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The wisdom, the knowledge, the spirituality, and the techniques which India gave to the world—no other country has given such things. We may be, let's say, Australian now, but here, directly or indirectly, we are connected to those roots of that divinity and that science, that knowledge; the roots are there. So many things we do not know about what is happening in our body. We do not know what our body is. We only know, let's say, what people say: the five elements, and skin, hair, flesh, nerves, bones, glands, organs, heart, liver, kidneys, peritoneum, brain. Whatever medicine has done, it has undertaken great research and discovered something significant. But still, beyond this, there is a Parāvidyā. And that Parāvidyā, if you realize it, leads to the awakening of the superconsciousness, the Kuṇḍalinī. This human body, which is so intricate, has many, many functions—thousands of functions. Every tissue in the body contains immense cosmic energy, along with its functions and qualities. We are like a gunny bag, a large sack, filled with beautiful, sparkling diamonds. You are the sparkling diamond which spreads its light throughout the entire universe like a star shining in the night. You have that nature; you are that one. But you have to go deep, dive within thyself, and awaken the Kuṇḍalinī. Then you will proclaim how rich you are; you will never say you are poor. Your thought is poor, so never think that you are poor. At least in our thinking, we should be rich; how can we think that we are poor? You have two beautiful eyes, you have two beautiful hands, you have legs, you have everything. You are the richest one. The concepts of rich and poor are a modern manipulation, a form of blackmail, creating discrimination among people. Oh human, you are nearly like a god, but people do not understand. There is a small story, a beautiful poem. There is a bird which makes a beautiful nest, hanging it on a very tiny branch of a tree. Why on a tiny branch? The nest hangs down like a beautiful creation; it would take a human perhaps one or two years to make something like it, and maybe we would not even be able to. She has only one beak and two legs, and she does it with just these. In summer, it is nice and cool; in winter, it is nice and warm. In a storm, it sways like a pleasant swing. And in the rain, it remains most beautifully dry; not one drop gets in. No storm penetrates it. And on that tiny branch, if any creature wants to eat the eggs, they cannot sit on the branch because it is too flexible. Often, a snake might try to eat the eggs, but it cannot reach this tiny branch. She is so happy; inside is a ball-like space where her eggs are. And she sits at the entrance, enjoying her home. One day, it was raining—a cold rain with a cold wind. There was a flood. Under the tree sat a large monkey, freezing. The monkey sat there, freezing. The bird felt great pity: "My God, he looks nearly like a human. He has two legs, two hands, a big body; he can make a house. He need not suffer like this. I am such a small bird; I have no hands, nothing. But what a beautiful nest I have. I should explain to him that, my dear friend, you are nearly like a human. Why are you suffering? Why don't you build a shelter for yourself?" So she says to the monkey: "My dear friend, you look nearly like a human. Why are you suffering in this cold and rain? Why don't you make a house or a hut for yourself? Look, I am a small creature. I have no hands, only a beak, and I made such a nice nest where I can protect myself and my children in different ways." The monkey, filled with ego, looked up: "You small beast, you small bird, giving me a lesson?" Hmm. He jumped up, took the nest, destroyed it, and then threw it down: "Here you are." Then one wise man who was observing this said, "Give advice only to those who will understand and follow it." Do not give it to such a person. Just as the bird was giving ideas to the monkey, and the ego of the monkey could not bear it and destroyed the bird's house. That is it. Therefore, within thyself, divinity exists. You are that divinity. But we are too much in the outer world. We do not look inside; we do not know what is within us. Do you know who is walking near you? Do you know who is breathing in you? Do you know how and who lets your heart beat? Do you know who lets the circulation flow through the whole body? Do you know what is in the kidneys that makes them function? Why don't we make a plastic kidney and put it in, or a plastic liver, or a plastic heart? This is God's miracle. If you get a little brain hemorrhage, you are paralyzed. So there are so many things. Thus, we can say, always give thanks to God that we are healthy. No—oh, it sounds good: "Very good, thanks to God." Recording location: Australia, Brisbane, Australian tour