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Shiva changed poison into nectar

Śiva is Mahādeva, the light and liberation, rescuing devotees when their efforts exhaust. Realizing the Ātmā unites Jīvātmā with Paramātmā, elevating one to Mahātma and Mahādeva. The body is a box containing the precious diamond of the Ātmā. Only through the Guru is this Ātmā realized. Harmony is balance, peace, and renunciation of selfish desires. Nature embodies perfect harmony, while man-made things are imperfect. Scientific manipulation of seeds and reproduction disrupts natural harmony. Such disharmony leads to conflict and infertility. True knowledge arises from sādhanā, not external research. The Guru tunes the disciple’s inner instrument for harmony. Harmony means accepting mistakes and seeing the Ātmā in all beings. Renounce ego and desires to achieve harmony. Balance body, mind, and emotions in oneness. Jealousy, greed, and arrogance keep harmony distant. Live in friendship with nature as the Vedas instruct. Realize that Jīvātmā, Ātmā, and Paramātmā are one.

"Śiva means light. Śiva means liberation."

"Harmony means to renounce. Tyāga. Virāga."

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

Good evening, and blessings of Alakhpurījī, Siddha Pīṭha Paramparā. Welcome all of you. It is a very divine occasion, so called Mahāśivarātri. Śivarātri has many beautiful stories, which one can read in the Mahāśivapurāṇa. This is not only a story, but the reality of the miracles of the Svayambhū Śiva. Śiva does not do any miracles or anything without some reason. And He is waiting until we try our very best. We used all our energy and strength, but we couldn’t come through. That time when we remember Śiva, or we don’t remember, He knows, and He comes, and He rescues His bhaktas. Śiva means light. Śiva means liberation. Satyam, Śivam, Sundaram. The truth, Satyam. Śivam, that is Śiva. Sundaram, the beauty. What do we understand about beauty? The beauty is the harmony. That harmony, that harmony which is balancing, so where there is harmony, there is no fight, no jealousy, and not using that Śiva’s power with all selfishness, then the light comes. Śiva, Mahā Śiva Rātri. Mahā means the greatest. And among all incarnations, all the great powers in the universe who incarnate or come, among them all, only Śiva has the right to be called Mahādeva. Mahā means the greatest. Only Mahādeva is given to Śiva. And it’s called Mahādevāṁka Devamahādev. The God of all gods, the greatest one, is called Mahādev. That Śiva is the jīvātmā, which is connected to the ātmā. And that ātmā is oneness with the Paramātmā. So Paramātmā, Ātmā, and Jīvātmā. And when you realize this, then call Mahātma. And when the Mahātma achieves that highest consciousness, then he is called the Mahādeva. There is one prayer to our merciful and universally worshipped Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī. And one of his disciples saw these qualities, this appearance in Mahāprabhujī. So he is saying in the prayer, Sakal jag ke yantra jāmī, charāchar kī ātmā Prabhu, charāchar kī Śrī Guru Ātmā, Paramātmā, Oṁ Ātmā, Puruṣottama. Sakal jag ke antaryāmī, charā charā kī ātmā Prabhu, charā charā kī ātmā Prabhu. Dīp karatā Mahāprabhujī, dīp karatā he kevalaṁ siddhyā ātmā, Śrī Guru Ātmā, Paramātmā, Oṁ Ātmā, Puruṣottama. Sakal Jagat, Antra Jāmī Characha, Prabhu Characha, Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān So, it is said, Śrī Guru Ātmā, that Ātmā is a Guru Dev, not this body, but in this box, is the biggest diamond, beyond our capacity to buy. So, this box we have to keep very carefully. Everywhere we go—car, bus, train, aeroplane—we forget everything. But we take care of this box. Because in this case, there is a most precious diamond, which you can give billions for, but it is still too little. So, due to that diamond which is inside, this box has value. And this box has the highest security, and if we open it and take this diamond out, now it can be thrown anywhere. That’s it. So the quality, that knowledge, that Ātmā, which is realized by this Jīvātmā, that is Gurudev, Sat Gurudev. And his body is also very valuable. Because when Gurū Dev will leave this body, the diamond will disappear. Better, I put it in. So, Śrī Guru. Śrī means wealth. Śrī, the