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We can reach God
The path to purity and humility is found in recognizing our fundamental unity with the divine. Many ways exist to see God. All living beings are caught in a cycle of consuming each other. Bhagavān Śiva provided a solution, guiding humans toward Parabrahma and away from endless rebirth. Consider the ocean, vast and containing everything. From it rises pure vapor, forming a single, pristine drop of rain. That drop is like the individual soul, descending in purity. When the drop falls back into the ocean, it becomes the whole again. This illustrates our true self. Humans are meant to be pure, without killing or harmful actions. This purity connects us to Viṣṇu and Brahmā. Śiva manifests as the unity of male and female within all. Through meditation and mantras, we cultivate this goodness. Do not claim personal greatness, for that is a fall. Be humble, pure, and like a brother or sister. Physical practice is good, but inner purity is essential. At death, all identities vanish; we leave with empty hands. We must learn not to suffer and to merge with the supreme reality.
"One drop comes in our hand... And when this one drop drips into the ocean, everything becomes only the ocean."
"Don’t say, 'I am great.'... We have to come ourselves humble, good, pure, and like a brother, like a sister, like a friend."
Filming location: Slovenia
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
