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Om Śānti, Śānti... We had a program explaining what yoga means and how to integrate yoga into daily life with family, social, and spiritual life. After that, you had a beautiful program with Sādhvī Swāmī Umāpurī, and I think you enjoyed it. Many would like to have that book which was explained today by her, introducing those exercises for the joints: ankle joints, knees, hip joints, spine, shoulders, etc. In Yoga and Life, there is a beautiful book, and I hope one day it will be translated from German to English. Most of my work is in the German language. After that, the Yoga Nidrā, and you shall get that CD about the explanation of Yoga Nidrā—how the Yoga Nidrā came through Mahāprabhujī, explained in 1942 or 43, or before; only Gurujī knows. That, in the form of the bhajan, the techniques. The book was printed before I came to Gurujī, and Gurujī explained it to me after this. A very important part of our life is eating. If the eating is good, everything is good. And if the eating is not good, everything is not good. Even if we fly for only two hours from here to Sydney or somewhere, and if they don't give something to eat or drink, we are all upset. We cannot wait only two hours, so our weak point is eating. Well, why not? Eating is our life, but it is said that we are not living for eating; we are eating for living. And you will be surprised: more than 80 percent of the population cannot cook; they don't know how to cook. Everything is ready-made, brought from the market, put in the microwave or in the oven, and eaten. At maximum, put salt on it or vinegar. So salt and sour, that's all. That's not eating, that's not food, that's not cooking. Cooking is a science. Cooking is a philosophy, like many philosophies. So these are called Ṣaḍdarśana, like Yoga, Vedānta, Advaita Vāda, Dvaita Vāda, Mīmāṃsā, etc.—all these six philosophies of India. Among them is one called the Pakṣāstra, and Pakṣāstra philosophy is ordered in the Āyurveda chapter. Āyurveda is mostly for nourishment according to the quality and nature of the person: Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha. Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha connect to the three qualities: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. And Vākśāstra, the Pakśāstra, speaks about the quality, not the quantity. Quantity makes us ill, according to the food. And quality makes us happy, healthy, and long-lived. The best cook, according to the Āyurveda: you bring the beans made out of iron, iron metal. And that cook, half a kilo of iron beans, will cook for you, and you will enjoy them like different other beans, soft and eatable. Who is that someone who can make the iron so soft and eatable? That's the science of cooking. That person knows what to cook and how to cook. So we need not go so far, but at least we should know what it means to cook. Just boil or fry it, and put some salt, lemon, and maybe a little chili—that is not the cook. Also, many sweets, many cakes, different kinds of cakes. Maybe Australia has no tradition of cakes. I don't see here any shops where you have nice, different things. So, there is no cake culture. Come to Europe, oh my god, on every street corner a big shop is open, and how many different kinds of cake, sweet, live sweet, but not healthy. Go to India, you will see how many varieties of sweets, how many varieties of sweets in India. So now, after the cakes, came new sweet varieties: chocolates. And the chocolate has taken over. This is modern science. So, since the chocolate appeared, our mothers lost the knowledge of making sweets. Homemade sweet, grandmother's recipes, you should take from grandmother. Mothers, how sweet it was, how nice it was, how healthy, tasty, everything and organic, handmade. All ingredients are inside, very visible. In others, we don't know what is inside. So cooking is not only boiled rice and vegetable and put something inside. Or you buy the meat, and I don't know how they cook the meat. I never see the meat. If someone cooks meat, I go up five houses away. For me, the horror of life is when I'm sitting in an aeroplane, and beside me, one is served a chicken or a fish. Then I close my eyes and try to meditate. Mahāprabhujī has done some miracles for me. Always, always, some vegetarian is sitting beside me. And the second, I can't smell anything. Doesn't matter how terrible his smell is. Smell? Sorry, I can't smell anything bad or good. Because Mahāprabhujī knew that I have to travel around the whole world, otherwise I will not do it. So cooking, and in the cooking there is a science of Āyurveda, and that is, you come to the whole anatomy of our body. And all the glands of the body, our kidneys, our heart, our liver, and all glands. Glands are responsible for the hormones, and it is that hormone in our body which is very, very