Maharaji in Birmingham 2008-07-21-22 PWK-060

Maharaji in Birmingham July 21-22 2008
Being Awake PWK-060

Well, good morning. It's kind of raining outside, so it's nice to be in here. And we have this opportunity to listen. There's 310 aspirants here, and the rest already have Knowledge. And you know, you cannot help but feel that for a lot of people, there's a struggle in life. We struggle with so many things. And struggle has been a topic that I have been thinking about quite a bit, because my struggle may be a little bit different this time. But nonetheless, it's a struggle. And my struggle this time is just trying to get materials done. And just struggle, struggle, struggle, struggle. So yesterday I was thinking about what is struggle. And when you have two elements, and they're opposing each other, two forces opposing each other, then you have a struggle.

Now what you have to do to resolve struggle? Because you have to identify what are those two elements? What are those two things? And once you have identified what those two things are, you can choose which one you want. Subtract, detect, take away the element that you understand you do not want in your life. So what are the elements commonly in our lives that cause the struggle? How does this ever come to be? Some saints have said that you were born and you fell asleep.

Take it for what it's worth. I know there's a lot of skepticism towards, well, no, it can't be that. But whatever your reality may be, just for a second, for a minute, entertain this thought that somebody had, that we were born and we fell asleep. And in this sleep, everything that we experience, we experience. All the traumas of this world, all the laughter, all the things. So it's like this person who is asleep, and sometimes this person laughs, sometimes this person cries, sometimes this person screams, sometimes this person speaks. And it's like going through a nightmare and roll over and roll over and roll over and roll over and roll over. And then there is the great desire to want to keep on dreaming because the dream becomes so intoxicating that you want to stay asleep. Even if somebody was to come and say, wake up, you can't.

And then the Master does come. And his voice sounds peculiar because that's exactly what he says, wake up. And you're so caught up in the dream, you understand what this wake up business is. Wake up, what wake up? I am awake. Isn't this all real? All the good, bad traumas, everything that happens in this world, isn't this real? To entertain this possibility is truly very difficult for us. I understand that. Because not only are we asleep, but we like that state of being asleep. We're used to it. We understand what it would mean to be awake. If you were to go on the street right now and say to somebody, you are asleep, would you like to wake up? They would look at you like, are you nuts? To be asleep, and then somebody comes along and say, wake up. And we say, well, wait, wait, wait. Because in this dream, everything that happens is of little consequence.

It seems like that's not true. One day, when the show is over, and it will be, what will the consequence be? How many of you have actually experienced a flat tire and the frustration on the side of the road and the embarrassment? How many of you who cook at home have burned something and felt embarrassed by it? How many of you who iron things have burnt your clothes and felt embarrassed by it and thought about it and thought about it and thought about it? How many of you have had the opportunity of accidentally having your pants ripped and felt so embarrassed, oh, my God, what's going to happen? I see quite a few. Because those who laugh have experienced it to some extent.

And when you feel that, doesn't it seem real? And yet, what is the consequence of it? Another day comes and you move on. You live. But this dynamic of being asleep and being awake, we do not understand. And so when somebody does come to say, wake up, what they're saying is there is something you can do which will have a consequence on your life, a positive consequence, not a negative consequence, a positive consequence, that this is what awakening means. That awakening means to awaken and to accept the beautiful reality. People get confused between their wishes and how everything unfolds in your life. Your life.

There are people who do not understand this life as a gift. They can't because they're caught in a terrible, terrible nightmare. And in this dream, we're not the only one. Everybody is dreaming. And we are in other people's dreams and they are in our dreams. So what does it mean to be awake? It means to be alive. To look, to observe, to see, to understand, to build. And every step that you take is of positive consequence. To be asleep.

There is no clock. As there is no clock. I mean, it's amazing.

It's like being asleep in which you keep looking at your clock. But to you, a day goes by, an hour goes by, a minute goes by. And the time is only relative to occurrences that will happen.

