DISCOURSES Volume II - Avatar Meher Baba Trust

106 DISCOURSESSpecial sphere foruse of occult powersdeveloped psychic powers, but sometimesare not fully alive to the gross world owingto the withdrawal of their consciousness tothe higher planes. They have to be spoken to in a language whichthey can understand. Many advanced aspirants develop a numberof occult powers, but they are often as much in need of spiritualhelp as the ordinary run of humanity. As they are in possession ofmany occult powers they can be readily and effectively helped byPerfect Masters irrespective of distance. When the Master's helpcan be consciously received on the higher planes, it becomes muchmore fruitful than the help which he can give merely through thegross medium.Apart from the difficulties existing in forward movementon the Path, one of the characteristics of advanced aspirants is toget so deeply established in the happiness of their station that theyComing downare reluctant to come down for work in the grosssphere. This coming down of advanced aspirantsmust not be confused with the return to normal consciousness afterthe 7th plane experience which is the state of God-realisation ofPerfect Ones. The Perfect Master's return journey and consequentposition in different planes after Realisation, is actuated byaltruistic motives and is the result of Prarabdha, which the PerfectOnes utilise for the spiritual uplift of humanity in accordance withthe authority with which they are vested. For instance, it is saidMohammed stationed himself after God-realisation in the 7thplane, Buddha in the 5th and Moenuddin Chisti of Ajmer in the5th, though they are conscious of all the planes simultaneously.The coming down of advanced aspirants is induced inorder to help accelerate their forward movement on