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Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya. Nityir mā amṛtam gamaya. Sarveṣāṃ svastir bhavatu. Sarveṣāṃ maṅgalam bhavatu. Sarveṣāṃ pūrṇam bhavatu. Loka samastha sukhino bhavantu. Om tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam, urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt. Namaḥ kartaḥ prabhuḥ, dīpaḥ kartaḥ, mahāprabhuḥ dīpaḥ kartaḥ hi kevalam. Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ... Salutation to the cosmic light, God of our hearts, omniscient and omnipresent, in His divine presence. Very good evening, dear brothers and sisters. It is a blessing to be here with you all, and I am happy to come here and be in our ashram in London. Also, many Bhaktas around the world are with us now through the webcast. Blessings to all of you. This time, blessings are coming from England, London. Today is a very significant day, a very, very significant day. It is a great decision that had to be made in the universe, in the cosmic self, for the sake of this planet, for the sake of dharma. This means that in some hours, exactly 23 hours, the great light was incarnated as Kṛṣṇa 5,000 years ago. You know, many of you know about God Kṛṣṇa. So tomorrow is the day. It is called Janmāṣṭamī. Janmashtami. Janma means incarnation or the birth. Aṣṭamī means the eighth moon day, the eighth dark night of the dark moon. About this we will speak more tomorrow, after Kṛṣṇa is already born. So now is the preparation, a big preparation in the entire universe. And such a cosmic soul is descending here; it must be something. And billions of people are meditating, fasting, praying, adoring. So there must be a very spiritual day and light energy. Like in our Maduram, many, many artists give performances, programs, and even a kind of theatre, a drama: how Kṛṣṇa will be born, what happens with him. So tomorrow, we will have a few explanations about his coming: why God has to come on this planet. Anyhow, we are happy to be here in this āśram. This center is giving us ancient wisdom for the modern world, modern time, how to live. Yoga and daily life, which is here you are practicing, is the authentic system drawn from authentic ancient literatures. Definitely, yoga is yoga. There is no two kinds of yoga; there is only one yoga. Some may call it by different names, but finally one has to come to yoga. Like religion, there is only one religion; there are not two religions. We give first one name and then religion: so Hindu religion, Jewish religion, Christian religion, Buddhist religion, Muslim religion. So, in reality, it is only religion. Finally, we have to come to that one point, and that religion means dharma, and dharma is not a dogma. Dharma is not a conflict to be created. Dharma is a universal principle. Our entire body is dharma. You are the incarnation of the dharma. Your hearing sense is only functioning because of that dharma. Our eyes, our smelling, taste, touch, hearing, walking, heartbeat, kidney functions, livers, digestion, joints, circulation, everything, what is functioning correctly is the dharma. Every limb of the body, if they coordinate properly, then we are healthy. If they do not coordinate, then we are not healthy. Suppose you are walking; both legs have to coordinate very perfectly. Suppose suddenly one leg wants to go in the front, but the other one wants to go back again. What will happen? You will fall down. Every step has to be balanced by one dharma balancing principle. So yoga is that principle which is balancing the entire universe's function, the endless universe, all elements visible or invisible, all moons and sun systems, all stars, and planets. It is balanced with one consciousness, one energy, that is yoga. So there are three main things in the universe. First is space, that is called mother. And in the Upanishad it is said, "Mātṛ Devo Bhava," first God or first is mother. Then comes the consciousness, the universal consciousness, that is in the universe, not outside of the universe. That is called Hiraṇyagarbha, the golden egg or golden embryo. That is a consciousness, and that is in the mother's body. And what balance is harmonizing, coordinating the mother and embryo, that is the yoga. It means the universal balance. So yoga is very, very ancient, as old as this space. Now, how old is space? We do not know. That is why the name itself, yoga, means uniting, union. So where there is balance, there is harmony. Now yoga becomes harmony. And when there is harmony, then there is union, oneness. That is why it is uniting. So, for us, there are two worlds. What is called yoga, and opposite to yoga is called vyoga. When we meet someone, now we meet here as yoga. When two friends come together, it is yoga. And when they separate, that is called Vyoga. This individual soul, we are all individual souls, every one of us existing in the universe as an individual. Every individual soul, every entity, has its destiny, its karma, and all are victims of that destiny. Even God cannot escape from destiny. Even God, what we call Kṛṣṇa, who incarnates, or any Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Rāma, the twenty-four incarnations. If they accept the physical body made out of five elements, then you have to become individual. That universal God has to become one as a personified, individual being. And that one has his destiny. If Jesus would not be in his body, he is a universal one. But as soon as he has a body, he is an individual, and he has his destiny. But beyond this, that is called ātmā, and that is not an individual. That is universal. So, as an ātmā, you, me, and they, all are one. The sky is only one. There is no two skies. But there are many stars. Similarly, the ātmā is not the soul. Soul is not ātmā. Soul is individual. And the soul is a victim of destiny. And destiny is created through our actions, and that action can only be created if you have a body. Karma can only be done through the body. If there are hands, we can make sound, but in the air we cannot make sound with one hand. To make a sound with one hand, you need a second one, a left cheek or a right cheek. So the problem is duality. This individual soul departed or separated from the very, very beginning, before this planet was created, before the solar system was created, and that was through that which is called the cosmic sound, Oṁ. That Nāda, it came everything, and that time it is called Tāraṅga. It is called like waves or sparkles. The entire universe was full of it, like sunrises and sunrays. Now our journey began on that day when this consciousness separated from the cosmic consciousness. We do not know when, but we, as an individual one, fluttering on the waves of the times, through the endless universe, through darkness and light, manifesting in physical forms. Experiencing pain and pleasure, happiness and unhappiness, love and hate, birth and death. And death is very cruel, for death does not matter how you die; the main thing is that you die. We do not have fear of death, but fear of how we will die, how much pain we will have. We do not know. Through accident, through fire, through some weapons, knives, ill days, pain, suffering, still we do not know, and we do not want to know, because if we know, we will get a heart attack already now. So the mystery of the life I am describing, so we as an individual are suffering. So yoga, coming together and again going. Parents and children come together, and again they separate. Who knows who will die first, parents or children? Husband and wife come together, then they separate. While coming together, you are happy, your heart is happy, but when it departs, separates, you are again unhappy. Again, you are alone. For some days, some weeks, or months, or years, you are together, then you are again. When Kṛṣṇa went away from this world, then some of his disciples were singing. The gopīs said to Uddhava, who was a good friend of Kṛṣṇa. The gopī is saying, "Hi, Uddhava, please tell us, what is the difference between Yoga and Vyoga?" Coming together and separating again. Yogīs have got their huts and caves in the forest. Vyogyo ke hirde vasat hai, but Vyogi who is separated is living in their heart. It means coming together means becoming one. You have to merge into oneness. You cannot take it away again. That is why in English you have the word called marriage. So marriage means marriage, that you are not existing anymore. Neither he nor she, it is only one that you cannot take away. But if not, just emotionally married, then you separate, or one of you will die. Yes, physically you are separated, but still that one is one with you in the heart. The pure love is that which will ever remain in the heart. So, yoga is that which is inseparable. We are a drop of water in the hand, and we are holding our hand above the ocean. And we are waiting only until this drop falls into the ocean. That will become the ocean. Then you cannot take the same drop out again. Similarly, the individual jīvā, the soul, is in the palm of destiny. And we hope one day that it will incarnate as a human body and will do something good, so that at the end of this life, our consciousness will merge into the cosmic consciousness, that ocean. No more separation, no more suffering, no birth and no death. Otherwise, it will suffer. It will circulate through the universe. You know, now in the modern world, in modern language, how many problems are there? Whatever we buy, something, we are thinking if it can be recycled. Do they have in England this word, recycling? Or they do not know? They know. So, it means you understand what recycling is, yes? Who does not know? I am proud of you, English people who are living in England, that you know what recycling is. Do you believe in this? In recycling, you do not believe? You