I have to go to the airport at… When I look at my clock, I have no idea of what just happened. I'm so concerned. I mean, this morning, I knew the time I had to leave to get to this venue. So I'm looking at my clock, at my watch. Okay, I have four minutes left. I have three minutes left. I have two minutes left. Okay, now I have to go. That's how I used my watch this morning. Now, what it was telling me is, here goes another second of your life. Here goes another minute of your life. Here goes another hour of your life. But those who are sleeping understand this. Only the awake can understand, wow, today. The concept of today, the concept of now can never be understood if you are asleep. But when you are awake, you understand what it means to have today, to have now. Do you understand? Do you understand today? Do you understand that this life has been given to you, to you, to you, to you? And that this life has been given to you, should mean everything to you. People say, I say, oh, this life is a gift.

Okay, forget about gifts. You know what gifts are. Your gifts are what you get around Christmas, birthday, things you give to other people. These are gifts. How can you compare life if that's your vocabulary, if that's your understanding of what a gift is? How could you possibly understand what this life means? An object that you buy at the store, wrap up in a pretty looking piece of paper, and hand it to somebody with thank you, or happy birthday, or I got you this. This is priceless. Do you know what priceless means? Have you ever actually come across anything that was priceless? Not in your physical world, but every breath is priceless. It is above and beyond any value that you could concoct. Every day is incredibly valuable. Every moment that you exist, being conscious. Is that being conscious? Does that mean awake? You bet. That's exactly what it means to be awake, to be conscious.

As we lie and sleep, the sleep and the lullabies abound. The bed is soft, and of course the traveler is tired. Why is the traveler tired? Because the traveler started traveling, but didn't know where to go. So the traveler has gone up one road and come back, gone up another one and come back, gone up another one and come back, and gone up another one and come back. And how do we live our lives? We live our lives with trials. Well, let's try it. See what happens. See where it goes. And then when it doesn't work out, okay, back. Off we go. Back we go. Try to understand something. What can you understand when you even know you are lost? So awakening. Becomes a tremendously important thing. And believe me, awakening is going to happen when you hear that call, that shake. It's not going to be part of your dream. It's not going to be part of your dream.

What you will not dream about is the Master. You won't. The Master will come and he will say to you, "Awaken, wake up." And what will you say? "I'm awake." Or why? Or who is this? And if it were not for something in you that wants to awaken, that's the struggle bit. One part wants to sleep and one part wants to wake up. And there you are going. So, you see, there are struggles on the outside, there are struggles on the inside. The problem with the struggles on the inside is on a perfectly beautiful day. Everything is going your way, and everything is perfect. There's still a struggle. I was just in Sicily. Amazing. It really was amazing. First event was in Palermo, city of peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace. And then I went to Corleone, tiny little village, and people just poured their hearts out. I mean, it was amazing. It was just amazing. Just, you know, drove up, and the mayor, and the president of the city, and all these people, they were waiting for me outside the city hall. I go in, I mean, it was just amazing, things that happened, things they said. And whatever they had heard, their expression was, today, my heart has been touched.

Now, people listen to this message, they have a peculiar effect on them. It does. It has a peculiar effect on them. There are millions of people who listen to this message on their own accord. Nobody actually inspires them. It comes on on TV, they have accidentally, coming through channels, found it. And they sat down, listened to a few words, and it has a peculiar effect on them. I was in South America last year, and most of the people who had come to the event were people who had been watching. Just all they did was put up on the TV, he's going to be here, on such and such date in Argentina, Buenos Aires, and if you want to come, contact this number, and they did. And this lady is arguing with me, what are you talking about? I was talking about Knowledge, and she goes, well, what Knowledge? It's like, I already get the peace from listening to you. So what is being said? What is being said is "Awaken," and realize what this is. All this that you find magical, all this that you find incredible, are elements that have been derived from dust.

