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Australia and Fijij

The narrative reflects on ancient migrations, colonial history, and spiritual continuity across lands. People from India long ago moved to Australia, living near oceans and eating fish and animals, eventually becoming isolated. Later, Europeans arrived, fought with them, and displaced them. The United Nations now records everyone's origins and has improved conditions for all. Indians were also brought to places like Fiji by the British to work with sugar, facing hardship but now living well. Disciples in these countries maintain Indian traditions, temples, and spirituality. The speaker travels to observe how people live, finding peace and devotion in simple, natural settings. Good water and spiritual practices are valued. Despite the challenges of different eras, a focus on prayer, vegetarianism, and reverence for life sustains a harmonious existence across nations.

"They are from India; this is from India, from South India."

"Now, the United Nations has made everything very good for everyone."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Śrī Narendra, Śrī Narendra, Śrī Śānti, Śānti. I was away for a long time in other countries, in Australia. Australia is a very large and beautiful country, but there are not too many people, and they do not wish for more. They are settled all around, right up to the ocean. Beyond that, there is nothing, and there is no rain. The people in Australia have not been there for very long; they came from Europe, from London. But before that, there were other people. People were there long ago, just as India is also very ancient. In Australia, as we were saying, there is also our Indian Ocean. It is so vast, and I always come from that direction. One could swim from there, but swimming is only possible from a certain distance. In any case, these are all Indians. Our India extends until there. How far is it on that side? And from that far other side, India—well, the people living in Australia, in the forests and everywhere, they live differently. Their languages, their appearance. And so, these people are from India. They are from India; this is from India, from South India. When I went last time, I was looking at this—our ocean, no, our... our little... So from there, these people are somewhat fewer, not very many, but... So, either you speak for me? I, yes, then don't talk, yes, yes... So these people lived near the oceans. And mostly, they were always eating some kind of animals, fish, and so on. So they were always moving, going this way and that way. And there was all that, and suddenly they went a little bit in a different direction, so they could not go back again. Slowly, slowly, they were going, coming to Australia, and there is water there also. They went there, everything. Then in Australia, there were people from Europe and others, and they took over because those original people were not considered good people. There was fighting and such, so they put them in the ocean on very big swells and brought them to Australia. The name then became the Australian name, and so they said the people are out. And so the people who went were not good people, and so on. Now it's okay; they are very nice. And therefore, they were going here and there, and then they began to see other people: where are they and who are they? And they began to kill other people. This, our... this was. Well, now, but everything comes sooner or later. Whatever is happening there, anywhere. And so now in the United Nations, there, they have established everything: who is there, from which countries, where, and so on. The United Nations is for everybody to know. And now, all the people, they made from the United Nations, they all were thinking: what is that? Countries, who's from there, how is that, etc. So in the United Nations, it is there for all, everyone. We are only our country: Vienna country, Austria country, etc. But what we call the United Nations is whole, all one in one. And now, what happened? Many people, because they were talking to the Indians and talking so much—but now they have recorded everything: who is who, from which place that was, and what they have seen. Now it was Indian, there was India, and, but of course, they have now another country there. So now, I think for three years already, or a little less, from all the United Nations, from their Australia, for example, first they really speak that language from India, from South Indians, and then they speak German, or this, what is that? Why? Because we are from this country, a very, very big country, and that's because there is all, all, all before the Indians, and therefore they are like Indians. And their language is different; they have many, many languages. And so, similarly, the United Nations, from Austria, New Zealand—in New Zealand there are also other countries, though there is a... they come from Germany. They have been sending it for many months, but now many Indians and various things, and like this. And after that, there is Australia, New Zealand, Fiji. And Fiji, Fiji is like another country there. But the British, they wanted to have something, so they made sugar. And the sugars, they make the sugars from here to there through the ocean. And then they brought so many Indians. They brought the British through. In Britain, they are all brought there in Fiji. And there, they said, "Okay, we will be very good," and this. And so they had, but people went with their families. And they were Western people, very much, very nice. And they took all their books, yoga books, and bhajans, and everything, everything. And when they brought them there, what they said, the Indians, they said, what they give, they gave them like this cloth. Lie down in the forest, their, what do you call