"An #avatar removes the forces responsible for destruction, thus delaying the onset of impending doom and restoring order to society. The avatar protects. The positive aspect of creation entails protecting the weak, saving animals from dying, feeding the poor, or even the conservation of natural resources. In this way, we become agents of change, albeit of a minor nature. While an avatar is an age nt of major change. Krishna tells Arjun in the Bhagwad Gita, “yada yada hi dharamsya glanirbhavati bharatah, abhyuthanam adharmasya, tadatmaanam srijamyaham. (Whenever the positive is on a decline, and negative peaks, I am born)” We are all avatars in our own small ways. If we endorse the positive side of creation and try to protect it, we are mini-avatars, effecting small positive changes at out own level. If we go the opposite way, looking to destroy creation by killing animals and exploiting nature, then we behave like asurs. Then we unconsciously invite an avatar to annihila...