important. In our Yoga and Daily Life book, every exercise that is written is good for what and how to do, and which glands, joints, or organs in the body are influenced. Spices, we call masala. Spices are not too much, just a little. Like salt in soup, not soup in the salt. So we know the soup is two liters, and we put in just one teaspoon of salt. So it's a little, but it's enough. Similarly, spices, only a few seeds, but that's more than enough for a particular gland. And for which glands, which kind of spices should be used? That's very important. You cannot mix in the milk salt. You mix the honey or the sugar; that must be known, thanks to God. So today was spoken about the science of cooking the spices, and there are so many spices, and every spice is written for which food and for which purpose or health we... Soon, we should take that very soon. We will have a three-year course, a three- to five-year diploma course for cooking, vegetarian cooking, organic. And you have to work in our field to grow the organic grains, vegetables, and the spices, to know how and in which season they grow, how they look, and everything. And then, how to cook, how to mix. Spices should always be whole, not powdered. As soon as you grind the spices into powder, you must use it within one week. Otherwise, the essence, the aroma, is gone. And we buy the packed spices; we don't know how many days the powder was lying in some storeroom. And how many mouths were running over? Nobody knows. We know that they are keeping everything very clean and hygienic, but who knows? And there, those spices are dead after grinding. It lost, so we are eating for living, and here, living means healthy and long life. Sorry, somebody's cooking with the chili. Long life. So, if we can't cook, all our science and knowledge is zero. We are working for our stomach. If God would have not given us hunger and thirst, nobody will work. All will be hanging here near under Brisbane River, sitting there. Why should we go for work? Sitting under the tree, don't need to eat and drink. But God has given the system to keep everyone active. Besides this, the food has an effect on our body. It includes all the glands, hormones, and so on, then our senses, the feelings, then comes the emotion. Then it influences our mind, our way of thinking, the mind, way of thinking, and intellect. So intellect is influenced by mind, though the mind should be influenced by intellect, but it became opposite. The king became the slave, and the slave begins to dominate and govern the king. So intellect is a king, and mind is only a secretary. But that secretary is so strong that intellect has nothing to say. Mind, because this secretary, or minister of the president, he has strong advisors and supporters. And that is the senses. Ten senses: five senses of knowledge and five senses of action. The test. They cooked today's food nicely, and just as they brought it outside, someone said, "Oh, it smells good." Before serving, our mouths were already watering, and we were swallowing nothing, but still swallowing. Nice food. Oh, that is a magic aroma of the spices. Today you got a dal, moong dal, green soya, and you know how many spices were inside and how nicely balanced the spices were. And this dal is five times more protein and nutrition than meat. All kinds of beans and soy have more protein and nutrition than meat. Unfortunately, our doctors do not study this, and many doctors do not have knowledge about nutrition. They must have someone else who studies about food and nutrition. And they are also influenced more by meat, meat... meat. And we see how the people look and what is the health. So, this is a test of our tongue. Oh, ice cream, everyone. Hmm, it's nice, hmm. Then comes some nice juice, lemon juice. Oh, nice, beautiful cherries, hard cherries, and one bites and eats, and others also have water in the mouth. This is the effect of the senses on the visions. Eyes are also the jñānendriya, the knowledge. The eyes see, and the tongue becomes active; all the glands become active, but not only here. In the stomach, the functioning begins. Everything, something is coming, you make place. That's it, the whole body, the ears, the touch, the skin, our touch is also a sense of knowledge. So the mind is governing the senses, the ten senses, and the eleventh one is known as the mind, because the mind is the boss of the other senses. So these ten senses of action and ten senses of knowledge are governed by their president, that is, the mind. The poor intellect has no chance. If the intellect uses its power, then they will boycott him. They will say, "Suspend the intellect, send him to the mental hospital, give him some tablets." So the intellect is sleeping. So the poor intellect is here and there, from one drawer to another drawer. Mind is governing, but the cream of the intellect is called