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In ancient times, nature was untouched and its vegetation was very healthy. The roots, wildlife, and different kinds of creatures like bees were abundant, though nowadays bees are becoming fewer and fewer. Can we imagine a world without bees? Would there be honey? Honey is a nectar. There is no scientist who can make honey; it would be a great pity if bees died. No great scientist can create even one drop. There is only creation, the miracle of the Divine Mother, who provides many fruits. It is a pity that we human beings take things from nature. There was no pollution then, and now there is a lot of pollution. We are constantly inhaling pollution through the nose, through the mouth, and through the skin. In those ancient times, humans did not have so many pieces of equipment, but they were happier. Nowadays we have everything, but we are not happy. As much as comfort and design increase, life becomes more complicated. So many people were spiritual thinkers or yogīs. They used to live in caves, in the mountains. That was their palace, their house, their comfort, and their home. And they were happy. The caves had a very natural energy. The cave itself is like a pyramid. The pyramid was designed by yogīs and is described in the Vedas. There were no religious thoughts at that time. Religion, as in nature, was always about thinking of good health and being a healthy person. So in the caves, there was such an energy which let humans feel comfort, health, and a long, long life. At that time, they had only one thought: to take care of the family and just eat whatever Mother Nature is offering. There were no precious stones, no multi-floor houses; they were not thinking of building airplanes, and they had no plans to travel thousands of kilometers. So the caves became a miracle. Of course, in some caves, the atmosphere was not good. It is in nature that every creature fights, and so humans were also like that. Sometimes, even humans were killing humans and eating them. So in that way, it was not a safe life. But they were not killing and eating every time, only if there was a situation where there was nothing to eat. But there were other creatures. And their radiance and their appearance were so strong. They were sitting in the cave and meditating. It was like a light which was spreading for many, many kilometers, where the nature was very beautiful. All the seasons were balanced because the divine energy, divine consciousness, developed there, and their coming to the places was like a blessing. So in many countries, there were great saints. Afterwards, the different religions developed, and that made the complications. That made the fight. The religions were founded by great holy saints. When religions were just beginning to develop, they had great thinkers, great saints, and their teachings were wonderful. Then the individual egos said, "Mine is the best." Who does not agree with me, accept them. And so the human ego means ignorance, and so it is divided. We had a beautiful World Peace Conference a few days ago. One of the speakers said that at the United Nations in Vienna, one of the speakers said that those who are fighting against other religions are distracting. Understand mutual understanding. You have your parents, your family; the neighbor’s house, they have their families. In the neighboring house, they have their own family, but they live in harmony with each other. Like that, we should understand. Otherwise, every religion is divine. So, we have to bring sisterhood also, don’t say that whatever the sisters, so it is humanity, all humans. If they will support each other, the world will be. So the spirituality, divine consciousness, and achievement—these caves are billions of years old. Mountains, caves that are naturally that old. So when you go to some caves, natural caves in mountains, some caves you feel very frightened. That is not good energy. You stay overnight there, you hear screaming. They were tortured. In some caves, you feel because I’m holy. Caves, they go thousands of kilometers. When once you go in, and you don’t know how you came, you are lost forever. You think you go right, and then if you go, this is not good, then you go back, you go the other side. So we are lost; we need a navigator. If you go to the other side, you will not know where you came from, you will get lost, and you will need a navigator. The caves in the mountains, which is one story I tell, are in a very small village. It’s not a mountain where people miraculously keep, many people are going, hardly someone knows who. One day, a few students were studying subjects and walking, and suddenly they saw a cave, and nobody knows. So these young students said, "Let’s go in and see what is inside." Five of them walked in. They went deeper and deeper into the cave. It was getting darker and darker. So one of them said, "Go back, because we don’t know where the cave will lead us. We will not find a way back." Everyone said yes, good. Life is dear to everyone. So, they were deciding, "Let’s go back." So there was one student who thought the stones are there inside the earth. Let’s take some samples. So he was going down to take the stones and sand, and in the cave a voice came. He said, "Boy, be careful. Anything wrong here, otherwise you will be sorry." I warn you, others said, four boys always creating trouble. You are stupid. Let’s go, but I would like to make an experiment. They said, "Leave your experiment here. Let’s go." He said, "No, I will take something." Again, a voice came, "Do not take anything." Fear. When fear appears, then your willpower becomes weaker. Your strength, physical and mental strength, as long as you have no fear, you are strong. But they were all dark, and they were 200 meters deep, or 300 meters deep. So they decided, "Let’s go." Then a voice came. Also, I tell you, if you don’t take anything, you will be sorry. They said, "Even we will be sorry. We will not take. Let’s go." So, they were fighting, so they pulled him. Let’s go. But he bowed out quickly, took the earth and the stone, and put it in his pocket. He will be sorry. He quickly walked. Again, the world is here. The hair was standing, and they looked. There was no gate; the door of the pocket disappeared. He took his hand out of his pocket, opened his fist, and saw the diamonds. The others also said, "We could also have taken them." He thought, "I could have taken two handfuls." They were sorry they couldn’t take more. So, they see this