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Humans are very good and not good at the same time

A spiritual discourse on the essence of satsaṅg and universal consciousness.

"Sat and saṅg, these two come together; that's enough. Always try to see yourself."

"Life is one. They don't understand, but we know, humans, we know. That's good, yes, very good. But that life, whether it is a human or an ant, is okay."

A spiritual teacher delivers an extemporaneous talk, exploring the meaning of true company (satsaṅg) and the singular life force in all beings. He uses parables, including one about a skeptic and God on a Himalayan rock face, and reflections on human nature versus animals to illustrate the unity of existence and the importance of non-violence. The discourse includes devotional singing.

Filming location: Vienna, Austria

Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī Devpurījī Mahādev kī Mādhāvanāñjī Bhagavān kī Satya Sanātana Dharma kī Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ. A beautiful bhajan. Which bhajan will it be today? Yes, a very nice one. Satsaṅg, satsaṅg. Sat, sat, which is great and beautiful, is Paramātmā. Sat, satsaṅg, saṅg—we are all together. So these are only two words, but they make a very great difference. Sat and saṅg, these two come together; that's enough. Always try to see yourself. We are all here, sitting together. Satsaṅg. Satsaṅg is very pure, very pure. Very clean, like one door at home also. When we awaken in the morning, what do we say? "I am human. I am." Human, and that, what is it? Satsaṅg. And what is coming? Then what did you say? Satsaṅg. And I was sleeping, and I get up, and I see myself: I am human. One is one, only one word. Now, three words were very great for everyone. First, what we said: I am, I myself, Sat. What a beautiful, pure sattva and saṅgha. We are all one. We are all here. Now the three words: satsaṅga, satsaṅga. Morning or evening, or anywhere you go, anywhere, first say within your heart this very beautiful sat: "I am the best friend. I am my own." And so, in this very peaceful state, then we sing the bhajans. That is beautiful sattva-saṅgha, sattva-saṅgha. Then, I am human, but I am human. We have this: there are all creatures, all, all creatures, all. Yes, in this is one, it is everything, all creatures. It doesn't matter if it is a buffalo or a little ant. It is a pure, very great animal or little animal. It is all one. Life, the life, and life can be very fine, little, or like buffaloes. Let me say it: we go to the ocean. We go to the ocean. How much water is that? Our ocean is coming all the way to Australia. Yes. What? Australia. Do you know that? So long from here, when I go from here to Jaipur or Delhi, and from Delhi further to that side, this side, to go to Australia. And I go there first. It is a country there, Australia, but they know, always they say it is ocean, Indian Ocean. So, so long and very much the water that. And there's one tent, very very little end. And this, let the hand, a very little water drop, and stand on there in the ocean. And when we drop down, it becomes great. We don't know where that end is. It becomes all there. That is a very, very deep thinking to see who is that. Do not say only a human. I'm very hot. Is it hot somewhere? Give me, please, some, yes, something, yes, yes. So if we think that humans are good, okay, I know that is very good, very good. But is it good or not good? Humans or animals, life is one. They don't understand, but we know, humans, we know. That's good, yes, very good. But that life, whether it is a human or an ant, is okay. Life is this and this and that, but life is that. If we can follow and see myself, I am only that one. And what did he say? How? When we are human, we die. It is said, "I am human, and now, how long will he be?" Try, try,... try. We cannot stay long. We die. There are other animals. They live more, very long. Okay, doesn't matter, but they have to go again. But we think, "Now I will give you whatever it is." When I was born, I know how it is, and this and everything, and when nothing is more, we die. And why we die, how I am doing, but we will die. It's very good. Sitting somewhere and coming hand like this, and again, whole body coming so half this and comes. Some animals, everyone, everything happens, and other animals are there. So in the whole world, if it's humans or others... They have a life, and then one day they will go again; they die. How is that? To get this, it is said: one man, to the human, one man, strong man, good man, everything. But he said, "You can do all. I see that you all, but I am—I'm not like what you think." I do not think about God. I do not mean anything. Yes, I am human. I help you. I do give you anything. I will go with you. If there are problems, I will help you. Everything, but I don't want there to be a God. No God? Everybody is there in this. This person said, "There is no God. Nothing." Tali Gurujī said this. He taught that. It's good. You are very good, very helpful. You make everything, but he eats alcohol and meat. And everything, he don't think, "What is a god?" Nothing. It can be like this, and he said, "I don't want. There is no god." Yes, God said, "There is no god." It said, "There is no god." No one. One day, that one man. Because always he used to go for him in the Himalayas or somewhere, and then he has everything with him and going on the way. Rocks, like this and like this, everything, and very good. Many people, there are many, they like it, they are very good. My disciple is sitting here, always he wants to go, going up and coming. Well, one day he was like this and lost the rock and the rope. The rope is gone, and he's on