it, sugar. Little children are sleeping like this. They have no house. They give them sugar, and they give them something so they can eat there, like this and like this, and they sleep right there. They cannot go back, and they write a letter to their parents, and there, with the parents, people were cleaning the water tank and in the ocean. And these British people, they were sitting on the horse, and with the horse, with all the time for people, work, work, work. But now, the United Nations has made everything very good for everyone. They have a house, and they are very good. And we have many disciples there. My people, they are very good, very nice. I came from there, and I was there for 10 days, and our people were very good, but they have about 10 years' worth of people, one like this. They are very good at this. They will tell, they said, "Come now, but you sit." They, all the times they have our Bhārat, India, and India's language, they have that always. And all Dīvālī, everything there is in India, we have Dīvālī, but we have not have now so much, but that people there are in other countries, there they have very nice. Every today is summer, there is a mandir. What is in this mandir? What is this? There is pūjā, everything. So when I go to... They are very fearful people, not money and that very much, but they are okay, they are very good. And there is no snake, there is nothing like this. And when I go to all my... āśrams, it is very nice many times. So now these people also came out, many people, and British, and then these Christians, and the Christian people then took more and more and more, and like this, gave a little money, and they made the Hindus, and like this. So certain things are there; what to do? But the United Nations have made everything to everyone like this. And so, how is it in India? How is that in India? We are very good. And there are some parts of this, some things, they are making different things like that. But not like others, like that, what we are thinking. So whenever I go there, how many years I am going there, and the people are very happy coming there, and we are also very nice here. There, so with that, we were all here, and from there again I came to the other countries, and yes. Day before yesterday, I came to Australia. Then I came to Delhi, and from Delhi, one day I was there, and I came here. So it is like this. Why do I do this? I go everywhere, and I'm thinking, so I see where, how people are living there. In some countries, the people, they are still here, but there, for example, in Fiji, in Fiji... It is said you can make this here in one year. If there is somebody made there, they pull it there, and if they are there, they will not let away nothing. Any so nice people, so nice, so and our, they are very my. Why are my disciples so nice? They are very happy. They are looking, looking so... This time they came about three and a half years because there are all kinds of diseases in the world, but they are all related to each other. I came here three and a half years ago, nearly four years ago. So all was very nice, and people came. They are even leaving, these people. For example, here, like our āśram, this little one, or that only one house, and nobody is there nearby. And then other arrogance, like, "No problems, nothing." No, no, any, what do you call it, neck raise, nothing. Very nice. And we are going, we are lying down, at times. Know anything. That would be very peaceful and very good everywhere in this way. And so they want, and all this, they have a temple, a mandir. They have a mandir, and now from there, the person, if that is like this, there is 100%... And it comes out, and then like this. They come here. They are going up. The baby is about two years, three years, four years. So, two I have seen. So then it was going up and up, and they were making room. And then again, again. So they said, "Please, we cannot go." They told the people, and then that room is like Śiva, Bhagavān Śiva. Here, one had also come again like this. So that is something very spiritual. It is there, like, what is a god? What is that? And there is one thing: in this country, the pūjā, unkā water, that is one of the best waters for drinking and everything. No, in any—all of Europe or anywhere—this, as in that country. So, good water, and now it is always going up in the ocean. Stone very much, and that pebble doesn't go up that much, but the one people came and see, and there is on the stone, and on the stone there are the humans. Stones were walking. There. Here, be here. If you want, we will go, and you can see they are going like this, and they are standing like that, and water is that, like this, big like this, and so pure and good. And this was, have quite one from. The Austrian, an Austrian, but he came to the loose little countries. May give you see once again, oh, so be there with that one man. He came to here, and from that he saw the water. He went there and saw the water, how it is. And now he made a road even, and he made the water controlled, everything. And it's so beautiful, and you're drinking this water, and it's coming everywhere. In Europe also, they give it somewhere. Europe is coming. London may be here. What number is that? What is its name? Water. That water is beautiful, but I did not go upstairs. Next time when I come, I will go, and we go up and we see everything. Now, of course, there are people practicing. Not let go because of the clean water, good water, and like this. But, of course, we can go and we can see and look at it. So that country, this peasant, that is one of the very, very good people. And still, the people, they were mostly from that side. And country, where was it? They are going to the back side. They are still people there, so from there, that water, whether it comes