10. Sri Narayana did a great sacrifice for you
1 Today is the last day of these
meetings. And we have come to love you so much, that we parting you is a
difficult thing. You have come to know us, and it is very difficult for us to
part with you.
2 And, I owe fearlessness to a
Muslim friend. At that time I had a Muslim friend. He was talking to me so
much. We were eating together. Suddenly at the time of the ‘tholugai’, that is
‘namaz’, he told me: “Please forgive me, I must spend sometime with God.” He
looked straight to Mecca, and he was not afraid or shy of anything, in front of
all the people he was carrying on his 'namaz'. So I asked him, “Are you not
feeling shy?” - “Why I should be shy about God?” That changed me and made me to
be strong for God.
3 God has been writing the story
of salvation in the heavens in the beginning. You know, there are twelve zodiac
signs. And these people - starts from goat. But that is wrong thing. Because
that's a story, of that great salvation of God, written in the heavens.
4 If you study for the key of
that, there is a thing called ‘Sphinx’. Body is lion and - upper part is
virgin, the lower part is of lion. And that is called Virgo. So it starts from
Virgo and must end in Leo. That is why we lost the real thing in the zodiac
signs. It tells about judgment. That is called the ‘tharasu’, that is, ‘scale’.
Then there is the goat. Then there is a man carrying water. Everything has a
meaning. And when you come to Virgo, that represents how our sins can be taken
in that virgin, and how God is coming as a Lion at the end time.
5 But what did man do? He started
worshipping the zodiac signs. Today man worships the sun and the moon and the
stars. But God tells, not to worship anything, except God.
6 I have not come to blame you
anything. You are a free man, you can worship anything. I have not come here to
tell anything against your independence. But I want to tell you, how God's
heart will pain. God has a heart.
7 Suppose my son comes to me - he
takes a dog and comes and tells, “Oh, my daddy”, it will break my heart. In the
same way, instead of worshipping the Creator, if you worship the creature,
automatically curse comes to you.
8 I am a man who love my country.
And I want to find out the curses in our country and wanted to remove that. No
use of crying for our sufferings and all; we must find out the root cause for
our suffering. But we do so many things which will hurt God and we want His
blessings.
9 Many people do not know about
these evil spirits. When a man dies by an accident, that spirit is roaming
about all over. You will not know that spirit roaming. When it comes into you,
your nature changes and body pains; you will behave exactly like the fellow who
died. This, no doctor can find it.
10 I was in the Vellore hospital for
five years. The doctors do not know the ‘a, b, c’ of the spirits. That is why
many people, they do not know that they have a spirit. This power God has given
me, is not my power, it is the power given by God. When I touch you, it sucks
the evil spirit out. Then within few minutes it goes away. Then when I pray
again, you get the peace.
11 Now the sun is enjoyed by
everybody. It's for drunkards and good people and bad people also. It is not
for Americans or English people only, it is for everybody who can look at the sun.
But man has made God only for themselves.
12 You go to a man, he'll say: “No,
I don't believe that God, I believe this God.” And everywhere blood shed and
killing. That's why the Communists say: “The religion is the opium of the
people. It's the cause of all trouble.” And they make the images of all the
people who lived. You get up in the morning and worship the sun. What can the
sun do to you? When Allah is the Creator, it'll break His heart and you are
judged. If Christ Jesus is the Creator, you can't escape judgment.
13 When does the husband get angry?
Not when she loses a gold chain; not when you break a nice glass bottle! He
will forgive everything. But when he sees your eyes are going after another
man, he doesn't want you to live any more; he'll just take the knife and stab
you. Same thing with God. If you love Him, He blesses you. That is why this
religions make your love for God smaller. But seeking God is our own life. Love
cannot be shown by the mouth.
14 One day there was a poor girl and
a poor boy. They got married. And they loved each other very well. Both wanted
to show their love. But they had no money to buy any good thing. But the boy
only had a nice gold watch given by the father. And he was keeping it very
carefully.
15 On the wedding day, this girl
wanted to do something good. The boy also wanted to do something good. The
whole night he was thinking: “How can I show my love to my wife? She has got a
nice hair; I must buy her a nice gold comb.” So he went from shop to shop. But
to buy that, he had to give some money. At last he sold his gold watch. And he
sold the gold watch, bought some nice flowers, nice comb and he hid it in the
home. “Early morning I'll go and put this comb on her head. How happy she shall
be!” With this thought he slept.
16 But the wife, she also went from
shop to shop. At last, she had nothing, she had only the hair, she went to a
lady saloon: “Will you buy my hair?” She was a beautiful lady, hair to the leg.
