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God resides in every living being

A spiritual discourse on universal unity and human identity.

"When the soul leaves this body... then tell me, what is on top of the skin? It is all there—whether one is Hindu or Muslim, that is what it is."

"See, we are human beings, we are human beings... So, O sādhus, what difference is there between you and them?"

A speaker delivers an impassioned, stream-of-consciousness talk on transcending religious and national divisions to recognize a shared human and spiritual essence. He discusses the soul's journey, advocates for non-violence and prayer, and reflects on karmic consequences, while expressing gratitude for his disciples and the spiritual heritage of India. The talk concludes with a blessing.

Filming location: Melbourne, Australia

When you come, and even from here, they still have it. In India, we are much better. In this country, Australia, yes—many of you, all of you—many are able to do this and that, but they will not give the name or the path, not here yet. The point is that no one else has come; we have come. But until that name reveals itself, this is present everywhere in the world. However, they know that as long as I have power, and as long as the power remains, they will work there; they will come. All those who are British, including us—how many British are we? Everywhere, they gave us… we have British in America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, all of this. We are here, but still, they have not united us together. So, those of us from India, we too have the same—sages, saints, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, all of them. We have not yet fully realized this. We all are here. How long will we remain divided? There are also Muslims, who are good brothers, very good. There are girls, Christians, Indians, many. The jīva consumes jīva, the jīva consumes jīva; then Bhagavān Śiva said, "Now I give this to you, human, human." It took time, but we have delved so deeply into ourselves, how much we can work. These are this, those are that, everything is there, but it is visible. What we do is that everyone sees that it is not the person; it is time. All of us, whatever we are, that is what it is. Once the body is left behind, then tell me, what is on top of the skin? It is all there—whether one is Hindu or Muslim, that is what it is. All of them are good in some way. So, they sit together and fight with each other; this is what happens. But when the soul leaves this body—I have never seen it even for a moment—then we all have gone. Now they will worship it, will cast it into the fire, here. They will do what they do, but where are they going, who are they, where are they going, who is it? Just as there is the ocean, the ocean, and within the ocean there are many more lives than all the beings, so all that they do, even the insects, by awakening in the realm of water, they also come. When it rises from the ocean, from the air, like that, what comes up is the bā. It dissipates and goes away, and when it has done so much, we too are going. Until now, that water ripple hasn't formed, so we are going along together. But when it returns, how did it come back? How did it come back? Then see, it returns—a drop in the hand, sitting near the ocean, a water bubble, a native bondish. When you wake up in the morning, no matter how sleepy you are, as soon as you open your eyes, the first thing you should say to yourself is this: the living being is like fire; when the fire rises, then what am I? I am a human being. See, you will feel bliss, you will feel very good, and you will definitely receive something or the other. And how will that come into your home, how will it… I am simply a human being, just a human being. You can see for yourself these days; go and observe in the morning how I am as firm as two drops, just as he says—I am simply a human being. You will see, when you wake up tomorrow morning, you will feel so much joy throughout the day, and all of us—being human, like each other—will consider that person as mine, as belonging to me. Everyone will be regarded well; no one will think, "I am superior," or sit arrogantly with papers in hand. I am here; this is the point. After dispelling sleep—because there are three—when one is asleep, one feels pride. Sleep comes, doesn’t it? Sleep inevitably comes, but then it does not remain inside; it goes away somewhere. The body remains, and the tendencies that come into the body are good, but the jīva is moving away, going far. Otherwise, when… What is not going away, that is what we mean here, and after that, when we go far, then if we sit, we are here, right? In the heart, right here, and go… But that sleep, that kind of sleep happens only when what is supposed to happen inside the body is done by Bhagavān, and as soon as we are leaving, you have gone with another person, have gone from there to India, and as soon as even a little something happens, it happens like this. When he returns, these three come, and after those three, how he relates to which Paramātmā is not known at all. But at the moment when their sleep departs, observe how the sādhū is; you are this. So see, we are human beings, we are human beings. So you are sitting here, you men are sitting, and the women are sitting, mothers are sitting, husbands