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Good evening to everyone, and also good morning to all our dear brothers, sisters, spiritual seekers, and practitioners of the spiritual path or yoga in their lives. This blessing comes to you from the Śrī Mahāprabhujī Deep Mahāprabhujī Satsaṅg Foundation, from the well-known, world-famous Vili Strelky in the Czech Republic. For those in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, and the Far East, it is morning. And to our friends and brothers in North America, South America, and also in Africa—greetings. Satsaṅg means to be with the truth, where one speaks about reality and non-reality: Brahma satyaṁ, jagat mithyā. The Supreme, the Brahman, is the reality or truth. Jagat Mithyā—this world is non-reality. It is our ignorance if we suffer from this material relation. In satsaṅg, that kind of truth is spoken which is, in the first place, good for your ātmā, your soul. Your spiritual development means to come out of, or become free from, the cycle of birth and death. 8.4 million different creatures were created by one Creator on this planet—8.4 million species of various living creatures, divided into three categories: Jalchar, Thalchar, and Nabchar—the creatures in the water, on the earth, and in the space. Out of them all, one is the human. The human has a very powerful tool, or possibility, to come out of the cycle of birth and death, and that's called buddhi, intellect. The best part of the intellect is intelligence. Through the intellect, come to know the world, learn to live in the world, live your life, but keep your aim always in your view. Like a dancer who is dancing on a rope, with many hundreds or thousands of people watching—some laughing, clapping—and the dancer is also smiling, looking at you, and moving. Four or five meters high from the ground, walking on the rope, and even sometimes the rope has a slope going upward. But the dancer does not lose concentration. It smiles at you, looks at you, moves the body, and makes you happy. But after all this, the main thing is the balance, the concentration. Similarly, that spiritual soul, one who is searching for that reality, the truth, is not disturbed by the worldly temptations. Se nenechá rušit světskými popušeními. You know why you are here. You know that you must go through that process from beginning to end. If you fall, of course, many people will say they are sorry. But the person who falls down will be very much hurt inside and will not be so happy. Of course, they may smile at you and then disappear. But if they successfully complete the walk, then the heart, body, thoughts, and entire being of that person are filled with joy and happiness. Similarly, this soul, the individual soul, never knows when you began your endless journey through this universe—as I always say—floating on the waves of time through the dark space, sometimes through the light, experiencing pleasant and unpleasant situations. The soul remains for a while somewhere and collects pollution, and that pollution is a pollution of attachment: attachment to these five elements, which tells of my body, my senses, my desires, my longing, my thoughts, my property. This "my" has swallowed us, like a snake or a python swallows a whole animal. And my parents, my relatives, my brothers, sisters, yes, my partner—this day by day becomes strong, very tight, strong relations. And in that prison in which the soul is caught, the wires, like a hook, the iron rods, the windows—you cannot come out. About a few decades ago, there was a beautiful picture, but that picture created pain in the body. The picture was introduced by International Amnesty. In one dark room, one person is sitting, and one window is open, and light comes through the window. The pigeon has a free choice to fly out, but one of the legs of the pigeon was tied with a chain to a big iron ball, like a globe, maybe a hundred times heavier than the pigeon itself. Now the window is open. The sky is visible. You can fly, but you cannot because you are caught by that heaviness of the iron ball; that chain is tied to your foot. That picture went into my consciousness, sub-consciousness. Often, I give the example of this picture. That's māyā. That's temptation. That's worldly attachment. It will not let you fly to freedom. Again, in the same circle. So we are that prison. But though we are human, we understand