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Your being in this world is more needed than you think. Har mānav upkārī hai, Jahā siṅgh ban gahe khilone. Gāye jahā mā pyārī hai, Jahā savera śaṅkh bajātā. Lorī gātī śām hai, Har balā devī pratimā. Bachchā bachchā Rām hai. Baccha Baccha Rām, jiske sainik samar bhūmi meṁ jāyā karte Gītā hai. Jahāṁ khet meṁ halke niche khelā kartī Sītā hai, jīvan kā ādarś jahāṁ par Parmeśvar kā dhām hai. Har Bālā Devī kī pratimā, Baccha Baccha Rām hai. Baccha Baccha Rām, jahāṁ karma se bhāj badalte śrama niṣṭhā Kalyāṇī hai. Tyāg aur tap kī gāthā gaātī kavī kī vāṇī hai, gyān jahān kā Gaṅgā jal sā nirmal hai, abhirām hai, har bālā Devī kī pratimā, baccā baccā Rām hai, baccā baccā Rām. I said before that yoga without spirituality is a body without a soul. A part of yoga requires a master. Nothing in this world, nothing in our human civilization, functions without a master. In English, you call it a master; in Hindi and Sanskrit, we call it a guru. Guru means darkness, and Guru means light. He who leads us from the darkness of ignorance to the light of wisdom or knowledge is the guru. For example, a driving teacher is your driving guru. You could not drive, but someone told you how to drive. You practiced, and now you can drive. What is different in you now compared to before? You still have the same body, the same two eyes; nothing has changed in your body. But you know how to drive. What changed in you? That knowledge awoke in you, and you became alert and aware of it. If you are studying something, or learning to be an electrician, you also must have a master. From primary school until university, you have a master. For every profession, we need a master. In this modern civilization, complications appear day by day. Whatever you have learned, you need a certificate. If you have no certificate, they will not trust you or believe you. That certificate, its signature and stamp, holds the value. You cannot sign and stamp it yourself and say, "This is my medical doctor certificate." It will not function. This is how, in our material world, it is very important to have a master. If it is important in this material world, then what about the spiritual world? We do need spiritual guidance. Without guidance, you are lost. Of course, you can say, "I don’t want a guru. I myself am the guru, and I will do it." I know. Then do it. It is all right, do it. But you will not achieve that which you should achieve. Therefore, practice the correct technique. The mantra, which is the energy the master gives you at the time of initiation, is something like... If your car does not start because your battery is down, you bring another car or battery and connect it. The energy from the other battery will start your car. Then you can go, and your battery will function again. So we need that first push, that first awakening, which is dormant here. All the chakras are very, very important. We will come to these chakras, I hope, in a few years, because every chakra has its own phenomenon and explanation, which are very important. I went to learn how to drive, and the driving teacher took me to a place where you could just move the car. For one hour, he was only talking. I said, "Yes, let’s start." He said, "Moment, moment." I said, "Yes, I know now." He said, "No, no... a moment." He explained everything, and then he said, "Okay, try." It was not functioning. So he said you must first have the theory, the knowledge, and then practice. Put the theory into practice, and then realize it. Practice is very important. First was the theory of flying—that we would like to fly like birds—then it was put into theory, and then into practical knowledge. Now you see the aeroplane; for me, this is a wonder. It is practical knowledge. From Los Angeles to Auckland, Wellington, we flew twelve and a half hours non-stop, 945 km per hour speed, a big plane, double-decker. My God, everyone had enough to eat and drink and sit, and everyone had heavy luggage. You know how many thousands of kilos that was, flying without anything? That is practice. That is practical: theory and practice. So yoga should be both theory and practice. It is called a Brahmaniṣṭha-Śrotriya master. Brahmaniṣṭha is the knower of the truth, and Śrotriya is one who can inspire us. So not only inspiring us, but one who can lead us. We need both: Brahmaniṣṭha-Śrotriya. Then things function. So the kuṇḍalinī begins from here. That is the serpent power. Now, please, yes. Yesterday, very briefly, we talked. Chakras are on the foot sole, from toes to the heels, and our ankle joint chakras belong to the earth. From the ankle joint to the knee belongs to the vegetation. From the knees till the hip joint belongs to the animal kingdom. From the hip joint, from Uladar till the Viśuddhi Cakra, belongs to human consciousness and is mixed with animal consciousness qualities. From here upward are the