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In life, the jīva must face many kinds of incidents. The jīva takes birth according to the actions of its previous birth. It is a great fortune to receive a Satguru. Only the one who knows can know; the other cannot. It is also said that without divine blessing, no one can know them. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa gives advice, but Arjuna asks, "How can I know that you are that which you are saying?" Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa replies, "Arjuna, you will not be able to know, and you will fall into delusion if I reveal my form." Arjuna then said that this was not possible. He closed his eyes and pleaded, "O God, I am not able to bear this. I am unable to bear all this. O Kṛṣṇa, O Gopāl, O Karuṇānidhan, now please return to your human form." Only the one who knows can know, not the other. What our Ādī Siṅgh jī and Śaṅkar Siṅgh jī have told us is a proof of Dīpnanā Bhagavān. This soul, this Jīvātmā, comes into this world according to past karma and destiny. It is that destiny which plays the game with this soul. This soul experiences all kinds of happenings in life—pleasure and displeasure. Sometimes it’s pleasure, sometimes it’s displeasure. Life is a struggle. But blessed are they who, before coming to this planet, to this earth, spend a few minutes with God—if you believe in God—and pray: "Lord, you are sending me into this mortal world, but my life, my being is all in your hands." So when someone is spiritually developed, happy, wealthy, healthy, and wise, we say this person must have been praying to God before coming. He or she was not in a hurry to come. Others who were in a hurry, jumping, crowded like a flood, will go back like a flood. This is very practical reality, as told through the life experiences of Hari Singh and Śaṅkar Singh jī. They just spoke in Hindi, the Marwari language. Hari Singh ji, unfortunately, had no luck to have the love of parents. He didn't see his parents die. His uncles were devotees of Holy Gurujī, who brought them to Mahāprabhujī. From very childhood, Hari Singh ji spent time with Mahāprabhujī and with Gurujī. He says whatever he has—a happy life, four daughters, one son, all happily married—and the son who is a lawyer would never have thought his life could be like this, where there were no education possibilities. But by Mahāprabhujī’s blessing, he got schools, education, and everything. He told of his experiences, spiritual programs, practices, and meditations. At the same time, our dear Śaṅkar Siṅgh Jī tells his own experiences. He was born in a village near Bola Guda, hardly three kilometers away. The entire village were devotees of Mahāprabhujī. This was the time when Mahāprabhujī came and stayed 24 years in the Bola Guda area, having moved from Kathu. He recounted that once his mother and some others were coming in an ox chariot during the monsoon. There was a small river with not much water, so they thought they could cross. As they came near the middle of the creek, the water rose up. The oxen raised their faces; only their noses were above water. The chariot was fluttering like a boat. All the ladies, including his mother, were screaming and calling for Mahāprabhujī. I am translating what he just said. Isn't it the same thing? What did your mother say? All these ladies were calling, "Mā Prabhujī, Gurudev, Gurudev," like a bhajan: "Gurudev, śaraṇ tumhārī cintāme itāḍe." At that time, Mahāprabhujī was sitting in the Balagoda Ashram holding his satsaṅg. People were sitting, and suddenly Mahāprabhujī's brahmadhyam, the trikuṭī, experienced a tension like a turning chakra between the eyebrows. In that minute, the chariot was pulled out as if by ropes. They came out of the river very comfortably, without any loss or damage. In that same minute, Mahāprabhujī opened his eyes. People asked, "Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī, what happened? One minute you were in a different impression; your face was..." Mahāprabhujī said, "If I had waited one minute more, a big tragedy would have happened." They asked, "What?" He replied, "You will know after some time." Because it was only two or three kilometers away, after half an hour the people arrived with the ox and cart and told the story. When they came, Mahāprabhujī said, "Now