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Oṁ śānti, śānti, śāntiḥ. Oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam, urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā'mṛtāt. Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ, sarve santu nirāmayāḥ, sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu, mā kaścid duḥkha-bhāg bhavet. Oṁ śānti, śānti, śāntiḥ. Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai. Adoration to our Satguru Dev, salutation to our Siddha Pīṭha. All dear ones, blessings to all of you. This retreat for the last fourteen days was very successful, very divine, and very peaceful. Life is flowing like a river, and the river has its destination to merge into the ocean because that water originated from the ocean. Similarly, our Ātmā is one. It is the source, origin, or one with Brahman. And the soul is individual, but also one. Steam, clouds, rain, and flow are temporary. Similarly, this soul has temporary life in this world and in the astral world. We are not this body, but without the body, we are also helpless. This body is very precious, and we shall try with all our attention, concentration, and knowledge to protect it. The spiritual sādhanā is all rooted in the divine science of yoga, and the science of yoga is by Svayamū Śiva. Their way of sādhanā, their practice, was different than what people are doing nowadays in the world. Some people are very extremist. They are doing too much. That's also not good. Ati sarvatra varjante—too much is everywhere prohibited. Too much eating is not healthy, and too little eating is also not healthy. Too much fasting is not healthy. But some people would like that in this life we finish all our karmas and come to Brahman, and some don't care about life. We humans have beautiful intellect; we have very high intelligence. Though animals do not have that much, or other creatures, but still they love their life. They live according to the law of nature. Humans think that we can do everything, and that is the problem of the human today. We are human, and we should know what it means for me to be a human. The last two years, from time to time, I reminded you of some principles. When you wake up, you should say, or you should remember or think, "I am human." Only this thought, that I am a human, will protect us from many, many negative karmas. The second thought: what does it mean for me to be a human? Did we ever think? What does that mean for me to be a human? If you are elected as the president of the country, you always think, "I am the president of the country." What does that mean? That means that the president's prime duty or dharma is to protect and do the best for the people of the country, for the wildlife of the country, the nature of the country. So, what does it mean for me to be a human? We are proud of it. We are fortunate ones. We are blessed ones. We are lucky ones. And we don't know if we will have this opportunity again to be born as a human. We see some other creatures' lives, which humans are torturing. Someone said that animal was in a past life one who was torturing other animals. So it's changing; the karma comes back. We don't want to be tortured like that, physically, emotionally, psychically, socially, politically, etc. So we do value our life as a human. It is a very precious thing we have, very precious, which we can't buy anywhere and we can't borrow from anyone. It is only and only the chance, the golden or most valuable chance, that we are human. And what makes me human? Only this body does not make human, but in this body, what God has given, or Mother Nature has given—doesn't matter what you believe—the unbelievable, most precious treasure is our abilities, our good qualities, human qualities. If we act according to human qualities, then we are human. Some people are acting like animals, behaving and eating like animals. They said, "Wow, oh, this is like an animal." Even animals will not do like this. And some are acting like asuras. You see, the rākṣasas, asuras, they have the horns, invisible. And their being in this world is a suffering for many others. So this is within, in this body also. Therefore, not only am I a human, but I am what makes me human. And these qualities awake through education. First education is mothers and fathers, then the social education, the social conduct. That's very important: humbleness, kindness, be nice to others. Then comes, for our survival, for our stomach, we learn in the schools and universities to get a job and earn our bread and butter. If you earn millions, you can't eat millions. You have a lot of income, but find out how much you eat every month; that's the limitation. So, this education... In the educational institutions, it is for our survival and doing something good, work in the world, that's all. So the human quality is when we develop, then comes the question, "Now how should I develop? How should I become spiritual?" And how do I awake my divine consciousness? How can I approach my origin? That river has many curves, but finally enters the ocean. Then there are no more curves. Ātmā jñāna, self-realization, now, therefore, this body is very precious. Don't torture, abusing with some kind of addiction or wrong kind of nourishment, wrong way of living. This māyā, this world, is not everything. This is a platform where we can perform a very good theater, that everyone who sees gets a beautiful relation, beautiful experiences, and beautiful happiness. So, too much keeping Mauna is not healthy for your psyche. Some people go and only meditate in Mauna for one month, or ten days, or twenty days. Yes, it is to analyze our inner world. But not everyone has the same inner world. We are happy and thanks to God that we lost our past memories, because those memories, those things, may have been painful and made us very unhappy. Finally, we have forgotten, and we live our happy life. So, too much becoming introverted is not yoga. Too much being extroverted and very restless is also not yoga. