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 What
does Swamiji have to offer Americans that they don’t already have?
“Americans
have a lot of tension. They do not have sadhana [spiritual
practice]. That is why Swamiji has come here to teach sadhana and
reduce tensions.”
Why is Swamiji doing
this for us? Why is he helping us so much?
“He has come
here to reduce the tension and to give you peace. You have atom bombs
with you. You need protection from them. That is why Swamiji is here.”
“You people
have supported the men who made the bombs. You have voted for the
government that prepared these atomic bombs. Now there is a danger to
you, so what are you going to do about it? Every country has its own
bombs, so where are you going to go now? On which country are you going
to drop these bombs?”
“In this
country there are also lots of poisons. If some of these poisons leak,
how many people will be affected? Many people would be affected. Let us
say there is an earthquake, some sort of an accident, or somebody drops
a bomb here. What will happen? All the poisons will escape and spread
over the entire country. Just by considering this one risk you can
understand how many problems you will have in this country. This is why
your tension is increasing more and more. Who will have brought that
calamity upon you?”
We have.
“Tension.
You people have brought this dangerous situation upon yourselves because
of tension. You want to control other countries.”
What is special about
the next ten years for the world? Is there any important effort going
on?
“Yes, to
control the mind and give it peace both internally and externally.”
Why is it so important
for us to raise our consciousness in this period of time?
“In the
history of life these situations keep happening from time to time. This
is not the first time people have made atomic bombs. This happened many
thousands of years ago and many millions of years ago. If you study
history you will come to understand. If you read the
Yoga Vasishta you will come
to know about that.”
 “The
atomic bomb is not new to the world. It is actually very old. The same
types of bombs were utilized in the time of the
Mahabharata. The weapon
[astra] called Pashupathasthra of Arjuna was similar to the
atom bomb. At that time the power of the mantra used to do the work. Now
it is the power of the machine [yantra] that is doing it.
In the past those people who could bring the weapon into action also
knew how to dissolve its effect, but you do not know how to take back
and nullify its effect. That is the difference between them and you. You
can explode the bomb but you do not know how to take back its effects.” |
