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Why are we making war?

The human journey calls for non-violence and spiritual awareness. People travel seeking to become better. Many claim spirituality through simple acts or profess faith, yet contradictions exist, such as claiming peace while possessing weapons. The natural world operates on life consuming life, a universal reality. Humanity evolved from primitive states, developing spiritual knowledge in regions like the Himalayas. Teachings from figures like Buddha emphasized non-harming, vegetarianism, and mindful practices like alms-seeking. Despite this, many ancient practices have faded. We must remember our humanity upon waking, fostering daily goodness. Earth is our mother, and water signifies life for all. A shift is occurring as more renounce harmful habits. Spiritual practice is essential until the end, as anger destroys. A parable illustrates the folly of bargaining with God only in crisis. The path requires consistent humility and non-violence toward all creatures.

"Jīva Jīva Bhakṣate: everyone is consuming life, killing or eating others."

"In the morning, get up, open your eyes, and say, 'I am human.'"

You have come from a great distance; people have come even from Canada and Africa. Why do we go to such places? Because we know they wish to become better and better human beings. Mahāprabhujī Karatā He Kevalam. We all, whether we are Christians or others... I was told by people in Europe how they wash their clothes—men, women, and children—and they said that this act was their spirituality. They said we should live like God, like Jesus. Someone told me this when I came to Europe. They told me such things, but I am telling you something else now. We are okay, but there should not be war. We should not kill and act in such ways. They say, "We do not kill, and we know Jesus," and so on—this is very good. They should not do anything harmful. Yet now they say, "We have guns, we are fighters." So what did Jesus do? And now, what are we doing? This is a process; slowly, slowly, certain ages come. There is much we do not understand, and we do nothing about it. We do what we want. We know of many things in heaven, or of heads, many things. But how do we know? Who is there? How much is there? Some people show that they know by not eating this or that, by eating only good food, and they think that is everything. But it is not only this. We only do good to some people and not to others, and so on. In this situation, in the whole universe, water is forever. When water comes, it is for sharing. This water is not only for us, sitting here as humans, as if God gives water only here. No, it is for all of nature—for the earth and everything, not only for humans. It is for all creatures, all worlds. And how are they living? Jīva Jīva Bhakṣate. Jīva Jīva means life. Jīva Jīva Bhakṣate: everyone is consuming life, killing or eating others. This is said by many, not only by me. As Bhagavān Śiva or others have said, people have told them: jīva jīva bhakṣate. All lives, people, everybody is eating, killing—every little ant. In this earth, there are also animals inside it; they are killing each other. Everyone is killing. So, in that reality, everyone lives by killing, but they are all on the earth. How many are there? Hundreds, thousands, five—so many people are living. Then it is said, "I give you humans." These humans were not as developed as now. They lived in caves or near water. For example, in places like Yugoslavia, Austria, New Zealand, or Fiji—there are many little islands in the waters where there were not many people. I was there a few hundred years ago when I was there. And in those times, humans were killing humans. Niji, you know Niji? He was with us, and we spoke to the people there. This was about 30 or 40 years ago. Until then, before that, these humans were killing humans. They did not have houses, buildings, or proper shelters. At that time, they were just like animals. But then, when it comes to Śiva, Brahmā, Viṣṇu—that kind of religion developed more in the Himalayas, and from there it spread. Then they developed greatly. Everyone became very good; they learned very much. But again, what is our purpose as humans? All is human, but we have... Therefore, it was in that part, the Himalayas and this side. That is the heart of what was said; the gurus taught that. Holy Gurujī taught that on this side, and on the other side, there is a little country where they do not kill and do not eat [meat]. Their children go for alms. Why? What are alms? Bhikṣā means one goes from home, and all the children go there. Even now, people come from the house and give them food, fruit, and many things. That practice began there, and very quickly also from the Buddha. Buddha was in India. Everything is here by that river. I know there is a big, bigger tree from there, and there is a big āśram, very large, with at least about a hundred elephants and cows, and so on—it's a very big place by the river. Near there was what we call Buddha. Buddha, Buddha—his name was different, but then it became 'Buddha'. From there, it is all Hindus, but then they gave Buddha the name. His father was a very great king, a mighty king. Buddha left. His father, the king, a very great king, had no one and was going to die. He said, "I have nobody in my kingdom." Many people came from many countries and said, "We will do it, we will take over." But he said, "You all are coming from many countries so that you will become the king." And he said, "I only work and do for Buddha, and I will give everything to that cause, otherwise I have lost everything." His daughter was very good and said, "Father, I will give, I will be for you, I will work for you." He said, "Daughter, you will marry and go elsewhere." She said, "I will not marry. Only and only will I do your seva." And seva for all. He said yes, and many people, the king and many others, they all went because his father said to his son, "Son, I am yours." Then, the king died. His name, and even now you can see it—I can show you—on the Indian flag. In the flag, in the middle, this is from that king. Chakra, no? Yes, yes. So, the chakra. That is from Buddha's brother or something like that. Then Pṛthvī, he falls into nothing. He went into the ocean searching for everything. He came like this, and so it went. But that queen, she was there and came there, and still in India there is evidence of this. Of course, we have many, many such sites. So, Buddha—you know how many times I have told you about Buddha. Buddha had one little tree. You know that tree now? The people there are very big, like that. Here, Buddha's name comes after. He was only vegetarian, completely vegetarian, nothing else. If someone gave milk, maybe that was okay. How Buddha conducted himself at that time: he walked very slowly, placing his step here and there so that no animals would be killed. If he were married, he would only be standing there. In the morning, he would go for bhikṣā. Bhikṣā is given by the householders to the Buddhas. At that time, all sādhus and everyone should go for bhikṣā. But now they have lost this practice, maybe for 2,000 years or more. A sādhu is one who will go for bhikṣā. Or they sit only if somebody will come and give. But in that part of the world—not on this side, in Europe—but on the other side, that spiritual practice remains very strong. Temples there are big. This is about Rāma, Bhagavān Rāma. They also, when we go... Very powerful people, whether in government or not, in a particular village or more than that... They have there, when they go in an airplane from here, from Jaipur, India, and they are going towards there... Where are they all? Yes. And there they hold like this and say praṇām, or like this. Everyone is standing there and all are going inside. That is very great. There are many, many. Buddha came after. Buddha came after. But Bhagavān Rāma and these others, and many must be Rāma, in many, many countries they are in that part. People go from here and there. Of course, they said okay, but they always said like this, like this. My people also go many times, then they are also so. This was in that direction, for humans, and now they will say this praṇām. Now, what are we doing in this part of the world? We say, "Shake hands," and there, if this is a head shake, they will say only like this, meaning that you... You and I, we are both friends, so we want to join hands together. There are many such customs still. There are two or three of their countries, and they are very spiritual. They have not taken any chemicals or anything. You know that? There are three from there. Vegetables and everything, all good, and they are very healthy. So it is like this: how people have changed greatly. Some people came from here to these countries, and for some time they were like this, then they began to act like that. But when they were in their house and people were coming, they were doing like this. Mahāprabhujīdīp Karatā... Mahāprabhujīdīp Karatā, so that we are fighting and we are killing animals and many things. So now we do not know. It is for us that we are in Kali Yuga. What do we call it? You know, the Kali Yuga? And now the Kali Yuga. Kāla means... It's okay, I don't need to explain. And so, everything that we do, and how we do it, we can do now. They also moved their people there, eating meat or something, I don't know, fish or something like this. But many do not. When one country is there from coming, then it is the name of that land. And then, what is that? Bhutan? Thailand, there and there and there, everywhere, okay? I can see it. There will be this country there, and in the airport. We should build an airport there. There's one side; Śiva has sent this, and Andhra, they are fighting, like in Bangkok, yeah? In Bangkok, yes? And he says Nāga is sitting inside, holding. So there are many things there, and big, big temples. Śiva, Viṣṇu, and Iṅka, Śiva. So that is a lot of things. So do not think that our Earth will go down. There are many people who are like this. Siddha Prabhu Dīp Karatā Mahāprabhujī Dīp Karatā He Kevalam. Let them be, who is, why, and that will become very big. Still, it will become many, but it has come as one because it is Kali Yuga. It has begun already, and now it has turned very nice, so that in many countries there are many people. They have lost bad habits, and they do not want meat or alcohol. Mahāprabhujīp Karatā He Kevalam. Mahāprabhujīp Karatā. Who knows that time? When we kill someone, we cannot. All many people in these countries also will not kill. They will not do this, so it is coming back. Not that everything will be like this. So we should all become; we should know that we are human. Yes? I tell you many times: in the morning when we wake up, what do we say? "I am human." Yes. So in the morning, get up, open your eyes, and say, "I am human." When we know that we are human, the whole day you will be so happy and very good, and everything. Nothing, your animals, and they will kill, and like this, because I am human. Yes. We should always tell it like this. And then, you know, we say to Mother, "Mother, can I step on the earth and sit in my chair?" It is you who are on me. And so, there are two mothers: one mother is our physical mother, but our other mother is the earth, the whole earth. It does not matter where it is—here, there—this is Mother Earth. Mother Earth. Everything is there. We can do this, that, yes, and we can step on this. But now it is said that we have done many things to the Earth—chemicals and this and that. So the mother said, "I am still home, my mother, but like my cancer." It is like this, my cancers and this and that, oh mother. But my child, still, my Earth is my mother. Please stand on me, yes. And then we go to the second, like this. They had to go to wash their hands or something, and we take one drop of it, and it said, "Oh, this is water, water." This water is... many people have many different names for it in this country, here, what they say. "Vodha Jivot," I know, yeah, "Vodha Jivot," yes, because this water is... what is that for us? And