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gītā, yogīs should be like a turtle that, whenever the turtle wants, takes its limbs out or in. So, yogīs are such that whenever they want, they can become extroverted and do the best work in the world, be aware of others and everything. And when there is a disturbance and so on, you can close your eyes, or without closing eyes, you can withdraw thyself from external noises. As long as you feel disturbances from the outer noise, you are not yet a yogī. So, it is in your hands. Don't listen, that's all. You are not forced to listen. Yes, but the whole night the dog is barking. Then go and tell them, "Why are you barking? Have you some pain?" So, don't listen. Close the window, or put your pillow. And just take it. It's the duty of the dogs to be good guards at night. So our truck is passing, bus is passing, train is passing. We feel disturbed. But the truck is bringing some goods for someone who is very urgent; they are waiting. Or the train is passing; there are some passengers who have to go urgently because their mother is seriously ill in the hospital and will die, and we wish that we come to see our mother. We can speak one word with Mother. We don't listen, we don't hear the train noise because we are concentrated on the health of Mother. So why don't you think this noise is not a noise, but is a nice, because it brings someone to that destination? Therefore, our senses are ours; we must not listen too much. Going and doing extreme stretching postures is also not necessary. We had stretching postures; once that was enough. When we were born, the nurse was pushing out, holding from here. Still, I feel, my God, so torturing of the body will not give liberation, but limitation. So too much fasting is not good, too much eating is not good, and too much... Silent and only meditating is not good. Many people, they are making prayer, and when we pray, they close eyes. And one day, we will move the altar to the other side, and he will sit, some other person. And then you make praṇām, open eyes, and say, "What are you doing?" So when... We pray up, we have a consultation with God. We should look there. You go for some interview to some office. The director and managers are sitting there. And you go there and sit in front of them. And you close your eyes, yes, I know, I know. And they just get up and go away. They will not employ you. So we should know when to close our eyes and when to open them. I have two, three, some good boys, men. They said, "Swamiji, we are your security guard." I said, "Okay, very good. I am giving a lecture, and it is not a joke. You can see in the video, even my security guard is sitting like this." And I said, "Sing bhajan." So they were singing bhajans, and he was sitting like this, and I went away. I went away. After the bhajan was finished, people began to go. And he said, "Oh, where is Swamiji?" So, yeah, it's true. I will not say the name, but he is my bhakti from Australia. Yes. And one from Vienna and another from somewhere, so it's okay. So, alert. Therefore it is said, "Chetan hojare musha, fir gadi anewali hai, gadi anewali hai, gadi janewali hai." Be aware, O traveler, the train is coming, the train is coming, and the train is going. So we are the traveler, and the train of our time came, and this time is passing. And it is said, what a way of loving God. God is awakened; He is standing in front of you, and you are sleeping. This is not the way of prayer. So, too much mauna, silent retreat, creates for some people a tranquilizing, little calm, but many people will have psychic problems. So that's why I'm telling you that I didn't succeed in bringing you to the Mauna, and I'm thankful to you that you made me unsuccessful. Otherwise, you all would be in a psychiatric hospital. I'm sitting here, only having a dialogue with Vivek Purī, so our... Practitioners of yoga in daily life around the whole world, 99.5%, they are balanced, healthy, and very calm and wise. Others, which are left, they came as a psychic ill. Sometimes they are helped, and again the attack comes. Some come as a desperate person. If you see the past history of that person, from the childhood, it was not good with the parents, not good with the friends, not good with the teachers, not good with the neighbors. The activities were of negative quality. They didn't believe, then suddenly heard something new. And comes to the yoga. Wow, this is so good. But how long will you keep it? Then suddenly all that was pressed down breaks out, and that creates again disturbances in the peaceful people. So our negative qualities are the psychic problems which may come. It's like a football. We take the