vivekā, our intelligence. And that intelligence very nicely, what we call the diplomatic, but in a positive way, treats the mind and senses. That person will be successful; the other one will fail. So our food is influencing all these senses. And when there is no proper food, then our senses are like wild horses. They are not under control. So the body, glands, organs, blood circulation, muscles, joints, everything. Then, the second part is the mind. The mind is connecting feelings in the body and the nerve systems. And after that is intellect, and then is our viveka and knowledge of the self, the ātmā. Food. Food is not for just enjoying and filling our stomach. But food is to feel happy, relaxed, healthy, and to have a long, long life. So food is a science, a beautiful science, and we don't pay attention, which is our food, the basis of our life. But we don't think. We just try to fill our stomach, and that's all. So cooking from the mother or father, that food is for the family, for the children, healthy. When we cook the food, we must give love inside. All different spices are inside, but one most important spice is missing, and that's called love. When the mother is cooking for the child, preparing even a bottle of milk, there is a mother's love. Similarly, our mothers, our wives, our daughters, our sisters. So, ladies, women have miracles in their hands. It doesn't matter which woman cooks more tastily, finely, or sufficiently than the man. That man who is cooking has learned the cooking course; then it's okay. But then it's learned, not naturally; it's learned by mother's hands. So the women have the touch of the mother, the child. There are five best qualities which women have, men do not have. And men said, "We are happy that we don't have this." We can sit and read the newspaper or look at television. The ladies will do. That's very important. So these spices, the top best spices, are love and respect. When your best friend comes, our guest, you cook with love. You serve with love. And during the cooking, we always advise in India, our mothers, they are chanting, singing mantras, that mother knows that she is cooking for the family, and in them is God. So she's cooking for the God. First, food offering. In the old times, when we were cooking on the fire, my mother would first take the jyapach flower, put a little in the fire, and say a mantra: Agni Dev. Annapūrṇe Sadāpūrṇe Śaṅkara Prāṇa Vallabhe Jñāna Vairāgya Siddhyarthaṃ Bhikṣāṃ Dehi Ca Pārvatī Mātā Ca Pārvatī Devī Pitā Devo Maheśvara Bandhavaḥ Śiva Bhaktāśca Svadeśo Bhuvanatrayam. This mantra, Annapūrṇe: the "Anna" is the grain, all kinds of food. When we talk about food, it is the grain, the seeds. Because in that grain, in the seed, there is oil, there is life, there is soul. Anna, Annā, is a divine mother, a divine goddess. She is supplying food to all. Even you will see that Swayambhu Śiva, creator of all, he goes to the door of Annapūrṇā and asks for food. Mother Annapūrṇā. We have in the Himalayas, a beautiful part of the Himalayas, a big hill, a mountain that is called Annapurna temple mountain. Very nice. Beside the Everest, one side is Everest, the other side is Mount Kailash, and between is Annapurna. It is beautiful. You can see the darśana of Annapūrṇā from Nepal, very nice, sorry. In Nepal, there is one city called Pokhara, and from there, you have clear weather. You see the Annapurna, beautiful, beautiful. So his mother, she supplies food to all. Who are we that we can give someone eating? Who gave the pig will give the food. If God has given a mouth to the pig, why did He give it? So we said, if you gave the pig, then give something to eat. It is God who is supplying, and that God is Annapūrṇā Mother. Annapūrṇā, where you have the anna, eating enough. Sadāpūrṇā, always, always you will be complete, full. Annapūrṇā, Sadāpūrṇā. Jñāna Vairāgya Siddhyarthaṃ, Bhikṣāṃ Dehi Ca Pārvatī. For my spiritual sādhanā, perfection and self-realization, jñāna is knowledge, vairāgya is detachment, jñāna vairāgya siddhyarthaṃ, siddha, perfection for perfection. Bhikṣāṃ Dehi Ca Pārvatī Mātā, Annapūrṇā is second, her name is Pārvatī, and Pārvatī is Lord Śiva's partner. That is the prāṇa, the life of the Śaṅkara prāṇa vallabhe. Jñāna vairāgya siddhyarthaṃ bhikṣāṃ dehi ca Pārvatī. O Pārvatī, please give bhikṣāṃ. Jñāna vairāgya siddhyarthaṃ bhikṣāṃ dehi ca Pārvatī. Mātā ca Pārvatī Devī. That Parvati Devi is the mother, the universal mother. Pitā Devo Maheśvara, and that Śiva is the father, bandhavaḥ, Śiva bhakta, and my relatives, my friends, my brothers, etc. Are the Shiva's Bhaktas, and my city, my village is all three worlds. That is the world of the Shiva, "Śubhaṃ karoti kalyāṇam." And through this food, through this blessing of the Pārvatī, Annapūrṇā, Śaṅkara, Maheśvara, there is Siddhi. Śubhaṃ karoti kalyāṇam. Please bless me with good luck, happiness, and