in the formless then God will manifest as the formless essence of everything.
Faith is most important and the aspiration behind the worship.
Here is what the Mother has said about it.
‘Now, you know that Sri Aurobindo and I are always one and the same consciousness, one and the same person. Only, when this unique force or presence is felt in your individual consciousness, it assumes different forms or appearances depending upon your temperament, your aspirations, your needs, the particular cast of your nature. Your individual consciousness is like a filter, a pointer, as it were; it makes a choice and settles upon one possibility in the infinity of divine possibilities. In truth, the Divine gives to each one exactly what he expects from Him. If you believe the Divine to be distant and cruel, He will be distant and cruel, because it may be necessary for your supreme wellbeing to feel the wrath of God. He will be Kali1 for the worshippers of Kali, and bliss for the bhakta2 He will be the All-Knowledge of seekers after Knowledge, the Transcendent Impersonal of the illusionist. He will be an atheist for the atheist, and the love of the lover. He will be fraternal and near, an ever faithful friend, ever helpful, to those who feel him as the inner guide of each movement, at each minute. And if you believe that He can erase everything, He will erase all your faults, all your errors, tirelessly, and at each moment you will feel his infinite Grace. In truth, the Divine is what you expect of Him in your deep aspiration.
And once you enter into this consciousness where all things are seen with a single look, the infinite multitude of the Divine’s relationships with men, you realize how wonderful everything is, in every detail. You can also look at the history of mankind and see how much the Divine has evolved depending upon what men have understood, desired, hoped for or dreamed; how he was materialistic with the materialist, and how each day he grows, draws nearer, becomes more luminous, as the human consciousness widens. Everyone is free to choose. The perfection of this endless variety of relationships between man and God throughout the history of the world is an unutterable wonder. Yet all this together is but a second in the total manifestation of the Divine.
The Divine is with you according to your aspirations. This does not mean, naturally, that He bends to the whims of your outer natureβI am speaking here of the truth of your being. Yet sometimes He does fashion himself according to your outer aspirations; and if, like the devout, you live alternately in estrangement and embrace, ecstasy and despair, the Divine too will be estranged from you or draw near, according to your belief. Therefore, one’s attitude is extremely important, even one’s outer attitude. People do not know just how important faith is, how faith is miracleβthe creator of miracles. For if at each moment, you expect to be uplifted and drawn towards the Divine, He will come and uplift you, and He will be there, very near, nearer and nearer.’
Affectionately,
Alok Da