you ask them what happened." Śaṅkar Singh also tells of a blind man who came near Mahāprabhujī's āśram in Kabbalah Guda, eating and sitting there. One morning, Mahāprabhujī said, "Something will happen now." The people asked, "What?" He said, "This blind person will now begin to see again." They said the doctor had declared his retina finished and that he couldn't see anything. Mahāprabhujī said, "Well, he will see." In the afternoon, two or three doctors came for darśan. One was an eye doctor and asked, "Mahāprabhujī, can we look into this man's eyes?" People said this man had killed many peacocks and other wild birds and animals, and from that sin he became blind. Mahāprabhujī said, "Yes, that’s true, but now he has done so much guru-sevā that his sins are cleared; he will get vision." The doctor looked and said, "Gurujī, we doubt he will get his eyesight again." Mahāprabhujī said, "Well, whether you do or don't, he will see." The doctor put some drops in and performed a minor operation. They put a bandage on his eye. After three days, they opened it, and he could see everything. This is not what I am saying; Śaṅkar Singh told it just now. Similarly, there was a man in the village who had a problem getting married. One day Mahāprabhujī said today would be the best day for that person. They asked, "What?" And he got engaged with very good, very rich people. There is a little more to it, but it happened. At the same time, from the Gandhārī doctor, Ramchandra’s father—Śaṅkar Singh jī, you should read this in the Līlāmṛt—they asked the grandmother of Ram Singh, "My son has no children, and he married twice but has no children. Please, can you bless?" Mahāprabhujī said, "Well, he will get one son, but he will not stay with the parents, and he will also marry twice." Still, the child was not born. It happened that this was Doctor Ramchandra, who lives in Atlanta. He didn’t stay with the parents; he went to America, and so on. You know the whole story. This is Śaṅkar Singh telling it. So Mahāprabhujī is the incarnation, is the divine, no doubt. He could give and do everything that a human brain would think God can do. Now, if you don’t believe it, it’s your ignorance. The human intellect, the human brain, always thinks more negatively than positively. There is a German saying for this... In English, it is always thinking negatively. But it is there: Guru Kṛpā, Gurudev. You don’t know that reality. What you see is only the body. What you see is just like a normal human, like you, but what is inside, that you don’t know. Therefore, we say: do not ask the saint their caste, gender, or country. Ask for the knowledge and blessings. If you want to buy a sword, ask what this sword will cost, not about the cover of the sword. So what is inside, you don’t know. This is very important: through meditation you can realize. Therefore, those who have their inner eyes open... As Gurujī said in a bhajan: "Kamal is the lotus. Hṛde is the heart. That heart is like a lotus. The eye of the heart will open." Anjan means the ointment for the eyes. If you put ointment every day, your eyes will become good, and you will have your vision again. Which ointment? The name, mantra, dīpa, nirañjana, śabda, bhañjana. That kind of ointment means devotion, bhakti, belief, trust. Then that heart will open—the unfoldment of the petals of the lotus of the heart. Each unfoldment of each petal will open that divinity: the love, the understanding, the mercy, the kindness, the happiness, the joys. Lucky are they who have this, and lost are they who, though they are with Gurudev, do not realize this. Mahāprabhujī said it is like a spoon in the pudding, in the halvā; that spoon cannot taste the halvā though it is all the time inside it. Similarly, persons who have negative karmas from the past, and by chance have the opportunity to serve Gurudev, still cannot experience the taste of that divinity, that greatness. You have to come above all this. There were two or three examples. These people who saw Mahāprabhujī, who sat near him, who received prasāda and a mantra from him—as Śaṅkar Siṅgh jī said, till today any kind of his wish is fulfilled by the name of Mahāprabhujī. Thank you, Śaṅkar Siṅgh jī. Our Colonel Sāhib, a retired army colonel, would like to say a few of his experiences in English. "I would like to tell my