And they have an incredible propensity to turn back into dust, that's what they want to do. This body of yours constantly sheds, and even when you're young, the younger you are, the more it sheds. The older you are, the less it sheds. The process of dust to dust is happening whilst you are alive. You even have to die for that one. It's a foot. This earth was made out of dust, and one day, it will become dust again. In the universe, there's just tremendous amount of dust whirling around. And once in a while, this dust is packed up, and it turns into a planet. By the very nature of everything around you, this is what you are. Dust, dust, and more dust. Except for one thing.

This thirst in you to feel the most beautiful, and the possibility to feel the most beautiful, and the most beautiful, are the only things in you that are not part of the dust. Everything else is dust, is destined to go towards dust, is going towards dust, and will go towards dust, and you can bank on that. So, if you want to be mesmerized, then be mesmerized by the most beautiful that is inside of you. The thirst to feel the most beautiful does not reside in your mind, nor in your thoughts. It resides in your heart. And that's why you need to listen to your heart. This, the mind, has a propensity to chase itself. It likes to chase itself. So what it says is, think about the unthinkable. Comprehend the incomprehendable. Try to see the unseeable. Try to hear the unaudible. Try to grab that which is infinite. Time, the timeless, makes for a good. Round, and round, and round, and round, and round, and round, and round, round it goes.

You think I'm making this up? Look at every single religion in this world. Trying to define the undefinable. Trying to define the undefinable. There's a quick challenge that I have. People fight. People fight over their God. They fight over their religion. Who fights? The religion. Each religion. Every religion. This is the word of God. They have a book. It's called The Word of God. They all call it The Word of God. This is the final version. No more versions after this. This is it. This is the word of God. Some people are proud. This is the first version. Some people are not. This is the second version. This is revised. So it's like software revision. You know, version 1, version 2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5. And then, of course, it switches to Snow Leopard or something. Different versions. So my quick test is, take all the scriptures, the words of God, the different versions, and put them in a row. Lock the room and you wait outside. Put your ear to the door and see if you hear an argument. Now take followers of that versions, the different versions, put them in a room, lock the door, put your ear to it. You have to put your ear to the door. You will hear them screaming. All why? Why? This is the Word of God.

Is something chasing itself? You bet. Thinkers, we call them thinkers. This is what they think. What are they thinking of? They see a wheel. Have you seen a car's tire? When the car is parked, the tire is not round. You look at the tire and the part that's making contact flattens a little bit. The rest is round, but it flattens a little bit. The thinking is, how can this tire possibly function? It's not round. Have you driven this thing? No.

Do you understand what is actually being said in this word of God? The kingdom of heaven is within you. What you are looking for is within you. This is true in every single version, but people pay attention to it.

Because the thinkers are telling us, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's not what it is. If this is word of God, why are you needed to interpret this? If this is word of God, who comes pre-educated in this world? You tell me. Since the word of God is printed, and you have to definitely know a language, wouldn't you think that God would go, you know what? Okay, my word is printed and therefore people coming who are going to be in contact with this version should know the language preloaded. you think it makes sense? No, but that's not how it is. God speaks to everyone every single day. And what does that voice say? It says the same thing.

Be fulfilled. Be in that joy. Be in that beauty. Feel the most beautiful. Understand. Accept. Be in that clarity. be in that doubt. Have you ever wondered? Have you ever wondered why pain is painful and why joy is joyful? Because one is supposed to be, one is not. The joy is supposed to be, the pain is not. Clarity is not something strange. It resides in every single human being. Clarity resides in every single human being. You need another person for it, believe me. But to have clarity in your life, you have to be able to take out all those things that belong there. That's all. Clear your pathways because that'll give you the edge. That'll give you the edge to keep on going in the realm of joy, in the realm of fulfillment, of every day, every day being fulfilled. Is it possible? It is. Does it take some doing? Yes, it does. Yes, it does. Being conscious is not easy, especially when your habit is to fall asleep. Being conscious is not easy, especially if your habit is to fall asleep or if your habit is to be unconscious. But is it possible? Yes. So many of you that suffer so much pain in your life is because of one second of unconsciousness, most likely. One second of unconsciousness can have devastating effects. I mean incredibly devastating effects. If you look at the expense of the two, one second of consciousness is cheap to possibly one whole lifetime of agony and pain. That's how much it takes. If you want, find your true strengths.

