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Jaya! Jaya! Śyāvararāma Candra Bhagavān kī, Pavanasuta Hanumān kī, Umāpati Mahādeva kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma kī. Jaya! Blessed self, spiritual seekers, sisters and brothers, here in this hall and around the world, the blessing of Holī is coming to you all from our ashram in Alexandria, America. Welcome, you all. The festival of Holi is very significant. This morning I told you the stories, the significance of the Sandhyā Brahmamuhūrta at the dawn time and Sandhyā at the sunset time. These two times are for prayers and meditations, not for bhoga, and not just for eating. One Mahātma said, "O men, even animals and birds, they are singing the name of God in their languages." You know, early morning, the birds are singing beautiful songs for us. All animals feel the presence of God. When the sun rises, before the sun, entire nature wakes up. And when the sun setting time comes, all go to sleep. It is said, every bird flies to its nest to be one with its family, or to spend a night, a peaceful night, with such a kind of tree or bush where they have a shelter for the night, a protection. God protects each and everyone. Only we humans have forgotten the law of nature. When do we go to sleep? Many people go at that time when there is a time to wake up. Tāmasa guṇa, āsurī śaktis, that is taking over, and we are all victims of the āsurī śaktis. From the beginning of this universe, the two śaktis have awoken, devī śakti and asurī śakti. There is a struggle between both, and you know, devas and asuras, like Indra, the king of the heaven, the king of the Veṅkuṇḍa, the king of the Svargaloka, and the Rākṣasas. Both were born. Their father was one, Kaśyapaṛṣi. I told you the story this morning, but finally it is satya meva jayate, where the truth, there is victory. That truth is known as Brahma satya, jagat mithyā. The final, eternal truth is Brahman. All these worldly activities are mithyā, temporary. It is just an illusion. It is just water bubbles. Our life, this is very short time we have life. This time, there is no time. Beyond time and space, that is the consciousness of the Brahman, the Supreme, the Highest. Time is created by humans. We are counting. The ṛṣis counted the time in the yugas, manvantaras, and kalpas—billions, trillions of years—which is the time for the awakening of the cosmic consciousness. And that is, this first one is called Swayambhū Śiva. He is the Sarjanhara; he is the creator. Svayambhu, Svayambhu, that he has manifested himself. There is no one who created him, no father, no mother. And Sva, Svayambhū, that is consciousness from which awakes the Nā, the Rūpa, Parabrahma, the sound. From the sound, Śivajyoti, the divine light of Śiva awakes, and then the creation begins. Then the yugas begin. After this again comes Mahāpralaya. Shiva only appears once, Swayambhu Shiva. At the end of the Mahāpralaya, again when the world or creation has to begin, then the Svayaṃbhu comes only once. Then, in the yuga, Shiva gives the order to Vishnu and Brahma. Vishnu, you are the sustainer, the protector of the entire creation on this earth. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said, therefore, yuge yuge sambhavāmi. Every yuga, I come, but Śiva comes. When Viṣṇu cannot control, everything is out of control, then Mahāpralaya, the destruction, comes. And then a new system comes, a new law comes, a new government comes. When there is a lot of civil war, all is out of control; people are burning the houses and the cars and this and that, then comes the military rule. And that military rule, that is the Śiva. So there is a Swayambhū. Then nimit avatāra. Nimit avatāra yuga yuga. In every yuga. After that, because Brahma said to Shiva, "Lord, it's a long period. People are suffering." They are tortured. Creatures are suffering. Vishnu is coming only once, and that's all. And he comes at the end of the yuga. Śiva said, "Nimitta avatāra and nitya avatāra." So Swayambhū, then Nimitāvatāra is like a Viṣṇu, and Nityāvatāra is a saint. Nārada asks Bhagavān Viṣṇu, "Lord, you are residing in the ocean of the nectar." Lakṣmījī is sitting with you. What's happening there on the earth? And who are they all? They call themselves the saints. Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "Nārada, you did not understand who they are. The story is very long." Mother of Nārada, she used to go to many, many ashrams, the ashrams of the ṛṣis, and she used to bring mahā-prasād. What is a mahāprasād? When the saints, the ṛṣis, had their meal, what remained, that she used to bring and feed to Nārada. So that's why Nārada had that buddhi. Narada, only Narada had abilities. With his physical body, he could travel throughout the whole universe. Any time he can go and come, go and go. You know, now if you want to fly to New York, come back. You fly to Toronto, come back. You fly to India, there. But we need an aeroplane. He didn't need any aeroplane. And Nārada had the blessings and the duty. He cannot stay longer than a few minutes anywhere. He has to go. It is said, as long as water will flow, it remains clean. Similarly, the sand will move everywhere. There will be no blame. Attachment. Attachment is that prison. You have to come back again. Attachment is that which creates the fear, or out of the fear, the attachment is there. So Nārada, he was a great bhakta of Viṣṇu. And what was his mahā-mantra? Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa. Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, ... Nārāyaṇa. Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa. Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa,... Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa Satya Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa Satya Nārāyaṇa Satya Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa Satya Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇa. So, Nārada had a mantra, the name of God. As soon as he said, "Śrīman Nārāyaṇa," his body was levitating. And with high speed, within no time, he appeared somewhere. That is a siddhi. Now we can appear too, through the webcast. Yes, now, omnipresent. You and I are omnipresent around the whole world; anywhere you can see. This is a technology, but another technology was such that no one could misuse it, and there no one could interfere with anything. That's called svātantrya, freedom. Nārada was preaching. He was young, giving a lecture somewhere. So he spoke about ethics, spirituality, and morality. After the satsaṅg, someone said to Nārada, "Rishi Nārada, you are talking about all these rules and regulations, but what do you think about your mother? She is going to one ashram, to another ashram, to anywhere like this, and bringing a little prasāda." Narada said, "I will talk to my mother." Evening, he went home and came to his mother and said, "Mata Śrī, respected mother, now you are tired, getting older. No need to go anywhere, mother. Mother, the sādhus, the swāmīs, the saints, they will come to bless you and have a satsaṅg at home, so stay here." Mother was not stupid. Don't think that you can make a trick towards your mother. Mother knows everything. Mother can immediately find out what is now going on in your eyes, what's going on in your cheek vibrations. Mother, yes. Mother has entire controlling. Mother said, "Yes, Nārada. Someone told you in satsaṅg like this." He said, "Yes, Mother, but no matter what one tells you, stay here." Mother said, "Okay, Nārada." But the ability of Nārada to be like that was that Mahāprasād, the result of the Mahāprasād. Lucky are they who can get a Mahāprasād. Even one grain of rice, you get it from the plate of the saints. You never know what, which bhagya, which luck could awaken. Narada went straight to Vishnu, and he was chanting, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa. And Lakṣmījī was sitting, and Lakṣmī said to Bhagavān Viṣṇu, "My Lord, I hear Narada's voice. Long time we didn't hear. It's boring when a Nārada is not coming. When Nārada comes, he brings the colorful atmosphere, and he brings..." And Viṣṇu said, "Yes, tell again, why did you stop? He brings an interesting message with the complications." He said, "Yes, Nārada comes." "Praṇām, my Lord. Praṇām, Divine Mother, Lakṣmījī." Bhagavān Viṣṇu tells Nārada, "For a long time, you didn't come this time. What brought you here today? We were missing you." He said, "Lord, I am always at your holy feet. You are always in my heart. And I was longing, I was so homesick to come to you, Lord." But Vishnu said, "What is it, but? Tell, tell, what is it, but? I know you came for some questions." He said, "No, Lord, I would like to know who is this on this earth moving. They call sadhus or swāmīs or saints. Who are they?" Bhagavān, Viṣṇu, knew everything; he is antaryāmī. Now, of everything, each and every heartbeat and every movement of the cells of our body, Bhagavān God knows. That's why He is Viṣṇu. Viśva ke aṇu-aṇu ke andar, in every atom of the universe which is existing, that light is the Viṣṇu. Bhagavān Viṣṇu was saying one song, but He said first one poem. One saint said in the poem, "Nārada, these all saints are my ātmā, my real self, which is the Viṣṇu. That ātmā, these are all the saints. They are my self. Sant hamārī ātmā mēṁ santan kī de." And whom you call the Viṣṇu, that is the embodiment of the saints, I am here only visible to you. Otherwise, in reality, I am manifesting in the sādhus because they are nityāvatāra. These are immortal words of the Lord Śiva. Śānt hamārī ātmā meṁ santān kī de, Rom Rom meṁ Rām rahe, jyaṁ badal meṁ me. Chants are dwelling in each and every hair of my body and in every cell of my body, like