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Karma is the Cause and the Result

A spiritual discourse on the universal soul, compassion, and the cycle of life.

"The soul has no attributes. In the astral being, there is no man and no woman."

"Life is everywhere. Life is dear to everyone. And God is residing in our heart. And that God has no form."

The speaker challenges notions that deny souls to women or assign gender to the formless Divine, emphasizing the equal spiritual status of all. He discusses the universal presence of life, citing Vedic teachings and an anecdote about plants and potatoes sensing intent. The talk explores the need for love and compassion, then explains the perpetual cycle of birth and death (rebirth or 'recycling') governed by karma, concluding with reflections on human intellect among the 8.4 million species.

Recording location: Hungary, Budapest, Seminar

I do not know if it is true, but I have heard that some religions say women have no soul. So I ask myself: how do they live without a soul? How can they live without a soul? The soul has no attributes. In the astral being, there is no man and no woman. It is also a mistake that we call God "He," for God has no form. The universal, cosmic God is without form, so who is "He"? When there is no form, how can you say "he"? You could say "she" also, why not? But the entire language is modified in that way. Always "he, he, he, he, he, he." Sometimes you don't say "he," but you can say "he, he." So there is a problem. Therefore, you know, there were many, many holy women—great, great Divine Mothers. So in Sanātana Dharma, in Hindu Dharma, women and men are equally respected as a soul. Therefore, there are many, many holy ladies, what you call holy or Gurū or teacher. In the Vedas, it is said that not only humans, but even plants have their life. If you kill the plants, they feel exactly as if you kill a human or some animal. Now this has been proved by some instruments. If you go into your room where there are many plants with water and some fertilizer, the plants are happy. And if you go with scissors and a knife, the plants are trembling. There is one machine, a very sensitive machine, and once they demonstrated it on television; I saw that also. Potatoes. In the kitchen, there was a basket full of potatoes. The cook went with a knife and took one potato in hand to cut. Still, he did not touch the knife to the potato, but the potato was screaming. Something like if you want to kill a human and the human will say, "Please don't do it, please, please." And the same potatoes—he took it and put it in the field again. It wasn't a sound like something laughing or "thank you." A very pleasant sound came out of the potato. The result of this video was this: the next few days, nobody bought potatoes. So the potato chip company and all the companies, they were angry. So life is everywhere. Life is dear to everyone. And God is residing in our heart. And that God has no form. And if He has a form, then it is love. Compassion. So I think universally, then I think of all uniting, and I transfer this union, this unity into my heart, and open my heart full of compassion. And I try to feel the feeling of unity towards everyone. So everyone needs love. And can you imagine if in the whole country there is such happiness and love and appreciation, how nice it is? Can you imagine that in every country such happiness, love, recognition, and acceptance reigns over everyone else? Can you imagine this? Take one example: Christmas day, Christmas evening. Christmas evening, all are happy: children, father, mother, grandparents. There are a few who are not happy because today nobody found them, nobody congratulated them. Someone remembers last Christmas because they lost their dear one, and it's not this Christmas with them. These things happen; it's life. Birth and death: who is born will die, and who died will probably be born. Why? Probably, because some are liberated, and some still are not. The karma, karma is the principle. It is called, it has the cause, action, and result of the fruits. Karma connects causes, actions, and the fruits of actions. Anything we do has a cause, a reason. For everything we do, there is a reason; without reason, nothing will happen. And when you act, every action will have a reaction. That reaction will be the fruit of your action. And every reaction will again cause an action. So that is a dynamic movement in creation: action, reaction, action, reaction. So we want or need someone to put that dynamo off, and we need someone to turn off the dynamo. But who? Only the Divine, only God, and He doesn't want to put it off. It is His creation. Therefore, coming and going is birth and rebirth. So, in this modern language, modern science has given a name to this birth and rebirth. In spirituality, we call it rebirth. And in modern language, in this technological, materialistic world, we call it recycling. And that's very interesting. We call it Janama Maraṇaka Chakra, the cycle, the circle of rebirth and death. So it's a rewinding, going and coming. So we call it rebirth, and they call it recycling. Again, you are reborn, coming, going, coming, going, the same process. There are 8.4 million different creatures created by the Creator. The Creator created 8.4 million different species of creatures. Finally, the creation of 8.4 million creatures, which is divided into three categories: creatures which live in water, creatures which live on earth, and creatures which live in the air. In this place, all these together are different kinds of creatures, totaling 8.4 million. And one of them from the 8.4 million is the human, and humans are more emphasized due to the buddhi, or intellect. The human intellect can be trained, limitless, but the human intellect is also very flexible. But the human intellect is very flexible at the same time. Recording location: Hungary, Budapest, Seminar

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