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To Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, to Deva Purīṣa Mahādeva, to Satguru Svāmījī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān, to Sanātana Dharma. Oṃ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ. Dīpa jyoti parabrahma dīpam sarve mohanaṃ / Dīpaṃ nasajate sarvam sandhyā dīpam sarva satyam subhaṃ karoti / Kalyāṇam ārogyaṃ dhana sampadasat rubdhi vināśāya / Dīpa jyoti namastute Oṃ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Good evening. Today is a beautiful day. The day when what one thinks comes to fulfillment is the greatest day. For about one and a half months, I kept thinking that I must give a lecture in the German language once again. And today it has succeeded. There are two reasons. One is that my speech again somewhat recalls speaking, coming into practice. Secondly, when I converse in German, I feel more relaxed. I have a deep connection to Europe through the German language, because I have been there for many years. Today at half past four in the morning, I thought: it is Thursday, Guruvāra, why not speak in German today? At nine o'clock during breakfast, I thought about it again and then forgot. At noon, I thought again and forgot again. At five o'clock in the afternoon while drinking tea, I once again reflected and then I called the radio. Of course, the radio was very pleased and informed you. I am glad to be here in Gurujī’s āśrama and happy to see you all. There are many topics, but one particular technique for success might interest many—a success. Success is a very swift step. In Austria, they say a fast step is as fast as a snail. Snail-steps are so silent, very quiet and very fast, so fast that you cannot keep up with them. It becomes boring, but it moves so slowly yet surely. The next day, when you get up, you see it in your vegetable garden, having eaten many leaves. Its goal was to reach the vegetable garden, perhaps about 100 meters away. Many obstacles, but it said... They say the steps of the ants, but the ants are very fast. What one wishes to achieve in life requires a firm decision, a clear formation, completely crystal clear, even though nothing yet exists. It is a mental conception, a mental form to represent how it can be. We must work for it throughout our entire life. There are always obstacles. Many will say you are crazy, give up, you cannot achieve that. Many situations. But the inner feeling is there, already present in our heart with our success. Feelings are here in the body. Ideas are here. But truth, your existence, is already there in success. What to achieve? One must lay down the ego, greed, pride—everything. But work entirely in silence, inwardly. Then you receive so much. You accomplish everything. Inner will, inner strength. Never give up, never give up. Consider the faces of an ant and a yogī. Someone practices yoga and wishes to realize their goal. In yoga, there are many goals. One such goal is self-realization: Ātmajñāna, Ātmanubuddhi. He sits in his garden in May or June in the early morning, meditating. Beautiful birds sing, and every tree radiates an energy. Every flower is a joy. Every flower is proud of itself. Every bee, every wasp, they are so happy. The entire field or garden is so beautiful. The yogī, with his open eyes, preserves the beauty of nature. Scent, aroma, a silence. Silent. A flower is so silent. But when you are focused, it is so loud. It calls, "Come to me. I am here for you." The yogī thinks: a few months ago, that was nothing at all. Completely cold and snowy, with no leaves, no green blade of grass. It was such that hardly anyone could sit for a few minutes. But where was that? I had a longing, and I didn’t know if I would ever experience sitting in a garden so beautiful. It was just very cold. But my patience, my practice, my thoughts, my imagination, my inner goal—that I am in the beautiful garden and look forward to sitting and experiencing it in March, in May or June, in the summer. And suddenly it is there. But that is external. He wishes to realize his spiritual goal. He wanted to meditate, but could not meditate at all. Repeating the mantra, but he also had no desire to do so because he thought, "This won't help me." Disappointed, surrendered, and lost in this external beauty in a garden. This garden is transient. It is just a glance. After a moment, everything is gone again. And so, my sādhanā, perhaps it is also like this: a motivation, a feeling, is lost. This happens every year in autumn and so on. And I am there again, in the same place. He sits and thinks, gazing at the