On February 27th, Baba dictated a letter to Irene Conybeare, clarifying certain points for her book, Civilization or Chaos? Part of his explanation is as follows:
There is no difference in consciousness of the Avatar and a Sadguru, or in their perfection. Both are one with God. Both experience infinite power, knowledge and bliss, and both use these aspects of Sat-Chit-Anand for the universe. The difference is in the scope of their working. A Perfect Master works for the selected few in a chosen way and for the universe in a general way. The Avatar works for the selected few in a special way and for the universe in a chosen way. So although both work for the universe and the field of their working is not limited, the scope of the ways of their working is different.
–Lord Meher (First Ed), p4074