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Sacrifice of the Saints

The crucifixion of the self is the central theme.

Great saints, like Jesus and the Sufi Anā al-Ḥaqq, were crucified for declaring divine truth. Their persecution mirrors how we crucify ourselves by ignoring spiritual principles. We are like birds with cut feathers, unable to fly to higher consciousness because we violate life's rules. We blame others, but we shape our own limitations. Certain philosophies wrongly claim women lack souls; they possess souls and great compassion. Historical battles stopped when women intervened, showing their respected role as peacemakers. Men are protectors. Today, neither gender maintains this discipline, absorbing negative energies that cause suffering. True self-realization, expressed as "Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi," is realizing the Ātmā is one with Brahman. This requires inner discipline, not outer pursuit. We have an outer world of illusion and service, and an inner world of desire and reality. Spiritual achievement is a difficult climb, requiring we open our inner eye through daily, disciplined practice of divine name, like a healing ointment.

"Look within thyself. It is you who have shaped the bird's wings."

"Each drop of the blood... which was flowing from his body, he said, 'Allāh.'"

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān, Devājī Dev, Deveśvar Mahādev, Satguru Svāmīmājvarāṇjī Bhagavān, Satya Sanātana Dharma. Many blessings. It is the time to think about these few days of Jesus' purifying. And you know, it was not only Jesus who was crucified. Many times, many great saints were crucified, and even now too. But still, we can't learn from what is happening in life. Now, sometimes it's crucified, or someone is crucifying oneself. Yesterday I gave you the example about Dadhīci Ṛṣi. That he, with free will and very conscious, he donated his bones. When you see in Mahābhārata and in Mahāśiva Purāṇa about Svarga Loka and Naraka Loka, you will see that in the head of the king Indra, the king of the heavens, he has one weapon in his hand, and that is the spine of Dadhīci Ṛṣi. You will see this time when you see this video; then you see it is a long bone in the spinal column. That bone is a bone of the great saint. He gave up his life in order to save the lives of others. Similarly, there is another story that was after the crucifying of Jesus. There was one very great saint, and he was a Sufi. It's Islam, Muslim, but a different kind of movement, and that's called a Sufi saint. There have been many great saints, very great spirituals; they have many good poems, the songs, etc. So one incarnated, and his name was Anā al-Ḥaqq. The real name of his I don't know, but he is famous, known as Annāl Ḥaq. And in this Sufi Urdu language, Annal Haq means Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi. I am the Brahman. And it is in Sanātana Dharma, it is in Hindu Dharma, we say that Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi, that I am the Brahman. I am the Ātmā. So others' religions don't say this. And this sees them because they did not research; they only came to the door of God and know either heaven or hell, paradise. But it is the ṛṣis who meditated, and they found the ultimate. The ultimate is called Brahma, Satya, Jagat, Mithya. They have researched this: the body, the elements of the body, tattva or bhūtas, the mind, the emotion, awareness, consciousness, the soul, and Ātmā. And finally, the Brahman, step by step. Now it sounds very good, and we all who are sitting here would like to realize this, but it needs the principle. Only a bird can fly freely. But imitation can be an airplane, a helicopter, etc. But birds can fly. Similarly, a human is also a bird. They can fly to the Brahmaloka. But the wings are cut. So birds have the abilities, capacities, and the knowledge of how to fly. But the human cut the wings. The feathers. So the human, humans have cut themselves, their feathers. By the birds, some people ignore people. They cut the feathers of the birds. But we do it ourselves, and that means that we do not follow the principles and the rules, regulations of human life. We would like to fly if we are practicing, trying mantras, kriyās, meditations, etc. But we ourselves, we cut our feathers. That we create is our destiny of the cat. So the cat is coming near the bird, and the bird would like to fly away. But that bird can't fly because the wings, the feathers are cut off. Don't blame anyone. Before you blame someone, look within yourself. It is you who have shaped the bird's