trunk of a tree. An ant is carrying a piece of bread and climbing up, and suddenly it loses this crumb. The ant comes back down and searches. Thank God, her nose is stronger than her body. Ants have a good nose. What God has made, such a tiny, little ant. How strong is their nose, my God. God has given everything to all living beings. She finds a small crumb of bread again and climbs back up, reaches halfway, then loses her grip again. One might observe and say the foolish ant should give up, or eat it right down there, no need to carry it back up. But the ant wanted to bring it into her nest, where the whole family was sitting. They also want to have some of it. Several times up and down, up and down. Suddenly, he sees the ant has come to a hole up between the branches and turns it over. From the backward movement, it goes inward and holds these crumbs in her mouth. The yogī said, the ant is my guru, my greatest teacher. She told me: do not give up. Do not give up your goal. Do not lose sight of your goal. No matter what, the whole world may turn upside down, but my security and my goal, my Saṅkalpa, will always remain. No matter what happens, I know what I want, and I will achieve certain things. Practice, practice, and practice again—what seems dull becomes wise, because practice makes perfect. Practice, practice, practice. An ignorant person can also become a wise one. When a cord or rope constantly touches the stone or rubs against the stone, it wears away or cuts the stone. A pillar has such power. But stone has more power. With the stone cutters, we can cut the pillar in a few minutes. But gentle, soft. Just like at a shore. Many boats and ferries come there. Every time, the rope is thrown and comes and goes, you see, just a few centimeters, the stone is already gone. Practice is one thing. Do not give up anything. But discipline is lacking. Discipline is lacking because we have lost sight of our goal. Wherever one wants, it comes. It takes time, it takes time. Be certain: if you cannot succeed, your children will succeed. One day, the goal you promised in your inner festivals will become a firm goal, remaining in every thought. You surrender to someone, a trustworthy person. Before dying, you say: my friend, my child, that was my goal, but I have not yet realized anything. I give you the key. Keep going, you will find either a hole or a lock. You will find a treasure. This treasure is spirituality. Both the material goal and the spiritual goal share the same principles. Give up nothing, lose no trust, self-confidence: I can, I will. Certainly, in our goal, in our Saṅkalpa, in our desire, there must be nothing negative. In Yoga Nidrāvān, we make a Saṅkalpa, and pure Saṅkalpa is, as Yoga says, no negative word. In your Saṅkalpa, you should not use 'not'. You should not say, "Alright, from today onwards I will not drink alcohol." If you say 'not', it is negative. It is very difficult to find the right words. If you say 'not', your success is nothing. So you could say, in other words, from today onwards I will give up alcohol. Never give up—those are the two things. Our spiritual development is lifelong, and thus you pass it on to your successors, your students; the master gives to his successor. Succession in every subject, in every profession, is different. There is politics, business, commerce, there is an artist, a creator, there is a farmer. Everyone has a different style. Most spiritual practitioners also have a different style. It is important to keep in mind and to continue, and continue, and continue to go and to give. You don’t need talent, intellectual talent, for what you say. Intellectual desires, and if we only go through the intellect, then we will change. Intellectual knowledge, jñāna, is limited. Twenty years ago, there was a conversation about a cellular phone, a mobile phone. Then came the technology; we used to carry a two-kilogram telephone. Once someone gave me something, and we walked through the entire Vienna Woods, pausing like that. Today? No one needs it. They say, this is a lump. Now it is a completely different technique. Or say, the best, new technique, such and such. After two years, it says, this is an old one. The new one is coming. In technique, in intellect, knowledge is always temporary, and then one desires something new. But spiritual knowledge does not change, does not end. It always goes along. Such discipleship is not about thinking that someone is knowledgeable, strong, or capable of working well. No. In which person as a successor has he understood the qualities and attributes? This is how one