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Salutation and adoration to our Satguru Dev. Spiritual seekers, sisters and brothers here in this hall and around the world, blessings come to you from the Holy Land, Bhārat, from Viśva Gurudev Āśram, Jhadan. Today is another beautiful day, made so beautiful because the entire world was released from its tensions for one hour. To give such release from mental tension is something. That was between 1 to 2 p.m. according to New Delhi time. Did you notice, or do you still have tension? You see, there was a special energy flow in the universe. Perhaps some scientist will someday clarify this. The influence of the different planets was something very divine. The journey about which we spoke yesterday—as long as you are on the path, you have not achieved your enlightenment or Self-realization. As long as you have a path or direction, it means you are still not at your destination. When you achieve your destination, the path will be finished; there is no more path. In modern technology, we call this the navigator system. The navigator constantly guides you, reminds you: turn left, right, go straight, and even observe the speed limit. It also warns: careful, radar, camera. Perhaps you are not as advanced in technology as in India; Indians are very far ahead. This means the Gurudev is that navigator. He guides us through every curve of life and, at the same time, warns, "Take care, observe the speed limit." Now you may think Swamiji is making an imitation. I am not making an imitation; I am making a comparison. Over a hundred years ago, Mahāprabhujī said: Chal Gagangar Chadnare, Chadnare Bhai, Śikhar Par Chadnare Bhai... He o man va dheere dheere chal gagan gar chad naare vahee. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān says, observe the speed limitation. Oh my mind, slowly, slowly—lānsam, pāmali, lānsam—meaning too quick. Everything is prohibited. Those people either become crazy, confused, or give up, who think, "I will practice, and in a few years or a few days, I will get Self-realization." Forget that. Continuously, slow but sure. Therefore, do your daily duty, your dinacharyā, your everyday programs which are your duty. Observe and follow all social duties, worldly duties. Do not just sit thinking, "I will only meditate for myself; the world does not matter." No. Slowly, slowly. Because you have to achieve your destination, Śīkar Ghar, the highest home, which is Brahmaloka. Galiya chhoti raat yandheri, raste mein chhikanai. Agar sirapate paav tumara, padog yondi khai. Manva Dheera Dheera Chaal, Gagan Gar Chadnaare Bhai. Mahāprabhujī said, "Galiya Choti"—the streets are narrow. This means our experience is very small. Our knowledge, our vivekā, is very thin. The path is narrow because there are many vikṣepas, a lot of ignorance and darkness. Galiya choti, rata andheri: night, dark night, means ignorance. It is a very narrow little road. You have a torchlight, but the battery is weak; you must recharge it again through satsaṅg, through practicing mantra. Even the path you have is very narrow and very slippery. That means there are many temptations: good temptations and bad temptations. What is a good temptation? Sometimes you like certain things. In the beginning, you think, "Aha!" and then you try to spoil your spirituality. One day in Australia, Jasarājī said in his satsaṅg: There was one person, and someone told him, "Okay, I tell you only, don’t tell anybody." He said, "Okay." The next day, the whole world knew. The other person was angry: "I told you, my darling, don’t tell someone or anyone." He replied, "Yes, my dear, I didn’t tell anyone; I told everyone." Those are your conditions, those temptations. When it is negative, you can’t wait; there is an itching. Like the story between a camel and a fox. That is the chikana, meaning very slippery, oily. In old times, wise people had only sand or little stones in their bathrooms because they were wise. Now we make very nice ceramic tiles because we are civilized, we are wise. In old times, no one fell down in the bathroom and broke their hip joints. But we wise