divine chakras. We are stuck somewhere here, and we are confused perhaps here. So let us come further, please. The Mūlādhāra chakra, thank you. Well, this is something. Now, this is a methodological picture here, drawn. When you see your chakras, I do not think that you will see them. It can happen that you will see, but in case... Of course, if you see your chakras, then it will not be exactly like this. So if you do not see like this, do not be unhappy that you are trying for years and years and it is not fair. I would suggest that if you want to see this chakra exactly like this, then you have the book. Look at the chakra. Some symbols are given here: the colors, the symbols, which have their meaning. That is what is meant and endorsed in that level of consciousness, in that particular chakra. This is called the Mūlādhāra Chakra. Let us come again word by word, very clearly. First, we come to the name: Mūlādhāra. Mūlādhāra. Mūla means roots, or Mūla means the main cause. What was the main cause or main purpose? And Mūla means Mūla Prakṛti. Ādhāra means the base. Like this building has a strong foundation, ādhāra; the entire building, all the structures, are based on that foundation. So the human consciousness or individual personality is based on this chakra, Mūlādhāra. Mūla means the roots, and the roots are very important for our trees to exist. If the roots are cut off or rotten, the tree is also rotten. So this is named Mūlādhāra. It is a beautiful name. Now we come to the color. The color is red. The red color is the color of the energy, Śakti. Energy is again feminine, and therefore Śakti, while the Śakti is the feminine, and her color is a red color. This red color means it is concentrated energy. Our planet, our Earth, is a red planet, red Earth color. Earth is red, and so Mūlādhāra is because this is the Earth chakra, the earth element. These five chakras, which we saw from the beginning, Mūlādhāra till Viśuddhi chakra, these are the five elements: earth element, water element, fire element, air element, and space element. A very nice, beautiful combination of all the elements and functions, different ones, are put together in this chakra. It is a beautiful... it takes a long time to understand. We should first understand and then try to awaken. So, red color is concentrated energy here. This is the Mūlādhāra. Now we are coming to this lotus flower. What does the lotus mean in Indian mythology? The lotus has very spiritual, divine meanings. It is said that the lotus flower is offered to God on the altar, or to God itself, by divine creatures or divine beings, apsarās or sub-devas. Like you have heard or you believe, there are some angels. Are there some angels? Yes or no? Did you see them? Yes or no? Without their being, this world would not function. Angels, there are angels who are protecting us. These are astral beings. They are existing; they are here at present, in this complete hall. There are many, many holy angels moving here. Many holy spirits are here, if you can see. You are free to see, please look. But in order to see those angels, we have to awaken some of our chakras: the heart chakra and the ājñā chakra, to listen to them and everything. Angels, every morning in Brahma Muhūrta, before the dawn, the sunrise, when the first dawn breaks out, that time the angels come and collect this lotus, and it is brought to God. Secondly, the lotus blossom is a beautiful blossom. In Indian mythology, or in belief, we call God "Kamala-nayana," the eye of the lotus. The Lord is so beautiful, like a beautiful lotus blossom when the lotus opens, like his beautiful eyes open. Another meaning of the lotus is now coming down. You know, the lotus plant cannot exist without water. And that kind of water is not very clean; it is a little muddy, a little dirty. In this dirty and muddy water, a beautiful lotus grows. We spoke yesterday about the moon principle and water. Water means māyā. Maybe there are some ladies whose name is Māyā; please do not be angry with me. Māyā means illusion. Māyā means temptation. Māyā means darkness, and māyā means confusion. Māyā, water. Water is that energy, the temptation. This world we call the worldly ocean. Worldly ocean means our worldly situation, life situation. Unfortunately, we must say the worldly situation is not so clean. We are stuck in it now. If we want to develop, then we have to incarnate here in this world. If you do not want to live in this world, then you cannot develop. This is a karmabhūmi, the planet of karma where you can develop. If we want to have the lotus flower, then we must have that pond. If this pond is not there, the lotus cannot be there. Now, though the lotus is in this dirty water, you will see from the roots till the top of the plant, including the buds, it is untouched by water. If you go through the stem, look through, water cannot touch the stem. They have very fine hair