I read something. I'll share it with you. I think it's incredible. And the way it goes is that if you are strong, if you're strong, then you should be kind. If you are wealthy, you should be humble. You should temper it. Be humble. And if you are smart, you should be simple. I like it. I think when I read that, it's like, that's really cool. So then I started thinking about it. And I said, what if I work it backwards? What would happen? That humility becomes my wealth. Humility, being humble, I feel wealthy because now I have a wealth of a totally different kind. By being simple, I become smart. To see the way it was written was if you are smart, then you should be simple. Well, a lot of people go away. No, I'm not smart. But to drive the point home, if you work it backwards, it works really well. If you are simple, you have just become incredibly smart. And if you are kind, you have become incredibly strong. You're no longer a weak, you have become strong.

So, you know, of course, I said this in Palermo, I said this in Corleone. Then I started thinking about it, now I'm saying it backwards. So if you want, if you want to be smart, which I know you do, because smartness isn't tied to humility, so it's like, okay, I know you want to be smart. If you want to be smart, truly smart, be simple. Can you be simple? Today is today. Now is now. I'm alive. Breath comes into me. I understand its importance. Doesn't get simpler than that. Somebody asked me once, this was an event that I was doing in Albany. "And I talked to other people, you know, and they say, but, you know, they say that's not the way it is." And I said, and he said, "Can you help me with that?" I said, "Yeah, talk to them". And he looked at me like, are you for real? And then he said, "Thank you very much. That's incredible clarity."

I said, "Of course, it's incredible clarity." I'm paraphrasing. That's not exactly. But that was this thing, you know, I say to people, "It's this way, this way, this way." And they say that, "You know, it's not. And then, you know, it hurts." And then I said, "Just talk to them. Why do you have to say those things to them? It's about your life. What do you know? What do you feel? What do you experience?" Some people think if I hang around an enlightened one, I will get enlightened too. Never. I can prove this to you. Take dough, dough, you know, flour, water, whatever, mix it all together. Take dough and put it in a big tray on one side. Right next to it, take bread. Take bread. And put it next to that dough. And see how many pieces of bread it takes to make that dough into bread. Good little experiment for you. Except first buy some stock in a bread company. Because you're going to be buying a lot of bread. Because that dough is never going to turn into bread by putting it next to bread.

It will turn into bread if you put it in the oven. But not putting it next to the bread. Hanging around with an enlightened one isn't going to enlighten you. It'll probably be a pain in the butt for the enlightened one. But it's not going to help you a bit. Hanging around airplanes. It doesn't mean if you've been hanging around airplanes for 10 years, all of a sudden you will know how to fly. If a man has a donkey and hangs around the donkey, takes the donkey to town, brings the donkey back home, takes care of the donkey, spends most of the day with the donkey, do you think the donkey will become a man and the man will become a donkey? But listen to what somebody who is enlightened, what are they going to tell you? Light up yourself. Become enlightened yourself.

Understand what is being said for your own self. Awaken. Feel. Understand. Be simple. The basics. The basics of life. What is tomorrow? The biggest delusion that everybody believes in. You know, the other day I was talking to somebody and I was saying, you know, people look at Knowledge sometimes, they go, oh, that's hocus-pocus and you know, da-da-da-da-da-da. You try to tell people about Knowledge or whatever. It's getting better, but people will go, oh, that's hocus-pocus. You know how much hocus-pocus there is in this world? Do you have any idea? One day, we're all going to come out of our graves. Okay, that's a, that's a feat in itself. But then we're going to ascend to heaven. That's going to be a long ascent. Are we going to have this body? Oh, yes, yes, this body. It'll be all put back together. I want to criticize anybody, but I've thought about this and I've thought about this and I've thought about this and I've thought about this for a really long time. And you know, and I have discussed this with priests. I have, and I have found no way to get around this one. Heaven is within us. Ascend, then ascend in the heaven inside of you whilst you are alive.