the rock. And he's holding like this, and his legs are hankered. What to do? So that God came, and this man said, "If you are my God, and if I don't show the God, I don't want it." But now, if the God is a good... I know that God is nothing, and nothing that, but if... You can see, and God came on the rock, the other side, and he said, "God, now I see that you are a God I have not seen before. Thank you, thank you. Please, God, please hold me." He said, "You want?" He said, "Yes, he has." So he said, "I will open it. I will get you." He said, "Please, quickly." He said, "Don't worry." God said, "No, it will be." He said, "God, don't like this. Just please hold me." God said, "I can do it, but am I God? I don't know, but now I see that you are a God. Please, God. Please, God, help me." "I will help you." Said, "Please wait quickly." Not. He said, "I will hold you, don't worry. Do you think now that I am God?" And the God said, "I am." And others said, "Then please give me, give me. I will do it. Don't do so much. My hands are very raw now. I will give you." But you should know and learn what it is. "I will do everything, God. I am so, I will be. Cry, I will. My murder, everything. Let me believe quickly," he said. "I cannot," God said. "I cannot," he said. "Then I will die, and you are not a God. Is it that's?" Why now? I will do, give you this. And when he said, and he held him, how is it coming to me? So animals, those, they don't know, except the little one was flying. Yes, that can be done from you to there and from there to there. Yes, yes, anytime. But so it came. You are my please, God. And then he came there, saying, "God, I know you are a God. I live so that is that. Either birds, the birds, not any other. Did you see that? If someone kills them, and this and that, is it different? Otherwise, going and how quickly, how?" Birds going this? Yes, this is the greatest one. So you should say, "Please, God. Please, God, the bird." Yeah, okay. So the birds are very great. They will come, you will see. That's why we give them something, to give some seed. Yes, nice. This is nice. And they know only the humans are not good. They don't like who said the bird? And the bird will go and sit on the tiger on the top, yes. And if the dog, who is that? And it will come, dog or anybody's animals, humans will kill, try to eat. This, oh human, what are you? What have you done? What do you do? What can you do? Everything you are doing, and that is that, what's a big problem. It is not good, not good. Human is very good, but also not good, and those who are killing and... Fighting, that is that you see, that if each and every human were not fighting, then it's very good. We are a god, but how much we are fighting each other, fighting. And they, it was, they were fighting with the stone and with the steel and something like this, but now the humans have decided they are sitting in their house, embracing the point, and far distance somewhere they kill them. Is that human? Oh human, what are you? It is said, it is, some people told. Jesus is Jesus, God, and "Don't kill anybody," nothing. And this, yes. But now, where, how, when? They are in any countries, they begin to fighting and killing, human to human. And then said, "Holy Mother, please, Mother, don't kill anyone." And when... We said now that we will have everything for the blood, this and that. Don't give. Be human, and if we can do all, we will be the great whole. You, we will not kill any animals and any like this. How we are, we, we have, we learn. Very good, everything. But why do we make it and then we break it? What does that mean? You have to kill it, and that is not good. That's why satsaṅg, satsaṅg. We want to see what we are doing. If there is... sometimes people are... Only making only one word or one thinking, only. Okay, that's very good. Rām, Sītā Rām. Rām, Sītā Rām. Rām... Kṛṣṇa Rām, Kṛṣṇa Rām, Kṛṣṇa Rukmiṇī, Rukmiṇī... Rām, Kṛṣṇa, Rām, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa. Yes, it is Rukmiṇī. Rukmaṇī and Kṛṣṇa, they are both. The other one you want, Rādhā. Radha is a good name, but it is not Krishna. It should not be for Krishna. Okay, it can be by Krishna's disciple, this and this, but Rukmiṇī is the reality, and therefore they are bringing not good, anyhow, only one, one... One, one... it doesn't go, yeah. Anything you can sing on me, my Maheśvarānanda, Maheśvarānanda... What is that? Yeah, yeah, but Mahāprabhujī, where, how, what, in anything? So bhajana, bhajana... and bhajana is great. And in a bhajan, there is so much knowledge and many great things. And that's why I can tell you, of course, in every country there are great things, like in Australia or here, but in India, and in India, India is a very big land. India is the fifth in this. And so, but the bhajans, sādhus, santa, etc., all that they give, what? It's okay. One is okay. We have only my name, Hari Om. Your name also. Your name is all, but we are bringing this. So that's why our bhajan is great, and in that greatness we know. And that's why in India, this thinking, all bhajans and this and that, we should do. We should do. There are bhajans. They don't know, maybe, bhajans. They have many bhajans, or some words, or something, the thinking. Many countries everywhere also have many things, but not that much like in India. And this is India, coming from Australia. It came there. After came the Austrian from Austria. But before, were the Indians like that? Now you know that it is written in the United Nations there. It is these lectures, this speaking that in India, and these are coming from India, and that after then it little went out from the water.

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