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When I was born, people were smiling around me. I was crying. So it is said: "Do such good work in the world that when you die, you will die very happy, and people will cry." We all cry when a good person dies. Now, the length of that happiness to receive is not for one day, one weekend, one month, or something. It is a lifelong period. Everyone will die one day, it is said. Everyone will die one day, but where are those who will die for others? True? Who give their life, their life’s work to serve others? There is that final happiness. We have two meanings for happiness. In Hindi we say Ānanda. Ānanda means bliss, peace, happiness. And one is called Param Ānanda, the supreme bliss. This ānanda which we have in this world is temporary. Everlasting ānanda is when we develop or awake in our heart supreme bliss. That is everlasting ānanda. That is everlasting happiness. Our dear Guruji, His Holiness Swami Madhavānandajī, often said in his satsaṅg, "Every entity is searching for happiness." Everyone needs and wishes to be happy. No one would like to be unhappy. Great Śaṅkarācārya said, "Sukh means happiness and duḥkh means unhappiness." They are both going parallel with us. So sometimes we are leaning more toward unhappiness, and sometimes we are leaning toward happiness. There is one great saint in India now. He inspired not millions but millions of people. He brought them the spiritual path, a positive way of life, to millions and millions. It’s called Sant Āśāram Bāpu. Last year in September, October, I think in November, in Ahmedabad, a big city, there was a world conference from the Earth chapter. So I went to visit his ashram in Ahmedabad. Guruji, we also had an ashram there in Ahmedabad, Asharamji, and this ashram was... So it’s a beautiful ashram, a big ashram, many, many bhaktas are there serving. There is everywhere on the walls written nice slogans. When we got out of the car, I just saw there was written: "The result of happiness is satsaṅg, and the result of unhappiness is the company of the foolish one." That is kuśaṅg. Foolish are they who have no normal way of thinking. Anyone can twist you this direction or that direction. You have no solid foundation in your consciousness, in your heart, in your life. So you are flexible. Everyone can turn you here and there. Prabhujī, Bhagavān Dītnā Mahāprabhujī, our Grand Master—you should read this Līlā Amṛta, this book. Those who don’t have it should take it. In one bhajan, what you sang here, in one bhajan, Mahāprabhujī said, if you want to have a satsaṅg, then would you say it? I have to do, I like, I want, I wish, satsaṅg. Let people gush up. In this sansāra, in this world, gushing, blackmailing, negative talking, blaming one to another will always be. The first disappointment in this creation had Brahmā, the creator. You know that? Brahmā, the creator, and then he created Manu and all. And he had a wish that creation should begin. And his first son and second son said, "Father, bless us. We will just go and meditate. We have no desire to create a family." He said, "But I created you for this." They said, "We are sorry." So this was the first disappointment; there it began. So if we have a disappointment, this is just nothing. We are on that wave. We are like a boat which is lying at the beach, and every wave hits like this. A boat is moving like this and like that. And that’s why we have one āsana in our Yoga in Daily Life book, it’s called Nokāsañcālanāsana and Nokāsana. You know the nokāsana? It is basically very good for children and those who have a problem speaking properly, stuttering, for these people it is very good, this Nokāsana. Because that awakens and influences the Maṇipūra Chakra, the seat of the sound is in Maṇipūra. It is the Jāṭharāgni. It is the solar plexus. It is the Hara, the energy center. And when you practice nokāsana, then this energy of the stomach becomes very strong. And so it means you get a strong energy and a solid way of thinking, not flexible like this. Who knows this koṇāsana? I will not demonstrate now. If you want to learn, then you have to come to the Yamunā Yoga class so that we get in satsaṅg. Sat means the truth, and saṅg means to be with. Now, what I am telling you is not my wisdom, okay? It’s not I am talking. Someone other is talking, and I am nourishing myself from Guru Bhakyas. What is a Guru Bhakya? The words of the master. Which masters? All great masters. It may be Kabīr Dās or Sūr Dās or Kṛṣṇa or Rāma or Buddha or Jesus, Mahāprabhujī or Gurujī. In my talking, they are. They gave me, and I am talking. So, this is, I