And she sold the hair, put on a napkin, went to the shops, bought a nice gold
chain for the watch the husband has. She took it home. “Tomorrow morning, I
will wish my husband and he has no gold chain, I will give this gold chain to
that watch. He will be very happy.” Early morning, she washed her face: “Husband,
this is our wedding day; I bought a nice chain for your gold watch. Bring your
watch.” He was shocked. And there was no gold watch for this chain. And he took
the gold comb: “Show me your hair, I want to put the comb there.” But she was
bald. Both cried. Then they laughed. Then they both embraced and said, “Enough,
because we love each other.” They loved each other better, even though they did
a great sacrifice.
17 So in this zodiac signs, God
wrote the whole thing about judgment, everything. If a man studied the zodiac
signs, every story is here; every religious story is there. But man is using
that only for his foretelling.
18 Now Sri Narayana, people do not
know who He is. Christ Jesus, they do not know who He is. They do not know who
Allah is. They say, “Christ Jesus is coming to judge.” The Muslims say, “Allah
is going to judge.” And Hinduism tells, ”There is a Judge coming - Sri Narayana
is coming down.” You mean to say there will be three judges, sitting with all
the religious people? That is not true.
19 You can have a religion, but God
doesn't care for your religion, if without your love for Him. He doesn't care
for your praising, He doesn't care for your offering, He doesn't care for your
even namaz, He doesn't care for anything, without your first love for Him.
20 We have come to the age where the
Dharma Yuga1 is
coming. And very soon, a set of people will go without death. Then there will
be terrible persecution here. Then you will remember us. You may say: “I am
very busy, I have no time.”
21 One rich man was smoking and
thinking about earning money. Then Yama2 came, “I want
to take your life.” He said, “I am very busy.” God came to him first; he said,
“I am very busy.” After some years, yama came to him. Then he said, “Yama give
me some time.” He said, “I am very busy, I have no time to give you.”
22 You must understand, God loves
you. He is knocking at your door today. Are you willing to open your heart
today? Every religion, you have to read the books. Everybody must read Koran,
Bible and Vedas and Bhagavad Gita. Then nobody can cheat us. Even leaders can
cheat us. And today, with reading all this, I am giving you the cream for your
blessing.
23 In Tirunelveli for all the
Bakrid, they will invite us. There will be a nice feast. Our whole family will
go. I didn't find the Muslims any strangers. When you love some people, they
will forget all differences.
24 Why we have not taken any
offerings? Why we are throwing our personal money? We have not a house of our
own. We have not bought anything for ourselves. Why? Why can't we earn money?
25 One day when I was in Ceylon,
there was a big procession coming. About two thousand Sinhalese were marching.
So, some friends came: “Run, save your lives.” So my wife and children - three
boys, we went into a Sinhalese house. That Sinhalese man married a Tamil wife.
So I put my children under the bed, my wife under the bed, put a bed sheet; I
came in front of the house ready to die. Thinking, “In about ten minutes, they
will kill me.” And all the Sinhalese: “Tamils down! You Tamil rascals!”
26 Then they saw me: “There is a
Tamil fellow kill him!” So one fellow took a knife and straight came to stab
me. As he saw me, he took his knife and was shaking. Then he said, “Who are you
sir?” - “I am Mister so and so's son.” Then he cried: “He was our saviour. Your
father spent all his money to bring us up. We were poor people. He threw all
his money for us.” Present Prime Minister Premadasa was there. Then he said,...
All the people came and fell down near me. “You must forgive us.” Then they all
took all of us, my wife and children, and came to the station, bought their own
tickets, put us in the train with the bodyguards and the police-guard, sent us
to India.
27 Then when I came to Indian shore
- Mandapam, we knelt down: “My God! Hereafter all my money is only for poor
people; not for Christians, or not for a particular religion.” My father's
charity saved my life and my wife and children.
28 One day a Muslim lady came. “My
husband died suddenly; no help for me.” I said, “What do you want, sister?” -
“I want some money.” So I gave four hundred rupees. Then the Christians got
very angry: “Why you gave for the Muslim widow, while we have got many widows
in our Christianity?” A widow is a widow, whether she is a Christian widow, or
a Muslim widow. So the Ashram is kept for only that thing.
29 If a husband dies, if the
children have no father and mother, you can straight come to Ashram; it is your
home. We don't have an orphanage. We treat them like our own children and they
can be at my home and we educate them. And I knew the importance of helping the
poor people. In the same way, my father's charity saved my life.
30 What's the use of earning your
money and for yourself? If your neighbour has no food, you have to give him.
That is love. If he has no shirt, you can't sleep; you just give this your
shirt to another brother who has no shirt. That is true religion! Not just go
to church or temple. Every man in Bhilai, if he has a love for another brother
and family, this poverty won't be there. If one man in Bhilai has no food, the
other people have no right to eat. Think that he is an Indian brother. Before
preaching religion, before going to church and all these things, first of all
do charity and help the people. That will save your life!
