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Blessings of our Divine Masters, Ālagpurījī Siddhapīṭhaparamparā, Devpurījī Mahāprabhujī, and our Gurudev, Holy Gurujī. It is a divine blessing to come together. Now is the time of Christmas. Major cultural programs have a particular time of the year. The summer is gone, autumn is ending, and all the farmers have harvested their crops. Now they have nothing to do. When humans have nothing to do, then different vṛttis come—good or bad, fighting, drinking, and so on. So the great wise people, the holy saints, thought: "How to keep them busy?" Not only with dancing and drinking, but in such a way that one creates love, understanding, and harmony. So, in this time of the beginning of winter and the end of autumn, Christmas is coming. We know the message of Christmas. It has a good message, and it has a painful message. It depends in which way, but in both ways it awakens in the human heart compassion, love, forgiveness, and understanding. First of all, to think of holy incarnations or holy saints. Whenever God incarnates, is born, a mother gives the birth. God doesn’t just drop down from the sky. No. It is many lives of tapasyā, austerity of the parents, that such a divine soul is born by that mother. Incarnation is a spiritual expression, a spiritual word. We can say birth also. There are two kinds of incarnations. Nitya incarnations—nitya means always. These are the saints. The saints are working in the whole world, and there is nowhere we cannot think there is no saint. The other is called Nimittāvatāra. Nimitta means for a particular purpose. So when something goes out of the border, then Nimittāvatāra comes only for that purpose, then goes back. But the saints are constantly with us in this world. So this is how nitya avatāra and nimitta avatāra. When humans say their God comes in human form, it does not mean that God does not come and take care of other creatures. He is constantly taking care of them. Can you imagine if the rain will not come, the whole forest will die? If the sun will not rise, everything will be frozen? So God, in His capacity, in His way, He is taking care of everyone. Kiri means little ant, Hati means the elephant. A small creature doesn’t matter where that small creature is, it gets food. Who is feeding them? God. And a big elephant needs 50 kilos, 100 kilos, and he gets it. Who is feeding him? The elephant, by God. Why do humans think that we should take care of the food? That we have to feed the people, we are feeding them? This is the ignorance of the human. They should know that God is feeding everyone. And what they call the food companies are now controlling, and they produce the food as they like. And definitely, it’s not healthy. But very interesting is this: those who are leading big, so-called food companies themselves—their husband or wife and children—they are strictly nourishing with organic food. So the problem is money. When money comes, then humans are ready to do anything. In Kali Yuga, money is God. It is said that in front of the temple, people were selling gold. So it is said that Jesus was there, and Jesus said, "Do not believe in this gold. I tell you what is God. I lead you there. This is not the real one. This is only gold." He didn’t say, "Do not believe in the wrong God," because he would not say there is a wrong God. God is God. Gold is gold. Maybe you have earrings or a necklace or a ring. Gold is gold. As long as we go behind the form, there is duality, but when we unite all in one, then there is reality. So people lost the confidence or faith in God. We humans went too far on the wrong way, and that’s why suffering. So in such a critical time, the birth of Jesus was there, and the message of Jesus is love, mercy, understanding, simple living, higher thinking. And it doesn’t matter what happens, don’t give up your path. You know more than me about Jesus, how many difficulties he had to face. Sometimes he was thinking and asking God, "Why me?" And God said, "Because, my son, I trust you. You will do my work." So is the master; trust the disciple. The disciple will do the work. Continue the work the master has. At that time, the master and disciple are one; they are not two. But they play one theater as two persons. Bhakta and Bhagavān, they are one. One place as a Bhagavān and second place as a bhakta. But if it is that one, how much trust do you have? So the message of Jesus is positive, spiritual, uplifting. And if all Christians on this earth will follow the Bible exactly, these problems will not be there. There is a story Jesus told to share the bread with all. How much do we share? Bread means anything. Whatever we have access to, we should give to others. But those thoughts are not there, and people who are needy, they try to abuse the others, the lazy, and many things. That’s why the time is changed in such a way. So, this is one part of Jesus’ coming in this world. But my dear, to enter between the lions and tigers, the group of lions and tigers, is not easy. Can you imagine, there are 30-40 lions sitting and 20-30 tigers sitting hungry, and a deer is walking peacefully? It’s very difficult. Or you can say, live in this world of Kali Yuga, we say. Like the tongue is living between our teeth. The tongue is enjoying the taste which the teeth are chewing and giving. But it is in great danger, and when a little mistake happens, the tongue is bitten by the teeth. And without teeth, the tongue is unhappy. And teeth are also unhappy without the tongue. So these are the techniques of how to live and how to go. Only with love and harmony, balance. Because it is said at the same time, you live in the lake of the tigers. Sorry, crocodiles. You live