do not believe in recycling. A paper can be recycled? Yes. The recycling is that material which we use and then throw away. And after some time, it will become one with the earth. And it will transfer, it will become good fertilizer, and it will again go to the plants. Again, it will come to the body. Again, this is a system called the recycling system. Similarly, it is a universal recycling, and we are part of that recycling, that revolution, and so one day we hope that we will become one again, not as an individual suffering and suffering. If I believe, it does not change the reality. If I do not believe, it does not change the reality. In front of me is a microphone. If you do not believe it, it is okay. You believe there is no microphone here, okay? You believe. But in reality, it is there. And I believe there is, but it is not there. So, belief is uncertainty. But to know is a certainty. To believe in God is uncertain. But I know God. That is the certainty, and for that, human life is given to us. Whatever good you do in your life is the best religion. Do good for your family, do good for your children, do good for your society, do good for the environment, do good for the animals. Everything that is, what you can do, is the best thing. That is your plus point. Who are we to judge someone? Who are we to judge someone? It is very easy to judge, but we do not know the evidence. But that evidence will never die; it is dormant or registered in our destiny. So human life is given to realize that reality and to finish or overcome or dissolve our destiny. Yoga slowly, slowly developed, came to the human mind, and its main purpose was to prolong life, meaning to live healthy and long, so that through prayers, through meditations, or whatever you may call it, you can realize that higher consciousness to become one with that. Now, what we call the exercises at the present situation in the world is very critical, you know, and I know. It sometimes is very scary even to think about that. What is happening now with the humans? And we humans, what do we do? There are rare parents remaining who can give an ethical education to the children. To give education that there is love, there is kindness, there is understanding, there is life, a life together, a harmonious life, and many things. Young generation, we should not blame them. It is not a mistake of these young people. It is a mistake of us, the grown persons, that we are not capable, or we do not know which kind of education we should give to our children. As long as we live in this world, at least we should live in harmony and understanding. At least we should respect each other. We should not be selfish like that. If my stomach is full, it does not mean that everyone's stomach is full. We should know there are others who are also hungry. If I feel pain, be sure, I should be sure that others also feel the pain. And for that, human life is, I think, given to help each other and live in such a harmonious way that we can live happy, relaxed, and without fear. A healthy body we need, and health cannot be bought; health can be gained. And it is also that the same exercise is not for everyone. For different illnesses, there are different exercises. For different problems, there are different exercises. We cannot put the advanced practitioners with the beginners, or beginners with the advanced. And so that is how the yoga in daily life is developed as a system, very systematically. And some simple exercises, very safe, everyone can do. Also the prāṇāyāma, the prāṇa, energy, and the mind. The mind is mighty, the mind is powerful. As subtle things, things are subtle, very fine, they have more power. So the mind is very subtle, we cannot see it, but it has immense capacity, power, and speed. Within no time, you can go to any planet mentally, and so also it functions, the mind in our body. Can we understand our mind? Can we try to control our mind? So there are many things. So yoga and daily life is a complete system. Those who want only health, concentration, philosophy, spiritual development, or ātmā jñāna, self-realization. So it is a very unique, integral system, what we call yoga in daily life, that in everyday life we shall practice for the sake of our own well-being, harmony of our body, our mind, our soul, that we can live. In this, our own self is happily and relaxed. So yoga is designed for humans to protect themselves, protect others, protect this planet, and get to Self-realization. So this is this evening's first message for you. Tomorrow we will speak again. Tomorrow is Janmāṣṭamī, and we will have a few points about Kṛṣṇa's incarnation: why it happened, what happened. Perhaps we will show you one video. In India, they made a film. Then we will understand why God is incarnating. What is the cause of that? It is not so easy. Anyhow, I was happy to see you, and I wish you a very nice evening. God bless you.