wings. So, there are two things: either they did not want to go further, or they couldn't go further. So, in psychology, mind, emotion, then psychic problems, yes, for a long time they did not believe there is a soul. They think that humans are born and just enjoy their bodies. There is no soul, and it means that when you die, everything is dissolved. That's all. But that is ignorance. Even there are certain religions, certain scriptures, they are saying that the women have no soul. So I didn't see my soul, but I see all my disciples, women, then I'm sure that they have a soul. And maybe they don't agree. But I think they have a bigger soul than the men. The women have compassion. The women have three things great which men do not have that much. It has the quality, but not so much as a woman has. That is the love of a mother, and the hospitalities when a guest comes, and the showing of compassion or love. Men have also, but not that much, because man has to be very strong. Man is born as a protector to fight against the enemies. So you will see in all this holy war, they call it the holy war, between Asuras and Devas, and in this, only males are involved, not females. And it was, and it should be, when there is a battlefield. At that time, on the battlefield, they were fighting face to face. And even they didn't want to have a bullet jacket. They were fighting with an open chest. So always the men will say, "OK, come to me." Like this. And now they are all covered. They hide here, they hide here, they are sitting somewhere else, pressing the button to shoot somewhere else. That is not a hero. If they come, come into my arms. That was... anyhow, if there was any battle, even in European cultures, of old ages, if one woman is coming between, the whole soldiers, all war, fighting is stopped. Yes, that much respect was for women. And they should not attack, not kill, not hit the women. That's what? So it was a great respect. We sing always Sita Ram, Sita Ram, Sita Ram. We don't sing Ram, Sita Ram, Ram. The Sita comes again in between, so that's, you know, so Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇ, Gaurī Śaṅkar. So this first was woman, mother, great. Anyhow, but it does not mean that men are not useful at all. We are not born only for fighting, but for protection, protection for the outer and for the families and for the wife. But now neither men have that discipline, nor women have discipline. The women are carrying a lot of negative energy from the men. That's it, and that is running in your body. And you don't know from whom, what kind of energy it was. And that goes into your tissues, into your body. And you will see the women have more cancers than the men. Because they have more different energy from different men. And men become then stupid. They also have the energy. Finally, he is a loser. Finally, a loser is hopeless, but it is said when both have the same opinion and understanding, you become like two wings to fly to the Brahmaloka. But unfortunately, in this Kali Yuga, it has developed like an animal culture. So, at that time in the wars, when women will come between, the fight will stop. And when at home also, between children and father and uncles, there is fighting, the woman will come and say, "Now stop!" The boys, they will all go one side, so she is a form of the dayā. Mercy. And man is a symbol of protection, not a distractor. So they both have the same values, and it means that it doesn't matter who said it. Some in Indian philosophy are also saying, unfortunately, that women have no soul. How do they live then? If they don't have a soul, they can't give the fruits. It's a tree which is without fruits, only blossoms. Know this word, we should forget it. We are equal. Then, in this soul and spirituality, there is no duality of gender. But karma and energy, changing, that kills us. We are crucifying ourselves. So, analhak means ahaṁ brahmāsmi, or I am ātmā. Ātmā shows that ātmā is Paramātmā, that supreme God itself. So when we get self-realization, then we realize Brahman. So Ādiguru Bhagavān Śaṅkarācārya wrote a very nice little book, it's called Aprokṣānubhūti. Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya wrote a small book called Aprokṣānu Bhūti, and this Aprokṣānu Bhūti means the self-realization, know thyself. Anubhūti means realize, so ahaṁ brahmāsmī. Now, this in Muslims and these Sufis, they don't believe in that. So they said, "He is the Satan." Who? Anālhāk. So they were torturing him a lot. Don't say Anālhāk. But he said, "I am Anālhāk." With philosophy, discussion, even physical torturing. But he said, "Anal hack." So they crucified him as Jesus was crucified. And with every nail, but they were putting the thorn's crown, and he was constantly saying, "Analhak, Analhak." They cut his tongue, but still the sound was coming, "Analhak." Each drop of the blood... which was flowing from his body, he said, "Allāh." Can you imagine? Because he was in that high level of consciousness, he had no more body awareness. He was out of the body. Jesus, if he would do, and if he would have power in his hands, he could fight and become free. But he learned yoga. And in the Bible, there is a certain part, years of his life, they did not write anything about where he was. But that book says there is one book that says Jesus was in India. And in Orissa, there he learned samādhi, that he could go out of the body. So, at the time of the crucifying of Jesus, they were putting nails in his hands and legs, but he did not scream, he did not cry. We were not there to know if he cried or not. We were not there to know if they put the nails, but we do believe according to the tale. So he went into samādhi, which means conscious out of the body, similarly the anal hack. Each blood drop was saying, "Anal hack, anal hack." They said he is the Satan. It's the satanic power. So they do not terminate the body. They will only put in the grief, but they decided, "We shall burn his body out of the Islam law," so they were burning his body. From the fire, flames, a sound was coming, "Analhac, analhac, analhac." They said, "Look, such a satan." Well, when his body was burned completely, nothing remained. They put the ash together, and from the ash, the sound was coming. Anāhaka, anāhaka, ahaṁ brahmāsmī, ahaṁ brahmāsmī, this word. Then they surrendered. They bowed down like they do the namāz. Otherwise, they don't bow down in front of anyone. Even they don't want to fold their hands. But in front of the anal hog, they surrendered. And they surrendered with this kind of feeling. Like it's like a light self, an al hack. When they accepted, the sound was gone. There was not any more sound. So, my dear, those great saints were also tortured by the satanic energy, or the people who didn't believe in God. They wanted to destroy; they wanted to put a bomb so that all the pigeons would fly away. So there are many stories like that, but that is not open. They concentrate only on one point, Jesus. And, of course, Jesus' torturing, for Jesus, was not good, not easy even to see. And that is one deed to others. But what is doing to others means that one is doing to one's self. For them, so you will blame always others. But look within thyself. Look yourself in the face, in the mirror. What is your reality? When you completely wash your body very nicely with the soap and everything, and then look in the mirror. So, our dear sisters, who are mostly constantly having a painting, after washing, if they see their face, I can tell you that they will, you know, what way will they do the first thing? Open the makeup box as soon as you can, and paint it again. So that's called a nakhara. Nakhara means not reality. Holy Gurujī said, "The artificial or fake gold is more shining." But not long. Real God is real God. So if you have willpower, then for one month, don't put any color on your body. Again, your beauty will come out. And that's why Surya Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, the Sun, so go to the sunlight and use the natural, good, clean water and oil. But this kind of artificial showing of ourselves means that still you have not enough, that someone will attack you. So attack means torturing. And who is torturing? Our own desires. And we are not content with ourselves. So inside we are burning and burning. So just become that bhajan, which bhajan Mahāprabhujī, I think Mahāprabhujī wrote this bhajan. Thank you for watching. God bless you. Thank you for watching. So, there is an outer world and an inner world. The outer world has two things. One is what we call the māyā. And mayā means illusion. The illusion is like a horizon. You will never achieve, reach the horizon. It is as close as you try to come, that far it will go. So that worldly desires, which we want—money, house, many, many things. It is temporary. We can't reach everything forever. The second, our outer world is to help. To see the suffering ones, to support them, to protect them, to guide them, to make our world beautiful as it is in nature. And the same thing is within us. That's the second part, and that is that the desire first is within, and then we are searching outside. And the real reality, the key is the inside. And that no one can