experiences of life, what I have come across. There are a few experiences I have, but I will not go for very old ones. I’ll just take the last three years of experiences—how it has happened, what has happened. As you know, the Mother is so kind, so merciful, so powerful that she is ready to give her life. For example, a cow knows that a tiger is coming and can eat her, but when there is a calf, a small calf, she is not going to leave that calf. She will face the tiger with her horns, give her life, but until the last she will protect the calf. Similarly, the Guru Dev. Okay, dear Guru brothers and Guru sisters, I have no ambition to speak anything, but when Swāmījī called me to speak something, I will be very short in my speech. Our main goal, which we took on this way... To come to Jadan is our fate, to Swamiji. I think everybody feels that we are very faithful in Swamiji’s work, in Swamiji’s words, in everything we got from Swamiji. And one of our main goals is again to improve our faith in Swāmījī’s deal. In this way, we heard many, many nice speeches this evening. We heard about many nice experiences with Swamijī. From my point of view, I will speak only one thing to think about: that the main, or the highest principle for us, is that we heard about all experiences that were done when Swamiji was helping many people. But from my point of view, it’s very important to know that the main thing is to think about what did not happen to us. That means it’s really, really interesting to think about this and to improve our faith in Swāmījī, because many, many things were not happening in any lokas for us. That’s very, very important for us. Thank you, Swāmījī." Satgurū Bhagavān kī Samaya bhajore bhavana dhīra dhīra. Bhakrayu bhaarajo Guraya ne bandhang avo dhiri, Are kaal jaal jam sot, Sees na maya depare tolak papa ki poti. Satguru ke darbaar me re, kami ka ek hi naai. Karmai ni batakat phare re, sukh sakari maa. Pela Garu Jī re basu re bharapari. Bhimāro jānī me sudāro mālikī merā śaraṇo me liyo gāru sā tāro. We are poor, we are poor,... we are poor. Sagarip abhe olo meliyo garusa tharo. Satguru Bhagwānī kī, Mādhavakṛṣṇānand Bhagwānī kī. Dasilā par toye lene se utne pār. Satguru mora baniyār, Banjā kare vo pār. Man tola man tākarī, sansār. God’s name is Kusar. Nāmu Hari Jī Kushār Sapnā Jai Soh Re Sansār Sapnā Jai Soh Re Sansār Deepu Kare Che Pukār Manva Karle Vichār, O Karle Vichār, Nām Hari Jī Kusā Āyobhav Mein Dehidhar Sat Saṅgh Maa Īshār Mother Satgurudar. Will cross over your body, Manva, do contemplation. Nam Hari Ji Kushaar. Sapna Jaiso Re Sansaar, Deepu Kare Che Pukaar. Manva, Kar Le Vichaar, Nam Hari Ji Kusar. Ho, ab tu ne munidhar. Ab tu ne munidhar, dekho Hari ko didar. Arre, dekho Hari ko didar. Jao dhani ke darbar, ya o Hari ke darwar, ya mein phark nasar. Manwa kar le vichar, o kar le vichar. Naam Hari ji kusar Sapna jaishore sansar, sapna jaishore sansar. Deepu kare che phukaar, o Deepu kare che phukaar. Chetan aap nirdhar lakhe ji sarjan yaar. Manwā karle vicār, o karle vicār, nām Hari jī kusār, o nām Hari jī kusār. Sapnā jaisho re sansār, deepu kare che phukār. Manwā kar le vicār, nām Hari jī kushār. O Hero, you are the root, O Piñja. You are the root, O Piñja. You are the source of the world. You are the source of the world. You have removed the sorrows of the mind. You have removed the sorrows of the mind. Karor Guru Saṅgh Pyār, O Karor Guru Saṅgh Pyār. Manwa Karle Vichār, O Karle Vichār Nām Hari Jī Kū Sāpnā Jāī So Re Sansa, Sāpnā Jāī So Re Sansa Deepu Kare Chhe Phukār Gurudev Hai Apar Mohsen Dīnī Shāh. Nij nām ko vicār karle, Bhav utryo hūn pār. Manva karle vicār, Nām Harī jī kusār. The world is like a dream. The lamp calls out. The lamp calls out. Hail the Guru, Satguru, Bhagavān. Guru Sabhinakar Jnanisare, Nabhav sindhutare, o nabhav sindhutare. Ganga jao, Kāśī jao. Ganga jao, Kāśī jao. Chāro dām phire, o chāro dām phire. Van vairāgī udāsī agyāne, van vairāgī udāsī agyāne. Dara dhan visre, dara dhan visre, tabhina karj nai sare, and tabhina karj nai sare. Koti upāye kare, koī chāye nabhava sindhuta re, guru ca bhinakāra jināyisare. Bhūtānai toṣis nivāve, Bhūtānai toṣis nivāve, Bātā beth dare, Bātā beth dare. O sinner, do not take the path of the true Guru. O sinner, do not take the path of the true Guru. Kast anek. Bhare, dhūsa bhi na karj nāi sare, andhatā