wealth, the wisdom. Wealth means not only the money. Our awareness has gone more down, our consciousness. Now, in this Kali Yuga, the focus is on money. Technology, and we are not content; we are not happy. So, we run to the call of science. But science is that which has some sense in it. Without sense, there is no science. And when there is no sense, then it is nonsense. If there is no sense, then in the consciousness, in awareness, is the sense of the Ātmā Jñāna. So, research, now we are running to research, and it is a very good word, because it has been declared, it has been founded, it has been acknowledged, it is, and the reality will never change, and the evidence will never change, the evidence will never die. So that sense is there, but what a nonsense, that we think now we research, then we will believe. But until you come to that point, you will be finished. No one can come close to the sun. What will burn will burn. What should melt will melt, and what should dissolve will dissolve. That research of that science cannot come to that sun. But, from a far distance, we developed some kind of glass, what they call a telescope. Is it tele? Tele means told. It has been already told. But you want to scope it, catch it; no instrument can call it. This instrument cannot catch the soul, how it is coming and how it is going. And that divine miracle of the gods, what God made, no one can make. God made world is perfect, and man made world is imperfect. Yes, we can do miracles, but they are limited. We change. We are multiplying some different things. Manipulating, but it is something like this. Nowadays, all the seeds of any plant, anything, are manipulated. And now these seeds you have to buy, and then you can grow. And the seeds of that seed, which are manipulated, cannot grow again. It grows only once, then has no more seed, so seedless. So we are all nourishing from the seedless. And very soon, you will not be able to give the child. Yes, maybe your temptation can get you one child. Second child will be child of your child, but the third one is not there, and that’s why it is called the bank, the seed bank, and they are everywhere in the hospitals, written: “Donate the eggs.” So I was in Brno in a hospital, and I was standing there, and there was written, “Donate the eggs.” So it was written something like Vaiśākha. So I said, what are they writing about Vaiśākha? It’s eggs. So donate the eggs. Maybe someone likes to eat more eggs. So, then go to the chicken farm and bring the egg. But then Dr. Martin explained it to me. I said, “Oh, this is a research work.” Scientific research work. Now you don’t know. This egg, which is planted in some other female, has no relation, and that one child doesn’t feel a harmony with the father automatically. So, like this, when it will change like this, there is no more harmony, no more mercy, and there people will not hesitate to kill. Anyone, even humans. Our dynasty, our families, yes? Preserve that. Every family dynasty is the best. No one is wrong. Maybe it is the tribes. Or the kings, or other farmers, any human, any animals, originally what God has given is perfect, and there is harmony. And to maintain that harmony, you must have those cells in your body. Those powers in your body, those vibrations in your body, so that you can create harmony. But this cell is wandering through the universe, like when a fish in the water doesn’t find the group. And on the way, the water is swallowed by other fish. So, ātmā, to know the ātmā, only through that sādhanā. Not a scientific research. You can make a research, no problem. Yes, research. So Ṛṣik has given us everything, but we would like to know, and therefore they were researching that a yogī sitting in the forest here and seeing what is happening in Japan. Yes, a disciple on some other mountain, the master is on another mountain, and they are talking to each other and seeing each other. But if one of the instruments doesn’t function, you can’t see. So, telephone, it comes from telepathy. Yeah, telepathy, telephone. And so, thanks to the Hungarian who was inventing the telephone. So, the Hungarian was researching and said, “Do you hear me?” They said in the Hungarian language, “Hello.” Do you hear me? Now the whole world is talking