or not, it goes to the Himalayas from here. Mansarovar is not there; Mansarovar will be somewhere else, but that is there. Those people have gone there; those people have gone. To send them to work in Fiji, so people are very good, very peaceful, spiritualities and everywhere. They can sleep anywhere, no snake, no other anything, only make them with some needles. Otherwise, you can walk anywhere. It is such speech, of course there. It is not so much money there, and now they have made the people who came from other countries, like our, our to their country. So these people, what they made, that they have taken to us back and give us only a little land, like one land. Like here, our land, we have the land here, like this. And these people, they have come again. And what are they doing? Nothing. They are sitting near the ocean, catching a fish, drinking, eating, and like this. But money gives all to people who are like all other Europeans or any country, if they are, but not because this is my country. And so every country starts taking very good for us. Therefore, these people are very good, and I have my people there. I think, what is sleeping already or not? This I can tell you. That I am very nice, many times I have... how many years I was going there? So very nice, thank you. And they say to me, "Swāmījī, we will see." So people are very good, spiritual, and they have no problems. Some people, even without shoes, they are running, going, and every day we have evening satsaṅg. That is where I am. There is a very big hotel, a beautiful hotel, and this is very long from that. When I came there, so we say, we are... I made here Śiva Bhagavān, Śiva. But everybody, there is no fighting, nothing. Very clear and very good. I was also swimming in the ocean, so we went on the, with the, what is that, boat, and from the boat we went to the other side, and we were very, and there's so many, what is that, what, no, no... Coconut, so coconut, so... You can make tāk, and you can eat, so people, anybody can come and eat. Everything is nice, so in that way, people are... and who have given with me? Do you know somebody? Hands up, the one you have. Bhakti was only... and you see also some two, three people. Next time we've been... With very much, very good. Thank you. So this was good. I'm very happy to see you, but of course, my country is my country best, yes. After that, yeah, and so we are here, and to our all countries, but how many we have in our countries? Europe and very... Another thing is, of course, also Kalī Yuga. This Kalī Yuga has come, but now it's again, it has, it may fall down, because very much it was that Kalī Yuga. So, Kalī Yuga, so. But Modijī, he brought it, and he did it. So, you don't know. How should they not know? They said they should. Phūlpūrījī, he, and the other one. So everything is coming again, but we want a prayer to God. Please, please. We should not fool around the whole day. So we should have good. Our āśram is very good, and it is very good now. The yogīs, Jñāneśvarjī, have yogīs, and the yogīs all the time always said, "This is for all this." They are grace. This is not enough. Om āśram is not enough. Everywhere, and we also really, is it or not, that we were reminded and passed away? In this later, later, Bābājī did it, Gurū Dev did it, Mahāprabhujī did it a lot. In this, whatever you have said, that our all, so much he got that joy of all of the cows, of them, of all of them, all good. He said, "I will do it, I am doing it," and while doing it, I was given the land of Gurujī in Gujarat, but I said no. I saw it somewhere in Gujarat and Jodhpur, but I said, "I will live in love. I should have such a long land, it should happen." And my village, this is my village, I will remain there, whether the water is equal or not. So, in reality, by saying this, they made it so good. So this is our bow to all of us. Bow to Bābājī, Mahāprabhujī, Madhvanānjī, Devpurījī, Mahāprabhujī, and all my disciples. All my disciples, how many countries he is from, how many times he has come here, how many good people he is. He never does anything in front of anyone, he never causes any trouble to anyone, he always comes. And here he worships Bābājī and Gurudev. Other people do it, but now they say that everyone is an Indian; everyone will say that we live in India. But those people have done one thing: they have said, "Do not take names." This means eat, eat meat. When I left for Europe, I was going to eat all that meat, but now look at how many years—more than 40 years—I have been doing my prayers. Now, how many people have come forward? No one can eat meat; no one can drink alcohol. And how many? So this disease, this terrible disease of 18 years, our Yoga in Daily Life, my disciples, no one died so much, not so many problems. He was old, or had some other memories, and then, of course, they died. Others, all my disciples, and they told me in Europe, we made there very big everywhere. So they said, "Swāmījī, how about India?" So he said, "What about India?" So I said, I don't know about India. I know, because for 60 years, 60 years, I am over there, I was there, I was with them. Everyone was going to eat less meat, but now here, people who don't want to eat eggs, they leave it in great difficulty. They eat eggs, they eat eggs, they are dying. The egg is equal to the mother of the animal. How did he eat the egg? What happened to his mother? And my disciples come from outside. They beat the egg with a stick. How close are they? Yes, all will have the problems then, but you are all good. And you bring now again from India such a people that all is spiritual, very spiritual, and all for animals and for everything. Not all we are taking out. We are taking out... This is not in this country.

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