In India, it is very clearly written that those who have not realized this possibility in their lives are dead. And the day you understand this, I'm not saying this is for real or whatever, this is how they've qualified it. You're dead, and then the day you understand this, you ascend to heaven. This I understand, being dead, being buried, being buried where? Not in earth, six foot under the ground, but buried in this illusion. And then to ascend, to be all brought back, and you ascend into that beautiful place. Symbolically, I can understand. There is so much to distract us from now. There is so much to distract us from today. There is so much to distract us from our reality. This is your time. If you understand it, it's good.

Now some of you are aspirants, some of you already have Knowledge. Those who are aspiring to receive Knowledge, watching, listening, one step at a time. You know, sometimes you look at how far you have traveled. Sometimes it's nice, because there was a time that that very first DVD or first introduction was both like, huh? What? To now, you're understanding of the same. How much have you understood? It's actually amazing. One guy asked me this one question. He said, "I understand thirst." I feel it. So I said to him, I said, "You know, do you have a DVD player? Do you watch the DVDs?" He goes, "Yes, I watch the DVDs, but I have any thirst." I said, "Your DVD player, does it have an eject button?" He goes, "Yes." I said, "That thing that ejects it, puts the DVD in, and pushes play, is your thirst." He looked at me "Like, I get it. I get it." Your thirst. So, are you seeking to remove this thirst? Or quench the thirst? It's a very particular question. You are thirsty. You are in the desert. And you come across an oasis. And there's two ponds. And one pond is labeled, drink this water, you'll never feel thirsty again. And the other one says, if you want to quench your thirst, please feel free to do so. Well, which one are you going to go for? Stumped. The thinker has gotten hold of you. You're thinking. And the thinker goes, yeah, but I want my thirst to move forever.

Well, yeah, there is a one way that can happen. If that water is poisonous, then you quench your thirst, and then you will die, and you'll never feel thirsty again. The other one is very simple. You want to quench your thirst? If you're going to live, you are going to be thirsty. And the point of it is that whenever you are thirsty, you should have access to the water so you can quench your thirst. That's the point. A lot of people go, no, no, I want something that'll quench my thirst forever, and then I'll never feel thirsty again. I mean, you know, that's not what it's about. To find the well within. So wherever you go, you know you carry that water, and whenever you feel thirsty, whenever you feel thirsty, you can go in and drink from that beautiful spring and quench your thirst. Now people think enlightenment is when you say, once you get enlightened, that's it, like that bulb is on.

No, the enlightened one has his or her relationship with light, not the bulb. So if there is plenty of light outside, turn off the bulb. That's not needed. And when it gets dark and you need to see, then the lamp is lit. That's the relationship with the lamp. Relationship is not with the lamp, it's with the light. Very limited relationship with the lamp. You too, in your life, should be having a relationship with light. You have been chasing lamps. So you have many lamps, but no light. And that's the condition of the world. There's plenty of lamps. There are people who go and they, well, they come to me as like, well, you know, I would like to have Knowledge. Why do you want Knowledge? You know, in the old days, we used to ask that question. Why do you want to have Knowledge? I mean, geez, you know, other people would just always ask me questions. Well, what about this? What about this? So it was my turn.

And my mind would be just a very simple question. Why do you want Knowledge? And this was a stumper for people, because here I was telling them the glory of Knowledge every day, and then I go, and why do you want it? Because I wanted to see, they're chasing the lamp, or are they interested in the light? So there are Masters out there. They call themselves Masters. There are Masters out there who are absolutely Masters of lamps. Not of light, but lamps. And they have old lamps, and they have new lamps, and they have fancy lamps, and they have very, just very sedate lamps. But they are the Masters.