in India also: "Jal Jahā Jagdīś." "Jal" is water, and where there is water, there is life. "Jal Jahā Jagdīś," on this earth, in this water, the best water is there. So every country and language is only different; otherwise, all that has been done, everybody in this way. So we should give more to everybody, more and more and more. I do not say myself that I am Paramparā Kriyā, a very great man. I am not. But you can see now, when at that time I came, hardly one would say, "I will not eat alcohol, meat." And not eating many things. And now, how many they are—all give up now, no more meat, alcohol, and this and everything. That means humility. And all creatures are very, very good and the best. That is this. So, where it also says, "Step on the earth," it is also there, under some ends and something. So we should be careful like this, careful. But in this, it is not this. We do everything very good, but some people are like this: if somebody says some words which are not good, immediately they say, "You and this and not, and you can't hear, but I don't want this," and yes, everywhere. That is why it is said that until we burn or we die, we have to do our sādhanā, our satsaṅg, bhajans, and everything. Yes, then I will say, when some days or this, then we'll say, now I take you and you will be above everywhere, not only this heaven and the hill. It is just nothing. All is for the more, and so many we are doing. So it is there, but still, how angry is that? When you are angry, then everything is destroyed. When we are angry and say, "No, then this and that," then it's gone. Really. There is, of course, it is all, but we all are like this, not like that. That we will kill, and there is a lot like this and this and, no. A little is okay, a little bit is like this. Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Karatā. He said there are some people, some don't like, dislike, dislike, but one is the like, but it is the other. So someone who is giving help to everyone, but there is no God and nothing. One day, this man, he was always going to the mountain, very high, and he was always holding, like this. Yeah, yeah. So always he went into the mountains, and he was going up and tried to do everything. Then what happened? He got lost. One rope broke, and now he's hanging by his fingers. Oh, my God. And rocks are far down below. Definitely, he will die. He looked left, right. "Is there God, please? I know there is no God, but if you have God, please, then tell me, help me." God comes. God is just at this distance. He says, "Please, please, quickly, can you give me my life?" God said, "Okay, I will do it." Yeah, but do it. My hands are like this. He said, "No problem. But no problem, it is you, my..." So, I said, "I will do it for you, but do you like it?" The man said, "Yes, yes, yes." He said, "You know, but you said you are not God and you don't take anything." He said, "My Lord, if you will now give me life, then I will give all my money, everything. And I will tell all the people that there is God, and this and that. Please, can you give me?" He said, "Don't worry, I will do." And he said, "I will now burn my hand." He said, "No." He said, "Can I tell you? Tell quickly what you want." He said, "I will do." And he said, "I will give all in the world and everywhere, for you are God." And so, then God said, "Will you say for this?" He said, "Until that, I am dying." He said, "I will not die." Then he said, "I will not do it." And then God went away. But then God held him down. So, sometimes I will do that, and then I am gone. Hari Om. It is not. It's not easy. So, we are everywhere we are going. All of life, even when we are sleeping, we know that God is with us. It is that I will do everything. And my hands and your hands will be very nice. So, in that way, that one said, "I will do it then, otherwise not." So, he said, "Then why? Leave it there? Hang there?" So many things in life, we will also give over many, many people, please, now in these times. So if you go to yoga, not, but go and tell yourself, "No, no, kill any animals, not animals," that's it. And so, next time, seminar here, bring me more people, so that we will give them a better lecture. Yes? And those who are doing this and that, and eating meat and eggs, it's okay. They are eating, and they look strong and this and that. But next life, you will be different. Yeah, that's it. So we have to become ourselves. Don't be angry, don't be like this. Sometimes you are okay, but don't say, "I don't like this and this." Always, that is something coming. Yes, yes. If I had anger like this, then I would not be here in Europe. And so, in these many years, they have now become Europeans. All, many, many people are coming and eating, and it is very good, very, very good. And so I am more peaceful here and very good there. You are many good in our countries like this, in your country. And now, your country, the people, they are eating, and what do they do? But they know many things; they are many things. Like really, it is a good, this yogī. He has told all my other yogīs also, "Yeah, we come, we come, and so we are coming, like, so we will come, not in the Kali Yuga, we will come out again." And then, so I would tell you, our Modiji, Indian Modiji, you know that? And I would not tell this and that, but I can tell you he has given this yoga to all. Why? To make them all humble, good, and everything, so that they will again come into God, towards God. Yes. Even he's not a sannyāsī like this. No, no. He's more of a sannyāsī. He's a great person, and there are many people like this. And our, these countries here also they have very nice. But how they are in this, I don't want to. It is your countries, I cannot say anything. They told me I should have this here, some here, and this, and this. So I have to do it, and if I don't, they will throw me out of my country. And like this, so there are different things like this. But everything is okay. So thank you very much. And you tell me something. Hari Om.

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