people, our creation is so beautiful that many people break their hip joints or knees. That is the output of our wisdom, and that was the old-time output of those wise, old people. If you slip down, you will fall into a deep hole. Khai is a channel you dig for canalization. You will fall into the deep hole of the canalization, and there will be different kinds of liquid inside. Har Har Mahādev. Canalization water, you know, organic shampoo inside. Narakaloka. You cannot come out because everything is slippery. Slowly, slowly—langsam, langsam, slowly. Beli Mohani Rāg sunāī, Rāg sunāī moi manate, Basta de Gabula, Īmān va dhīre dhī, Charan gara charanare bhai, Iman va dhire dhire dhi. It’s not that I’m... not. The pañca prāṇas and pañca upa-prāṇas—all these twenty-five together will sing such a beautiful melody to you. Paach paches bheli hoker, all comes together, Mohani Rāg śunai. Rāg means the melody. Mohani means that which attracts your attention, that which attracts your mind. Through that sweet melody, your mind will be attracted, and it will misguide you and lead you in the wrong direction. That is kuśāṅga. In the beginning, it is so nice, so sweet. But it is like this: you catch a chicken by throwing some seeds, saying "come, come," you bring it into the room, and then you catch it. You have to be careful with this. Follow, follow what it will say. Obey, obey, obey. Not obey, obey. When the road is misguided, then you miss your destination. You are in a very big hurry. Modern technology is sometimes very good for comparison. You are in a hurry to go to the airport on the beautiful long highway, and you miss the exit. The next exit is about 15 kilometers away. Fifteen kilometers back, and you have made a circle. Check-in time is finished; wait and drink coffee the whole night. Similarly, do not miss your exit. Like a rope dancer, we are all looking, half-smiling and laughing, and that person is also laughing, but the tension is on the concentration on that role. So, my dear, you lost the week because you were misguided—either by the co-driver, Harvey, the odd mobile—you didn’t concentrate on the exits, the indications, the signposts. But he’s not really... I hope that more on... I guess you’re not a moment that they are through this sweet feelings, sweetness, doctor, Śānti said. Do not eat anything hard for one hour after dental surgery. If someone gives you good, hard nuts to eat and you say, "Okay," and you bite the nut, then you telephone: "Is it broken again? Can I come?" They say, "No, in one week." So, in one lifetime, if you have missed it... One exit was the exit to Brahmaloka, and now you went to some different loka. That is why we sing, "Loka samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu." But I lost my way, a long, long way to the highway. That’s it. Gaya, kām se, ishe liye we call in Hindi, chuke ko, kya kya te, chuke ko, chora si. When you miss that exit, then you go into Chaurasi. What is Chaurasi? 8.4 million life circles. So Gurudev is guiding; Gurudev is that navigator who will guide you. But if you do not follow, and Gurudev says, "Now exit is right," but you say, "Ah, you are going so quickly." Behind his car, left side his car, right side his car—oh God, you are nervous. Nervous means previous. Now you are in the hands of others; on the highway you cannot get out. Do not miss. Do not miss... Man vā dheere dheere chāl, gagana ghar chaḍanāre bhāī. Man vā dheere dheere chāl, gagana ghar chaḍanāre bhāī. Āda chaḍanāre bhāī, śikharaghara chaḍanāre bhāī, chaḍanāre bhāī... Vā dhīr dhīr chāl, gagan gara charnāy vāy. Bin jānīyo koī unchā chadāsī pade, gagan par yāyī. Shat garu bin malūm naī paḍtā, mārag jīnā bhāī manvā. Dheere dheere chal, Gagangar charnā re bhāī, yo man vā dheere chal, charanā re bhāī. Bhai charanare charanare, bhai charanare charanare, bhai. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān bin jānī, yo koī unchā chaḍasī paḍe gagana par āyī. Satguru bin mālūm nahī̃ paḍtā jīna mārga, bhāī. Without knowing, if you try to climb up, Pade dharan parai—you will fall down on the ground. Satguru bin malum nahi padta—without Satguru Dev, you do not know. Marag jeena bhai—the path is very thin now. Many people want to go to the Himalayas for climbing the rocks, and they do not follow the master’s, the teacher’s, the guide’s instruction. Many are lying there at the height of 6,000 to 7,000 meters because even the helicopter cannot land there. No ambulance can come, and no rescue is there. They are frozen; they become part of the glaciers. Many, many bodies are in the Himalayas—so many you cannot imagine. Now, due to the warm climate, glaciers are melting and many bodies are coming out. Therefore, those who try, first thinking, "I don’t need Gurudev, I don’t need Guru," this is propaganda. It is negative. You need a guru for everything, even for cooking. Especially now in the world, the demand for cooking courses is full. So this is not only a cooking course, but many, many. Without a master, without a teacher, without Gurudev, you do not know. If you try, you will fail. Satgurubīn mālūm nahī̃ paḍtā, mārg jīvanā bahut patlā hai—the path is very thin. Chadariyāṁ jeenī re jeenī kī Rām nām rasabīnī. Now you can compare. Kabīr Dāsjī also said, "The path is very thin, the cloth is very thin, the body, this prāṇa we have, is very thin." But Ramana Maharṣi said, "Human life is sucked in the name of God. But if you come out, then you go down, waiting without a second. You fall down." Therefore, often I have said, how many times, my dear, you changed the altar of your heart. This altar is very easy to change, but when you change the altar in your heart, you fall down. But still, there is a thin thread hanging. It can still happen; it will pull you out. Do not blame your Gurudev. It is you who fall down. Śivapurī Se Śaivaru Mera Dīnī Se Nālākāī Svāmī Dīpā Sanyāsī Bole Guru Kṛpā Se Pāī Manvā Dhīrā Dhīrā Chāl Jā Jāndā Jāra Caraṇara Bahāī A Svāmī Dīpā Sanyāsī Voh Guru Kṛpāse Pāī Man Vah Dhīre Dhīre Chal Gaganadha Gare Carṇa Re Bahāī Man Vah Dheere Dheere Chal Gagandha Gare Charna Re Bahai Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān, Dev Purī Saheb, Satguru Saheb, my Satguru Dev, Dev Purī Saheb means God. Swami Deep Sanyāsī, Dini Sen Lakhai, Satguru Saheb Śrī Dev Purī Saheb, Dini Sen Lakhai—my Gurudev, Dev Purījī, gave me indication: go in this direction. Follow satsaṅg. Avoid kusaṅg. Avoid backbite. Avoid criticism. Do not listen to negative words. That will pollute your chidākāśa. When it is polluted, then you need dialysis to dilute it. It is not easy to dilute. Some germs remain inside, and the roots will grow again. Hopefully, you will wake up, get up again. So the person who thinks, "I will get liberation quickly; I will read this book, I will read that book, I will practice this," is only distracting himself, slowly, smoothly. When you go on the holy pilgrimage around Mount Kailash, for certain kilometers you can go quickly. But after a certain height, each step for you is like walking one kilometer. Every leg coming up costs you so much energy. That’s it. Dere, dere—slowly, slowly. Therefore, Satgurudev is that navigator. But when you enter into Brahmaloka, what will Satgurudev say? "You have reached your destination." Until then, this navigator will guide you, but the navigator can only tell you; you must follow. If you do not, then you will miss the way. Then Gurudev will say again, "New calculation, new calculation." What happens to the one who comes then, who missed it? Guru Vakya. It is not I who am telling; these are not my words. It is the Gurudev’s words. I am a disciple like you, a simple person like you. But aisa merā sadguru andar bole—it is he who is talking within me. In every heart is my Lord, but adoration to that heart in which He Himself speaks. So Gurudev speaks in me. Well, my dear, you lost the way. Hopefully not you. You lost the way where you landed. Oh, there is one beautiful song, a bhajan, sung by a very great singer. I know that melody, but my throat is like a broken bamboo flute. You have to learn. Pinjare kā panśīrī, terā dard na jāne koī. O pinjare ke panchīre, terā dard na jāne koī. My dear, you fall down and land in one case. Symbolizing this: "O bird of the cage, nobody knows your pain." Now, nobody knows your pain. You are also inside this case. This body is also a case, and you are inside. Nobody knows your pain. You may smile. You may make up. You may act. There are many heroes, actors, and so on. They can act well, but how much pain they have inside. Pinjare kā pansīre, terā dard na jāne koī. Nobody knows your pain. You lost the way, my dear. I wish I could have followed my Guru’s instructions. This is a very, very old song, and we will play it for you today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. The original saying: what is the name of the singer? Kavi Pradeep wrote it. It is his property, not mine. I am only the interpreter. "O bird of the cage, nobody knows thy pain." We have many different kinds of pains. Physical pain is nothing, zero. But other pains you have, because you lost, my dear, you lost. Once when I was learning German, a German person whose name begins with E, K, and A said, "Double S." I asked, "What does double S mean? Self-pity." I do not forget. Yes, and this person listens very closely, knows very closely why she said it or when she said it. This is for me Guru Vajra. So this person’s word is for me Guru Vajra. Because this is not me, but everyone. Pinjare kā pansīre, dherā dard na jāne koī. How much pain you have, nobody knows. Bahar se to khamos rahe, bhitra bhitra roye. Outside you are khamos, you are smiling at big parties, ever dancing, nice makeup, blim blam blim blim, clunk clunk clink, clean and slim. But inside, bitter, bitter away inside, you are crying. What I tell you is the pain of those who are suffering with all mystery. Because you are suffering, you think another will be better, another thing will be better, another path will be better. I am not talking only person to person, but my path. Therefore, Gurū Nānak Sāhib said, "Tere bīṭī umar hari nāma binā. Ab tū śumirana karale mere manā." Till now your life is gone, but now begin, begin... begin. Kāna sākhe tū apanī kahānī. Oh, my dear one, even you cannot tell your stories, your suffering. O bird, what is your life? You also have such a life. What life? What is your life, O bird of the cage? The destiny has written thy story, and that pencil was dipped in the ink of your tears. Or Vidhātā herself, when Vidhātā wrote your story of destiny, she begins to cry, and her pencil was dipped in the ink of her tears. That is the condition of the person who is lost in the dark race, in kuśaṅgas, in this and that. Get up, wake up, and concentrate. Love thyself, adore thyself, pray to thyself. Say, "Oh my dear one, now open your eyes and follow the path." As long as the path is destiny, it is not achieved. There are many exits, many blind streets, many traffic circles—round and round, ḍākolā, ḍākolā. Bidhine terī kathā likhī, asume kalam dubhoī, terā dard na jāne koī. O bird of the cage, nobody now understands thy pain. Chupke chupke rone vāle—silently crying. You cry silently when you are in the bathroom, when you are alone, when you go to bed. Inside you are crying, outside you are smiling, because that pain is hidden; nobody knows. The great Mīrā Bāī said, "Mīrā dard na jāne koī, dard kī mārī ban ban ḍolūṁ." Mīrā said, "Nobody knows my pain." Darad ke māri, I am tired, I am wounded, like a wounded soldier on the battlefield—hungry, thirsty, tired, wounded. Darad ke māri ban ban dolu, she said, I am searching for my beloved in the forest, here and there. You know the song of Mīrābāī. This bhajan is, I think, an imitation of the ideas of Mīrā’s bhajan. Of course, one gives inspiration to others, and then you write from your own intellect, your own vivekā. Someone said to Oli Guruji, "Guruji, the good books, good words, good bhajans, and good poems have already been written by Mīrābāī, Kabīr Dās, Tulsī Dās, Sūr Dās, and so on. Now what should we write? They have eaten the cream." Now we have only this buttermilk, chāś. Gurujī said, "You are very wise, you tell good things, but you don’t know." He says, "They ate only the cream. Now what should we do? Chāś, drink sansār." Gurujī says, "They ate only the cream; they didn’t eat the cow." Feed thy cow with