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Good morning, everyone. How are you? It is a beautiful day. For Europeans, there is a wish associated with Christmas: snow. I thought they wished for blessings. But God said, "If they are happy with the snow, then I will save the blessing for others." Then Shiva had to interfere. Shiva said, "No, not like this." In the Himalayas, on Kailāśa mountain, beautiful white snow was falling. And he said, "No." So Shiva stood up and performed the Nāṭarāja Nṛtya. Shiva danced, he moved his hair, and snow fell. So he said, "This is not snow; it is a blessing." Therefore, the snow, with these white flowers, is flowing. The snow is the dust of Shiva’s hair, and that is holy. So with this, the blessing is here. But some people say, "Oh God, we are freezing; we are not Śiva." So God said, "Okay." You will have a very nice, hot, sunny day and enjoy the beach. So Australia, China, and that part of the world, they wish for the sun, and they have a beautiful day. This time of holy festivals is about awakening the sleeping consciousness in humans. That kind of consciousness is what we call spiritual consciousness. Even people who do not believe in God, who are only concentrating on their business, at least they are using something for Christmas presents. So it does not matter in which way you prepare something—chocolate, toys, or anything for Christmas time. Whoever receives it will be happy. And their happiness will also be granted to those who make these things. And when you eat a lot of chocolates, some dentists are happy; they will have more clients. And some are unhappy because people do not take care of their teeth. So in every aspect, it is the awakening of consciousness. Yesterday I was thinking a lot in the evening. Again, I was thinking, why were people talking so much about the end of December, that the world would be finished? It was only a dogma, gossiping. But still, if we believe that it could happen, then it is not happening. Because the divine consciousness is awoken in everyone, and luckily it is Christmas time, so I think Jesus can change the calendar. He can change everything. Why should we be afraid? God will not let us go somewhere in the darkness at this Christmas time. Just now there was bhajan singing: Tehri Satguru rāke laj cintāmaṭ karnā. Gurudev will protect you; do not worry. Nirvāyī raho niśaṅk. Be fearless, with no doubts. Nirvāyī raho niśaṅk. So, people who have doubts in God are afraid. We do believe, we do trust in God, and so this is a spiritual awakening, a time of spiritual awakening. It could be Christmas time, or what we call Dīvālī, or Guru Pūrṇimā, or what they call in Islam the Īd, the Rozā. Every belief, different beliefs, they have holy days. And in reality, within them, there is a longing for the spirituality of God. And everyone believes in different forms of the Gods. This is the one aspect of the holy festivals. Second, to accept. Accept everyone. Forget, forgive. Someone’s bad behavior or not-good behavior toward you—maybe a partner, parents, children, neighbors, colleagues. But this is a time when spiritual consciousness is awakening, and we give a present and say, "Forgive it, please." So it is the day where we make everyone happy. And we make happy in that way; that is the spiritual way. Even if you give some valuable presents, that does not mean money or material things. But with that, you give your appreciation, you give your love, your respect. So this is the day of real friendship. So, friend, we call it dosti. In Hindi we call it dosti. The translation of dosti is not "friend." Do means two—you and me, two, do—and satī means the truthful. That is the best friend, who walks on the path of Brahma satya, jagat mithyā, or the name of God, and also guides others on this path. As Gurudev said in this bhajan: Satyapati chalna. Holy Gurujī said, Satyapati chalna. So it means we walk on the path of that eternal truth. So do not fight over little things, like that someone stole my chocolate. No. Or, he is lying here; someone will eat. The money you have, money you put somewhere because you do not need to pay someone anywhere, money is lying, and someone is in need, and someone says, "Oh, here is money; I can pay my electric bill." So take it in a different way. This is not a part of lie or un-lie, truth or not truth. Because it is said: Brahma-satyaṁ, jagat-mithyā. The truth is Brahman, that God, which is not in form, the eternal one. We call it Brahman; in Christianity they call it the Holy Father; Muslims say Allah, and so on. So that is the truth. Jagat mithyā. And this world is mithyā, not reality. Well, I