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The subject is meditation. Meditation is one of the best and prime techniques of yoga. All the saints here in the Himalayas, and all holy yogīs in the Himalayas—here in Annapurna and everywhere else in different parts of the Himalayas, as well as in India or in different parts of the world—they are meditating. Meditation means to research oneself. We, in this Kali Yuga, in this modern civilization, are disrupted very much by outer worldly activities, problems, pollution, sound pollution, and so on. In this Kali Yuga, and especially now in this modern world, humans are disturbed very much. Humans are full of distress. Humans cannot sleep. Humans are full of fear, and humans struggle in this life to find peace and to find the way, finally, to Brahma Jñāna or Ātmā Jñāna, or Self-Realization. For this, for yugas and yugas, from the Satyuga, when Swayambhu, Śiva, when Śiva manifested himself—we call him Swayambhu, no one has created him, he has manifested himself, Śiva. Shiva Tattva is the highest Tattva in the universe. And Śiva means the Guru Tattva, and Guru Tattva means the Brahma Tattva. Guru Brahmā, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara: Brahma Tattva, Viṣṇu Tattva, and Śiva Tattva. These three tattvas are included in the Guru tattva. Gurur Brahma, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvara, Gurur Sākṣāt Par Brahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaha. Therefore, adoration, our respect, and our prayers to the Gurudev’s holy lotus feet. So that Guru, Ādi Guru Śiva, which we call Ādi Guru, Ādi, Anādi Guru, which is the Guru Tattva, "Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya," leads us from the darkness to the light. So in the darkness of the universe, in that dark, empty space, Anant Brahman, there the Śiva Jyoti appears. First, Nāda-yoga. Nāda-rūpa Parabrahma. Parabrahma is the form of God. Nāda-dhvani. And through that Nāda, Śiva appears in the form of light, Śiva-jyoti. And Shiva appears in this Brahman. That is Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya. So, lead us from the darkness to the light. Hame andhakār kī aur se hata kar, he param pitā paramātmā prakāś kī aur le jāī. To voh prakāś jo hai, gū yani andhakār, rū yani prakāś. Gu means darkness, ignorance, and ru means the light. That Guru Tattva we have to achieve in this life, otherwise again this soul will travel in this endless circle of birth and death, birth and death. That’s Śiva Jyoti. When Śiva appeared, how did he appear? First, Jyoti. First was the light, the flame, blue, beautiful Śiva Jyoti. And then the embodiment of Śiva. In which mudrā? Śiva was in meditation. And Śiva had a yugas and yugas meditation, not only for one hour, not only for one minute, and then he opened his eyes, no. That message of the meditation was brought by the great Guru Tattva Śiva. Shiva brought the meditation. And then that meditation was declared in two forms. Samādhi. Samādhi means śam. It means to become one again. Adi means with Adi and Adi, where there is no boundary. There is no limitation beyond the limitations, beyond the boundaries. So that means two kinds of samādhis, mostly. Nirvikalpa samādhi and Savikalpa samādhi. Nirvīja samādhi and Savīja samādhi. Savija samādhi is there where you still have the vṛttis, the thoughts, the wishes. Nirvīja samādhi means all your desires, all your wishes, everything will be. Nothing exists in thyself, in your body, in your mind, in your intellect, in your consciousness, in your breath, and in your emotion. Nothing exists: no anger, no fear, no hate, no jealousy, only one, ānanda. Ānandoham, Ānandoham. Ānandam Brahmanandam. That time one is one with that Supreme Brahman, the Meditator. So meditation began at the very beginning of the creation of the śṛṣṭi, the creation of this universe and this planet and life on this planet. The meditation comes from Śiva. Slowly, slowly, it was recognized by the humans, and among humans were the many ṛṣis, yogīs, and yatīs. Yati is not an animal here. Now people were thinking yati is like a bear. Yati is not a bear. Yatija yogī, that Siddha yogī, tapasyā karte karte, wo barf ke andar revesh re sakte, wo jamīn se upar uṭh sakte, wo yatna karte, jo yatna kartā hai, usko yati kate, yogī yati, koī mehnat karte, bhove bhajan kī badī, ye man bandar badā harāmī, palme badī bigaḍī, sadom hai, ye man badā anāḍī. So, yatīs, yogīs, sabne, meditation, all were meditating. Finally, or slowly, slowly, in this Kali Yuga, in the last few thousand years, many holy saints incarnated, and they all, they went to meditate. Even the Christians, or Buddhists, or Jews, or Muslims, or Hindus—all religions—their saints are meditating in prayer. Because meditation is a way to your inner peace, and inner peace is a way to world peace. Therefore, Mahātmā Gandhi said, there is no way to peace. Peace itself is a way. It means first you have to realize peace within thyself. You have to clean your antaḥkaraṇa, man, buddhi, citta, ahaṃkāras. Hey mānav, terā ahaṃkār hai, vohī tujhe dukh de rahā hai. O human, it is your ego that is torturing you. It is your ego and your greed, your jealousy and your anger that are torturing you. Tumhara kaam, krodh, madha, lobha, moha, ahaṅkāra, yeh magarmach kī tarah tumhārī antarakaraṇa mein baite hue haiṅ aur tere ko din par din duḥkh de rahe haiṅ. Meditation now, in this modern technology, in this modern civilization, in this modern world, is a computation, a material computation, a big computation: who will be the richest of this world? Who will... Be they have big company things, that that many things now all the time. In the past, you guys, the computation was about God, spirituality, meditation, good thoughts, helping. That was the time. So there were challenges. Humans were searching. Manushya doon rahe the, dekh rahe the, ke kahā par ek Siddh yogī hai. Guru Gauraknath, aap jaante hain, sabhīra hai Nepal ke log. Siddhā yogī the, aaj bhī Gauraknāth kī jaya bole jā. So now, in this Kali Yuga, people have restlessness, anxiety, no concentration, and no peace. Therefore, again in yoga, meditation, dhyāna. Meditate on the form of the Gurudev. What is the form of the Gurudev? The pure light. And what is that pure light? Guru Tattva. It is your Gurudev who will give you this. You can try many things, but you will not get. Doesn’t matter how much intellect you develop. Therefore, it is said in bhajan, "Gurudev be na karjanaya sare." Without Gurudev, you cannot be successful. The words of the Gurudev to follow, to obey, is the mantra. The best mantra is that you follow Gurudev’s ājñā. Bhagavān says, "I can give everything, but not salvation." It is the cosmic parliament, the universal parliament, the declaration. Even the gods said, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Devī, Devatā, all, "We can give you everything, but not mokṣa." Mokṣamūlaṁ guru-kṛpā. When you come there, you must go with the passport of the guru-kṛpā. Therefore, guru-kṛpā hi kevalam, or bhakti ke ānanda-maṅgalam. Therefore, meditation is the way. When we meditate, then we dive within ourselves. Self-inquiry meditation of yoga and daily life, that will lead within thyself, and it will purify all your negative energies, and this guru-tattva, the light, the prakāśa, will come. Dear brothers and sisters, I am sorry to be late today because the techniques were not ready and we couldn’t come earlier to the webcast. By the next webcast, I will explain meditation and techniques again. Till then, I wish you all the best, love, and blessings of Mahāprabhujī. God bless you. Om Śānti Śānti. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai.