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We are in a blessed place

The story of the great tree and the small axe reveals how the seemingly insignificant overcomes the mighty.

During Holī, Gurujī spoke of a very big tree, tall and thick, so large people came and went through it. Many passed by. Then a sādhu arrived and said, “Now this will die. It will increase more and more.” Another sādhu said a single person would take too long; a small axe alone would break everything. Someone objected, “Such a tiny piece of iron, what can it do? Go away.” Yet when they put in effort, they became his friend, and it fell down. Fire was used, and it was gone. After years, the doubter came back, saw everything cut, and exclaimed, “It was my God.” The sādhu said, “Why was this one broken? Only by the people—they cut a little. They sat on it, and from that, it broke. It will happen on the other side. Please do not think it will stand.” Something was pulled round and round, put inside, and it caught fire. We took everything nice, we will not break them. We tried two years, we were pregnant with it, so that is gone, and so is that human. O human, you are very good, you are God. We will not kill them, but what we kill—animals, fruits—they make something inside, and then it will go down. In this place, we are happy, and God protects.

“You cannot defeat it, but there is only this little one, and it will go.”

“O human, you are God, because we know very well, and we will not kill them.”

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ, Bhagavān, Kī Jai! Śrī Svāmī Madhavānanda Jī, Bhagavān, Kī Jai! Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar, Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Jī, Guru Deva, Kī Jai! During one Holī festival, Gurujī was preparing something and also giving a lecture. He was speaking about something very big—tall and thick—so large that people could come and go through it. Many people had passed by. Then one day, a sādhu arrived. He said, “Now this will die. We will not live forever; it will increase more and more.” When the sādhu came here, he declared, “Now it will be cut down, and so it cannot remain.” Another sādhu was sitting there. That sādhu said, “I will come and tell you; it will amount to nothing.” Then he left. He said, “If there is only one person, it will take a very long time for him. It will not happen.” Then he added, “I have only a little with me. I have one like this, but it cannot do it alone; it will break everything apart. I have such a small axe—I am not sure I can show it—but there is one, my friend. And that will kill them all.” Someone objected, “What? It’s only a small one. You have such a small iron axe, sharp but only for little things. Such a tiny piece of iron—what can it do? Go away.” And then, when they put in the effort, they became his friend. And it fell down. The other one fell down. After a few years, the man who had spoken against it came back. He said, “It was my God, my God.” But when he returned, everything had been cut, just as the sādhu had predicted. He had said, “They are very big in size, and it will not happen—but I will cut this and that, and three will fall down.” How many were there? It was standing with us. You cannot defeat it, but there is only this little one, and it will go. So the sādhu returned once more. And you know, my friends, he said, “Oh my friend, you could not do it; you were not able to finish it. But there was one, and that broke everything. What they did: fire, and then it was gone.” Then he asked, “Where is this? There is nothing here.” The sādhu came and told him, “Please, do not come with the thought that it will stand here. Why was this one broken? Only by the people—they cut a little bit. They were sitting on it, and from that, it broke. And it will happen on the other side as well. Now we know how it will be still. So please tell him, please, we will be your friend.” This is how it was. Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī said—he was telling this very nicely—this… what? Story. And even Holy Gurujī was here, and Holy Gurujī then said, “This is standing only,” and then Holī Gurujī said, “It is very nice, beautiful there, this.” But someone, they pulled something in, round and round, and they put something, and that was inside. I have seen that here, and so we were speaking about Mahāprabhujī—that this was gone, and what we did: we took everything nice. We will not break them. And a few years passed, and it was writing like this, and they put on like this, and then it came in there. Yes, and then it was, and he was dead. If we had not put something around it, it would not have caught fire. So here inside now we have done it, and he is doing very nicely this year. What is very nice here? Everything. He made it very nice now, and it will be very good. So, is that so? They are doing it themselves. Only we can give water or something in this place. So when we come here to this place, we are so happy. We are all looking; I am always on one of these, I am touching. It means my God protects, protects… We think that we taught this, and we put the other. So we tried very much—two years already—and we tried here very much, and we all tried very much. We were pregnant with it, so that is gone, and so is that human. O human, you are very good. Very, very good. You are a human, very nice. You are God, because we know very well, and we will not kill them. But what we are doing, what we are killing—animals and many other things, and good fruits, very things—they will make something else inside, and then it will go down. So, we have all, today you are here. You know how many days you have been here, how was your air, everything, and whose people are speaking while they are making bhajans, and this all is that. So this is our package, Vasanjī. And Vasanjī has done many, many good things. It is very, very much. And so, everybody has good rooms, many, many, everything. So we are here. Now we are sitting. Inhale left side, close left side, and exhale out. Inhale left, go ahead, yes—anuloma viloma, strīda, videha, nāḍī levou, videha pravou, nāḍī pravou, videha levou. Inhale, left nostril. Inhale, from right to left. Inhale from right to left. And place your hands down. Inhale left, inhale left, inhale right, inhale from right, and go left. Sit straight, stand straight. Don’t go back from right hand and left hand. Inhale from the left. Exhale from the right. Inhale from the left, exhale from the left. It is one. One, two, three, and so it will be twenty.

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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:

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