am sitting here in front of you; it is a reality. But how long? After half an hour, I will say bye-bye. So that is changeability. So where there is changeability, there is no reality. The reality is there where there is the permanent, the sustainable. So this is the day where we take a saṅkalpa. We make a vow. We promise to ourselves that we will maintain our positive relations with love, understanding, and kindness. Let me be the light in darkness. Each and every step should lead to the light. And I, oh Lord, even if there is darkness, I come, the darkness will disappear. This is thy light, light of wisdom and love. There is a very old film, maybe more than 60 years old. Now, these films are not films. It is a crazy world and crazy dancing. Especially when you see the Indian films, my God. Europeans do not understand what this is. Are they schizophrenic, or what is that? Okay, Indian dance is that classical Indian dance. The dance is, how to say, founded or implemented in life from India. And that was a mudrā; that is a language. So, cosmic dance, Shiva dance, many, many different kinds of dances—this is an indication, this is a mudrā, it is a language, that is a language. Language without words, expressing through the limbs, and that resonates with the music. Our mind is that vīṇā, the sitar. Manka vina, this vina. Do not break that string of your inner sitar. Tune your mental waves. You will hear anāhadnāda. And that Anahata Nāda, which is produced through a beautiful instrument or through your body, we need practice. If there is a sitar standing near me, and you say, "Swāmījī, please, can you play a little?" Of course I can. But to whom the sitar belongs, he would say, "Enough, enough, Swāmījī, because if I make it so, it will break all the strings." So, the master is that one who takes the essence, beauty, and divinity from the instruments—maybe harmonium, anything—but that tuning is in your mind. But when the thread is broken, the string is broken. So this festival for us is to tune our relations in harmony. If one restless thought comes, you have disturbed your relation. So it should be that tuned, everything. So the dance begins from Śiva, Nāṭarāja, the king, Śiva. And so also music began from his ḍamaru. And when his hair is moving, the beautiful resonance of the sitar. And he is the universal one. So there is an old film, and that is called Mother India. I told you that there are many beautiful countries, good countries, but India has two titles. It is called Mother India and Holy Bhārat because so many incarnations and ṛṣis incarnated. The reality we do not compare with the present situation. Look at the beautiful Czech culture. The country where milk and honey flow. Mystic Prague. Be how beautiful. And how many Czechs are sitting here? But I would say maybe 1% of the Czech people are following the Czech culture. Others, we became a mishmash, what we call the new culture. And even in the Czech Republic, in every district, we had different cultures, different traditions, different uniforms. But of course, the Slovaks, they said, "What do you think, Swamiji? We also have a great culture." Hungary said, "We gave half to Slovakia." Slovaks said, "That is not true. You imported from Slovakia." So, import-export culture. So, where there is a human, there is a culture. And where there is a culture, there is a human. But we do not have the right to destroy the culture. We should respect it. So, holy Bhārat, mother India, and I do not know, I did not see complete, maybe I saw it, it was in ’65 or somewhere, ’66, a small child, a boy, but one thing I remember from my childhood, from my birth onwards, with my first breath, whatever I experienced, positive is in me, and negative I am removing. So it is said, the Indians sitting, they can sing better than me. Now, all our friends on webcast will say that Swamijī is singing a filming song. Beautiful. So, it is said: Jyoti se jyoti jagate chalo on every step, because you have a light in hand and you light others also. Jyoti se jyoti jagate chalo. This is called Dīpamālā. And that is called the Deep Jharā. Vṛkṣa. The Christmas tree. Dīvālī tree. Jyoti se jyoti jagāte. Light to light. Each of your steps should lead you to the light. Your every word should lead you to the light. Light of inspiration, light of motivation, light of confidence, and light to continue this trend. Jyoti sī jyoti jalate chalo, aur prem kī Gaṅgā bahate chalo. And you know, with you the river should flow, the river of love. That Prem Gaṅgā, that Gaṅgā is the prem, the love. Therefore, when I was in Fiji and I had a lecture, so they are about 60-70% Indians. They