rain in the clouds. Good, no? Phenicity. Sounds good. Yeah. But he didn't say, "like snow." Yes, next time I will tell Viṣṇu, "Please also make children happy with the snow." He understood. And then Bhagavān Viṣṇu said in a very nice bhajan, "Nārada mē re santāṁ mē yantar nai, Jo mē re santāṁ mē yantar māne, Jo mē re santāṁ mē yantar māne, O nara nara kaume jāi, Nārada me santa me yantara." Beautiful bhajana. Oh my God. In this bhajana is so much juice. You know what you call a honeycomb? Those who have bees at home on their farm, when they take the honey, the beehive is full of honey. You take it and take it in your mouth. Oh, my God. You enjoy, no? So it's like that. Nārada mera santa me antara nahi. So when one can understand poetry, this then is immortality. Nārada, mere santa me antara nahi. O Nārada, there is no difference between me and my sense. Those who will see the dualities between me and the sense, sadhus, they will go straight into hell. Lakshmījī was sitting there. Lakshmījī said, "Prabhu, can I say something?" Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "Yes, go ahead." Āto Lakṣmī ārja karat hai, mein santoṅ kī dāsī. Lakṣmījī said, "O Bhagavān Viṣṇu, I am a servant of the saints. Wherever my saints step on the earth, I put my palms under there. They are walking on my palms, Lakṣmī." Wherever a saint goes, Lakshmi's hands are there. And that's why people are inviting sadhus or saints, "Please, can you come to my house?" Because when the scent comes, what comes with it? Lakṣmī, prosperity, happiness. And they tell, "Please, can you take socks out, Swamijī?" I say, "It's cold." And they put color in the plate. Pagliya karna. Kya kāte hai? Pagliya. What means? Free footprint. And then you walk through because Lakṣmī is a red color. It is Lakshmi's palms where the saint steps, and it is not. There is Lakṣmījī walking through your house. Lakṣmī means happiness. Lakshmī means purity. Lakshmī means clarity. Lakshmī means honesty. Lakshmī means prosperity, and Lakshmī means divinity. And the Lakshmī in whose house they are, they are the liberated one. Bhagavān Viṣṇu was talking a little bit. He said, "I thought you are my bhakta, but now you are the bhakta of the sādhus." So, Lakṣmījī said, "Yes, you see, all are my bhaktas on the earth," to Viṣṇu. Narada went away. Narada comes and makes complications, then he disappears. Narāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa. Then they are fighting. Lakṣmījī said, "Prabhu, God, you see, all these rich people and business people and all others, they are my bhaktas." Bhakta. Vishṇu said, "No, no,... Lakṣmījī, it is your ignorance. You are mistaken. They are my Bhaktas. Let's have a test, an examination. Who is whose bhakta?" So Lakṣmī said, "Okay, Lord, first you go and do your best to win your bhaktas." So Bhagavān Viṣṇu became a saint, a sādhu, orange dress, wooden sandals, mālā, water pot, "Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa,... Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya." Viṣṇu is a devotee of Śiva, and Śiva is a devotee of Viṣṇu. This is very hard to understand, but that is called oneness, where wife is devoted to husband and husband devoted to wife. That is a happy marriage. That is a marriage. Otherwise, dividing. Merge into oneness is a marriage. Well, Vishnu went, and he came to one very nice rich man who had a big, big supermarket, and he had two, three villas. So Bhagavān Viṣṇu came to that businessman and said, "Bhakta was very happy because he was a great devotee of God. For him, there was nothing else, only God." But Kali Yuga enters. I told you yesterday's story about Kali Yuga, no? He sat on the head of the king as a golden crown in Kali Yuga. Sadhu Maharaj said, "Bhakta, for four months I would like to stay somewhere and make my sādhanā." At monsoon time, we don't travel too much. Bhakta said, "What great luck! I am so fortunate. God is so gracious to me. You will stay four months in my house, please. There are four villas. Where do you want to stay?" He said, "Anywhere you show me the room, and in this room, there I will put my āsana. Four months, I will not move from there." "Don't tell me that, Swamiji. Can you move to the next room? No." He said, "Swamijī, I will never say that. Move to the other room. It is reserved for you for your whole life." So there was a beautiful hall, a satsaṅg bhavan, and a beautiful wooden bed prepared for the sādhu. In the form of the sādhu, Viṣṇu himself, he said, "Should I put my āsana there now?" He said, "Yes, Lord, do it." "You will not ask me to move?" He said, "No. Even if you ask, I will not go." He said, "No, I will not ask. It's your place. Okay." So he sat down and he said, "Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ ... Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ... Namaḥ Śivāya." So that Swamiji is there and here.