Hungarian. Hello. Hello. Yes. Then it is said, with closed eyes one can see far. In Hindi we say, dūrdarśan, and that’s called our television. Vision. Vision, from here you see the vision in Japan. But when a little technical mistake is there, the vision is not there. But those ṛṣis, their machine was perfect. And they could repair the machine of the disciple, you know? So that’s why the Master is always tuning the machine of the disciples. And that’s why there’s a seminar. Yeah, in German language, it’s called seminar, but if you make a word-by-word translation, then you call semi. Semi means small, and nar, what is nar, Śānti? Nar, in German, “Narr,” seminar, a little stupid, so they change it, they call it retreat. In English, in German, in America, they say retreat, that’s perfect. It was treated, but something became wrong, so we get to be re-treated. So every word has a far or close relation, and we can’t come anywhere. So, God, what He did, we should not manipulate. Now the bees are threatened. Birds are threatened. So science cannot make a living being fly like a bird. Yes, an aeroplane is good, a helicopter is good. But we don’t have this wing to fly here, to go to the other window and drink coffee there and come back, you know? Can any scientist make honey? Yes, it will be sweet. But not that honey. That honey is the nectar. And can any scientist make one drop of blood, which has all the, what do you call it, from your ancestors to ancestors, genetic, yeah? Now they found in Australia, Aborigines, the genetic, they are from India, and from South India, and they still have the same way of putting the tilak here, here, and here, and like this tilak, and they put it the same way. They kept all this tradition, but now in this age, you don’t know from where it’s coming. And that’s why there is disharmony, no peace, fighting, killing, wars, etc. So if we turn to nature and live with nature in harmony, we will find our path to the Paramātmā. Sakal jag ke antara jāmi charāj vaprabho charācharāj, Śrī Guru ātmā, that ātmā is Paramātmā, the highest. So that is within you, ātmā, but only Gurudev has realized this. Śrī Guru Ātmā Ho Param Ātmā Sakal Jag Ke Antra Jāmī. And it is that one which is dwelling in each and every entity. That’s called Paramātmā. So, who knows that Paramātmā? It is the Mahātmā. And that Mahātma, Sakal Jagke Antaryāmī, is dwelling in the whole world, in every creature. So, one can create harmony. Harmony. Harmony, there is a Hindi word, harmony is a different word. If we write in Hindi, then we will understand differently. So, “har” means you lost. This football group, they lost. Other win, so winner and loser. So “har” means lose. We lose it. And money. Money means acceptance. We accept that we lost. Now you see how the world is, isn’t it? But when we speak about English, then it is a balance: peace, understanding, love. If you realize the harmony, then you have no desires. And if you have a selfish desire, yes, then you have different vṛttis. You love him, so automatically, because you love him, though he is a very cruel man, you want to love him. So you create harmony inside. But you know that it is selfish. And that man, sooner or later, will be a black cobra around your neck. So, therefore, to get harmony in the selfish way, in the beginning, yes, but otherwise it’s lost. Now, you go in the forest, beautiful plants, vegetation, flowers, the bees, the butterflies, there is a harmony. So you are walking in the space of harmony, in the field. You come to a very nice, beautiful, clean lake. It is crystal clear. You can drink even, and you come and feel the water. Without saying anything, your skin feels the harmony. You like to touch the water, see the water. What is nature? Very hot weather, 30-40 degrees, 50 degrees, and you suddenly come under a big tree. The shade of the tree gives you harmony. You see the birds, different things, the creation of God. You see the moon, you see the clouds. It’s peace and harmony. Therefore, we shall get friendship with nature. The entire Veda says, do not go against nature. Live in harmony with nature. We are all longing for harmony. To the neighbours, to the colleagues, to the friends, to the strangers. Harmony, but we don’t know who can do what to us. And how long will you