immigrated a few generations before. Many have not even seen India, but they introduced me. And they spoke something, and they said first, "Swamiji, we are the citizens of that country where the Gaṅgā is flowing. Mata." So Gaṅgā Mata. Many rivers are very pure, beautiful, good, holy. But we do not say "Mata Holy Ganga." We say "Mata Holy Ganga." Not other, you know. So what means the Māta? Every mother here is that Gaṅgā Māta. So with you, love should flow, or love should accompany you as a mother’s love. And the light is the father’s wisdom. So sometimes there is a little conflict between love and light. But love is light, and light is love. No differences. If you meet anyone on your path, especially the suffering one, the meek one, embrace all means in your heart: mercy, love, kindness. So these are the festivals which are around the whole world, beautiful ones. But there are also some festivals where there is drink and dance, and you fall down and pass out. So that is a fast way, a fast way, a different way. And spiritually, it is Poláko, poláko. That is it. Pomalu. That is it. Pomalu, pomalu. Manuá. So, these holy religious festivals should be understood and respected by all. When your neighbor’s daughter is marrying, you should participate in their happiness. So that when your daughter marries, they will also participate with you. So to understand the light is the wisdom. Love is the mother, and holy is your body in which this Gaṅgā, Yamunā and Sarasvatī, all three rivers, are flowing. So the science of yoga is the science of body, mind, consciousness and ātma-jñāna. Everything is in it, and therefore, yoga postures or āsanas, what you call them, they are just not a kind of sport. Now, I do not know what kind of things they are doing. They are rolling around the pillars and putting the head to the pillars. And what is this? This is the kind of yoga I want to test. Shiva never put any pillar in there. In Shiva’s yoga hall, it is very clean and has enough space. Here, the hall is bigger than this. You know, these are the caves in the mountains. That is why in the mountains the caves remain, because Shiva’s bhaktas are living there. So every posture has an awakening of the positive energy and consciousness. It is not necessary that you practice twenty postures. You may do one or two or five, but those postures which will activate and regenerate your vitality in the body—gland systems, nerve systems, ligaments, muscles, and joints get a new life in it. At that time, the energy centers are activated. What we call the chakra, your strength is that chakra is strength. We cannot see the energy, but without energy, we are completely ill. So yoga postures were designed to influence, regulate, and harmonize the physical system. So that through these postures we become free from this stress, and tranquilizing is there in the mind, in the thoughts. Positive waves come in the body, and you have feelings to give. But there is no one who receives, only one. That is God. And that is why we close our eyes and sit in meditation. Our inner self has an urge to give something, and that is universal love. It is not an individual one. And when we feel doubts in us, or when we feel that I am not strong enough, I do not know if I will succeed, therefore we have that mantra. Mantra, mantra means mind. Mantra means contentment. When you are thirsty, you drink nice water, your thirst is quenched. Similarly, this mind is a restless mind. It is hungry, and through mantra, the mind gets completely happy, relaxed, and content. And so, mantra. And at that time, what we call all vṛttis become positive. But the mind is not guilty. We should not blame the poor mind. So, Kabīrdās said: "Man marā na mamatā marī." You could not control or kill your mind. Why? Because you did not kill your mamatā. Mamatā means ego, mind, I. This mamta is the cause of all ties of attachment and suffering, because the mind was not controlled, because the mamta, the longing, was not controlled. Or murmur gaya sharīra, the body died. Mamta did not die with the body. Mamta is like a shadow of the body. You run away from your shadow. Do it. Go in an aeroplane and say, "Bye bye, stay in Czech." You get out in Tokyo, and you are surprised by what is there in front of you. So this is the shadow of our karma, our destiny. It is not easy to get rid of it. So finishing this physical body does not mean everything is finished. So problems are there to solve. Not to run away, and problems are the best school in the world. So, "Mānamāra Nāmamāta Māre," kill your mamatā, attachment. But attachment is not easy to get rid of. It is like a pizza