liberation. Śubhaṃ Karoti Kalyāṇam. Ārogyaṃ Dhana Sampadā. And bless me with good health, Aarogyam Dhan, prosperity, Aarogyam Dhan Sampada, and harmony in my life through this nourishment. What I eat should give me happiness, contentment, and harmony. Dīp Jyotir Namastute. I bow down to the light of the deep, the universal light. Mahāprabhujī's light, Mahāprabhujī's name is deep, and all my negative thoughts should be destroyed or go away. And the thoughts of the enemies should also be neutralized. That enemy goes away, and we become good friends. I bow down to that divine light. Then we realize within us that God is Brahma. Brahma arpaṇam. Then every action of mine, my eating and drinking, is karma. Cooking is a karma. Everything is karma. So, Brahmārpaṇam, I offer to the Brahman. Brahmāgno, in the fire of the Brahman, the fire is the Brahman. Which fire? Jatharāgni, the digestive fire. Brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havi, and that in the fire of the Brahma, Brahma havi. Brahma eva tena gantavyam, and this, what I give, I offer to the Brahman, whose offering is also Brahman, whose eating is the Brahman, and who gives is also Brahman. All comes from one, one in all, all in one. Brahma eva tena gantavyam brahma karma samādhinā, and this my offering should lead me to the samādhi, divine consciousness. Then we realize the pūrṇa, like full moon. Pūrṇa means complete. Pūrṇa means complete, and when is everything complete? That is also complete. A beautiful, colorful peacock bird, a beautiful peacock bird, has a beautiful egg, and we need not inject the color in the egg. That egg from that peacock bird will automatically be the colorful baby. So similarly, Pūrṇa is always Pūrṇa. It will never be empty. What we take from Pūrṇa is coming Pūrṇa, and we give further, it will not become half. It will be Pūrṇa, and what will remain is also Pūrṇa. Therefore, we are also complete Pūrṇa; we are the light of God. Doesn't matter if it is a thousand or five thousand volt bulb or just a five volt bulb, light is the light. So maybe we are one voltage, but still we are this one volt of God that will not go off; it will ever be with us on this earth. And so, after this, Mother will chant the mantras. And that mantra is the special spice in the food. If your wife or your husband is angry, and he or she is cooking, then tell them, "Please don't cook today." I don't want to eat your anger. So, where anger is, there is no love. You will feel how the food is tasted, that is not the taste which every day has. Therefore, be careful before your husband or wife begins to cook. You should be nice to them. Can I help you? Can I bring this? Can I do this? Don't go in nerves. Don't become a nervous wreck. That's it. Or put a nice kīrtan bhajan in your kitchen. During the eating, you are cooking for God. That becomes a prasād, holy food. Stirring your vegetable or anything with a spoon, don't test it. And in case, if you want to... Test, then test with spoon and wash, and then put it in. Many people, this only the best cook will not do. Many they are still saying, always cutting potatoes, carrot, this is not allowed in the kitchen of the God. No testing. A good cook. Knowing, touching vegetables, if the salt is enough or not, if the sweet is enough or not, and looking only, you can tell the salt is missing. That is the best cook. So, between no test, and then put on the plate and offer to God. And then you eat, that food becomes a holy food for you, tasteful for your children. That will make your intellect, your brain, the brilliant, the best one. Make an experiment. Then, of course, you enjoy your food. And this prayer, in every religion, there is a prayer before eating. We thank God for giving us this nourishment. After this, beautiful spices, which we call love, are a divine offering. That is the cream on your beautiful chocolate or the cake. Yes, a cream or the cream. Viveka is the cream of the mind and intellect, and so the top is that knowledge, the wisdom. So eating is very important. If you go to a restaurant, that food is not cooked with that love. That is the difference. So why did we say homemade? Even the homemade is not so; hands were not clean, maybe. But machine weight, that in human hands is not touched, but still the machine. So homemade cookies, homemade sweets, homemade food have more meaning, strength, and health. Then our whole body and our ātmā, our soul, is happy. Food. Take food with you for your lunch. Yes. Don't eat junk food. Better not to eat. Eat a nice breakfast in the morning, which is prepared by yourself, or your partner, or mother, or father. And then, don't eat until the evening. Come evening, and eat what your mother has prepared, or you prepare yourself, healthy food. So, today it was the lesson about spices, and you may prepare yourself. For the three-year course, it will be a distance