and wives are sitting, doing good work, speaking good words, and also helping others, working as well. So, O sādhus, what difference is there between you and them? Look, my brothers, look, I may do a lot of petty work, I am not perfect, none of us are perfect, my work is not done, I do not do it, but you are just as much as I am, mine… I am here and there and there… and there… and there. Australia, that Javan Swami, he went there for the first time, the very first time in Australia. This show, I came from India, India to London, from London to Austria, and then to Australia. I am coming to that… am coming to this. I am coming to this… to this. If a living being kills another living being, it is an animal that eats, not a human. When you are truly human, you do not kill living beings. And his cot, he made it a crooked cot, a crooked pit, a rattling pit, I have to endure it, that remains the same, I am doomed, I remain ruined, maybe somewhere, maybe somewhere with you, how much do you know, take a seat. But we have not been able to do that much. For this, we pray every day. We pray. Because we do not do that much every day. Because we do not do that much every day… Subscribe, subscribe… prayer, prayer… prāṇāyāma. You probably do not eat meat or drink alcohol. And if you do, now say, O Prabhu, how long will I continue eating? I was in a camper van fridge. So London is my own. This is Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. So I am in Fiji. My disciples also very much… much. And I am very, very grateful to Bābā Jī… much. You are very good. I feel very good. I feel very good… I… Thank you very much… Whatever was consumed, it will have to be consumed back, bit by bit. If it was the goat’s share, then it was the goat’s share—whatever the animal consumed, you will have to consume it back. Only after that will you be able to move forward; otherwise, you will not be able to progress. I have killed so many animals and eaten so much of it. What can I do? Yes, when there is so much hunger, they have to eat. After that, they do not go anywhere else. Brother, they go to the shop and eat, and they eat so much that they go as far as that shop. Go as far as that shop, and after that, they will go to you. This is it, so what did he say? That he has eaten so much of everything, first his devo, and then you will go ahead. Otherwise, this devo, then there was an old man sitting there, he said, no Babaji Bhagavān, now I will never eat, b— You see, we are human, and we have knowledge, whether you agree or not, but it is there—Hari Om Tār Satmā. It is through this that our jīva has been given, the jīva is manifesting, and so we have been made human. Now, we are indeed human, and before that human… Now that you are seated here, how many stubborn devotees of Bhagavān are present—none of them have ever been bound by the body. Those who are attached to Advaita, who do not write or follow it, are the same. If you practice here, even while living in our country, you will live well. Bhagavān will make you well. You will receive everything, and my wish is that every living being treats every other living being in such a way that when the body dies, no one’s… The good will go away, and the dirty water, that water will go away. There are two things: it has to go out from the stomach and come from the stomach; it has to be brought from the stomach. So, from now on, I never stop telling everyone to pray to Bhagavān, to pray to Bhagavān. Because you yourself are Bhagavān, your mother is Bhagavān, and your mother is yours—so she is your mother. There is so much that cannot be expressed about how much she is my mother—what to say about a mother, a mother indeed. All of this is connected with her, with your Lord. I must have heard it, and more will come. And if someone has done something like this, I have said, if you do not wish to do anything like that… Do not say that Svāmījī has made me a servant; I will tell you that you are good, so do good. Your father is coming… Since we belong to India and have lived in India, there is nowhere like India. When my Gurujī came to Europe, I said, "Swāmījī, they say so much about your Bhagavān, but why not about ours? Where is ours then?" To which he replied, "That is fine, it is just coal." All the coal and all the gold belong to my India. You all truly, truly have it in your homes—your sisters, children, brothers, all of them have it. When there is so much here, yes, within Hindustan itself, it is being taken everywhere else as well. Look, because if someone is harmed, then that is kapūr. When the call to action is made, only the one with the spirit of the animal will move forward awake, and among us, this very one is the greatest in India, and you too are Mahā. You have said something similar—if it were another subject, I would say so—but what I was saying is this: if you tell everyone like you, everyone will come, or whoever comes for darśan will sit. You will receive so much from the Prabhu that you will meet Bhagavān who is like you, just as I am like you, you belong to my home. Wherever you are from, and you have come here to me, I am with you in this very moment. With this, by receiving the grace of your ātman, Paramātmā, and all, I bow to you. Om śānti, śānti, śānti.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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