We can't see electricity, but we can see the fan rotating; you can hear the loud speakers.  You can see the refrigerator and the tube lights, but all things are continued by electricity.  But nobody has seen electricity.  You ask a scientist what is electricity he can not explain it.  But you can see through electricity the tube light and fan ----- every thing.  So the Spirit of God is working through so many people.  Some shine like tube lights; some rotate like a fan, and people are being used by God.  But there is only one transformer, and through that transformer man can receive the blessings of God.  Today, every man thinks his god is the best god.  You go to a Muslim he will say Allah is great, Allah is first.  We are not against this, Yes Allah is great.  One man comes, Om Narayana, Namo Narayana.  But you must understand who Narayana is, otherwise you will have terrible confusion.  Another man will come, I believe in Jesus.  Yes, you know he is also important.  So you must understand all these are not different, different gods, all these are only one person.   I have been studying and doing research for 43 years and I know now that God is only one.  It is not many gods.  The tube lights have electricity, you can not call them as gods.  But the transformer is the only thing to allow electricity to pass through.  But electricity is everywhere.  Even the sun and moon and the stars and everything, the gravity, everything acts by electricity only.  When there is electricity there is a magnetism.  The earth is held in the air by gravity.  But the Spirit of the Lord is everywhere, and that is God in every place.  It is in the chicken, in the sand and everything.  So you can't say God is here and there.  But that God cannot reveal himself to you, and we can't know his nature.  Whether he is a good God or a bad God.  That is why we need a transformer.  That is why this great God of ours, he is a Spirit.  That is why the Bible says you must worship him in Spirit and truth.  Unless you you have the Spirit of God you can never understand God's Spirit.  Today Christians, they go to church regularly, that does not make you a godly person.  Going every day to a car shed doesn't make you an Ambassador car; but people think by going to the temple they can become godly.           You know, I know a story which you also may know.  One day there was a king, he wanted to make a shirt for him, it must be of the best quality.  So everytime he says it is not a good one.  So one day three people came and said to the king we will make a nice dress for you, no man can do like us. "Can you do that?", so the king said alright.  And they were in their room, early morning they would come to the room and they will do like this. (pretend to be weaving cloth) so the minister one day appeared, "Where is it?"  So they said, bad people cannot see this dress, only holy people can see it.  So the minister said "Yes, yes it is a good material, otherwise he is a bad man.  So he was telling, "Yes. yes nice dress," but there was no dress made.  So he said to the king, "Nice dress they are making".  So the king was happy.  On a particular day the king was dressed in that dress.  The three people came carrying the dress like this and there was nothing there but they were doing like that.  And the king said, "Where is the dress?"  "King, the bad people can not see that dress, only good people can see the dress".  So the king said, "Yes, yes wonderful dress".  So these three people put the dress like this and he was having only underwear and they put the dress like that.  So the king said, Yes wonderful dress, because if he says no he is a bad fellow...So they want to have a procession with the dress, so the king was going with the underwear without a dress.  As he was going a mother had a small boy there.  The whole town was telling "Yes, yes wonderful dress".  But this small fellow said, "Mother there is no dress for the king it is only underwear".  "Hey you are a bad man, if you can't see.  If you are a holy boy then you can see".  And the boy said, "Mother he is only in his underwear, he does not have a dress".  He says "I am a good boy".  "No, no you are a bad fellow".  Then some people thought, "the king is going in his underwear, I don't see any dress".  By that time these three fellows ran away.           So today religion is also like this.  The Holy Ghost is the Spirit (dress) Today what do the people say?  "You are annointed, you are annointed.....or they will show a cross.  (Brother Lawrie gestures as these actions are weaving the imaginary cloth).  The Bishop will come "You have the Spirit".  How can the Bishop give the Spirit if he does not have the Spirit.  He has to go and get the Spirit.  So what do the church people say?  We are not without the dress, we have the holy dress.  Nobody gets the Holy Ghost like that.  Today like the small boy I am shouting you don't have the dress, you are all naked.   Everybody must get the Spirit of God.  Then only you may touch God.           So today I want to tell you, Unseen God cannot reveal himself.  That is why God created a person and selected one human being for that position.  That we call Narayana, or Christ Jesus, or Allah, That great personality is only a human being.   He created him first without sin.  Then he has to sacrifice him.  That is why Bhagavadgita, and other vedas, and everything talks about a sacrifice in the beginning.  That sacrifice was a sacrifice of that person.  The ghost was taken out.  That is called Holy Ghost.  And it was taken out and God filled him with power with the Spirit of God.  So even though he was a man, outside form, inside he was the power of the Creator.           So if you want to see God, in that form you can see him, inside him.  So this man was given eternal life.  He cannot die.  No one can kill him.  He can give his life to other people and take it back.  And he can give that life to other people.  So he has eternal life.  But Holy Ghost is the ghost of that holy person .  It has to come into all the people and he must give them the holy life.  If you want that Holy Ghost, you have to take your self life out.  So, in the beginning the unseen God can only be revealed by Christ Jesus, or Allah, Narayana.  So Narayana means standing out of the water.  This is not through blood.           So this holy personality, he has to reveal that unseen God's nature.  Suppose I want to reveal the air.  I can take a football and pump the air and say the air is inside that.  