searches, selects. That person can continue my work. Others are like doves. Many pigeons sit there, and then suddenly, all the pigeons fly. One is not a dove that hears everything and just sits; one knows they are awake, it is only from the hands, there is no danger. Many will fly away like doves, but the true ones, those who have no fear, remain seated and they will make it through. Goal-consciousness, work, life situation. There is a time for everything; success will come in its own time. That is very important. So, practice Kriyā, practice, practice. Coming to Satsaṅga, coming to Satsaṅga. Satsaṅga is one of the best techniques for spiritual development. In Kali-Yuga now there is very little Satsaṅga. When then come the rats, when then comes politics or this and that. To drink a pure, spiritual, beautiful, divine nectar is Satsaṅga. Thank God, in our Yoga in Daily Life, everywhere, in all yoga centers, groups, in families, whether on the beach, by the shore, or in nature, they have Satsaṅgas. Two people walk, strolling together. The entire walk, they have Satsaṅga. On the other side, those two who are constantly gossiping, meaningless. It has no quality or purpose. They are empty words. Talking about other things, talking about food, talking about how beautiful it is, talking about how my dogs eat and this and that. So many facts. But some go around and talk about how beautiful life is, bhajan, satsaṅgas, God, practice, experiences. So few people wander through the Wienerwald. Our yoga people, of course, who else? Yoga in Daily Life people. They walk through the Wienerwald, oh, it is resonance, beautiful satsaṅga feelings. And so it is. Some of you bring restlessness. When there is restlessness, then the whole of nature is restless. Satsaṅga is when the whole of nature is beautiful. Mahāprabhujī said in his golden teaching: make your goal with firm determination, success is yours. Continue surely, continue onward. Carry your God, your faith, your love, your spirituality within your inner self. Surely you will realize that. Change is difficult. You should not change. The years have already passed. We have very little time. If you change your goals now, you will have lost both. What you had until now, you have lost because you have changed. What you have decided will not help you, because you will die before this goal is realized. You have no time. The wise person, the intelligent person, the spiritual person, the one who has patience, moves forward. Proceed and come to the goals. Practice, practice, practice. Karat karat abhyāsa pyāre, jaḍamatī hota sujāna, rasī āvata jāvata śila para paḍata niśāna. Practice, practice, O Kaunteya, practice. Oh, Son of Kuntī, practice, practice, practice. Abhyāsa. Kuntī is to Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gītā. Oh, Son of Kuntī, Arjuna, practice, practice, practice. Now, all of you should practice a great deal. Yes, you are making a strong effort. But some are a little confused. Sometimes this, sometimes that. And then again the same, well, this is good and this is beautiful and so on. After a few days or so, he says, well, but I prefer the scratch, I’ll stick with the scratch. It always comes back like the ant returning to the crumbs. Well, at least, at least, it will take you there. It is so important to be certain and to proceed slowly. All four seasons of the year are beautiful. Just like in January, my God. White flowers are falling from the sky, you can even smell the snow, right? Suddenly everything so clean and white, like a fairy tale. All of nature says, come, you, just look, the purity, beautiful, whole. Winter has its own beauty. A silence in the forest. You hear every snowflake, the waterfall, beautiful. This is a beautiful silence. Can you imagine? Midnight, snowing and everything, powder snow. And full moon. We walk on the snow, how beautiful. Who says winter is bad? The Viennese say, this is all chaos. If you have thoughts like that, then it will be so. Suddenly comes spring, autumn, winter, everything is beautiful. Then it is beautiful within us. As we see, so the whole world will be. As soon as we see that everything is beautiful, positive, then everything becomes completely clear and beautiful. We will see how it goes tomorrow; tomorrow there will be another webcast, but in a different language. From time to time, the German words will come, the Austrian ones, exactly. All love, all the best, Mabro, Mose, blessings, happy to see you all. We should have a webcast every day. Every day. I will sit before the altar and give a lecture. Something beautiful every day. Good idea? Yes, something good every day. You should write. You should make a video. We will see that. What she speaks and what she writes. We will put it into our programs. People are happy. It was good. Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Anākī. Deveśvara Mahādeva. Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Anākī. Deveśvara Mahādeva. This webcast was on a bhajan of Mahāprabhujī. This is a beautiful bhajan by Mahāprabhujī. What is it called? All Bhajans are beautiful from Mahāprabhujī. That was the very first beginning that was in my thoughts. And now it comes. Holī Gurujī says, how shall I say, you must do it. But I have forgotten again, too much. This is Holy Guru, Mahāprabhu, this Bhajan. How does that work? If it is not good, then so be it. The creation of creation is difficult; if it is not good, then so be it. If it is not good, then so be it. The creation of creation is difficult; if it is not good, then so be it. So that was it. Bāgā kī śobā nyārī. Bāgā kī śobā bārī. The beauty and the glory in our garden are wonderful. The beauty of the garden is unique. The flowers bloom in abundance. Where the beautiful flowers are planted and the blossoms open. Beautiful. It is coming soon. And who gives the water? Our Surata. Surata means our consciousness, concentration, our attention, awareness. Surata. Here there is only the body. It is merely an empty shell. My feeling is where my Beloved is. Here lies only the body. This is the Sūrat. It says, the moon is high in the sky and this one flower like the lotus, but not the lotus. It is also in the water, blooming. Lily. Do you say lily? Lily. Water lily, opening on the full moon day. She longs to come to the full moon. So, as he said, Candra vāse ākāśame. Candra, the moon is in the sky, far away, and lily is in the water. When will the moment come to meet you? But the longing, full moon day and the lily. Sit there and observe, feel, you will sense a beautiful vibration of unity. This is unity. This is Surata, our attention. The attention, the longing, goes there with our imaginations and eyes. No matter, the clouds are there, you do not see the moon, but still, the lily opens. You do not see the form in the feet, but in your feeling, you are present. This is the most important thing. Dhūnī, Lord Bārī. Dhūnī, Dhūnī-Kādhyāna. Dhūnī does not mean the fire pit. It depends on the context. Dhūnī is also a fire altar. Other Dhūnīs are your feeling, your longing, your concentration, your being there. You say to your father, your mother, your wife, or your husband, you say, what do you say, what do you think? He does not answer and says, you, I asked you. "Oh yes, sorry. What did you ask? I was somewhere else in my thoughts." So your body is here, all your indriyas have withdrawn because you are somewhere else. That is the dhuniyā. Dhunika Dhyāna. Dhyāna means meditation. Attention, Dhyāna. When you drive, Otto, then say, be careful. Be careful, pay attention. Dhunika Dhyāna, that is meditation. Watch out, you must get there. Dhunika Dhyāna is great. If you want to awaken, then awaken like this. Two words: Jāgāna must awaken, also ignite the fire, activate the fire. It depends on the context in which this word fits. This is the Bhajan. Our people translate it as fire altar, fire altar. The entire bhajan has lost its meaning. That is it. Open the leaf of the heart and see, the swan is playing. Open the leaf of the heart and see. Look within. Haṃsāvala kelā kartā hai. There the swan, Paramahaṃsa, kelā kartā hai, is happy. He dances there. So happy. This Paramahaṃsa, the swan, is your Ātman. Happy Ātman. Not the Buṭṭātmā, Pāpātmā, Jīvātmā. But he said nothing. Samundara hai bhārī. Samundara hai baḍā bhārī. Tiraṇā ho to aisā ho. The ocean is endless, but he can swim so beautifully well. You can cross the ocean; that is a kind of one who can swim well. Only love or friendship or being in love with Brahman, the Supreme. Oh, you mad one. Look, everything that exists in the world is disappointment. Dīvānā means crazy, but a funny crazy, a happy crazy. One is so happy and dances and says, are you crazy? Well, I say, yes. Also bliss. Bliss is also like a madman, but a healthy, clear bliss. Let it be gujanā ho esau, saudhara śabda, ahaṃ brahmāsmi, sound. Beautiful. Okay, there is a little time left, time for prayer. It is beautiful. If one can understand the Bhajan and then translate it, one also understands it better. Dhūnī means fire, dhūnī means your attention or you would like this and that. As I said with Mīrā. This is the most important, the most important, the most important. I hope we have observed it with the Maestro.