have borrowed from them, and I give to you. When I will say, "Now I will speak," you will say, "Swāmījī, can we sing a little bit now?" So when Mahāprabhujī said, "If you have Guru Bhakti, when you lose the Guru Bhakti, then you lose the peace." Then your brain is boiling in the disturbances. Mahāprabhujī said again in his beautiful bhajan—I am not a good singer; otherwise, I could sing more: "Mana, mana" means mind, myself, mind. One is saying to oneself, "Mana sab khoyor," you lost everything. You lost everything, my mind. Now you are a beggar, standing with no hold. It is Garuḍa, the eagle. So you know the Indonesian airline’s name is Garuḍa. And Garuḍa is Vishṇu’s chariot. And there is a lot about God, Rāma’s story, and Rāmāyaṇa and like that. So when Rāma incarnated, and then the long stories, a little bit we told this morning also about Sītā. Jasrajī told yesterday’s story about Sītā. There was a battlefield. There are two kinds of incarnations in the world. Nitya Incarnation or Nimit Incarnation. Nitya Avatāra, Nimitta Avatāra. Nitya Avatāra is called the holy saints, sādhus they are. Nitya means always coming. Nimit avatāra is very rare. When it is really a very, very terrible situation in the world, then "yuge yuge saṁbhāvī. O Arjuna, whenever dharma is suffering and adharma, the negative power, grows, then I manifest myself through my yoga māyā, yoga śakti." Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said this in the Bhagavad Gītā. So, Kṛṣṇa came to destroy Kaṁsa, Rāma came to destroy Rāvaṇa, Narasiṁhavatāra came to destroy Hiraṇyakaśyapu, and so on. And Jesus came to destroy the sin, to take the sin of the people. So even God has to go to their battlefield and fight. When God incarnates, when Viṣṇu comes to this planet, then his chariot, Garuḍa, goes on holiday. Yes, Bhagavān tells Garuḍa, "Now you go for holidays till I come." So Guru Rāj is going, enjoying his place somewhere in the universe, you never know where. They are in a battlefield. At that time, people had weapons, but these weapons had a power, a mental power inside. There are two kinds of arrows. One arrow, one person is wounded by an arrow or by a knife. That will grow again. I mean, it will heal again. The wound will heal again. But the Śabdabāṇa, when someone is wounded in the heart by harsh words, it doesn’t matter how much you will say, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry," but that wound will be ever in the heart. Therefore, don’t speak harsh or negative words to someone. Even you know, you can create a fire in society. Among people, your negative talk, everything is burning inside and outside in the brain. Or you can bring a very nice, calm atmosphere. It depends on your words. Speak such words that you become happy and others become happy. Everyone becomes peaceful and calm, and you realize the peace that is within thyself. If you tell someone, "Good morning, sir. How are you?" the person will say, "Oh, how kind this person is," and say, "Thank you." Instead of saying, "Good morning, sir, how are you?" you say, "Hey, bloody one, what will be there?" Same mouth, same tongue, same lips, same person. How do you speak? Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said, speak as if from your lips flowers are coming. That we call amṛtbaṇī. Amṛtbaṇī. Amṛt means the nectar, and baṇī means the words. Such words which will cure your disease of the doubt, suffering, and everything. It gives you immortality of love and happiness. Amṛtavāṇī. So the Rākṣasas shot one arrow that is called Nāga Pāśa, snake power, at Rāma. And that arrow turns into the snake. You Australians know what a snake is; I need not tell you. And the snake wrapped himself, coiled around Rāma from his ankle joints to his head quickly. And out of the body of the snake, poison begins to enter the body. And Rāma, God, we call God, falls down on the earth unconscious in a coma. Blood is a poison. Poison is a poison. So there are many different kinds of poisons that can push you on the ground. Now they all tried to kill the snake and cut the snake, but it was not possible. It is not possible. What to do? All are helpless. One has a heart attack, and there is no doctor, no medicine, and you are sitting and you can’t help anymore. A person is dying, but maybe some doctor or help, first aid is there, immediately comes and begins to pump your heart and like this and like that. This state. Who is the enemy of the snake? The enemy of the snake is Garuḍa, the eagle. And who is the enemy of the snake? And who is the enemy of the Garuḍa? The Jñāna, the knowledge. And who is the enemy of the Nandi? The Siṅgha, the