on the needles, which you see. It does not let water through. Constantly, oxygen is coming to the roots, and always the blossom is above the water. This is a symbol for us that, though we are in this world, we should be above all these temptations, prapañca, all this worldly suffering and quarreling and dualities and fighting, and "my" and "thy," and "this" and "that"—all this. This is what makes us crazy. We are not born for this. When we die physically and come to God, God will say, "Thank you, my son. Thank you, my daughter. You were fighting against that religion and that culture, and you led their war, and you killed them. Oh, you are a hero. Thank you, my son." Will the Father say, the Holy Father of God, say like this? If you believe in God, such a God? Then He will say, "What a shame, my child. I did not send you into the world for these things. Religion, what we call God, did not create the religion; we created it. If we believe the religion, then according to God’s principle, there is no fighting." But we fight because we want to have power, position, the majority. How many members do I have? That is it. How many ships do you have in your yard? That is it. So we misunderstood the religion again, and just in the name of religion, religion has become just the emblem for our company. Therefore, religion means something different. Yesterday, we spoke about relation. Religion means relation, and human life means duty. What duty? What means? Realize. Realize your relation becomes religion. Realize your relation. So, realize the relation. Which relation? That I am part of the Supreme. All are the sons and daughters of God, not only humans, but animals also, the plants also. If you can listen and speak to the plants, they will also speak, and they will say, "Yes, I am also a creature, part of the cosmic one." The divine consciousness enters into this material, and then you can realize and feel everything, oneness in them. That is the purpose of the awakening of the kuṇḍalinī. So, the lotus means a symbol, an indication: be above all this worldly quarrel. What disturbs you? What does not disturb you? Hope you do not like, and you like. What belongs to you? What does not belong to you is only temporary. Everything will remain here, and all everything will be taken away from you. You cannot take even a single dollar with you. What a miracle that before going from this world, you cannot book your hotel or apartment somewhere, and if you do not like it, you cannot come back. No telephone, no telepathy, nothing will function. And in case, somehow, you manage to come back and knock on your door, your family members will get a heart attack. Oh my God, what a life, what a wonder. And for what are we fighting here? So work, serve, love, and be above, like a... In the lotus, there is an Indian community in an Indian temple. They sometimes sing some bhajans, a song, and they say it in this song: "Oh Lord, if I have to stay in this world, then help me that I live in this world like a lotus in the water. Jag mein rahoon, toh aise rahoon jo jal mein kamal kā phool rahī." My Lord, help me that I am detached from everything. Nothing can touch me. Through and through, I am above, though I am within my duty. So, let your consciousness unfold. The unfoldment of consciousness is qualities, like each petal is opening. So we, through our abilities, through our work, through our love, through our understanding, we create this beauty in this world. So your being in this world is more needed than you think. Therefore, never think that I want to die now. No. Pray to God: "Please give me the chance to serve Thy creatures as long as possible. Let me be the light in darkness." There is one beautiful bhajan, also one song, and the song is very, very old from one saint, Jñāneśvar. There is the Bhagavad Gītā. If you want to read the Bhagavad Gītā, the best Bhagavad Gītā translation is from one saint, Gyāneśvar; it is called Gyāneśvar Gītā. Many of you know about this holy book, and I would say the best yoga book is the Gītā. Because there are 18 chapters, and each chapter’s beginning and ending has the name of yoga: Bhakti Yoga, Jñāna Yoga, Sāṅkhya Yoga, Puruṣottama Yoga, Karma Yoga, and so on. The 18th chapter, and there he says: "Jñāneśvara jyot se jyot jagāte calo, prem kī Gaṅgā bahāte calo..." Jyoti se jyoti jagate chalo. Walk and everywhere light the candles, the light on your path. Let it flow with you, the Ganges of love, the river of love. Wherever you come, a feeling of happiness is coming, and not that someone says, "Oh God, he is again here." No one should have this feeling; people should look forward to seeing you. That is Prem Kī Gaṅgā, the river of love flows with you. The light of wisdom, if you see on the path where you are walking, meek ones or troubled ones, hug them, do not avoid them. That is how the human should live, and that is a symbol of the lotus.