what is peace, what is happiness, what is freedom, what is liberation. But somehow we are too weak to say no to ourselves. To say no to somebody else is very easy, but to say no to yourself without suffering... As I told you the day before yesterday, or I think yesterday also, you can renounce. You can say no. But if you say that no out of your ego, out of proudness, you will be sorry one day for that. Heroes are they who renounce. What kind of renunciation? Don't be angry with me. In India, we used to say, what you spit out, you shouldn't lick back. Rozumis? You feel free. You feel free now. Will you go and lick it? That's called renunciation. Tyāga. Tyāga tapasyā. That one is the hero. To understand that truth, to get inspiration, we need a Satguru, a master who can explain to us. Sometimes it's painful, but you know, the master is the surgeon, and he will operate with Ahiṃsā, non-violence thinking, but hiṃsā with the tools to operate all illnesses out. So, Sadhguru Dev is that surgeon who will operate on all our diseases of desires, so that you are free from this illness. There is one Swami who said in a bhajan, "Day by day, desire is growing." What an illness! That's it. So this attachment, when the soul remains staying for a while, then the soul again begins to think, "It's not my home," and thinking inside, "Where is my home?" and would like to take off. The windows are open, but the attachment remains: my house, my money, my jewelry, my bank account, my car, my wife, my children—my, my, my. But the messenger of death will come. For death, it doesn't matter how you die. Death is very cruel. Attachment goes still with you. Once I was eating pizza. I didn't eat once; I ate many times. But in Washington, D.C., with one of the American ambassadors—I was in Washington for the first time, and he showed me Washington, D.C. At lunchtime, he invited me to Pizza Hut, and a nice pizza came. In Pizza Hut, you don't get a knife, a spoon, a fork, or anything. They cut it and bring it on a plate with one little tissue. You know who was in America? Or who is sitting here can tell if it is true or not, yes? Yes. Tako je. So I was sitting and I told him, there's no knife or nothing. He said, "So, just break it like that." I said, "I'm very happy about that." It is similar to India. Eating with the hand is more tasty. And I broke it, and the cheese was like rubber, stretching. And I told the ambassador, "Your Excellency, do you know what this is?" He said, "Yes, cheese." I said, "No, attachment." So attachment goes for a while with you. But death is so cruel, it will break everything. Sabī, chodkar chalā musāfir. Everything you gave up, and the traveler began his journey further. And then you will see that attachment for which you were suffering—it was pure ignorance, darkness. That was that big iron ball hanging on your ankle joint that couldn't let you go. Therefore, satsaṅg is the place. Sometimes it is hard to understand. Lagí, lagí, sab kojí kahé, lagí nahí ligár, lagí jiske aysí laggají, ho gají áram pár. Rozumíš? No, tak. Lagí, lagí, sab kojí kahé—everyone said, "Oh, I was hurt, oh, I was hurt." Každý říká, "Mě ublížili, mě ublížili. Já jsem trpěl, mě bylo ublíženo." Ale nikdo, ale ten, komu opravdu bylo ublíženo, ten, kdo byl zasažen tím šípem, nebo kým prolétla ona kulka—that is, that means you are hurt now, went through and through from this side to the other side. So, those who have that awoken, that love intentionally towards something, will be successful. So change your thoughts. Fix your aim. Off you go. So that's satsaṅg. There was one bhajan. We had many bhajans, but three very nice, very important bhajans. One of the bhajans is made by Holī Gurujī's disciple. He is a well-known poet and a good writer. His name was Udaychand from Udayapur, and he wrote this bhajan when he got a mantra from Holī Gurujī. When Holī Gurujī introduced him to who Mahāprabhujī is, only from looking at the picture of Mahāprabhujī, what inspiration he got. Jakou inspiraci, jaké inspirace se mu dostalo? Jahānā pauṣī ravi, vahā pauṣī kavi. Where this sunlight cannot reach, tamas, kāma—the sun cannot shine there. Beyond that can reach a poet. I tam, kam nedosvítí slunce, tam dosáhne básník. You know, writing poetry is not like cutting salad. Napsat báseň, psát báseň, to není takové, jako krájet salát. I know salad is also not easy, and don't cut always. Otherwise, you will