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What changes us money into?
The primary human occupation is collecting money, which is not inherently bad if used for universal welfare. Greed destroys the divine disposition, Śiva Bhāva. Its loss removes renunciation, then detachment, then wisdom. The life force of all this is devotion. Without it, the heart's ground dries completely, becoming a parched, rotten tree. This barren state is merely a perch for a bird that signifies negative blackmail—implanting negative thoughts, words, and sounds. We must instead plant positive words and sounds in others' minds.
"Then the ground is dried out; there is no more water. The ground becomes completely parched; there is no more water—a rotten tree, a tree dried out."
"May God bless us to be that individual who will plant in other people's minds positive words, positive sounds."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
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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:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4