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We can reach God

A spiritual discourse on purity, humility, and non-duality, using the metaphor of the ocean and the raindrop.

"One drop comes in our hand... And when this one drop drips into the ocean, everything becomes only the ocean."

"So we have to come ourselves humble, good, pure, and like a brother, like a sister, like a friend, and so on."

A spiritual teacher addresses a gathering, offering a meandering talk that blends creation narratives, the symbolism of Shiva and Vishnu, and the core analogy of the individual as a pure drop merging with the divine ocean. He emphasizes the need for humility in spiritual practice, warns against ego, and concludes with reflections on the equality of all at death, beyond religious identity.

Filming location: Slovenia

Oṁ namaḥ śirī, oṁ namaḥ śirī, prabodhī, prāṇārāyaṇa, śrīdīpṇārāyaṇa, bhagavānakī, devadhī, deva, deva, purīṣa, mahādevakī, mādhavānāmjī, bhagavānakī, alak, purījī, mahādevakī, mātā pitā gurudevakī satya sanātana dharma kī. Oṁ Śānti Śānti... My dear sisters, brothers, and all other children, this land, your Slovenia, is beautiful. Our dear brother here has brought us such beautiful evidence—many buildings. He and his wife travel to many, many countries; this is very great. He always brings such things for our bodies, our growth, our spirituality. One person cannot do everything, but many of our brothers and sisters from this country where I am now are great people. I am so happy to be with you all. We have brought spiritualities into this country. Now we have holidays, and many of our children and families have gone to other countries. Some go to be near water, the ocean. But wherever they are, they are practicing meditation, the practice. Others, to whom I have given instructions on what to practice daily—I know and see that you are all very good and practicing peacefully every day. There are many ways to see and come to God, more than the ways of God. Sanātana Dharma, Sanātana Dharma. It is said, "Jīva, jīva bhakṣyate." Jīva means all living creatures. "Jīva, jīva bhakṣyate"—each and every one is eating each other. Then it came after: one is eating everyone. Is there something? Everyone is eating, but what is happening? They will not go above this. Everyone will kill each other. Humans will also come again to other lives—this life, that life. Then it is said Bhagavān Śiva brought for them a solution. It was saying that each and everybody is eating and killing, but what to do? That is why Bhagavān Śiva created. He said humans, many animals, these different beings—even two-legged and many others—but humans stepped on two feet and came. It was not so easy. A long, long time ago, Bhagavān Śiva, Brahmā, Viṣṇu... then he said, "You will be in this life. You will come to Parabrahma, Brahma, Ātmā, not in animals or other something." Because if we say there are humans but they are not doing good in this, it is not good. There are others who try, and they will come further, with no more coming back. It is very like an ocean—not an ocean. No, we can see now. If you look up, please, there’s nothing, not an ocean. There’s nothing. You are only... we are here. We see each other, but one day when we will come, we are like this. Yes, and you will be beauty and clean. The ocean is big, very big. In the ocean are many, many things, everything, including all the water. But in that water, there are many different things: this, that, many animals, this, that. Everything is from the ocean. The ocean is a big, big, big... It is said that when we have in our pot—this is our kitchen—we are cooking fruits or something, bread here, and above that all is ocean. We said, our mother told us, "There’s also something here. Is only this?" Little you can see, and all this other is the ocean. But still, the ocean has too many things, this and that. Then it comes from the ocean, comes the ocean up, water or whatever. What we call "hold in the skin" is born in sky, and we... Our aeroplane is going through, not any lifting, nothing so much, and we go through. The ocean is down, but this other is only how much it is, but very soft going, and then becomes now like a drop, a very fine drop. And what’s coming? Rain. Then the... rain comes, then we also feel it. Otherwise, with the ocean, we are going in this. There is, we cannot go peacefully. We are going and then coming, the drop. And they are so pure, the best, and everything from them. And from them, it brings the Parvara and Paramātmā. They come again, you, our children, and all, everywhere. They will come as purity, pure, again on the earth. We are coming down, very pure, very clean. And how it will go, and how many will go again down to us. So, but they are together. One drop comes in our hand. There’s a little drop, and we are standing under the ocean. Very nice water that came from up, very clean, very thick, and the ocean. And when this one drop drips into the ocean, everything becomes only the ocean. On one drop, now this one drop becomes the whole, very big. In this, what we have. And so it’s in our self. Let’s say our whole body, five, all in this is good, yeah? And so it comes, again comes the purity that is inside. And that is humans, and those humans are very pure: no killing, no talking, no feasting, this and that, and many things, and they kill them, and like this. So it is a tool, and so that is Viṣṇu of Brahmā, Bhagavān Brahmā of Śiva. And Śiva, he said, he came, you know that? That was not any creation, not any creation. And he comes, but not immediately; something, many years and many things. And it comes, the Śiva. And then they said, "I am." And someone came again and said, "Where is this Śiva? Where is that, anyone? How will you do?" And that time, you know, Bhagavān Śiva was standing. And he said, "I am two," and what? Men and women. And so it becomes one. The left side is females, and from this side is the right, on the right side. And that we see some photos sometimes: the left side is Śakti or women’s or whatever. This side, the male and females, both in our body we have, and it is from our brain also too. And in this, when we make meditation and mantras, and this has given to the humans to speak and make all good things and everything. Of course, many animals have also. Cows have, bulls have. Many, they have two hands, and like this, they have, and even the snake. And you know the snake. A snake was coming for the first time, and he, Śiva, Viṣṇu, Śiva, snake. And the snake has nine hands, and then he’s in the earth. And so that Viṣṇu has come, and it gives to the Viṣṇus, comes that snake, nine hairs. And he’s begging