I am called a Master. I have seen virtually no difference in my life. It's like not at one point somebody kicked me in the back and went okay I'm not Master now. No, if nobody called me a Master that'd be fine. If somebody calls me a Master that is fine. But do I consider myself a Master? No, but I do have a relationship with light.

I care about the lamps. I really care about the lamps. There are people who carry their lamps. They've never been lit but they carry their lamps. And they carry their lamps unlit in night because something might happen to the lamp if it got lit. It'll get used so they want to carry their lamp and they protect their lamp and they're bruised because they even have hands free to protect themselves as they fall. So you know every time it's just falling and bruised and then people go oh this is all hocus-pocus. I know what this is. That's what's gonna happen.

People, this is what I was saying in Corleone. I said you know there are people. There are people in this world who believe that there cannot be peace and then there are people like me who believe that there can be peace. I just want to say one thing to you. This world belongs to the believers. Historically, that's how it is. When they said let's put a man to the moon, they were non-believers and then they were believers. Non-believers have to work out solutions. All they have to do is point out the impossibility.

The believers look for the solutions and to them there is no obstacle big enough that cannot be removed and if it needs to be overcome then find the solution to overcome it and that's how it needs to happen. I said you know maybe you have five reasons why there cannot be peace. Maybe you have ten reasons why there cannot be peace. Oh there's too much greed. There's too much politics. There's too many armies. There's this whatever 10, 15, 20.

I said I have 6.7 billion reasons why there should be peace on this earth. (pretty poor applause) That's the population for you mathematicians of planet Earth. That's how many people there are on the face of this earth and every human being that is on the face of this earth is the reason why there should be peace on this earth. And where does peace begin? It begins with every single person. I also know that most people understand what peace is. They. Most of the world actually has no clue what peace is. No clue. Never tasted it. Never been around it and just heard about it. It's like the mythical Phoenix bird. Nobody has any idea what peace is. They think absence of war is peace. Listen, war is a symptom.

You go to a doctor. You get a little cold. Then you go to the doctor and the doctor says what's wrong with you? And you say well my nose is running. He says okay let's stop it. And he takes two quarks and shoves it up your nose. Not running anymore. Then you say my throat is sore. And he says well when do you feel the soreness? Well every time I swallow. swallow. Is that the kind of doctor you want?

Because there is no peace there will be wars. Stopping the wars isn't going to bring peace. Because the wars have been stopped many times. But then they have a way of restarting. That's what happens. That's what happens. If the source of the fire is not out. Then you keep putting out little things here and there. That fire is going to keep going. Because again and again and again and again and again and again. The fire will start. The source is still there.

For me, a lot of people, how have they painted peace? A vegetative state. To make it repulsive. Once you have peace you become totally undynamic. It's like equivalent of having a lobotomy. If you know what lobotomy is. It's not peace. A person with peace is dynamic. Because they're alive. They're not sleeping. They're alive. They look forward to the blessing of this breath as it comes in and out. They want to feel thankful every day, every second that they can. That is dynamic. That is living. That is functioning.

That is breathing. That is, I am alive. Not some flower child. Stars. Hello. Why do you want to say hello stars? Stars can't hear you. Why do you want to say hello butterfly? Butterfly can't hear you. It's scared of you. No. Peace is dynamic. Living life is dynamic and that's how it should be for you. Dynamic. Living. Existing. That thrill that that child has. Sincerity. Eagerness. Wonderment. People wonder anymore. The extent of their wonderment is, why is the traffic moving so slow? And the government, the city government, has even taken that privilege away from people by putting up signs to accident ahead. So now you know why the traffic is moving so slow. And people are just there, bored.

No, be bored. Not one second should you be bored if you understand what this life is about.