which has thick cheese on it. You cut the slice, but it is still, it says, the cheese is going with like that. It breaks something, and it goes with it. Cheese tells the person who you think, "You cannot get rid of me. I will be the winner. You try to separate me. Very soon, I will completely be in your stomach. I will separate you, not you can separate me." That is a mamta. And when the seeds fall somewhere on your finger, you take it and eat it again. And the seeds are smiling. And when the seeds fall somewhere on your finger, you take them and eat them again. And the seeds are smiling. Man marā na mamatā marī, or mar mar ga ya sārī. Why? Mamatā is not died. Asa, trishna na mari ka gay das kabhi asa. Asa means expectation, and expectation leads to disappointment. The great sitarist Ravi Shankarjī said, "I remember two words from him." He was a guest in Sikandaragasa in Vienna. First, what he said in his sitar playing, not the Rūpa Parabrahma, the form of the Supreme, is that resonance. And the second: expectation leads to disappointment. There is a girl, and she had a boyfriend. And my boyfriend left, went away, somewhere in Russia, far. And he married there, but still she had an expectation. And now, what you call Facebook, and she tried to search Facebook. I advise everyone to step out of your Facebook. Otherwise, after a few years or a decade, you will know what happens. If you have your business, you put it just without your photo and without your bio data. So, anyhow, she found him and tried to get in touch. Of course, he was happy to see her, and she was very happy to see him. After 35 years. Well, always, women are the humble ones, the kind ones. They do not give up. They have respect, they have love. What do I mean? Father can be angry with the child. But mother, no, she will say, "Do not worry, let it be." That is a woman, I mean. Mata bhavatinakumata, mother can never be a bad mother, even an animal mother. Hope. So someone said, "Why are you suffering?" So one wrote a poem. If it is a piece of paper, I can read to you. Why? Kishmat pada na jai, but I cannot read my kishmat to you. Tinka ho to tordej, if it is a piece of wood, I can break it. Prít tori na jai, but love I cannot break. After 38 years, she travels through the biggest country, Russia, in hope to meet him. And she did meet him and had a few days with him. That man explains a lot. He is married and has children. Talking that we will be together again, and after that she came back. No answer. Someone changed everything. Asha, asha is hope, and hope is a walking stick from cradle to grave. Lifelong we are walking on this Āśā. And out of the āśā, or longing, we have called it tṛṣṇā. Asha is desire, and Trishna is longing. Asha Trishna Namri, Kabir Das said, because your mamta you could not overcome, because you have asha, you have a hope. And tṛṣṇā, burning desires in the heart. So these are the three: mamatā, āśā, and tṛṣṇā. These are the three queens of the Māṇā. And these three have taken the manna like a fork, which you eat. So the mind is like a piece of cheese on a fork. And these are the āśā, tṛṣṇā, and mamatā. Therefore, O manas, O mind, be aware. Be alert. So therefore, the spiritual festivals, spiritual meetings, have to awake this knowledge in us. So love is that which makes you happy, relaxed, without doubts, without longing, nothing. But many are thinking now, I get SMS, Swamijī, it is a hard nut, it is a coconut. My dear, this coconut will slowly, slowly also be breaking. So one fox smelled and got a coconut, and he tried to bite and break it, because he thought inside were some good things to eat, though some of his teeth were broken. He goes away. I do not want anymore. And again, he comes back because his nose said, "Go, there is something good." Again, he tried to bite the coconut; he could not open it. Again, he goes away. But he could not open the nut, and he could not enjoy the nut. So, for many of you, it is a very hard coconut. So, what does it mean? Rāmnām nāriyal hai! The name of God is that coconut. Rāmnām nāriyal hai! Mānṣyar guḍāyon lejāt! And his mind is that fox. Try to roll it like a football. And try to bite. He tried to break it. But he cannot break. If he cannot break, how can he eat that nut? So even spirituality is not so easy, my dear. We have to maintain that spirituality, and these are the two hands which make together mudrā, the prayer. It is two hands which will shake, which means we are friends. And these two hands will sing. So with this, what I told you is the words of the great saints. So satsaṅg is for all great holy saints. You may speak about Kabīr Dās, Sūr Dās, Guru