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Oṁ Pule Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Cha, Śrī Śrī Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī Cha, Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁt Śrī Sāī Maravanan Puradhī Mahārāj Kī Cha, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁt Śrī Sāī Maheśvaranām Puradhī Satguru Deva Kī Cha. How do you do, everybody around the world, all of our guru brothers and sisters? On Christmas, on behalf of all of us here in Jadon, firstly, I’d just like to say to everybody, Merry Christmas. I guess for everybody, this Christmas time has different memories of their childhood or their youth or their family. And it very much depends on where you were brought up or in what climate you were brought up. I guess many will think of Christmas as a time of being very cold and snowy. On the contrary, I’ll remember Christmas as a time when you get up early in the morning and go for a surf, because it’s the middle of summer in Australia. So in our family, the tradition was actually first to go about six o’clock to the beach, have a swim, and then come back for Christmas. I would guess it’s a little bit different in Europe. But no matter where you were celebrating or how you remember Christmas, I would guess that for almost everybody, it’s about coming together as family and friends, and sharing time together. It is about spending time together with joy and enjoying having a good meal together, perhaps sharing presents. And especially, it’s a time for children, for a lot of joy for them and a lot of laughter. For many, it is also a very, very important time spiritually, because it represents the birth of Lord Jesus and his incarnation on the earth, and then what he offered to everybody: his message. That, as Swamijī is often telling us, is the same message in all religions. The basic essence is always there. It’s about peace, it’s about love, it’s about understanding, compassion, and forgiveness. This time is one to remind ourselves of all of those things and to try to offer them to everybody around us. I was remembering once a hymn that we used to sing when I was at school. I can only remember one little bit, but it was, "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." Because essentially, we can’t just tell other people, "You should be peaceful," but it has to come from us. If we can generate that energy from within ourselves, then it also affects those who are around us. As much as we can talk or make laws or make rules or give education about peace and understanding, it essentially just has to come on a personal level. It’s our dharma, our purpose here, having this human birth: to try and embody those messages which the great saints have given to us, that guidance which they have given. We must try to have those qualities come up from within us and to share them with everybody who is around. As Gandhijī said, and Swamijī often refers to that in his peace conferences, be the change that you want to see. We all want those who are around us and ourselves to be happy. We all want those around us to be happy and peaceful. But that transformation has to start from us. For so many people around the world, Jesus’s message guides their life or is a very important part of their life. And they direct their bhakti, their devotion, towards him and his teaching. There are so many ways to devote that bhakti, to give that devotion. In our paramparā, in the path, we offer our devotion to our guru or to Mahāprabhujī: Devpurījīmu, holigurujīmu. Others offer it to Kṛṣṇa, or to Rām, or to Mahādevjī, Śiva. Many times people ask the question, "But how do I find that bhakti? Where does that bhakti come from, that devotion?" It’s not something that you can make happen. To force bhakti, or to say, "I will devote myself to this," and force it to happen, it just means that somehow it’s fake. When you try to convince yourself that you are on the path of bhakti, you are trying to mislead yourself. It is something that comes from within you. And it may happen that we find out that it is not our path. Many may find that at times they are just full of that bhakti and devotion. Whatever object it may be towards, whether it’s towards your guru or to the master or to nature or whatever, it is just there, like screaming within, so powerfully you feel it. Such a joy, such an energy, it’s so alive. And then at some other time, you may find it’s just not there. You may wonder where it’s gone. We continue