avatars are infinite; so are the messengers
True Sanatana Dharma (or Hinduism) believes in avatars, or dasavatars - spanning the four yugas of the present kalpa. Right now we are in the fourth yuga of the present kalpa. It also states that there have been many kalpas before, and shall be many after. So avatars and their numbers can't be restricted to just 10. God and His manifestations are many according to Sanatana Dharma.
Again, it sees no real difference between God and the God-realized. Brahmavid brahmeva bhavati (The God realized becomes God). Now, tally this with Jesus when he said, "Me and my Father are one".
I also agree with Hepburn when she say God resides in us. self and Cosmic Self are one. Only the self doesn't know that it is the Cosmic Self. The day it knows, becomes the day it merges with the cosmic self.
Hope I make some sense here.
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