in the water, in the lake of the crocodiles. You should not have an enemy with them. So, living in the water with an enemy like a crocodile is not advisable. This is the situation. So any holy saint, when he comes, has to go through many, many situations and struggles. And who is not a saint, okay? They are surviving, they are moving. They say, "I don’t care, this, that." The saint doesn’t become through uniform. You can be married, have children, working, everything. Saintliness is inside. But the uniform is a protection to remind you again and again that you are a saint, because it was chosen by the great ṛṣis. So one way that we are celebrating happiness about Christmas, and you know, to make someone happy, you have to offer yourself. You have to die to live, the Bible said. So let’s come to the second part. We don’t know how it was. You know the Pāṇḍavas, Kuntī? Which was 7,000 years or more, the Mahābhārata fight. And Kuntī was also a virgin. She remained a virgin when her son Karṇa was born. And you know what is the story about Karṇa? Once the Durvāsa Ṛṣi went to one king’s place and stayed there. And that king, he had one daughter. So the king told his daughter that you should be in the service of the ṛṣi. And one day, in the afternoon, when the ṛṣi was sleeping and she was sitting there and giving him air, the ṛṣi opened his eyes and said, "My daughter, I am pleased with your seva, and I give you a mantra. Anytime when you need, you can get what you want." A prayer to Sūrya Nārāyaṇa, the sun sādhanā. So whenever the sun goes up, then you should pray to him and offer the water. Almost all Indian ladies who have spiritual knowledge and education, when the sun rises, before that they go and they wash themselves, make their probably dress and tilak, and take the water, looking to the sun and offering the water. Sūrya, Vaskara, etc., and some mantra. Or there is a beautiful spiritual plant which has a very herbal value, medical value. Called Tulsi, so they offer and look to the sun. Let these women wish for protection, health, and long life for the husband. How many women are here who pray to God every day for your long, healthy life and protection? There will be no more divorce. How many millions of children will be happy to be with their parents together? Let this subject go away. So, one day that young girl, young lady, she saw in her room a beautiful window and sunrise, and she thought, "Durvāsā Ṛṣi gave me a mantra, and if I will do this mantra, Sūrya, the sun god, will come to me." And she looked, and she said this mantra, and really, from the sun, a human form came to her. Can you imagine? You just look to the sun, and someone is coming to you then. She said, "No, no, I don’t want that." And the sun god came. "Yes, yes, my daughter." We always call any girl "my daughter." "Yes, my son. Why do you call me?" She said, "I was only trying because Rishi gave me a mantra, and I wanted to know if this mantra is really true and powerful." He said, "Yes, I came because of your mantra. And when I come, I don’t go back without giving something. Please wish something." She said, "I have no wish." So the sun god blessed her. "You will have one son," she said. "I’m not married." He said, "You will give birth to the son, and you will remain a virgin." And disappeared. So that was Kuntī. You hear in the Bhagavad Gītā and in the Mahābhārata, and Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā, about Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas. But Karṇa was on the side of the Kauravas. He did not know that his mother was Kuntī, because she, after birth, left him in the water. The story is long. So there are a few stories in the Purāṇas and in the Upaniṣads about such an event, what happened. But it must be such that a woman, who has had many, many years of very pure, positive thoughts, not changing husbands a minimum of five times a year, that has no sādhanā, many, many years you are with the same principle, with the same man, again we’ll come to you. That is called Jodah. Jodah means together, joint: two bodies, one soul. Birds have two wings to fly with; a one-winged bird cannot fly. So, husband and wife, they do these spiritual sādhanās, and with their sādhanās, following the dharma principles and rules, they will together go to the Brahmaloka. But where is there? Searching. But the disciple wanted to go to a very big fair, a Melā. And the master said, "Don’t go." The disciple said, "Yes, I want to go." So the master gave him one peacock feather. "When you are there, look through this feather. If you see some humans, sit there." He said, "Master, what do you mean? There will be millions of humans, is it?" No discussion. So he went there, and he looked through the feather. He saw only wild life. Fox, tiger, this, that. Then he saw somewhere under one tree five human city. So when he walked around the crowd, nobody said, "Hello, good morning." But when he came toward the tree, they said, "Oh yes, come, please, friend, come sit with us." So, my dear, and that’s why the mother is the greatest one. That’s why you preach and say, "First, God is the mother." But that mother. Yes. Then it is said, in the diamond mines you always get diamonds, and in the coal mines you always get coal. So this life, we didn’t find the mine; we missed it. So let it go as it is. Next life, we will do something different. We don’t know what will happen now; how should we know about tomorrow? But hope is a walking stick from the cradle to the grave. Let’s hope. So, my dear, this holy time of Christmas, Jesus coming—but what was that situation? We don’t think of Mother Mary. If it is true, at that time, what was the culture and tradition and social? In here