course. There will be examinations, and for two months you have to be there in India during the time of the crops. How we will grow the crops, take care of it, and how the seeds come and how it tastes. It is so. It will be three, more than three years, cooking diploma course in Jadan Ashram. You are all most welcome, and I wish you success, that you become that Divine Mother or Divine Father to bring the prāṇa, new life to the world, that you cook the vegetarian, the best food. That's all today. Wish you a very good evening and looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. Oh, tomorrow is something special, no? Or tomorrow is finished. So, yes, when you cook, keep this Rudrākṣa mālā on your neck or in your hand. Because Śaṅkara Prāṇa Vallabhe, this rudrākṣa is representative of Śiva. Where Śiva is, there even the goddess, as well as the devils, all are afraid. The goddesses are sitting disciplined, and the asuras, asurīśakti, are also disciplined because Śiva is the president. So there is a lower house, an upper house, and then the president or prime minister. So Shiva is the upper house. If it is possible, when you go to the bathroom under the shower, let your Rudrākṣa mālā on your neck. Or one with Rudrākṣa seed, and you take the shower, you will see that you get the benefit of the Abhiṣeka on the Śiva Liṅga. You are bathing with Shiva, okay? But don't rub your Rudrākṣa with chemical soap, yeah? Only with the organic, or the neem, or something nice. Where Rudrākṣa is on your neck or in your hand, be sure the electric current from the lightning from clouds will not hit you. Make an experiment. Yes, yes, it will not. It will not hit you. And if you are afraid of ghosts and go there, in which part of the forest or somewhere people think there's a ghost, have a Rudrākṣa in your Rudrākṣa Mālā and go there alone in the night. Yes, how should we know otherwise? If you want to see heaven, you have to die without... Dying, you cannot see the heaven, and if you don't see the heaven, it is your karma. You will not come back and say, "Swāmījī, I didn't see the heaven." So, anyhow, if you are afraid of something, take the rudrākṣa and go. If there is a ghost or a spirit... It will come, it will come and will want to see the Rudrākṣa in different form and will go away. That spirit or that ghost, that soul is liberated by this Śiva Darśana. And because you are wearing this, they will not do anything to you. They will... Be thankful or adore you, and they will be liberated from ancestors' ślokas, bitter ślokas. Power of the Rudrākṣa. You can take your Rudrākṣa mālā and put it on your head, and put your shower over it and let it run for two or three minutes, with water. Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭivardhanam, Urvārukamiva Bandhanān Mṛtyormukṣīya Mā'mṛtāt. Name of Śiva, Śiva is that amṛti, also Tryambakaṃ. These are Shiva's names, the power of the Rudrākṣa mālā. And then, when you make a Śakti pūjā, divine mother, then you must have a crystal. When doing the Shakti Pūjā, the Navarātri, the nine nights of Śiva, or Mother's Day Shakti, or this, then you must have Rudrākṣa, crystal clear. This is that energy bomb, you can't imagine, but positive, transparent, clear, Śakti, see? Śakti is woman, and they don't like any impurities, only pure and pure and pure. Crystal clear heart, thoughts, and everything, that is a Shakti. Those who do not have purity in thinking and this and that, then that is not Shakti. So, crystal, you should have on your body a little piece of crystal all the time. So, someone told me that I should have a crystal. So I said, "Which crystal?" There are also named girls, you know, Crystal, like Christine. So somebody brought and hung so many crystals here. So my mala, this mala is of course very, very special. It has been abhiṣeka and pūjā and ceremonies, and many, many things are done. It belongs to this, my... Paramparā, our spiritual lineage, this should be given to the successor and to the successor, and this, and Divine Mother's, this golden yantra, so rudrākṣa and crystal. Rudrākṣa is Śiva, and crystal is Śakti. But what do we need more? But the crystal should be pure crystal, not glass. That crystal which grows in the Shiva Liṅga, like a stone, this is a stone. This is not some from the glass. Good? That's it. So tomorrow, if there is a program tomorrow, Shivyoti, or tomorrow is finished by 10 a.m. Alright, and now it's 10 p.m., so it's too late. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. Yā Devī Sarva Bhūteṣu Lakṣmī Rūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastase, Namastase,... Namo Namaḥ. Yā Devī Sarva Bhūteṣu Buddhirūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastase, Namastase... Namo namaḥ. Yā Devī Sarva Bhūteṣu Mātṛrūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastase, Namastase... Namo namaḥ. Aum Śānti, Śānti, Śānti. Adiós.