Nānak Dās, Jesus, Kṛṣṇa, Buddha, Mahāprabhujī. Wisdom is wisdom. Sometimes you get certain words that touch your heart. I wish you a very holy, divine, spiritual Christmas festival, and enjoy it with your friends, families, on the 24th. Catholics have the 24th, Protestants have the 25th, and Orthodox have, I think, on the 12th, January 7th. So, different. Which should we believe? We believe all. God is everyday born or incarnated, so according to facility, we celebrate. And then, on the calendar, we are beginning a new year. The real new years are yugas. But this is also good. Every sunrise is a new sunrise. Every breath in is like gone, and exhale is like come. Inhaling, awakening, and exhaling again, sitting. So this is the time where the spiritual consciousness awakes. With that spiritual consciousness, the love awakes, and that love means the knowledge, and that knowledge is God. God is love, and love is God. The rest, the world, is asatya. Brahma satya, jagat mithyā; the world is illusion. So, happy new year and divine Christmas. God bless you. And thank you for coming. Take the words that you like. Rest you can leave it here, because Pārvatī and the Stryky people have something to do, to collect again all of it. And Swāmī Gajānand is here, you are all very lucky, and all others coming and going. Hari Om, Vipnaya Bhagavān, Aikishet, what? Bhajananjī wants to sing, Gajanan wants to sing one Gajan. Ha, Bhajan. Gajan, okay. Continue, but you must also show the friends there. They are saying that he is talking, looking all there and on me. And the other people have makeup and everything for nothing. So show them at least also. Om Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Dharma Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jaya. Now you can give me a heart. O Swami dear, you live within me, you live in my heart, my soul, guiding, protecting. Just I sink on thee, and I will receive you wisdom-free. If right to you, that who writes, that is thee, you spot me, dear, who lives within me. My dear, it is in my heart. You are guiding me, protecting me, dear. It seems hard to follow thee, but that which is hard is my heart. It is not me. Sometimes I thought, "Maybe I will leave." When you live within me, amity is in a high, so a protecting is in, lives in you, Mahāprabh, oh dear, you and this tree, but become one, since you live within, a So protect joy within. Of return, flows back towards me. Since Swamijī will live within it, he is in your life. So show me the path, the path to birth thee. Swamiji is within, protecting. Something sings within the sound. He knows nothing but thee. You sing within, O Swāmījī, you live within my heart and soul, protecting me, Jī. You live within my heart and soul, protecting me, Jī. You live within my heart and soul, protecting me, Jī.... You live within my heart and soul. Slavic children wanted to sing a song yesterday. I invite them, and Svāmījī also said that, please, if they come now and sing for us. Well, please go after them. Slavic children sang. Nanda, if they are looking, I am ripped. Ah, ah, she is nipped a lot, and so on. And brother Deep Day, ah, look, ah, ah, she is nipped a lot, and so on. And this boss is my, my... Aishwaryā Nānājī Gurudev kī Jai! Āj kī Ānand kī Jai! Gajanand, this is for you for Holy Christmas. Come. For Gajānand, you know. And for Pārvatī, and for Sādhvidayā, and Sādhimantra Purī, and for Sādhisavitrī, and for the beautiful translation to Arjun Purī. And also, yesterday was translated by your name, Pārvatī. Gayatri. Gayatri. And for these two girls who were for the tea seva, yes. And for the technician who was making perfect technique. And for the webcasting master who brought us all around the world. And this is for little Arjuna, who changed the 14th chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā. Okay. Thank you. No singing today, only chocolate. Hari Om. And there were guards. Guards come, and your friends. For all your friends, yes? Okay. There are still little babies. Which one would you like? Next time you have to play the instruments, okay? And these agarbatis are for all of you to smell next time. And these chocolates, both, are for the kitchen team, the kitchen team. One for the office, one for the kitchen team, and one for the office. Okay. So many blessings, and I wish you a good journey. It was snowing, it is snowing, and the roads are a little bit slippery. I will also drive slowly, slowly. So, thank you all. All the best. Thank you very much. Śānti, śānti, Deveśvara, Mahādeva, Dīp Narendra, Bhagavān, Madhākṛṣṇa Bhagavān, Sanātandha Gajānandjī. All the best, and have a nice satsaṅg.