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There are different things: there is belief, and there is reality. It should not be a matter of believing in a particular God or not, or of identifying as Hindu or not—these are different complexities. Reality is one thing. As I said, if it is God, then it is God. Whether you believe or not, the sun is shining. For our eyes, the sun is very bright. Your belief does not affect its brightness. Similarly, whether you believe in God or not, God is God. We should not create divisions. Therefore, we are fortunate ones, that we can be here and can celebrate and adore Lord Śiva. For us, Śrī Devpurījī is in the form of Śiva. Śrī Devpurījī possessed all the qualities of Lord Śiva. Through the presence of Devpurījī, many divine līlās happened—what you call siddhis. They did not demonstrate the siddhis, but the siddhis happened. There are two kinds of siddhas. One siddha is one who tries to achieve siddhis and demonstrate them. For a yogī or for one on the spiritual path, siddhi is like a māyā. Māyā means illusion, temptation, and it takes you away from your path. Those who perform miracles lose their path. Afterward, when they leave this world, they will not attain mokṣa. But we worldly people adore and admire the temptation of miracles. The second siddha is one who never demonstrates, yet siddhis happen in their presence. This means the siddhi is following them. The siddhi is serving them. That kind of siddhi is not an obstacle for them; that is Śiva. The siddhi is doing Śiva. So, our spiritual lineages, our spiritual lines, did not perform miracles, but miracles happened due to their presence. That consciousness of Śiva became embodied in Devpurījī. Those who have met the Master once are not running here and there. A great philosopher—you will know when I mention him—said nearly at the end of his work: "Now I know that I don't know." He knew so much, but he did not know one thing: God-consciousness and God. The temptation to learn, the temptation to create siddhis, is a kind of self-abuse to fulfill your longing and desires for your ego. Therefore, you want to know more and more. But if you truly want to know what is God and what is the Self, then you will realize the Master, and then you will not run here and there. We all who are sitting here have realized in our Masters the divinity, the trinity, the reality, the unity, and the spirituality. We have everything. Learning has no end. There was a great ṛṣi or yogī meditating for years and years. The end of his life came—it is believed people lived for thousands of years then. Their aims in life were different, not material. Their aim was to learn wisdom. Spirituality is a huge knowledge. He came to know the Vedas existed. At the end of his life, he was very, very old, several hundred years. He realized he had to die, so he prayed to God for a long life. God heard his prayer. A voice came from heaven: "Yes, my son, what do you wish?" He said, "Please grant me some thousand years more." God asked, "Why? Do you want to become immortal physically? That's not possible; you have to die sooner or later. Why not now?" The ṛṣi replied, "No, I want to study and learn the Vedas." "Okay," said God, and gave him 5,000 years. He learned and learned; 5,000 years is not little. When they passed, the message came again. He had to leave the world. He began to pray very intensively: "God, bless me with a long life again." God said, "Why?" He said, "Still I have not studied all. Please, I want to learn 5,000 years more." So he got another five thousand years extra. But even those passed, and again the message came. He prayed again. This time, God sent His messenger to instruct him, to give him a lesson. The messenger said, "Ṛṣi, do you see this mighty Himalaya? How big is it? Thousands of kilometers, and how high? Thousands of meters high. Look at this Himalaya and open your palms like this." The ṛṣi looked at the Himalaya and opened his palms. A strong wind came, and with the wind some dust came, and the dust fell on his hands. He was told, "Now close your fist, and now open it and look inside." What was inside? There were some sand grains. The God's messenger said, "You know, these few grains of sand are part of the Himalaya. What you have learned till today about the Vedas, spirituality, siddhis, and yoga is only this much, as much as these sand grains. What you want to learn is still the entire Himalaya. Now, how many more years do you want? It has no end. Therefore, just pray for Brahma Jñāna, for that God-consciousness, that liberation. You know that liberation you will not get through your intellectual development, but through your spiritual development." That spiritual development is what Holy Gurujī used to say: "One in all and all in one." Unless you realize this, Gurū Kṛpā, you will run here and there, and this is a sign of your ignorance. The more you learn, the more you fall into ignorance, because learning has no end. Wisdom has no end. Knowledge is limitless. You cannot measure knowledge in kilograms, in centimeters, or with minutes and seconds, because knowledge is endless. The more you learn, the more you realize how much ignorance you have. So why not make a shortcut? Why not come straight? That is Ātmā Jñāna, Brahma Jñāna. Without that Jñāna, all other Jñāna is zero. Therefore, it is said, "Know thyself." If you know the One, you will know everything. If you know everything but you do not know the One, then you know that you know nothing. This is that inner knowledge—but you must awaken this hunger in you. You should have this consciousness within you, but mostly you do not have it. When I am talking, you say, "Yes, very well, oh yes, I want it like this." As soon as I go out, in you the ants are going up—gossiping, talking, moving, restless, no concentration. I went out only for half an hour, and many of you were disturbed, going out and in. Hardly anyone was sitting and meditating for tonight, for Śiva, and repeating the mantra. This is a very clear picture for me, that still you do not have that consciousness. Lāgī, lāgī, sab koī kahe, lāgī nahī̃ lagār. Lāgī uske aisī lāgī, hogay ārām par. Everybody says, "Oh, I was hit, I was hit." But those who were truly hit by the arrow, it went through and through. Such an arrow should go through your heart—the arrow of that spirituality. Otherwise, it's a long way, and coming and going, coming and going. Recording location: Slovakia, Banska Bystrica, Weekend seminar