the grass of love, and milk day and night; you will have enough cream. So, Viveka—the intellect God has given us—is to serve, to help, not to destroy. Do not miss; do not fall into it. Chupke chupke rone wale, tera dard na jāne koī. You are crying silently. Chupke chupke rone wale, rakhna chupā ke dil ke sāle re. You are crying silently and trying to hide your wounds in your heart. Therefore, Mahātma Gurujī said, "Hṛde kamal kī āke khul jāve." Here they come, a lucky okay. Joe darling, eat the nama. Kaha nyan nyan. Śrī dīpa nirañjana sabhā dukkha bond rabu dīpa nirañjana sabhā is a mantra. Say, "Oh, a man mantra, mantra..." Mantra, mantra... There is only one ointment, and that is thy mantra: deep niranjan sab dukha bhanjan. When the eyes of your heart open, at that time, O God, the eyes of your heart will open. How many people have I misguided in the wrong direction, criticized, been negative? If you can show the one way, you will have very good karma. If you misguide one, you will have many, many karmas too. Chupke chupke rone wala—silently crying. Rakna chupake dil ke chale re—you are keeping hidden wounds in your heart. O my friend, O bird of the cage, listen: for whom are you fighting? For whom are you supporting? For whom are you creating this and that? To whom are you saying, "It’s mine and thine and theirs"? Listen. Yeh pathar ka desh hai, pagli. Yeh pathar ka desh hai, pagli. Yaha koi nahi tera hoi. Oh, stupid one. Pagli, you can say with love also, "Bish tu blurt." Kaans tu mit libe, oksaage na. Are you crazy? You can say to your best friend also: "What? Are you crazy?" So you can use these things in different ways. Das nennt man sīmfen mit Liebe. Abesolki sīmf ist ein gutes Heilungsmittel. Oh, this world is made of stone, not soft like butter. It means the hearts of people are like stone. Gurujī wrote a prayer: "Lord, make my heart soft like butter." That heart will melt as soon as you see spirituality, satsaṅg, Gurudev, wisdom, practice. Ya koi na terā hoy. Here, nobody is yours. You may think someone is yours. O bird of the cage, nobody knows thy pain. Therefore, meditate, practice your mantra, clean your thoughts, and always sing. Jondharani Jondhir Ramji Gagan Jondharani Jondhir Śaṅkha maṇikyara jarangavāḍī śaṅkha pyās parva nahī̃ rāke satyotaharayāṇ bhagavān. Viśvamahādeva kī jai, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān, Satyasanātan Dharma kī jai ho, Viśvagurū Māmadaleśvara Paramahaṁtsvāmī Maiśvarānandī Gurudeva kī jai ho. So, when the way is guided, keep on your track, on the way. On the day when you realize your destination, your way is finished. You will not look anymore into the map, the road map, because you are already at home. So we have to find a good way, and we shall keep on this way to come to the destination. I wish you all the best, and I do hope that you do not have any wounds in your heart. If you do, please use this ointment: Deep Niranjan Sabduk Bhanjan, Ishi Mantra Se Hoi Manmanjan. I pray to Mahāprabhujī for our mutual understanding, harmony, love, and that we walk hand in hand on the divine path of Om Śrī Alagpurījī Siddha Pīṭha. Tomorrow is the Mahāsamādhi day of our beloved Satguru Dev, Swāmī Madhavānandjī. Tomorrow evening, after the prayer—that means at the new daily time, 7 o’clock—the webcast will begin. It will continue for several hours. There will be many good singers, bhajans, especially folk melodies, bhajans which are disappearing slowly. Many people have told me, "Swamiji, how happy and thankful we are that you keep alive these melodies and bhajans, because everything is now becoming like film songs, different melodies." So, you, my dear brothers and sisters, can record the bhajans if you wish. There will be a whole-night webcast from time to time. Also, next morning, on the 3rd of November, there will be morning lectures and programs. This program is dedicated to world peace, in honor of our beloved Satguru Dev Swami Madhavānandajī, under the umbrella. On behalf of Sri Swami Madhavānandajī and the World Peace Council, you are most welcome to come and attend. Wish you all the best, and God bless you. Om Śānti.