give you. This you have to achieve through your knowledge, so look within yourself. How many karmas do you have? From your life, from where you remember now. The time, what happened? You can hide everything, but you can't hide thyself from that karma. So, these are the two things within us and two things outside of us. One is negative, and one is positive. Within, there is also one negative and one positive. So, when you want to go mountain climbing, it is very hard and difficult to climb slowly, slowly. But to fall down is very easy and very quick. Similarly, our achievement, how difficult it is to develop the spirituality within ourselves. You need not speak to anyone. Don't tell, "Oh, I have no experiences." Some people are saying, well, I have been with Swamiji so many years, but I have no experience. Don't lie. You have so many experiences, and I try to protect you from such experiences. So, what kind of experiences do you want? You are always closing your eyes, and you can say, "I can't see anything." Open your eyes. Similarly, we have this eye of ignorance. Always, we try to go to the darkness of that ignorance. We don't open our inner eyes. What Holy Gurujī said in the beautiful bhajan about this bhajan, "Deep Nirañjan Śabduk Banyan." Prabhu Deepa Niranjana Sabha, isī mantra se hove manan. Isī mantra se hove Niranjana Sabha. Prabhu Deepa Niranjana Sabha, hṛde kamalaki āke kholan. He, hṛdayaka malakīyake kula jodale nīta nemā kā añjana, ... Śrī Dīpa Nirañjana Śabadukā Prabhu, Dīpa Nirañjana Śabadukā. Gurujī said, we have two eyes to see the outer world, and we have two eyes inside. That eye of the jñāna, knowledge, and the second eye of the sea is God. So Hṛdaya is the heart. Kamal is the lotus, so our heart is like a lotus. And that eye will open, that eye should open if you put regularly an ointment in your eyes. And there are two kinds of ointment. One is for putting inside every day. This is also añjana, make-up. Second, of the sādhanā, put more name of God. So, which kind of ointment do we put in our heart, in our eye? Nith name kanjan. Nith means every day. And ne means principle, discipline. Thy your dent is set. Brush your teeth every day, but sometimes you neglect. And that's why you have Kapiti, and then you go to the doctor. And he says, "Open your mouth, please." And then he comes home. Then here they come and sit. That Hṛdayakamal is opening again and again, more and more, but it's nothing. Which means we did not follow the discipline, the rules. So we should do this regularly. So what kind of ointment should we put in? Every day, disciplined. And that is Śrī Dīpa Nirañjana Śabadukā. So, when I go to the doctor, the dentist mostly, then, 99% of my thoughts are only Deep Niranjan, Sabaduka, Bhajan. It does help. It does help. My concentration is gone somewhere, and the doctor works there. I was, I think, Tuesday or Thursday, or maybe Thursday, I was with the dentist. And so I knew that the injection would come and everything, and freely you have to open your mouth, not with force. So I always say Śrī Nirañjan Sabadukabandhan, and he was doing something on the root channel. And after Śrī Piṇḍlī's mantra, I slept. He was working for about twenty-five minutes or half an hour. And I was up, and then even I don't know when he went away. And then the nurse said, "Now please, you can clean him out with the water." And I said, "He's finished." So that was the effect of the mantra. Of course, I can't compare with Mahāprabhujī. That Mahāprabhujī had an eye operation without injection. And he asked the doctor, "How long will it last?" So the doctor said, "I think one hour or half, forty minutes or something." And Holy Guru said, "OK, no injection." He went into samādhi for two and a half hours. And then the doctor finished, and he put plaster or something. And Mahāprabhujī, the doctor said, is finished. And Mahāprabhujī smiled. You told forty-five minutes, and it took two and a half hours. Doctor, you should know the time difference: what is forty-five minutes and what is two and a half hours. But there are certain people who can withdraw. Our one bhakta, Krishnanand from Hungary, when he goes to the dentist, then the whole chair is shattering. Not because of Krishnanand. The doctors are surprised. Nurses are surprised. He said, "No, no injection, do it." Without injection, he is doing. So, even I can't do this. I said, "Give an injection and let me relax." But it has... So, inner willpower and outer willpower. So, māyā, māyā means illusion, and illusion means our ignorance. Thank you. That's it.

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