our practice, but somehow it feels like that contact has been lost at some point. You can’t force it to happen again. But we continue with our practice, with our sādhanā, and with our karma yoga, and leave the door, the possibility open for it to again come. It also may be that what somebody else is drawn toward is not what draws you. There’s no point in bhakti to try and be like somebody else, because every one of us is different, and we all have our different phenomena within. And at the same time, we cannot force what we feel, even when it may be so strong within us that we want to share it with everyone. You can’t make somebody else feel what you feel. You may be able to show them what a joy it is for you and what a beauty it is, so that people may be inspired to find their own bhakti, and what attracts them to bhakti. But there is no recipe that you do this, and this, and... you have bhakti. Which would tell you that if you do this, this, and this, you will have bhakti. We have our own practice of pūjā, kriyā, meditation, that we keep going and we can purify ourselves, so that it can have the chance to blossom. And so I guess that at Christmas time, for those people who feel that devotion and bhakti towards Jesus, it must be their most beautiful time of the year. And for those who may not feel that same devotion, who have a different object of devotion, then, take the chance to be inspired by those people’s devotion. It’s beautiful to see other people in their practice, to see what different paths can bring, what peace they can bring, what joy they can bring within people. And it doesn’t matter if it’s from this path or that path or that... path. That peace and joy and love that come from the paths, it’s all the same. It’s all so beautiful. So to everybody around the world, when they are celebrating with their families or whatever they may be doing on this day: enjoy that feeling of unity that comes with Christmas, of sharing, of forgiveness. And take the chance to share everybody else’s love and their beauty, what they have inside, and also to share yours with everybody else. Om Śrīdik Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrīdeva Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī Jai, Dharm Samrāṭ Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Maravananpurījī Mahārāj Kī Jai, Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Maheśvaranampurījī Satguru Dev Kī Jai, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Samjāsarāj Puruṣa Mahārāj Kī Jai. Om Śrīdīk Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai Mera Satguru Diyo Isharo, Mera Gyani Guru Diyo Isharo, Mamma Satya Swaro Pavicharo, Mamma Satya Swaro Pavicharo, Tella me tella daru me agni Pushpa gandha sammasaro. Nā bhāni lā paṇḍā ekā kārāmāno jolo hāme hathiyāro... Mērā sattvā guru diyo īśāro, mērā jāni guru diyo īśāro. MAMASATYA MEDHA SATTA GURU DIO ISHARO, MEDHA KYANI GURU DIO ISHARO. Mehi Pada Pujaro, Mehi Kashi, Mehi Mathura, Mehi Ganga Kedaro. Mehi Pada Pujaro, Mehi Kashi, Mehi Mathura, Mehi Ganga Kedaro. Mera Sattva Gurujiyo Isharo, Medha Jnani Guru Diyo Ishaaro. Mamasachiasvaro Pavicharo, Mamasachiasvaro Satta Guru Diyo Ishaaro. Medha Jnani Guru Diyo Ishaaro. Mahimala Tilaka Sumaraṇa Mena Avadha Bhakti Varo Mahima mehi gāo, mehi sunnane haro.... Sutta guru diyo iśāro, merā jñānī guru diyo iśāro. Mama satya svaro pavichāro mama. Da Guru Devo Ishāro, Da Gyānī Guru Devo Ishāro, Devakā Mehi Swāmī, Mehi Bhānu Jāro, Mehi Swāmī, Mehi Bhānu Jāro, Mehi sura sitāra, vijjali sabba mero, śanna mahāro... Medha sattva guru diyo, inshaaro. Medha jñānī guru diyo, inshaaro. Mama Satya svarūpa vichāro. Mama Satya sattva guru diyo vichāro. Medha jñānī guru diyo vichāro. Usho me iso tuve, tu mu jase na hinyāro. Usho me hi me iso tuve, tu mudrāsena hinyāro. Swāmīdīpaka heśvara. Mahima Gīta grantha pukāro, Svāmī Dīpaka Heshvara, Mahima Gīta grantha pukāro, mera sattva guru diya hinsāro, Medhā jñānī guru diya inshāra, Mama satya svaro pavinshāra, Mama satya svaro pavinshāra, Medhā sattva guru diya inshāra, Medhā jñānī guru diya inshāra, Bholē Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavāna kī je. Dev Vāḍī Dev Śambhu Śrī Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī Je, Śyālakha Puruṣa Bhagavāna Kī Je, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Svāmī Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavāna Kī Je, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍala Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Purījī Sataguru Deva Kī Je.