cut your fingers. But poetry, an artist, whose Anāhat Chakra opens... So he wanted to write a poem about Gurujī, and of course, always Gurujī said no. Guruji, samozřejmě, pořád říkal ne. Můj Gurudeva, Mahāprabhujī. Even if you are self-realized, or you are a master of the self-realized, a realized master—Ať už jste seberealizovaný, jste mistrem seberealizovaných, seberealizace—but for your master, you are a disciple still. Ale pro vašeho mistra jste pořád žákem. Even if you are the president of the whole world, I kdybyste byl prezidentem celého světa, the General Secretary of the United Nations, but for your mother, you are still her child. She has a right more than anyone, and don't say, "Mother, I am the General Secretary of the United Nations. How could you come in my room? Make an appointment." Mother will say, "Did you make an appointment? When did you come to my womb, my child? Still you are that child for me, with the dirty nappy." That's it. So the master is forever the master. Father is ever father. Mother is ever mother. And brother is ever brother. Blood is thicker than water. But on the other side, this is the attachment, that is cheese, which is... So he wrote this beautiful poem. Deep Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī—you know the name of Mahāprabhujī. He is the incarnation of Īśvara, the God, the highest. Jagjīva Jinki Namse Hote Sada Bhava Parhe. All creatures on this planet cross this ocean of ignorance, not only humans—all who will come into his vibration, his darśan. Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī kī avatār hai, jag jīva jin kī nāmsi hote sada bhav pār hai. Always and always the souls will cross the ocean of ignorance. Vždycky a vždycky duše překonají oceán nevědomosti. Mīl jay sadgati guru charan rajjul sadamastik dhare. Mīl jay sadgati. That one will get liberation. Tomu se dostane osvobození. Guru charaṇ rajjul sadamastik dhare. Who will put the dust of his lotus feet on his forehead every day? One day, Gurujī, when he was in Europe and then went back to India, he liked it. I asked him how he liked it. And then he said, "I have something for you." And he gave me a small bottle, and he said, "This is the sand or the dust from Mahāprabhujī's holy feet. Wherever I go, I have it with me. And I have in India; this I brought for you." What can be the greatest present or blessing you can have? Always, wherever I saw something beautiful in the world, I was thinking, "Oh, this would be good for Gurujī." And one day Gurujī said to me, "Mahesh, when the gardener who has a beautiful flower garden plucks a beautiful flower for God's altar or to make a garland, that gardener chooses particular flowers like this." He said, "Whenever I see something good, I think this would be good for you." Therefore it is said, "Hari Seva Shola Baras"—for sixteen years, you serve or make ceremonies to God. "Guru Seva Panchar"—but only four seconds? Guru Seva is much more than sixteen years of service to God. That was said by Śukadeva Muni. Śukadeva Muni was the son of Vedavyāsa, who wrote the Vedas. When someone can speak nicely, and all the audience are like in one thread, we call this person an incarnation of Śukadeva Muni. And in his or her vocal cords sits the goddess of wisdom, Sarasvatī. So that was Sukhdev Muni said in his speech. So it is said, "Mīl jaya sadgati guru caraṇa rāja sadā mastik dharī." You realize that liberation. If you are lucky, you get the holy dust of Mahāprabhujī's holy feet. If you are lucky and get the dust from the holy feet of Mahāprabhujī, and through the blessing, kindness, and mercy of Gurudeva, the real bhaktas, the true bhaktas, will always be successful. And bhakta means not that you are fanatic. You know, you need not demonstrate the love. Love is here. You need not show it. Sometimes people think atheists don't believe in God. How do you know? They don't believe in that way which you believe, but they do have love for that one. Din raat śumiran kar guru kā, guru kṛpā tū pāvahī. Day and night, repeat the name of Gurudev—your mantra. Guru kripa tu pavahi—then you will get the guru kripa. Pak ziskash guru kripa. Through that, no worldly trouble will come near you. Nothing will touch your heart, your soul, your ātmā. You are always protected. Jádne trápení, žádné starosti nepřijdou. Vā parabrahma prabhu hē, vahī. He is the supreme one, parabrahma. Jagke Vidhata Mantu—he is the