lion. So, this divine, godly family is a problem. When the family comes together, Śiva comes with Nandi, and Śakti comes with the lion. Now, the lion is coming, and Nandi is afraid. And then Vishṇu comes with Garuḍa, and the snake is afraid of Śiva. So Shiva said, "My God, in the family, these premises." That’s it. So they said, "We have to bring the Garuḍa. But where is he?" We don’t know in which part or corner of the universe Garuḍa is resting and having holidays. Maybe he is on the Sunset Coast beach. They asked, the Vedas came and said, "There is only one way, otherwise in 24 hours God will give up life." Only one way: if the Garuḍa comes, the eagle, he can free Rāma from the snake. The snake, Hanumānjī. You know, God Hanumān, he said, no problem, I will trace him out. There is Garuḍa. And so Hanumān has such a siddhi, he jumped, entered into the universe, and within no time he found Garuḍa somewhere, cleaning his wings and sitting nicely. And Hanumanjī came, and Garuḍa saw Hanumanjī. Oh, my brother Hanumanjī, Hanumanjī. Welcome, welcome, what can I offer you? Hanumanjī said, "No time for welcoming." He said, "Why? Come with me, follow me. Why?" Why? I will tell you on the way, come quickly. Our Lord is in trouble. What? Our Lord is in trouble? How is it possible that God is in trouble? Now when God is in trouble, what should we expect from God? Will He put us out of the trouble? But these are the situations, and God is playing His Līlā. And through this Līlā, we have to learn. We don’t understand him. So Garuḍa came flying, and Hanumānjī also. Garuḍa came and he made a parikrama around Rāma. And Garuḍa wanted to first bow down to Rāma. Hanumanjī said, "No time." Don’t make this all ceremonies. First, free him from the snakes. So Garuḍa killed the snake. He tore the snake into many parts. Again, Rāma begins to dream and said, "Oh, Garuḍ, you are here?" He said, "Yes, my lord. Okay, you can go." Hanumanjī was a little bit noisy. Even God didn’t offer him a cup of tea. No hospitality. But he did his seva, and God said, "Yes, now you can go back." Of course, Hanumānjī took care of him and everything. But when Garuḍa saw Hanumānjī, the Graha was lying like this, and Garuḍa was so happy that he could, at least in this yuga once, in many, many manvantaras, in many, many yugas, once be helpful to his Lord. Once in the situation, I could help. Garuḍa took off again, flying. And in Sri Lanka, the Rāvaṇa’s, Rākṣasa’s, they realized that Garuḍa was here. They sent the, what you call, the spies, the secret service. Go and brainwash the Garuḍa. Forever finish it. Viṣṇu is forever alone. Go and brainwash it. So some second Garuḍa became a Garuḍa and came and said, "Hello, brother, how nice you are here." It’s great, great. You are the mighty one. You are the beautiful one. You are the king of the universe. You know, we are the kings of all flies. Doesn’t matter which bird, and we are the powerful. Good that you came. Yes. Good that you helped Rāma. But you think this is a Viṣṇu? How helpless he was lying there. Cannot be a God. And if he is a God, how can he need your help? You are greater than him. Forget it. Now the eagle has a lot of ego. He begins to think, "Ah, I am the great." Yes, really. I was surprised he was lying there helpless. No one could help him, and now he himself is also in a coma. This doubt, blackmailing, got Garuḍa jī in his mind, and now Garuḍa jī lost his faith in his God, Viṣṇu. Jñāna, dhyāna, bhakti, all these three were lost by Garuḍa. No more jñāna, no knowledge, no dhyāna, he can’t meditate anymore, and no more bhakti, he can’t chant the name of God. He would like to change God’s name, but he could not. "Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. ... Oh my Lord, who is residing on the Vāsuki Nāga, the thousand-headed snake, I adore Thee, I pray to Thee, glory to Thee." But now he couldn’t sing. He couldn’t sing anymore. The result? He lost the peace. He lost the peace. There is one poem, beautiful. It is said: "Kānsī phūṭī jānkar kahā gayī." When the brass pot or the clock has a crack, then there is no more resonance. The musician knows. Now it’s a very fine little crack, like a hair, thinner than our hair, but the resonance is gone. Where is it gone? We don’t know. "Kānsī phūṭī jhaṅkār kahā gaī?" Or, "doodh phaṭā kahā̃ gayā?" Milk is spoiled. You put lemon inside, or a little bit too old, you warm it, and it is spoiled. Now it becomes only the, what they call, paneer, cheese. From spoiled milk, you cannot win the butter, the ghee. Within no time, ghee disappears, but where, you don’t know. So, "doodh phaṭā, kahā gayā, ghṛt," the milk is