In the same way, if I have to reveal the unseen God, who is the Father of all spirits, it is the duty of the Firstborn to reveal the unseen God.  That is why so many Avatars had to come.  That God loves you, God is a just God, God when he gets angry he destroys, that nature God was revealing.  So that person who can reveal the unseen God, he is the object of worship.           But when he is revealing himself; as the Bible tells, he has to take many names.  He has to call himself a father.  So he created Jesus and showed the love of God.  He came as Krishna and showed that he is always with the just people.  He came as Rama and showed his character.  And these are Avatars or prophets and they have to die, finish.  But at the end time, Narayana has to come into his own body which cannot die.   Because he has to come into the world of five senses he has to take the sacrifice; make himself a sacrifice.           It is not just pouring ghee.  Some people think about Karma....(they think).... that Karma can easily go by your good life.  I want to tell you seriously about this.  In Hinduism they talk about so many re-births, but in this end-time there is a false religion among Hindus that the karma need not be a worry if you lead a good life the karma will go.  That can never go.  Your karma will go on like a stream.  That is why God has to take the karma away.  If the karma is not taken, you will have to go for re-birth.  That is why God gives us a remedy.  And that remedy is prepared by God.   Now this karma is like an old account and that account has to be settled.  It cannot be settled by new account.           Suppose I owe a man ten thousand rupees.  I cannot start a new account and say from today onwards I must have a new account.  The creditors will come and catch you.           So he gave the pattern of sacrifice.  We are human beings by our efforts we cannot overcome death.  Everybody thinks we get old we have to die.  But Suppose I put a mango.  After some time the same mango becomes hundreds of mangoes.  That is why when Jesus died it has to become hundreds of Jesus', in a particular time.  Today many people think that they cannot overcome death.  Death is not our friend, death is our last enemy to overcome.  And today many think death is a friend, death is our enemy, sickness is our enemy, poverty is our enemy, fear is our enemy, all these have to be overcome by us.  Through faith of God we can overcome all these things.  You can overcome your debts.  Today I have been in this ministry for 45 years, we are never in debt to any man because, if God blesses you you can't have debts, you can't have any sickness, you can't have any fears.  That is why God talks to us.           So how to overcome death.  Now suppose the animal is sacrificed.  In the temple sometimes they kill the animals, they say (kodai Koduthal).  An animal is killed.  A man comes and lays his hands on the animal and they kill the lamb, and they burn it.  By the death of that animal your karma goes there and you get the holiness.  That is why you will find the karma can be taken only by God.  So this karma can be only taken only by God.  It is a poison only God can get it.  So we are to be very careful to see that the karma goes away.  So we don't want any religion today, but we want to have our karma taken away.           So when this animal is sacrificed then we get the holiness, by the death of the lamb, we get the holiness.  Narayana cannot die, nobody can kill Narayana.  That is why Narayana took another body, he did not come in his own body.  You can't kill his body so he brought a lamb and took our sins away.  And that lamb was a sinless lamb without karma.  That takes away all our karma.  So by sacrifice, our karma goes away.           And today we can overcome death in this generation.  You may laugh at this idea but one day very soon a group of people will go without death.   And terrible persecution will come in this world, and nobody can save you from that.  And that trouble, all the good people will be killed.  That is why Krishna says when the wickedness comes too much, I call you myself.  That is why these days wickedness is very high.  There is no righteousness, everywhere wickedness, everywhere violence.  Every place there is too much of selfishness.  That is the time God has to come.           Today you can't believe anybody.  And this day is a very bad time for good people.  If you are a good man it is a very dangerous time to be in.  You go on the roads it is no place for good people; if you go any place only wicked people will flourish.  What is the fate of good people?  And God knows that, so he comes down.  Krishna came, Rama came, and today also I want to tell God's position in India.  Not for Christians, I want to tell everybody who fears God that Narayana is on this earth.  You go to your room, ask God, "God are you on this earth".  Then He will reveal it to you.  Don't believe it because I tell it.  You go to your room and ask him ?  Then He will show His form, then you will come to me.           Today don't be afraid because Krishna is on our side, not for _________.  So that time is a happy time for you, so let us rejoice.  Take away all your bad character and follow God.  Read the religious books, don't change your religion, don't change your name, but believe God and get His power.  Today my friends in your religion you can't find out God today.  So as I pray for you, if you are sick in body, if you have problems take your problems before God .  As I put my hands on you peace of God comes to you.  Right that moment your karma will go, you will have peace and you will be happy.   - - GURUDEV SHRI. LAHARI KRISHNA   VICTORY TO THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE Victory to Hari, the Lord of the Universe Who removes our miseries and bodily pains Who showers happiness and prosperity On those who meditate on Him.   Thou art our father and our mother We can always find shelter in Thee. There is none else besides Thee Where we can put our faith.   You are the Supreme Lord in everyone's heart. Master of All and Protector of All We are fools and ask only for Thy boons. Have mercy on us.  Thou Ocean of Mercy.   Unseen by the senses, Thou art the Lord of all souls. How many dullards like us ever hope to meet with Thee ? Thou art the friend of the poor. Thou Remover of our sorrows. Thou art our Lord and we are at Thy door. Please extend Thine Hand and lift us up.   O Lord, take away our sins and erase our material attachments. Help us increase our faith and serve the saints.