Wherever you go, wherever you are, you have a way to turn within. Understand? Wonder. Wonder of all the wonderful things that you have been given. Understand? Exercise that humility so you can be rich. Be kind so you can be strong and become simple so you can be smart. And so it really, really, this opportunity that we have you know, no struggle, no struggle. That's not how life should be. Understanding and admiration, regardless of what happens. Not the projections into the future, not the memories of the past, but to stay. Stay put. And have enjoyed this life. So I'm concerned if you can enjoy one day, you've done good. You've done really good. One day. One day. Many, many people, you know, everybody's to his own, whatever they do, whatever they want.

But when they click in with Knowledge, it is the most enjoyable part of their life. Even people who practice Knowledge anymore and have gone long gone, long left, even they admit that when they were with Knowledge, that was the most beautiful part of their lives. That's saying something. Because you can choose. Nobody makes you feel guilty around here. If you leave, you will go to hell. If you leave, you'll be buried again in the mounds of illusion. No, it's just like, hey, you want to enjoy Knowledge? Fine. You want to know. Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine. So it's not a religion. Nobody's here lecturing you on everything that's going to happen to you.

You know, you're going to roast in hell and you're if they just would spend that much time talking about the beauty, I'm sure when the congregation left, they would all feel uplifted. But no, they're talked about. Experts at the subject. Experts, experts. I mean, just experts at the subject of hell. They know inside out, every nook and cranny, everything that happened. I mean, almost as they designed it. Or I mean, I've listened to this stuff on TV. The way they talk about hell, I mean, it's just like, wow, how do you know so much? How? I mean, I've seen the same pictures that you have seen. And I wouldn't, I didn't get that. But I mean, you're like, you have intimate Knowledge. I mean, just like incredibly intimate Knowledge. Every nook, cranny, temperatures, the sharpness of the utensils, the temperature of the oil, the kind of oil, how long they keep you in there before they pull you out. I mean, it's just like, wow. And heaven is just vague.

General, yeah. You know, basically, Heavenly Father. That's about it. And then everybody prays these days. They've got God mixed up with Santa Claus. I'm telling you. Confusion. You know, I've seen, I've seen, I've seen people, somebody gets lost. Okay, God, give us more. Okay, there's a Santa Claus. And there's God. And the two different. One lives in North Pole. One lives everywhere. One needs to be told what you want. The other one knows. Even knows what you haven't said you want. Knows.

So, I mean, it bewilders me. Oh, yeah, God, you know, we need, we need some help down here. That's, that's to Santa Claus, I should be. North Pole, Santa Claus. God, please give us the, God has given you wisdom. Why you use it? Why are you asking for more? You need more. You've got more than you would ever need. Give me more. Give me more. Give me more, God, give me more. It's just like, like a piglet sitting in front of a plate. It's full. More. One more. And that's the Mahamantra of people. More. One more. More. More. More what? Have you taken what has been given to you? Do you understand what has been given to you?

So, you know, and I mean to say anything against any religion. It's just there are certain things that I've never been able to get around. So, I express those. So, what will people say? Well, look at any, any intelligent person in this world. They said what they said, not because what people might say. And those people who have been involved with what people might say exist in anybody's memory. Because it's insignificant. People know they can't think of anything good. So, they look forward to the Superman. That's the whole society. I mean, Superman in America, that came much later.

In India, in Indian culture, they had Hanuman. Same thing. Original Superman. He did amazing things. He could fly just like the Superman. He could, he could lift mountains. He could fly taller. He could, you know, fly faster than a speeding bullet. He could, able to stop locomotives. I mean, anything. His story goes when Lakshman got wounded in the war, the, the doctor said we need this, need this herb. So, you will find the herb in Himalaya somewhere. In the, in the Mount Everest range. Wasn't called Mount Everest then. In the Himalaya somewhere. So, Hanuman went looking for it and he couldn't find it. So, he lifted the entire mountain and brought it over and said, here. I mean, talk about Superman. But there has been a fascination with that. And today, we just have this chance of being clear, of understanding. But the main thing, to take this message to people who want to hear, who want to know, who want to fulfill themselves.