too, before 50 or 60 years, or 50 years. An unmarried girl, when she got a child, they said, "My God." Now it’s normal, because five children come and say, "This is my stepbrother, this is my second stepbrother from mother’s side or from father’s side." So when Mother Mary came to know that she was pregnant, it was not accepted by society, and for her husband, it was also not easy. It seems that they had to go away from home, somewhere. And what was the further situation, that she had to give birth to her child in the place of the living animal’s stable? Cows, goats, donkeys, chickens, etc. Was there no house? Was he not afraid to get infections? And she didn’t even have the proper cloth to clean and cover the child? What was her psychic, mental, and physical condition? So, should we think of her? Or should we think of this other, that Jesus was born? So it is not her pain. It is every mother’s pain. And it is not his sorrows and thoughts, Joseph, but every father’s thoughts should be. And it should happen like this. After all this, how was the end of the life of both, mother and son? My dear, this is called heroes. This is called the saint. Besides all this, in spite of so many obstacles, they didn’t lose their faith; they carried on. And they became for us examples. And not only example we adore, it doesn’t matter which country’s president it is. Will kneel towards Jesus, or Krishna, or Rāma. They have no titles. No, it’s not the professor Jesus. Dr. Kṛṣṇa. Dr. Kṛṣṇa, and the engineer Rāma. No. God has a very short Bīja mantra. Only Rām, Rām,... Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa,... Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Two letters in Hindi. So that bhaktas can easily repeat when we have a long mantra, then while repeating we forget. If I’m in the middle or not, then beginning again from the beginning. So, what the message of this great sense is, is to understand both sides. Not one side, and give them treatment accordingly. Now, here begins first of all positive thinking. For one, you think positive, and for others, you think negative. Minus plus is zero. Or plus will be negative, because in the beginning, positive doesn’t have that strength. Negative is asura śakti, and that will destroy. Shanik means just for some seconds. Or for a little time, joy or happiness, you will lose everything. Everything means the meaning of this life is gone. So, how to keep this positive thinking? If you try for one month, think, it doesn’t matter where and what happens, positive. I can tell you, your Jīvātmā will be so relaxed and happy in your body. We think positive about them who love us, and who we don’t like, we think negative. Then you are not that one. It is not easy to be Jesus, and not easy to be Mahāprabhujī or Devpurījī or Gurujī. It is not easy to be Kṛṣṇa. Ask the Kṛṣṇa, the poor boy. What was Krishna’s birth? More or less, the same story like Jesus has to be born in the prison, in that room, you know the whole story. And how the Krishna lied is not acceptable. How was the story of Rāma? They suffered for us to show us the path. Arjuna asked Kṛṣṇa many things in the chapter of Karma Yoga, it is said. Krishna, why are you working? Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said, because Arjuna asked, "What is it that you need? You have everything." Why are you working so hard? Krishna said, "Arjuna, in the entire universe, nothing exists which is not available for me." Anything I can have without any effort, but still I am working. Why? Because what I do, others will also do. So my struggle, my fight is not for my joy and for me, but the path to show all fellow men that they will go on this path too, to achieve, fulfill, complete, realize the aim of human life. So today, just now, Athayogāru Śāsanaṁ, just now, begin to think positive. Don’t bring that object into your thoughts where you have to think negatively. In the 12th chapter, Krishna said, "Those who love their friends and enemies equally, they are dear to me." So if you have power, if you are strong enough, if you can digest, then begin to think positive, and see tomorrow how you will feel. Or until I come next time. Only positive. But I tell you one thing: you think about everyone positively. It doesn’t matter who is who—human or animals, or the weather. For three months, you are thinking only positively, and you are driving your car, and someone quickly overtakes, and you say, "Stupid one!" Three months of Sardinia is gone. That’s it—you must have the nerves to understand. Where must you become positive? You will have a smile on your face, and police stop that man, and he said, "You see, crazy one." But the police said, "Yes, please go quickly." So the man stopped. The other one, why did you let this crazy man go? The police said he was not crazy. Unfortunately, his wife is getting a baby in the car. Till the ambulance comes, it’s too late. So let him go quickly. He said, "Oh yes, good, thank you." So without knowing, who are we to judge someone? That’s it. So, and if we know that one is guilty, then especially it is our duty that we support that one to understand. Gandhījī said, "I hate the sin, not the sinner." And that was the energy we need, so this is the message of positive thinking. Rest tomorrow. All the best, and now become positive. And who can’t come and sit to this side? And you think, not only for here, our thoughts go beyond this earth. It goes to the Brahmalokas. Not you, the thoughts. So in thinking, you think you are a Brahmaloka? No, we are still in the Narakaloka. So, think positive. Write everywhere today: "Positive thinking." Devaīśvara Mahādeva Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Satya Sanātana Dharma kī jaya. Adio.