spoiled, where is the butter, disappeared. "Dīpak bujh gayā, lo, kahā chalī gayā," the flame, dīpak, is this lamp, flame is blown off or gone off, where is it disappeared. Windows are closed, doors are closed, everything is closed. How, where did the flame disappear? Nowhere, gone. Similarly, so, "kāṅsī phūṭī jhaṅkār kahā gayī, dūdh phaṭā kahā gayī, gṛt, dīpak bujh gayī, lo kahā chalī gayī, or man phaṭā kahā gayī, pray." When in your heart the doubt enters, love is gone. The peace is gone. There was a day you said, "My darling, my darling, my love, I love you." And suddenly you got the doubts, and you lost the peace. How many nights do you spend in restlessness? How many days do you spend in restlessness? Yes, for social life you are smiling, yes, I know, but inside, peace is gone. So now Garuḍa went to different divine goddesses and gods in the universe. Can you help me? They said this illness is not easy to heal. We will help you, but there are many psychologists trying to explain him. But he said, "But when I close my eyes, I see Viṣṇu lying helpless. I don’t understand. He was sleeping on the Śeṣa Nāga. Nothing happens. But now, is that a Viṣṇu, or is this a Viṣṇu? Which God should I believe?" When I close my eyes, I see in this situation Viṣṇu. They said, "Go to Brahmā. Brahmā can help you, the creator." So Garuḍa flew to Brahmā. Oh, holy father, please help me. Brahma said, "Yes, Garuḍa, you lost the confidence in your God, in Viṣṇu." This illness is not easy to cure. One said there was a great poet, Rahim Das: "Rahiman dhaga prem kā, mat toro chitkāyā, toḍā phir juregā nahī̃, aur jure to gāṇṭ par jāye." The thread of love is very fragile. Don’t break it with a little misunderstanding. When the thread is broken, you cannot join it again. And if you try to join it, then there will be a knot. And the knot will be when the pulse goes through the thread, there will be a knot. You cannot go like that. Therefore, use your vivekā, use your heart to judge anything. Garuḍ, I can’t help you. He said, "Can you tell me who can help me? I am suffering." He said, only one, only one in this universe can help you, and that is Śiva. Swayam Bhau, the Lord Śiva, the first one in the universe. No one has created him; he manifests himself. Where is Śiva? I lost even the orientation. Now he is so confused. He wanted to drive to the Sunshine Coast, and it goes to the Gold Coast. And after he said, "Oh, it is the wrong way. You try to come to the Sunshine Coast, and you are driving to Melbourne or Brisbane." So Brahma told him in the Himalayas where the beautiful, holy Mount Kailāś is, that is the seat of Śiva. There is Pārvatī and Śiva just now residing, and Śiva is not in meditation, because otherwise it takes many yugas till he opens his eyes again. Hurry up. Now Śiva is with open eyes; he is sitting there. Garuḍa comes and Śiva, Veda Praṇām greetings. Śiva said. Oh Garuḍa, welcome, come. How are you? You look a little nervous. He said, "Lord, I am not nervous, but I am completely ruined." He said, "What? I lost what? My pay." Shiva said, "That I know. So help me, please. Can you cure my disease?" Shiva said, "This disease is so big, so terrible, I can’t help you. I can’t cure it." Pārvatī, the faithful one of Shiva, was sitting beside. She said, "My lord, what did you say?" Women are sometimes very correct. She corrects her husband, you know. What did you say? He said, "Nothing. God is then just, I can’t help him." He said, "No, no,..." No. You are the lord of the lords of the universe. If you can’t help, who will help this poor soul? Poor Garuḍa. Shiva said, "Garuda, I can’t help you." Can you imagine the disappointment of such a suffering soul when you go to someone and you try to seek help, and one says, "Sorry, I can’t help you anymore"? No peace, no happiness. But Shiva said, "But I will tell you definitely, 100%, your illness will be cured." "Yes, Lord, where?" "From here, far on some hills of the Himalaya, there is a great saint, a holy saint, a great holy saint. He is born in the form of a crow, a big crow, Kāgabhūṣaṇḍī, his name." And when he speaks, the Kāg Purshanti gives the satsaṅg, thousands of goddesses and gods go and listen to his satsaṅg. And Śiva said, "Even I go there to listen to him with Pārvatī." He said, "How will I find where he is sitting? I lost my vision." You lost the vision of the truth, that love, confidence, faith. You became blind. Shiva said, "Where the Garuḍa is sitting, several kilometers far from him, several kilometers, 50 kilometers or more, any creature, any astral soul, any entity in that area will immediately find peace." That is an introduction