bhi na karj nāi sare. Koti upāye kare, koī chāye, na bhava sindhu tare. Gurūsa bhi na karj nāhi sare, andhatā bhi na karj nāhi sare. Vrat upavās kiye bahu tere, bandhu bhūkh mare. Bina gyāna ātmā nāhi mukti, kahata santa sagare. O Kahit Sant Sagre, Gurusa Bina Karj Naisare, koti upaye kare koi chaye na bhavasindhu tare. Guru sabhinakaarj naisare. Śrī-Deep says, "Guru-charaṇa, the body and the mind worships." If he becomes a stranger to his abode, he will lose his bondage. He will not be able to live without his Guru, he will not be able to live without his Ānanda. Koṭi upāye kare, koī chāye nā. Bhavasindhu tāre, Guru sabhīna karaja nāī sāre. Guru Satguru Bhagavān kī Jaya. My true guru is close to me, my true guru is in my heart. I have given my prayers to my mother, my true guru is in my heart. Vārī vārī sat-gurumaliyāre māne tīyo re bhajan tat-kāle jina-gurumaliyāre. Ātmā jagāro, tuto maro mano, māra sath garu di do re jaga ye sath garu maliyan. Māra dina garu dī yo re jaga ye sātha garu maliyāṁ vārī vārī dīna garu maliyāre vārī jāu satta garu maliyāre māneti yore bhajana tata kāle Satguru nāmaṁ nāmaṁ Arre beta salo nara nāre Satguru maliyāre Mane diyo re bhajan tat kāla, dina guru maliyā. O my dear Satguru Maliyā, O my dear Satguru Maliyā, give me your bhajan immediately, O Satguru Maliyā. Kṛṣṇa Nandī, Kṛṣṇa Nandī, Nārāyaṇa Sārāyaṇa Rodhansī, Satguru Maliyārī. Narāyaṇa Sārāyaṇa Rodhansī, Satguru Māliyārī Diyo re bhajan tate kāle, Din Guru Māliyārī Māne diyo re bhajan tate kāle, Satguru Māliyārī. Hey, every time I meet the true guru, every time I meet the guru of the day, I listen to the bhajans of the Guru, I listen to the bhajans of the Guru, I listen to the bhajans of the Guru, I listen to the bhajans of the Guru. Satguru Mañiyāne Satguru Bhagavān Kī Jai, Dīp Mādhava Kṛṣṇānanda Bhagavān Kī Jai, Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai. Guru Dev’s bhajan is there. Come here. Come here. Come here. Do like this. Yes. Siddhip Nān Bhagavān Kī Jai Ho. Devāśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya Ho, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya Ho, Yogirāj Maheśānjī Gurudeva Kī Jaya Ho. Bhāī tum jāgo re, terā avasara bīṭā jāya. Bhāī tum jāgo re, terā dina bīṭā jāya. Bhāī jāgo re, dina āyā rahā. ... Nāmbhava-sāgara pār lagāde, nāmbhava-sāgara pār lagāde. Guru Deva, dayā ladāya karke bhava-sāgara pār lagāde. Nā bari bari... Dukha bari jahaan jahaan, Prabhu jī, mai to yah pukārī. Pala pala, Prabhu jī, mai to aap kīnar lagāde. Na Prabhu, aap kīnar lagāde. Guru Deva Dayāl kar saṅgār par lagā denā. Guru Deva Dayāl dayā kar saṅgār par lagā denā. Mohamāta kī nadīyāṁ bhavan, Deva Dayāl dayā karke bhava sāgar par. Lagayana guru deva dayāla dayā karke bhava sāgara para sutta nindā avijyamahito nijyamaha satyasvarūpa kisudhī bhūla jagade jagadena śirīpada padhavajī caraṇa. Śrīmānke āpa bachādena. God is the creator of the universe. God is the creator of the universe.... Nandbhagavānā kī āṅkhiyāṁ Satguru caranoṁ lagī, āṅkhiyāṁ Satguru caranoṁ lagī. Śrīdīpadāyālu ke carana, Śrīdīpadāyālu ke carana. My destiny is awakened in the lotus of the Lord. The eyes of the true Guru are set upon the feet. Jabse pāvan caraṇ koḍe, jabse pāvan, tabse bhaiyāra, tabse The eyes of the true Guru are set on the feet of the Lord. The eyes of the true Guru are set on the feet of the Lord. The eyes of the true Guru are set on the feet of the Lord. The eyes of the true Guru are set on the feet of the Lord. Satguru Lakshmī Dī Padāyalukhe, Charan Dī Padāyalukhe, Charan Kamal Merī Jāgirī, Kismat Jāge Ākhiyāṁ, Chant Chant. Chant, chant... Ākhiyā Satguru Caraṇ Oṃe Lagī, Ākhiyā Satguru Caraṇ Lagī. Siddhi Padāyalūkhe Caraṇ Malandhī, Padāyalūkhe Caraṇ Kasmat Jagī. Ākhiyā Sath Guru Caraṇ Lage. Śrī Pūjya Bhagavān Dīpanāla, Śrī Pūjya Bhagavān Dīpanāla. Kar Diyān Bad Bhāgī, Kar Diyān Bad Bhāgī. Akhiyā Satguru lāge, Akhiyā Satguru caraṇome lāge, Śrī Dīpadāyāluke Caraṇa Mādhavānāñjikā. Prabhu Charan Ome Shri Madhavananjika... ... ... In the Vedas and Purāṇas, they sing the Sattatī Ratha. In the Vedas and Purāṇas, they sing the Ṣaṭṭhati Ratha. Vaha uttamajī gyāsu āte, voh vimalānī nānā kāraṇome ārati ratahe. Voh veda purāṇa bhavānī āte kā jhūlā charā is the third rata, it sings. Chara is the fourth rata, it recites the Vedas. The mind is filled with bliss, Satya svarūpa lakṣa. In the Purāṇas.