cave, and when they see it, they say, "Oh, yoga." They are inspired. You came in. Then, you hear now the voice of the master. But your inner self is saying, "Is this true? Should we believe him? Should we take something?" Your inner self says yes or no, yes or no. Many are just listening. There is someone, sure, trying to take something. Others, next, one who understood—that’s comments of the wisdom, pearls of the wisdom. Similarly, this individual soul, how many of us are sitting here? So many souls. I am my soul. You have your soul. She has her soul. Every one of us, we have our good karma, good luck. Everyone is an individual. What is your problem? I don’t have that problem. But I have a problem. This is called karma, individual. As ātmā, what is God, that is Karcharya, the great master, he gives the example. When the full moon is shining, and we put it with water, we look at every cup. If you make a division in that row, then still only one moon. On the other side of division is also one moon, and on the other side is also one moon. So the cups are different, the colors are different, the size is different, and the form is different. But the moon which is reflecting is only one. So, ātmā, what we call our divine self, is only one. And that we have all now, same, no difference. But the individual soul, that’s called the soul which is living, which is born; that is the fact. The body dies, but the hands, senses, and mind are different. So, what is coming is a soul that is born again and goes out of the body. It is, essentially, this soul that is born, going, and coming. That soul from the cosmic world came to the mortal world and now has lost the way. This is a cave. We are born sometimes as a human, sometimes as other animals. It is not sure that a human will be born again. We cannot be sure that in the next life it will be a human body again. It’s changing, and therefore we are lost. That’s called 8.4 million different kinds of life. And we are searching for the way out. And we are trying to find a way out of this. Finally, we got a human life. This is the chance to get out of all these karmas and sufferings. This is the last doorstep. Through which we can get out of this suffering of birth and death. Through what? A positive way of living. Understanding everyone’s pain doesn’t matter, human or animal. Understanding everyone’s needs, understanding everyone’s love, understanding everyone has a hunger, and everyone has a thirst. Every mother and father loves their children, whether human or animal, and every child needs and loves their parents. They help them, guide them, feed them. Do not destroy them, do not kill them, do not harm them. See them as your own child, see them as your own father and mother. Such awakening, such awareness in us leads us to the divine consciousness, God consciousness. And we are free from this mortal world. We become liberated, so that we can liberate others. But we have to change our inner qualities. So, each nerve in the body is the channel, the path, through which our consciousness is moving through different chakras, glands, and different feelings. So let our consciousness end in the divine centers, and let us help others. Helping hands have more value than following. Everyone needs help. When you give help, that person will give you love, or that animal will give you love. You see, if you give food to someone who is hungry—it doesn’t matter whether they are animals, birds, or humans—they may not say thank you, but their stomach will say thank you. So what is holy? The holy person is one who understands others and loves them. So what you need, the same thing others need. So we are caught in this cycle of birth and death. For a while, we are in astral form, in the astral world. Then again, we enter into the cave of the mother’s womb. And there will be more, many, many again, the nerves and this for us. And then we have our own cave, from the toes to the top of the head. Day and night, you are searching for happiness, happiness, freedom. What are we in this world? Sometimes a person says, "I don’t want to live anymore. I have had enough of this life," but it is not easy to go out. Though there is a lot of pain, we pray to Mahāprabhujī that we should not suffer physically. Dependent, physically dependent, and physical pain, lying in the hospitals, and no one comes to visit you, or maybe once in a week, you are lying all the time, but you can’t go out. Still, you have hope to live more because you are afraid to leave this body. We have the fear to go out of it, so we are connected to the fear, because this individual soul is, for ages and ages, traveling through the endless universe. Fluttering on the waves of the tide, going through light and darkness, pain and pleasure. So let us develop ourselves in our cave, practice yoga, meditate, and feel the energy in this cave. When you come and sit here, close your eyes, you will see. You will see, definitely, inside. Outside, you will see the photos. So the inner feelings will develop and give us freedom. So this is one of the worldly caves which have caught us in this. There we come to the higher level; there is another cave, and that cave is, there is no path where I am. At least your friends come and say, "Hello, how are you?" But there is no, you see, it is empty. No one listens to you. How is it that we will speak? The best. Welcome to this cave that she spoke about, and so I gave the commentary on the cave. Thank you. And thank you to Gyān Devī. You see, man is a proposal, and God is a proposal. Man is a proposal. So, last year, it was this year, no? It was last year, no? On your door. I could see you and me, but the law didn’t let us go. So, my Anjal, it is said that my food and water, my food was not in my kismet to eat here. I had to go. So, it’s been three years. And between, also, a very sad thing happened: our dear Gyān Devī’s son—we are very sorry for that. We had a message: we were praying around the world that Saul would have only that much time, peace, and eternal peace in life. And we prayed for his peace and immortality. So that was also a cause that I couldn’t. This was also one of the reasons why I couldn’t, but we are here. Keep silent. Solve. It is the soul’s cause to liberate itself. We call it Śraddhā. Becoming in love with it. The day of the all souls, the day of the holy souls. Śrī Śrī... Then you must read for the people here. Respected Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Maheśvarānanda, I am honored to send the warmest regards to you on