31 I have been travelling all over
the world from one end to another end. And today, God has given a great
knowledge. But when God came into my life, He revealed the secret of Koran and
Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavadam - all these things, He revealed to me.
32 When you sacrifice an animal, it
had to be burnt to ashes. But it has to die for somebody. He comes to life.
That's the meaning of sacrifice. If sacrifice rises again, there is no use for
anybody. If Jesus died for you, His blessings has to come to you.
33 If you read the Bible, if you
read Koran, if you read Bhagavad Gita, everything talks about sacrifice. Not
just pouring ghee and escaping. Without the shedding of blood, there is no
remission of your sins! That is the great Parama Purusha, did the first
sacrifice. He need not die. But He willingly died, so that everybody in this
world can live. And every religion, it depends on what they believe. According
to their books, that promise only you will get.
34 So we have come to you today. If
you are sick in body, we want to touch you and pray. And when we pray, power of
God comes into your life. Don't think about this lightly. When every religion
says,.... After a man dies, they will say there is no more god. That is a
denomination.
35 The Muslim is expecting Mahdi -
Imam Mahdi. The Hindus are expecting Krishna back again. Christians are
expecting Christ back again. But God had to raise up a Person suiting all
these.
36 God promised Abraham - Ibrahim,
that in the seed of Isaac the nations will be blessed. But the other religions,
they want to bring Dharma Yuga. Hitler tried it. He wanted to have a world
religion under Hitler. But he found his grave in Moscow. Napoleon wanted to be
the world ruler and bring Millennium. He also fell at Moscow.
37 Today all religions are uniting.
This unity has nothing to do with the Koran, or Bible, or anything. The
Christians are telling, “The Hindus are idol worshippers.” You know, but they
are the idol worshippers today. And every religion blames the other religion.
38 So in the name of religion, all
religions are getting together, to bring in another dharma yuga under the Pope.
That also will fail. But God wants to bring His dharma yuga under His power.
That is why Sri Narayana had to come down. The same person is Narayana for
Hindus, Christ for Christians and Mahdi for the Muslims.
39 So you have to go and ask God,
what is the time today? You know, I don't see any conversion in the Bible.
Koran doesn't say any forcible conversion; it is not in Koran. It is by love we
follow God.
40 I'll tell a story and finish.
There was a mother and father. They had a beautiful little girl. The house
caught fire one day. This child was sleeping. And the father and mother
escaped. And fire was very much. Nobody could save that girl.
41 There was a nice young beautiful
boy. He jumped into the fire, took the girl, put it in a blanket, came running
out. The fire burnt him. His beautiful face became a monkey face. He was in the
hospital for three years.
42 When he came out of the hospital,
he wanted to see the girl whom he saved. He went and knocked at the door. That
girl opened the door, and she saw an ugly faced man standing there. She came
running to the mother: “Mummy, a monkey is laughing at me.” Then when the mother
came, she just cried and said, “Come in, sir.” Called the daughter: “Daughter,
this man was a very beautiful young man. By coming to save you, he got burnt
and he looks like a monkey. To give you a beautiful face, he became burnt. And
you are closing the door to him? Are you closing the door to him?” Then the
little girl got so much upset. “Mummy, that man's face is beautiful.” Then she
came in and the little girl loved the boy very much.
43 In the same way, my dear friends,
every book is for all. Koran is for the Indians; Bible is for the Indians and
Bhagavad Gita, all for the Indians. Don't make a religion out of that. God
comes and knocks at your heart. Can you hear His voice? He knocks at your door!
44 My dear brother and sister, in
the last day of these meetings, I am telling you, Sri Narayana did a great
sacrifice for you. That Parama Purusha is the same Christ Jesus and same Allah.
And He suffered for you. So that we all could live, so that we all could have
eternal life, He did that sacrifice for you! Today He is visiting you! He is
knocking at your door. Will you open your heart or close the heart? Open your
heart! He will come into you! You make Him happy! And you will be blessed in
your future life. He has come here with life, so that you can overcome death.
Everybody who believe this message, and follow us, and believe me, your karma
will go away. You will never see death in this life!
--
Gurudev R. Paulaseer Lawrie
June
12, 1986
Bhilai
- Day 10
1 Dharma
Yuga - Millennium
2 Yama
- According to the Hindu mythology, he is the deity of hell, where his capital
is placed and distributes rewards and punishments sending the good to heaven
and the wicked to the division of hell according to their crimes. He
corresponds with the Grecian god Pluto, and the judge of hell Minos, and in
Hindu mythology is often identified with death and time.