remain there? If we have negative thinking, if we did not accept one hundred percent, then that harmony will now become your enemy. So understand the harmony, and therefore give support. Give good thoughts. Do not go for selfishness. Don’t go to fulfill your desires; then you are not there. So we should be there where such a Gurudev is dwelling, there in our heart, in our energies, with us, and within us. I told you this morning, Paris can change iron into gold. But Paris cannot change that iron into the Paris. So, there are some people who are selfish. They don’t make you a billionaire; they will give you a job. They will give you good payment. But they will not give you this by becoming a millionaire. Similarly, some people, they don’t make you like that. But a master, a guru, will make the disciple a guru. But if there is no quality, can’t be? Nothing is impossible. Everything is possible. Everything is possible. If we try very hard, if we practice sādhanā, our doubts, our stupidity, our blackmailings, our selfishness, everything that will keep us far away, the waves of the ocean will draw you into the ocean deep; it’s difficult to come out. So harmony, in the sky, in the stars, the moon, the dawn, the sun, light, vegetation, everything. So, O God beautiful, O God beautiful, in the ocean and in the desert, in the mountains and the forest, in the flowers, O God beautiful. Wherever I see, I see God. Yes, you see God in others, but now it’s difficult. But don’t think that these sādhanās, these techniques, disappeared; they didn’t disappear. So, in the bhajan it is said, nice bhajan, Hāth chhoḍ man cal saṅg mere, ātmā bhed batāvat... Āyatāṃ Vedabhaṭā Hāṭ Choḍ Manāchal Saṅgh Meritāvat... O my mind, O my mind, give up your ego, give up your pride. Hatha means, like, Hatha Yoga. Some people, they keep themselves back. Don’t trust, don’t believe. You know, they are losing. Try to be aware. So hathā chodmanā, oh my mind. Give up such resistance. Toī Ātmā Gyān Batāvat Hai, Ātmā Bhed Batāvat Hai. Going to tell you the secret of the Ātmā. So, go ahead. You are all, every time you are in a marathon. Very good. So harmony. One is harmony, means I accept my mistakes. I accept my mistakes, or I accept that I lost. Another is, the harmony means, to feel others as thy ātmā. Ātmā soi jīvātmā, jīvātmā soi ātmā, and ātmā soi paramātmā. Each entity is jīvātmā. Jīva is the life. Jīva and ātmā, they are the ātmā, and what is ātmā is Paramātmā, the Supreme. If you have harmony within you, you will make no one an enemy, no one is bad. Gurū Nānak Sāhib said, “I went to see the bad people. I didn’t find anyone.” But when I searched within me, nobody was worse than me. So when you don’t like someone, it means first you are the bad one. Like and dislike. Like and dislike are far away from harmony. So harmony is divine, harmony with the body. All the indriyas, all the functions in the body. Everything is functioning perfectly. Digestion, circulation, heartbeats, all limbs—everything is perfect. That is a harmony, but when you take one glass of alcohol, then there is disharmony. What does the disharmony mean? Dismissal. No balance. So we are trying to get the balance of body, mind, intellect, and emotion in oneness. So when you have the vṛttis of the desires of your indriyas, that is not harmony. Harmony means to renounce. Tyāga. Virāga. Virāgya means to stand above. Vairāgya means to endure. Don’t give up your weakness. Do not fall into weakness. Vairāgya and tyāga renounce. Yes, renounce the renounce. Learn to say, “This is my mind, know my mind. Don’t do this, I don’t do.” Tell the mind to your indriyas, “Do not do this.” Yes, it doesn’t matter which kind of desire you have. Even the desire to eat something. And when you have a desire to eat certain things, your appetite is gone. Yes. Next time you will not have an appetite. So, harmony. It is not easy to realize. Jealousy, hate, greed, arrogance—these are all what keep harmony away. So look within thyself. So tomorrow, we will have some mantras for harmony. Now we can only have harmonium, okay? So the harmonium also needs rest. So all dear ones around the world, I wish you all the best, and tomorrow at 9 o’clock, there will be a webcast again.

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