the occasion of your 70th anniversary. I wish you good health, happiness, peace, and kind and sincere people around you. Dear Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Maheśvarānanda, I am honored to send you the warmest wishes related to your 70th anniversary. I wish you good health, happiness, peace, and good and honest people around you. On behalf of the citizens of Cherkassy, I am deeply thankful for establishing the world-renowned yoga and daily life system in our town. This system helps people in Ukraine to get over their fear, overcome mental and physical disorders and diseases, and relieve stress, especially now when Ukraine is going through such hard times. On behalf of the citizens of Cherkassy, I am deeply grateful for the establishment of the world-famous yoga system in our city. Your system helps people in Ukraine to overcome fear, mental and physical illnesses and diseases, and also helps to overcome stress, especially now when Ukraine is going through such difficult times. Thanks to your lectures and seminars, more and more people begin to understand the importance and necessity of a healthy lifestyle and a wholesome vegetarian diet. Thanks to your lectures and seminars, more and more people are starting to understand the importance and necessity of a healthy lifestyle and a healthy vegetarian diet. The opening of a yoga center last year became one of the most significant events in Cherkasy. I am sure that with the help of Yoga in Daily Life classes in our new yoga center, hundreds of people in Cherkasy will be able to achieve so much desired inner peace and improve their physical, mental, and social health. The opening of the yoga center last year was the most significant event in Cherkasy. I am sure that with the help of the yoga of everyday life in our new yoga center, hundreds of people in Cherkasy will have the opportunity to achieve their desired inner peace and improve their physical, mental, and social health. I am grateful for your prayer for peace in Ukraine. I am thankful that you encourage us to think about environmental issues and genuine partnership for peace and prosperity all over the world. I am also grateful that you fill our hearts with love for every living thing. I am very grateful for your prayer for peace in Ukraine. I am deeply thankful, in the name of the citizens of Cherkassy, for your love, boundless kindness, understanding, and care. I am very much grateful to you on behalf of all the citizens of Cherkasy for your love, for your endless kindness, your understanding, and care. With deepest respect and best wishes, Sergey Odarych, Mayor of Cherkasy. Thank you very much for your love and care. We are hoping that you will come to visit us. Yes, we shall be back soon. Yes, we shall be back soon. Yes, we shall be back soon. We would like to give a small gift from Ukraine to all of you. They thank us for being here, and we are very pleased and happy to come here. Thank you. So when I come to Ukraine, then Georgians must come there. Dear friends, good evening and thank you very much for coming. We have a very exciting and very happy evening for us. We have been waiting for this evening for three years. Dear friends, good evening and thank you very much for coming. Today is a very happy evening for us. Because this is the evening that we have been waiting for, for three years. Our dear teacher, the founder of the system that we teach in this yoga school, Pechera Yoga, we are all very happy and very glad that you came to share these exciting moments of meeting with the teacher. Our dear, the founder of the system that we teach in this yoga center, after three years, came to Tbilisi, and we are very happy and very excited, and we are very thankful to you that you came to share these moments of happiness. And many of you came from different countries, from very far away. This is in the war. We are very pleased and very grateful to you. In addition to about 20 people, 15 people who came from Ukraine, we have people who came from Austria, there are people who came from Croatia, and even there is a person who came from Siberia, from Tomsk. And we are very happy and grateful to people that come from abroad, and there are 15 Ukrainians, there are 3 people that came from Austria, 4 people that came from Austria, there is a person who came from Croatia. And there is even, we have a person who came from Siberia and flew many thousands of kilometers just to come and meet with Svāmījī. And many of you who have come, you have already been here, you go to classes, some I see new faces, and I am very happy to see, and we are all very happy to see that our society of people, which I think is very pleasant, is filled with such bright and good faces as yours. I hope that you will continue to come to us. There are people who are engaged in different practices, but in any case, a real teacher is certainly important, not only for those who are engaged in this system, but also for people who are engaged in other practices and understand how important the enlightened teacher is, how important his energy is, and for this is, as I have already said, a very important moment, but I also think that for you and for your life, he will also give a very good and big push. I see many faces that are known to me and to all of us because we meet at the yoga classes here in the yoga cave, but at the same time I see new faces, and I’m happy that the new faces are here, and I hope that these new faces will be well-known faces soon. I see people that are doing the Yoga in Daily Life system and also people that are practicing other systems, and I think that we all understand that the presence of the enlightened master, that the presence of such a renowned yogī as Paramahanswāmī Maheśvarānanda, it is one of the most significant moments in the lives of people here as well. He is a very good, so to say, spiritual Puṣṭi. With great gratitude, Rāmkhān with us, Maheśvarānanda. He will be with us today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. Of course, everyone is invited to come to the lesson. We have small changes in the schedule. We will probably tell you after the lesson so that you know a little. And on this, my part ends. I am very happy, and I am very pleased to introduce to you Vishvaguru. Ramkhan with you, Maheshwarananda. And the day after tomorrow’s seminar, Svāmījī will be giving lectures, and there will also be āsana and prāṇāyāma practices here in the Yoga Cave. There are some changes in the schedule, and we’ll talk about this later.