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You can perceive what is happening through the eyes, through face reading, through body reading. Controlling thoughts is the hardest work. We think and we say, "Let's be positive. Do not do to others what you do not want done to you." Lightly spoken, but difficult to follow. Therefore, Saṅkalpa is our wish, our goal. Before we take a firm determination, one should think through whether one is hurting someone else. This is very important. Otherwise, your Saṅkalpa will not be successful, and you accrue more karma. That means you have to come back and continue your work. God damn it, it's hard. But nothing is impossible where there is will. And so, Kalpa after Kalpa, we live inside, and now, through our good deeds, we will be able to achieve the goal of our life. The word 'Kalpa' is used in many contexts. There is a beautiful bhajan by Mahāprabhujī that is sung: "Gaṇadin bhaṭkire mek kanyā kavarī nar, Naipāya bhartar kei kalap mambityā jī, kei kalap mambityā jī par puruṣon kei lār." This means: I have wandered for many, many Yugas and days as a virgin. And many Kalpas I have destroyed in my time with a false man. This does not mean a literal woman and man, but false beliefs. I did not truly believe in God. I was always in superstition, more often. So, these Kalpas are the many, many billions, trillions of years. This soul wanders. In reality, there is no time. Time created man, and a yogī should realize that which is beyond time and space: the One without a second. This infinite space is immeasurable. At that time, the atoms, the objects, and the subjects started to move. The movement of these tattvas, the waves, is when time came. Before that, it was called Śūnyākāśa. No movement at all. Standstill. Then there was no time, and it has always existed. So when we realize this consciousness, this divine consciousness or cosmic consciousness, and the self frees itself or unites with the cosmic self, then it is beyond time and space, One without a second. Thus, Kalpa has many meanings. Kalpavāsī. Vāsī means those who come and live there for a long time. You could say inhabitants, citizens. Here, many are Viennese, Vāsī. That means you live in Vienna. Kalpavāsī is called Ekāntavāsī. In yoga, it is called Ekāntavāsī. In our modern system, there is a holiday. So, one month in twelve months is dedicated as vacation. Actually, it is meant to meditate, relax, and rest. But you often have more stress when you go on vacation. On some beaches, the shore is so restless, so restless, you can hardly sleep. There is no solitude. As in the song: "Mother, oh mother, I want to go to faraway cities. Oh mother, my dear mother, I have to climb a very long way, a very long river, an endless ocean. There was lightning, black clouds, and the sky was full of clouds. It was a big blitz. The waves were very high. The world of emotions: hatred, envy. What is the shore of peace, Mother? Oh, Mother of God, where is a peaceful shore? I have to go very far; my goal is very far away." And so, Kalpavāsa. At that time, in Satyuga, mostly all Ṛṣis came, thousands, millions of Ṛṣis. And there they performed Yajña and Kalpavāsa, and the tradition is always continuous. Someone said the river Gaṅgā is polluted (smuṣik). Someone gave an answer in the newspaper: Mother Gaṅgā is not polluted. Smṛti (memory/impurity) are the people's deeds and thoughts and greed. She will purify all that pollution. She is Mother. And the people throw everything in, but she has a big heart; she doesn't get dirty. It is like a young mother who just had a little child. The child makes excrement, urine, the mother doesn't get dirty; she cleanses everything. And so the holy mother, the Gaṅgā, came from Satyaloka in Satyuga. It is holy. The knowledge that was there, realized with a pure feeling and a pure mind or consciousness, they have realized it. And those who go in doubt and so on, come back in doubt again. It is like this: you come to the water. One brings a vessel with half a liter capacity. Another has a capacity of 20 liters. A third has a capacity of 15 liters. When they come back, one brings only half a liter. The other brings 20 liters. This vessel is our heart. How pure we are determines how much energy we bring. Doubters always have the thought that what you think will come true. One thinks about comfort. André spoke about food. André said, "I do not want to wander, to walk. It is too far." So, there are many such thoughts. And some have said, "It is a joy, Swāmijī. The joy to enjoy, which I was looking for for many, many years, I realized here." Every year in Prayāgarāja—Tīrtha Prayāgarāja, 'Rāja' means king—this holy place is the king of all holy places, all holy pilgrimages. From the Himalayas, from the very top, from Kailāśa, Mount Kailāśa, and different parts of the Himalayas, hundreds of kilometers... I can't remember how many thousand meters long it is. Does anyone know? Someone showed it to me and told me right away, "I know." Next time I will tell you how many Ṛṣis and Yogīs lived there. It's all water and holy scent and everything, the sand. Yes, it was so beautiful. We were there for almost seven weeks, and now I'm coming to Vienna. Beautiful Vienna, oh Vienna, you are so alone, as they say, it is also very beautiful. It was then in the newspaper as one of the most beautiful cities in the world; we have landed here. And so in