football and keep it in the water with the down. As long as we observe and hold it under the water, it will be under the water. When we are a little careless, and if it's out of our hands, it will jump off. So the human has both qualities. So we should bring our positive qualities up. Definitely, we are normal human beings. God is perfect, and we are imperfect. But don't put guilt on others. Maybe your parents, or your children, or your colleagues. No. This sound makes both hands together. With one hand, there is no sound. Except, you want to hear the sound from one hand. Then you should go near and kiss your cheek, then you hear the sound. But again, that hand is not guilty. The cheek is guilty. So, guilty? Don't make anyone guilty. You are also equally guilty with that. Mahāprabhujī said, "If you are 50 meters far from me, it means I am also 50 meters far from you. Otherwise, you take all the load on you." And this karmic load will be too heavy for us one day. It is said, for a hundred people, everyone has a walking stick in their hand. Pleasant, good, nice. But if the hundred sticks have to make a bundle and carry for one person, it is a heavy weight. So our negative... The qualities that we spread out will become a very heavy weight for ourselves. And all who said, "Oh, oh, good, oh, oh, oh." But one day they will not be with you, my dear. So in India we used to say, "We can go with you to your funeral, but we can't go with you into the grave." Then no one will go to the graves. If it is like that, who will go to the funeral and have to go into the grave? Nobody will go there. So we are selfish. Temporary vision, oh God, really, oh my God, that's all. Therefore, the Mahāmantra of Mahāprabhujī says, "Hold the truth and pray to God." No one is ours in this saṃsāra, and everyone wants to shoot the gun. But that gun, they support on your shoulder. They are shooting on your shoulders. After that, they will take the gun away. So why are you giving your shoulder to negative people's gun? True. True? Therefore, no gun, no soldier will suffer. Guṇ means negative thoughts, negative words, negative feelings. The last days of life will show us our dead negative activities. Wait. Karma comes back quickly. Therefore, this human life is given to purify karmic dirt and impurities. We are not this body. We are not these five elements. We are not these ten senses. But without this, we cannot work. These are our instruments. The best doctor, the best surgeon, a very famous surgeon, he cannot operate without instruments. So that God, He wants to operate our all karmic illnesses through the human body. So help, practice every day. Come to satsaṅgs and hold on to our Ālakpūrī Jīsiddha Pitā Paramparā. Oṁ Śrī Ālakpūrī Jīsiddha Pitā Paramparā, which yesterday we spoke a little bit about. And I think we should go there. It's not allowed for so many to go at once. You need permission from the government, from the council. They count how many went up and how many came back on their own legs. That's a lot of work for them, but we will do it one day. So, my dear, it was the best and very good. Don't go to the extremist. Our path, yoga, and life is pūrṇapāda, complete. We have bhajans, we have satsaṅgs, we have meditations. Mantras, āsanas, prāṇāyāms, kriyās, friends, societies, families, spiritualities, everything we have. We don't have something, and that is fighting negative. Jealousy, hate. All are sitting so happily in this hall. And there are very rare groups who are so peaceful everywhere. It took a long time for us to be like that. In many programs, you go and they are hugging, they are leaning on each other. One is listening, eating the potato chips. One is going out and again in. And the neighbor said, "Psst, don't eat." And they are eating slowly. In Jordan ashram, I'm in my room upstairs. And I hear downstairs they are eating the potato chips. Really, not joke. Go and see their room and their waste paper box or the garbage box. How many plastic bags are there from potato chips? Yes. Our dear, what is from the Navisad? What is her name? Savitri and Gita from Rieka and others, I don't want to say, oh God, I will see them very soon. Our dear Pushpa, who is trying very hard making organic food, they get everything organic, but they buy this junk food and eat that. Slowly, they are working on a computer. So it means you have nectar, and you put a drop of poison on it. See, their health here, they were more healthy. So, but when I tell this, this is not a webcast subject. I'm sorry, sorry. So on the 12th of July is Guru Pūrṇimā, and we will have many webcasts, live webcasts. From Jadanī Āśram, and those who are coming to India, see you there. Others, you shall celebrate, celebrate, have a satsaṅg in your āśrams or centers or with friends. And I pray to Mahāprabhujī, Alakpurījī, Devapurījī, Gurujī for their divine blessings and divine protection for all of us. So this was a pre-satsaṅg, and when I come back from India, it will be post-satsaṅg, as Raksha Bandhan and Guru Pūrṇimā in the Sri Lankan ashram. I wish you a very nice summer, much love and blessings to your families and friends. Take care, be careful. Never go to Kusanga. Listen to bhajans. And listen to our satsaṅgs. All the best. Dīpānāṁ Bhagavān. Deveśvara Mahādeva. Dharamsamrāta Satguru Svāmī Madhvanājī Bhagavān. Alakpurīṣa Mahādeva. Oṁ Śānti Śānti.