The Way of Illumination (The Sufi Teachi - Khan, Hazrat Inayat_0

the past Masters which had in the course of time been
changed from its real character. Man has ignorantly
quarreled about the names and forms of Masters,
traditions, principles, and their limited groups,
forgetting that they are one in that which unites them.
Their messages differ from one another in their outer
appearance, each message being given in accordance
with the age of man's evolution, and also in order to
add a particular part in the course of divine wisdom.
Certain laws and principles were prescribed by them
to suit the country where the message was given, the
climate, the period, customs, manners and
requirements.
It was most necessary for the Messengers to claim
some exceptional position which might attract
humanity to receive the message they had to give.
Some were called Avatar; an incarnation of Brahma,
such as Vishnu, Shiva, Rama, and Krishna, while
others were called Payghambar, prophet, and
intercessor. Their followers have had foolish
disputes about the greatness of their assumption, or
about what they did and taught, or about the sort of
life they led while admiring and hating according to
their personal liking.
The divine message has always been sent through