of that saint, Garuḍa. And according to that radiance, modern technology has developed the limitation of your mobile telephone. When you go from here to New Zealand, immediately, they will send you an SMS: "Welcome to New Zealand." Immediately, they know that you enter the territory. Similarly, when you enter that territory of the Kāgabhūṣaṇḍī, you will feel it, my dear. You will get vision, and you go and listen to the satsaṅg. I will do, my lord. As Garuḍa flew and he entered that area, his vision came. What kind of vision? Knowledge, wisdom. He came nearer, his happiness came, somehow he’s happy where he comes more near. Something tickling in his heart, and he came close. All sitting, many, many saints, and he got devotion. He saw the Bhagavān Rāma, Bhagavān Viṣṇu, Caturbhuja. Caturbhuja means with the... From Kamal Gadha and Sudarshan Chakra, blessings, and he got this immediately. His doubt went out, waiting without any minute, and he sits there and he listens, and again he begins to repeat his mantra, "Oṁ. Namo bhagavate vāsudevāya, oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya." Pārvatī was sitting with Shiva there, and she was angry, "My lord, why were you so hard to him? He came to you. He sought the blessing and the help from you. You are capable of doing it. Why did you refuse him?" Shiva said, "I will tell you now why." In the flying birds, the eagle feels like a king of all birds and has a very big ego. Can you imagine an eagle comes and surrenders to a crow, and the crow comes and hits him on the head? So he has such a big ego that he could not surrender anywhere anymore. And that’s why I sent him, because he’s ill and he needs treatment now. So his ego has to be treated. When ego is treated, then again confidence, faith, and love will enter his heart. Second, it is the satsaṅg where you will get the knowledge, where you get eternal peace forever. Satsaṅg, wisdom, and devotion. And so I think I send him there. So peace, there are two kinds of peace. One happiness is temporary, and another happiness is that you successfully completed your human life journey and you come to the self-realization of Brahma, of the Supreme. That time in your heart, there is constantly singing. Constant in your heart, there is something. Great Swami Śivānandajī of Rishikesh tells, "Within you is the fountain of joy." When you get this happiness, satsaṅg, then the fountain will again become active. Otherwise, someone has turned off the connection, is disconnected. The fountain is not, but no one can disconnect here. Love, joy, happiness, contentment, and peace, these are the universal principles. No one has a copyright on this. God gave us this free of charge. So Śivānandajī said, "Within you is a fountain." Of the joy, and within you is an ocean of bliss. Your heart is like an ocean, an endless ocean. And how many creatures are existing, living in this? Similarly, in your heart, everyone should have a place. A great saint in Sufi, his name was Mawlānā. In Turkey, in Konya, he always used to say, "Come to me as you are. It doesn’t matter if you are a sinner or good or bad or healthy or ill. Come to me. Welcome." No duality. And Mahātmā Gandhījī said, "We hate the sin, but not the sinner." Especially when your child makes a mistake, something, and is crying, then it is a parent’s duty also not to shout at the child, but to give love. Now is the time to show the love that someone has for this person or child. There is a peace. So, renounce and enjoy, Gandhījī said. Renounce all your negative qualities and too much material things, and enjoy. Holy Gurujī said, "Our Gurudev, enter the kingdom of the Lord through the gate of sacrifice." Sacrifice your ego, your jealousy, your doubt, your ignorance, this, that, greed, selfishness. Renounce, no attachment, then you can enter into that area of eternal peace and happiness, and that time your heart, in your heart, some bubbles are there. Before, it was tickling; now, bubbles are coming up. And that’s called—you will sing with me. So happiness is in your very gentle, kind smile. Happiness is your kind look. Happiness is when you can give to a needy one something. Happiness is that you give the blessings. And happiness is that you admire the nature and all beauty of every creature. And happiness is when the new life is born. You have a happiness now because God gave you such a beautiful duty: that you make this child as divine as it is. Education. There is happiness. So that’s for me what I understand, what is happiness. So I wish you a lot of happiness, joy, peace, harmony, good health, and a long, long life. Endless. Oṁ Śānti.