creator of this world. He is the writer of the destiny, the master of the destiny of this world. In his hand is our destiny. He can liberate us. Try, come. I remember one story, a small story, Swāmī Chidānand told last year. Should I tell you the story, or is it too late? So he is the Lord of our destiny. Mahāprabhujī is an incarnation of Parabrahman. So he is the incarnation of Jagadīś. Jagadīś means lord of this world. Sarjan means creator. So, he is this. The story—don't forget, I will tell you after. Tell me the story, okay? If you have the Guru's grace, and calm the passion, krodha (anger), and lobha (greed), all this will not come near to you. You will be protected. But do you have that trust? Ale máte takovou důvěru v Gurudeva? A nebo jste ti chamtivci? A všechna ta pokušení tohoto světa, díky Guru Kripa, se vám budou vyhýbat. Guru kī manohar mūrti manme sadā dhāraṇā kare. This beautiful, beautiful form of Gurudev, if you will accept in your inner self—onu překrásnou podobu Gurudeva přijmete do svého já—then why is that one scared or worried about these worldly temptations? Takový člověk potom neměl strachovat, neměl si dělat starosti s těmi světskými pokušeními. Satguru kṛpā hi anka vidhadhe, mitavadharhe. Satguru kripa, his blessing, can remove our bad destiny. Jeho požehnání může odstranit náš špatný osud. Jispar kripā kardī guru, unkā hī beda pārhe. On whom Gurudeva's kṛpā, the mercy, is there, that person is definitely liberated. Guru Charan dho dho ke pīje to kāl nikaṭ nahī̃ āhī. That one who will drink the holy water of the Gurudeva is fit. The Kaal, that death, will not come to you in the cruel form. One day we have to go, but not like that. Hirve guru kī jyoti nityaḥ ude ke pragatāvahī—and that poet Uday, his name—ever, Guru Mahāprabhujī's light will be present in my heart. Mahāprabhujī ho svetlo, Guru ho svetlo, vždycky bude přítomno v mém srdci. That's called realization. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ, Mahāprabhujī, Īśke Avatār, Jagjīva Jīvanake Nāmas, Hote Sadā Bhāva Par, Dīp Nayan Bhagavānakī. So, the story, it was like this: in the forest, there was a very strong, what do you call, grizzly bear, mighty, and every day he used to kill one or two animals. And all animals were unhappy in the forest, and they made a meeting. What to do? Nobody had the power to do anything against him. And one man said he had a big list. And in that list, all of us are in that list, our name—which day will he kill whom? So one deer stood up. "He needs to bathe. I am so quick at running. And there's a bear, a crazy one. Forget it. He can't kill me." "You can challenge him," so they said, "Go and challenge." So, the deer went in front of the bear, the grizzly bear, and said, "Am I on your list?" "Yes, you are." "I tell you, you can't kill me. You know how quick I run?" And he ran away. The next day, they found the deer dead, eaten by the grizzly bear. Then came a monkey. The monkey also said, "He can't kill me." And the same thing happened. And it came, a strong bull, and the same thing happened. All were sorry. "Oh, my God, we are on his list." There was a small rabbit. And the rabbit said, "Do you think I am also on his list?" They said, "Yes, of course. Who are you? From which garden? You are a carrot of his garden." He said, "I tell you, he will not kill me. I will ask if I'm on his list." So, the rabbit ran and came near the grizzly bear and said, "Good morning, sir. Good morning. Am I on your list, sir? Sir, is there any problem if you take out my name?" Grizzly bear opened one eye. He looked at the rabbit. And he said, "Of course. No problem. Here you are. Enjoy your life." That's it. So that's called negotiation. That's called harmonization. That's called dialogue. That's called to be brave inside. You can master everything. Dare to come. That was the story. So today we are a little late. Or God, but it's late, very long. So, I wish you all the best. And tomorrow, the program is as usual. We will see. There will be some lecture, and for half an hour we will be cooking. So if you have any questions, ask there. And now, we will have prayer. But if someone is in a hurry to go, and little children, if they are tired, go to sleep. All our dear friends, brothers and sisters, those who are with us through webcast, wish you all the best. Good night. Blessings of Mahāprabhujī. Om Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ.