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Whatever You are Doing will Come Back to You

The human vessel must be prepared to receive spiritual nourishment. An unfired clay pot cannot hold water, just as paper cannot hold mercury. Every action, thought, and feeling influences the body, mind, and soul and returns to its source. Your sincere prayers are always heard and will be answered. The mission of human life is to cultivate the qualities that allow one to receive divine light and joy. In the interplay of energies, a dominant field will assimilate a small incursion of its opposite. Every step, thought, and word is counted and will bear fruit. Therefore, learn from all sources, but keep your concentration fixed on the one essential goal.

"You cannot keep water in an unburnt clay pot."

"Every step will be counted. Every thought will be realized, and every word will be heard."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Kāche ghare nir nahīṁ thare, nahīṁ thare kāgaj meṁ parā, bugalā motī ko kyā kare, motī haṁsā kā chārā. You cannot keep water in an unburnt clay pot. The pot is made of clay, but if it is not fired, it cannot hold water. "Kāche ghare nir nahīṁ thare, nahīṁ thare kāgaj meṁ parā"—you cannot keep quicksilver on paper. The kingfisher does not know what to do with pearls. The pearls are the nourishment of the swan. The swans represent spiritually awakened souls. Every spiritual technique influences our body, mind, and soul. Similarly, every negative technique or negative thing also affects our body, mind, and soul. If you take poison, it will kill you. If you take nectar, it will save you. Everything we do—what we think, what we do, what we feel—everything returns to us. Your prayers will be heard. Whether you pray loudly or silently, your feelings will definitely be felt by Him. Sooner or later, His very kind glance will come to you. He will not keep you on a waiting list for long. Only a human can understand this. Others cannot understand. Others are only eating, sleeping, drinking, and procreating. They do not understand the mission of human life. Therefore, the purpose of human life is such that whatever you do will come back to you. And here, what you are doing—your spiritual sādhanā—will give you immense light, happiness, and joy. When you bring a tiger into a tiger's case, they will not attack immediately. But if you bring a goat into a tiger's presence, they will attack at once. With Devī Śakti, the negative and positive energies, when a small positive comes amidst the negative, the negative tries to overtake it. And if a little negative comes amidst the positive, the positive will overtake everything. Every step will be counted. Every thought will be realized, and every word will be heard. Therefore, know that you are a human. What makes me human? What are the qualities of a human? How do I cultivate those qualities? And what is the mission of my life? Therefore, do not fall into the trap of gaśāping. It does not matter who tells you what. You should be like a bee that takes honey from every flower. You get lessons from everyone, but your main concentration must remain on only one thing.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

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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