this time, now comes spring, now comes summer, and now everything grows, the consciousness, the life. And so, in these summer times, now Śiva wakes up. And before he comes to his vacation place, he wakes up, moves his head, and cuts everywhere. As long as he cuts, you can say that it is from Śiva's heart. Śiva is the universal one. First, a few words about Śivarātri. Many of you know. And here it is said, Śiva is one of the most gracious gods. The most merciful Lord, God, who can give you, with little prayer, everything. He is the most merciful father. When the child tells the father, "Please, please, father, I want to have this." Maybe the mother is a little bit strict. The mother doesn't want to, but the father says, "Okay, fine, I'll give it to you." Quietly. The heart of the father is so strong. And most children are spoiled by the father, not by the mother. Also, Śiva gave his blessing to the hunter. The hunter had found nothing in his hunt, and he climbed a tree because of wild animals and waited for a deer or something to come. He threw down leaves from a wild tree, and a deer came to eat them. He wanted to shoot it, and the deer spoke to him: "Please, my family is there. I will greet them and tell them that I will not come back. Then I will come back." But he said no. "I waited a long time. I will shoot." But the deer said, "My children, my husband," and so on. Then he said, "Okay, go." And then the deer's husband came. And he wanted to shoot, and the deer made beautiful, pleading faces. I saw the video. Have you seen Mahāprabhujī? Yes. If you haven't seen it, buy it tomorrow and look at it. And the three does came and asked, "We only have one male. The others all died. Please don't kill, please don't kill." And he went home with empty hands. His wife was angry. The children were hungry. "Are you stupid or something?" A man must be a little more cautious if he wants to have a peaceful married life. Always be nice to your wife, be kind to her, and be the 'yes' man. The woman is the goddess in your house, and you are the servant in the house. She is Lakṣmī, the beauty, and you are the light. It is like a bird; both wings must be healthy and in balance. He told his wife and children everything, and they did not believe him. He said he saw Śiva, and she said, "Are you stupid? There is no God, and there is no Śiva," and so on. And then they came, and Śiva appeared there. And that was at night. That is why it is called Śiva Rātri. 'Rātri' means night. So on this day, he said, "I will be the most gracious and merciful to all my devotees. It doesn't matter what mistake they have done. I will forgive everything. I will take over. I will take over all your sins and problems, and pray for you to be free." That is what—I don't know the exact words—what Jesus said: "I will die on the cross for your sins, your mistakes." We should not make the mistake that he will be crucified. But it is as was said in the Mahāpurāṇa. So it is called Abhiṣeka. The hunter had always said he would not fall asleep; he sat on the tree above. Sleep came, then he took the leaves again and they fell down. Below was the Śiva Liṅgam, and the leaves fell directly there. He had a bottle of water to drink, and when he moved on the tree, the water fell on the Śiva Liṅgam. And Śiva said, "Oh, he is performing abhiṣeka for me now." And so, there is a Mahā Mantra. We do not know many other mantras for today. We do not know how we can, mānasā vācā karmāṇā—through our mind, through our words, and through our deeds—we do not know how we should praise you, oh Lord. But we know only one mantra. And this mantra is: Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭi Vardhanam, Urvārukam Iva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā'mṛtāt. Everyone knows this. And so, now the time has come. Now he can come. If he wants, he can call me. And then he comes, and there is water. So, I wish you all the best and many blessings. My dear brothers and sisters around the world, blessings of Satguru Swāmī Madhavānandjī and our Śiva Svarūpa Devapurījī and Mā Prabhujī. We are going to celebrate today, already here in the Vienna ashram, and blessings are coming to you everywhere in the world, wherever you are, from the holy place of Holy Gurujī's ashram in Vienna. And you are the blessed ones, that you are with us. Śivarātri is very significant and beautiful for fulfilling our wishes, and the Lord Śiva is the most merciful. I have been telling something about stories of Mahā Kumbha and the Kalpavāsīs, Kāya Kalpa and Kalpāna and Kalpa, etc. These words, in our program tomorrow in Strelky, I will explain in English at the same time in the Czech Republic in Mahāprabhujī's ashram. So, you are welcome to the webcast, and now you can observe the pūjā. You are most welcome. Bless you in the name of Bhagavān Śiva. Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti. Oh, sorry. So come, three, four. Others sit down. When they are up, then come on. Go on, hurry up. The Gaṅgā River is 2,510 kilometers long. 2,510 kilometers long, from the Himalayas. Thank you. And one thousand five hundred fifty-seven miles long. I'll quickly, please hurry home. Are you home? I don't want anybody standing here. Come decide, Harriet. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam, urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam.... Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ...