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Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Śrī Devpurīṣī Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa, Śrī Svāmī Madhavānandapurījī Mahārāja Kī Jaya, Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Paramahaṁsa, Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandapurījī Satguru Deva Kī Jaya, Hari Om. Kṛṣṇa Nānjī has gifted me with the spirituality of cement. Kṛṣṇa Nānjī has taught me the spirituality of cement. Take a moment to reflect on it. First they dig the lime out of the ground, and then they burn it at a high temperature many, many times. That is how you get the cement. Then you need this crushed stone, so they bring the stone and stick it in the ground. Gurujī puts it in the machine to crush it, and then you have to collect it. All of that, and then Gurujī sticks it in the mixer and turns you around one way, and then the other way, and then that way, and then that way—until finally it’s all mixed, and then it goes up on the slab. And then it’s somehow loose, so Gurujī again puts this vibrating machine to make everything set. And then you have cement. It’s quite good, all that burning and crushing and then setting. Next time we have a concentration on the Om Ashram, it will be a different experience. I’d like to start by saying some thank yous and announcements. Firstly, as per tradition, the yoga buffet was running. And for the Jadan Āśram project, they raised 1260 euros. This also is one collection for the Gyān Putra. Where it says on the program in May in VEP, it was raised to 335 euros. And from this morning, 140 euros. Thank you very much. I don’t quite know who to say thank you to first. I guess the kitchen. I don’t know if they can hear. They’re here. But it’s thanks to everybody. Thank you to the people who are doing this webcasting. To all those people who organized the setting up of the program, it must be a huge work to organize these halls and the rooms. To those who were, to Sādhvī Dyer, who is doing the Anuṣṭhān. All the teachers are here. To those people who were in Swamiji’s room doing the painting. I would also like to say thank you to those people who managed to get us here and drive us here. And just thank you to everyone for being here. To Gajananjī and to Yogeśjī, it’s just such a pleasure to be together. And also, especially, everyone wanted to thank Kṛṣṇa Nānjī for organizing the running of the program. He has to come here. Krishna Nanjī said we shouldn’t give anybody chocolates, so I break the rule. When Yogāśramjī has a birthday, one can’t forget that then Sudarshanjī also has a birthday. Who is older, Yogāśī? You are Yogāśī’s first. Happy birthday. And I’d also just like to say thank you to everybody. I don’t know how to say this, don’t misunderstand me on this, but I hope I’m not here next year, not because I didn’t enjoy every moment, but only because I hope Swāmījī is here. But it is so beautiful to be here. I just want to thank everybody for being who they are. It’s such an inspiration to see people, to see the way they practice. To see the way that you are with your children. To see the way you manage in your daily life to practice and to put Swāmījī’s teachings into practice. I can’t describe how inspiring it is to come and see that everywhere here in Strilky, in all of the āśrams. I would just like to say praṇāms to everybody for what you’re doing, and of course, how to say thank you to Svāmījī, Svāmījī, Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī. That’s why we’re here. And that’s what we’re here for, to be with him, and to try and be with him the whole time that we’re practicing, the whole time that we’re living. To keep that flame alive, to keep that light alive within us. Sometimes it’s not easy, but it’s the most beautiful thing. And just remember how lucky we are. On the way here this morning, I saw one of these birds that’s going tuk tuk... The only time I’ve ever seen those birds is here and in Strilky, but for me, it brings back a very long childhood memory. When I was a small child, I had one clock in my room. And the clock was actually a clock of this cartoon character, Woody Woodpecker. And the clock was round and small, and there’s a picture of the tree. And the second was Woody Woodpecker going. And constantly tapping on that tree. When I go to sleep, he is going tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk. And I wake up in the morning, and he’s going tuk-tuk all day and all night. He never got very far on the tree, but he kept at it. And when I see this bird and think of that, perhaps it’s a perfect example of what we do. Keep practicing and practicing and practicing. The results come. They may come when we least expect it. But just to keep going, dig, dig, dig. A beautiful example from the Chinese tradition. There is one type of bamboo that doesn’t grow at all for the first five or seven years. It’s just a shoot, just a small green above the ground. And then the next year after that, I think it’s in the eighth year, it grows 80 feet. In one year, 80 feet. Sorry, someone told me I can’t talk in feet in Europe. Hang on, 25 meters. 25 meters in one year. And it’s interesting, in Australia we always talk in meters. We go to India, and we talk in feet, and then we’re stuck in feet. But you know, can you imagine seven years? It’s just there, it’s just above the ground. And then suddenly, such a growth. We practice. Who knows when that time is going to come, when that type of growth will come. Keep doing seva. And know that everything we do, everything we practice, although we may not see it at the time, it is something very, very special that is transforming us. Something very, very special for our future. And just keep going. So once again, to Swāmījī’s praṇāms. Lhako Pranam, hundreds and thousands of praṇāms. This is for the graceful Swamijī. We asked Raci to bring this bunch of flowers to the Guru Ashram in Vienna and put it on the altar. So, thank you. I guess that this seminar is finished. And these three weeks of seminars are finished. And then the 49-week-long seminar starts. The Yoga Intensive. The Yoga in Daily Life Intensive. The hope is that you all got refreshed and re-energized. And have something to take away from your time here practicing with Swamijī. And as Swamījī said yesterday, you can now go and share it with everybody. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satguru Deva Kī Jai, Yuga Yuga Jīho. Yesterday, Yogeshjī was mentioning the story with Āśaramjī, one saint from Gujarat. I don’t think you can say that story too many times. Because the message in it is so strong. As it happened in the Kumbha Melā. And I went to Āśaramjī’s camp to invite him to our camp. He’s a great saint. He’s so famous in India. There were 60,000 people sitting in the tent waiting for his satsaṅg that evening. And there really were oceans of people. It just went on forever, this tent. And as happens in Mahāprabhujī’s world, for some reason, I found myself standing behind the curtain, alone, with 60,000 people outside. Still not quite sure how on earth I got there. And waiting that Asaramjī comes in his car, because from that point he goes up to the stage. And he really came in the car all the way there, as happens in India whenever there’s a car coming, in a cloud of dust. The car stopped, and he waited for a while for the dust to settle, which is also a good thing. This is a kind of Indian wisdom, and then he opened the door and came out. Now, you have to realize that there was nobody there to introduce me or say who I was. And he had nobody else in the car with him, except the driver. And he just jumped out of the car and started walking. And he just jumped out of the car and started coming towards me. And I don’t even remember if I had time to say Hari Om. He was coming so quickly. You know how fast Swāmījī can walk. And when he’s really walking with Shakti. This was the same. Just walking towards me, he grabbed me by the shoulders. And he really grabs me by the shoulders and says, “You’re from Maheśvara Nandājī?” And I said, “Yes, Maheśvara Nandājī from Rajasthan.” He knows Swāmījī since a very long time, and he knows Gurujī, maybe 40 or 50 years, I guess. Gurujī had an ashram in Ahmedabad, the capital city of Gujarat, and Āśaramjī’s ashram, his main ashram, is actually on the same road about two kilometers further, so from that time they know each other. When Gurujī was sick and in the hospital in Jodhpur, just before he took samādhi, Āśaramjī actually came there, especially to Jodhpur, and spent an hour with Gurujī in his room, and asked that everybody else go out. Some special, special connection was there. But he came towards me, grabbing me by the shoulders. “You’re from Maheśvarānandajī, you’re from Maheśvarānandajī.” I didn’t have to move my head because it was going, yes. And then he said what Yogeśjī was telling last night. He said, “Maheśvarānandajī, he is great, he is such a great saint. You don’t know what you have. Whatever you do, don’t let go.” I’m still going. All the time he’s saying this, he’s shaking. “Don’t let go, don’t let go. Don’t let go, don’t let go.” As Yogasjī said, he will try and kick you off, just hold on to his foot. Don’t let go, don’t let go. And I’m going, yes, yes, yes. But that message, just hear it and remember it. He knows what Swamijī is. Āśaramjī can see that, and I think his message for all of us is so strong. We all go through times in our practice where it can be difficult. And we’ll all go through times when it would be so beautiful. But we just don’t let go. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Śrī Śrīdeva Purī Śreṣṭhadeva, Kī Jaya, Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa, Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānanda Purījī Mahārāja, Kī Jaya, Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Paramahaṁsa, Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Purījī Satguru Deva, Kī Jaya. Sarveṣāṃ svasti bhavatu, sarveṣāṃ śānti bhavatu, sarveṣāṃ maṅgalaṃ bhavatu, sarveṣāṃ pūrṇaṃ bhavatu. Lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu. Tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭi-vardhanam, urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt. Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭi Vardhanam. Nāhaṁ kartā, prabhu dīp kartā, Mahāprabhujī dīp kartā hai. Kevalaṁ Śānti, Śānti, Śānti. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Satguru Dev Kī Jaya.