like a raging, and he sits like this. And Viṣṇu comes and sleeps like this. Yes, snake, if we can see and do, and which, how, which are. Then we should not do something, just let them go. And so there is Viṣṇu and Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva. Śiva is there, and so. In one sense, it comes along, and many of us are becoming more and more good. Yes, we are very, these humans. And lots and lots of knowledge and many things we have, and now we can see many things. Aeroplanes are going and coming. Everything then, these many, many things, and still we will do more. We don’t know what you will see. It is completely new. This can only tell us completely, and that our great, great saints, sādhus, swāmīs, Brahmā, Śiva, like this, they go more, and they know that everything they are doing. I am not so much, but my Gurudev has given to me. But it is said, "I have given you, but till the last life of your life, when you said you will die now, one, two days or this, then we’ll tell you, you are the Brahma, Brahmatmā." Otherwise, I will not go and say, "I will not make yoga anymore," and I will go there, and then I will go there. Then it is not so; it’s not easy, not easy to be in our meditations and our wake and everything. Then we are there; otherwise, we are gone. They are gone. Of course, it will come again, but when will it come? It can come through animals and other different kinds of animals. We have to get, and this is that final: the moon that we see, and the Sūrya, Sūrya, Chandra, and there is sitting. From there it will go, all those who were and are, just like sannyāsīs or anything, you and this. That we did not kill any animals, we did not do this and that. And then we are coming there. Then it is said, Devpurījīs, Bhagavān, Mahāprabhujī. And there are many, many other great sins, and it goes all the best into the in and the Sun, and from the Sun is the father. It is then it is that skin. What is that? So it’s not easy, not easy, but can be also. Very easy, very great. Don’t be afraid. Don’t they say, "Don’t say, ‘Will I do? Will be?’" No, just leave it. It is coming. Like in a mother’s womb is a child, and in nine months, everything will happen, everything, and it will come, the child, and that we will have to protect. So don’t think that I’m making yoga, and my Gurujī is like this, and I’m practicing this and I’m practicing this. It cannot be. It will come that the father, the drop of the fathers in the navel. And from there, that father and mother will come. And from there it is coming in that way. And then, after, what will happen to you? How will you do? Who will tell you that? We cannot tell. It is coming when early morning the sun rises. And the sunrise is not only two suns, but it all has equality like this. And so, you know that me, how many years I am with you, my dears? You are my brothers, my sisters, you are my friends, and I was practicing giving you, you are giving me, yes? I don’t say I am God now; I am a great guru. I have, I have, but it can be broken, that is. So we should be together. Don’t say, "I am like this." If you don’t, don’t go. Go, don’t go, don’t let go. No, no... And don’t say, "Ah, I will not flow. I never said any times like this and that." I and you, we are the same. You have legs, you have this, I have this. All five things, and you have stomachs and everything. You have a smoke, or it be not a smoke, but about eating. So, like this, please, and please don’t say, "I am great." I am like this. When you will tell like this, then you have fallen down slowly, slowly, yourself. You understand me? I will say, I am sitting here. I am sitting great. Then it means everything is burning under, yes, in our buttocks, yeah, yeah, it is burning inside, so please make it cool, make it very cool, and make it cool. When you one day you will see, it will build something. So we have to come ourselves humble, good, pure, and like a brother, like a sister, like a friend, and so on. So my life is so, how long I am with you, you are with me long also with me, and my dears. I am only doing now yearly, really. I’m telling you, how long I don’t know, but I want to be humble. I will be humble and humble and more humble. That is the... our time is now. We have practiced yoga, okay? Āsanas, prāṇāyāms, this, that is okay, yeah, but... in our whole body, we should be pure. Our purity, like this, please bring all that like this yourself in my life. Your life doesn’t matter; sooner or later, we will die. And you know, humans, animals, birds, and all animals. They are there, and when we said, "I am from India, I am Africa, I am there," that religion, that religion, yes. But when our breath is coming out, then from the navel, and one is a very great person, that is no good person. There is this. And there, all lie down. When we were born, mother gave us many things. Mother gave in both hands, like this, here. Yes, your hands were not like this, and we opened that, our hands. And we opened, and they gave us many things, both sides, nice cam. And nice. And when we will die, then we have nothing. Amen. Open your hands. Nothing will be in the hands. What it was, it has been given. The breath is gone. Now you will say you are Australians, Americans, Indians, this, everything. But then we are equal. The mouth goes out. And we don’t know from where it goes out. But navel, again the navel. And there it is, either in my country or in your country, everything. I think, but now it is not. I am a Hindu, you are Christians, you are Muslims, you are that. But it’s gone. Okay, Hari Om. Where will it go? Who will be? Where will it be? We will say, "Yes, I was, and now, and this is mine, and this and that, I have gone there." This is what we have to learn ourselves: that I will not suffer. I wish that I will go out to Parabrahma. That’s all. And you too, please, my dears. Practicing āsanas and prāṇāyāma is good. It’s good for our everything. But what is that inner, that guru who has given you that, and that we should leave, and that is that. You know, I have been here for about 53 years, but I did not think I would have a lot of money and this and that. I am just like you, my dear. Always, I only come, and we will come, and you are me, and you are me, and I am yours. My dears, thank you. I wish you good Om Namah Siri Prabhupada. Om Namah Siri Prabhu deepa... Prabhu Deepanarāyaṇa Hama Śabdhaas Praśaraṇa Parāyaṇa Hama Śabdhaas Praśaraṇa Parāyaṇa Mayom Namaḥ Śrī Deepanarāyaṇa Om Namaḥ Guru Deepa Nārāyaṇa Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Om Śānti Śānti... Śravaṇī Svameśvaram Jī Guru Dev

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