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You know much about the Upaniṣads; many do not. If you recall from yesterday evening, I spoke about the Purāṇas. In truth, one should read the Purāṇas. Until you have read them, you do not truly know anything. Within the Purāṇas, the stories are described in such a beautiful manner. Sometimes they awaken in you love towards God, towards nature, towards yourself—the longing to become one, to realize God. Sometimes the stories are frightening in such a way. And sometimes they are described in a manner that the present human intellect cannot understand or grasp, because they are so miraculous. We cannot even imagine that such miracles can happen. If you have witnessed such a thing, then you will believe. But if you have not witnessed it, you cannot believe, and we will say, "Well, belief also has its limitations." That is what our intellect will say. Immediately we make arguments. For instance, in the Līlā Amṛt of Śrī Mahāprabhujī, there is an account where a farmer woman comes with a small, dead child who had died several hours before—eight, ten, perhaps fifteen hours. Then Mahāprabhujī blessed it, and the child came back to life. Now, according to medicine, if death lasts more than a minute or two and one returns to life, the brain is defective. So our intellect does not accept how it is possible that Mahāprabhujī could give life to a child dead for so long. I do not understand, and you do not understand. We cannot imagine it; we only read. And because we are devotees of Mahāprabhujī, we say, "Well, everything is possible; Mahāprabhujī can do it." But still, ask in your heart: "Do you believe this?" Though you are very devoted to Mahāprabhujī, you read and you speak of how great Mahāprabhujī was, yet you are speaking from above, from here [the head]. It does not go into the heart. But if you were that mother who brought her dead child to that human being—Mahāprabhujī, the Divine One in human form—and he gave it life, you would tell us so clearly, with that confidence: "It is true." Thus, the stories of the Purāṇas, many ancient stories that speak of events five thousand or even 500,000 years ago, we dismiss as "stupid." We think humans were not developed at that time, that they were like monkeys without tails—or perhaps with tails. Many such stories exist. Yes, I believe humans were like monkeys everywhere in the world, but not in India according to the Purāṇas. For at that time, there were also holy incarnations. When we speak of humans, then yes, humans were very backward. But when we talk about God, then it was always advanced. It is God who made the whole world, so when He incarnates, it does not matter how; He is miraculous, and that happens. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar