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Good morning. It was a beautiful forest walk, full of prāṇa and yet balanced. Whether here in our āśrama or out there, some movement is healthy—especially when you are doing Anuṣṭhāna and sitting a great deal. It felt good. Now, Rāja Yoga. We are in the subject of Rāja Yoga. But consider this: a king is adored only within his kingdom, whereas a saint is adored throughout the whole world. That is the difference. The king is worshipped in his kingdom, but a Gurudeva is worshipped in the entire world. A sādhu is worshipped everywhere—or a saint. You may call him guru, saint, sādhu, or a wise person. This is the distinction. Now, choose for yourself. And if you do choose yourself, let us do an experiment. Imagine that you are a king at home. When you come home, tell your wife and children, “I am the king.” Then see how they adore you. If you cannot make even a few family members adore you, how will you make the whole village adore you? Go into the village and say, “I am the king.” You need not go shopping; everything is there. Then try in your district, then your province, and then your whole country. See how they adore you when you say, “I am the king.” They will look at you. It is not easy to gain that kind of acknowledgment. Therefore, it is they who make you a king, not your merely claiming it. And if they ask, “Who are you?”—that is not your problem. If you don’t bring money, the next morning your shop is either drowned or burnt. That is self-made kingship, but it is not reality. There was a village, and its mayor was like a dictator. Although there was an election, he told the village, “You know that on election day, whether you vote or not, I am the mayor of this city. And I will see who has voted in my favor.” Some people are like that, you know. One day he had a dog, and he organized a funeral for the dog. This mayor loved his dog very much. He announced the funeral, and naturally the whole village—including little children—all attended the funeral of the mayor’s dog. Years later, when that mayor died, no one went to his funeral. Not a single person. When a great saint, a spiritual saint, takes mahāsamādhi, then all people feel sorrow. They go to the funeral, to the samādhi; some fast, some refrain from eating. This is the difference between the king and the yogī or the saint. Now we are studying Rāja Yoga. You may come home and say, “We had Rāja Yoga and now we are rājas.” Yes, you can become that—but if you simply declare that you are a king, they will crucify you. Therefore, first become the king of yourself. The king is responsible for the whole kingdom; so you are the king, and you are responsible for your entire body—the inner organs, systems, health, joints, everything. So that whether your eyes are open or closed, you feel pleasant within your body. Sometimes people say, “I don’t feel well under my skin.” Why? Because of the thoughts we think wrongly. That is why, whenever we say Ānandoham, “I am bliss, I am bliss”—I am bliss, bliss am I—that is it. So it is in your mind whether you are a winner, or it is in your mind that you have lost. In both situations, remain happy. That is the higher thinking, the viveka of a Rāja Yogī. A Rāja Yogī will not even commit hiṃsā against himself. Therefore, when someone commits suicide, it is not acceptable. I have often spoken about suicide. There are two kinds of ātmahatya. One is that you kill someone—animals, anyone, humans—that is also sin. But the greatest sin is self-murder, which is suicide. We call that Ātmā Hatya. God gave you this ātmā in this body to do something good. Therefore, do not fall into depression. Do not fall into nervousness, sadness, or anger. We know that nobody will go with us. Neither your father nor your mother, nor your husband or wife, nor your children, nor even your friend. Finally, you are alone. Alone. We came alone, and we go alone. Even if you were born as twins, you each had your separate space in your mother’s body, and sometimes you were fighting inside for space. You can see in twins which child was the more dominant one. Yes, already in the stomach they are fighting, and we are getting older even within the mother’s womb. So from the first day when this jīvātmā entered the mother’s body, this body has been getting older. If you are already old, then you should celebrate the nine months—each month, each day, each second. That’s it. So have hṛdaya towards your own self. If you practice yoga, āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, meditation, concentration, and you realize that you are free, then you will have no depression, and you will not decide to commit suicide. That is it. This human life has been given by God to serve God’s creation. So, O Lord, Mera Jīvan Terī Pūjā—my life is a ceremony for you. My life is a mercy for Thee, O my Lord. So we are serving the Supreme. Do not worry if someone comes and goes, becomes angry, or this and that. Whether they believe in you or not, whether one respects you or not. The Bhagavad Gītā says in the 12th chapter, “They are dear to me who are neither longing for name nor fame, and they are my very dear ones who are above everything, with no greed.” That’s it. So finally, it is you who have to decide, and you should know who can lead your Jīvātmā—that is Gurudeva. Time is changing. Different people meet. You love someone very much, and the next day you don’t love them. So this is selfishness, selflessness, selfishness. And selfishness is not good. You know how many times you have changed your best friend. With one word, you changed everything. So you should know that it is that kind of love which kills you. And people always say, “God is love.” Poor God. Poor God. How often He is disappointed when your wish is fulfilled. “Oh God, I love you.” And when you cannot pass your examination, even though you were saying, “God, please help me so that I get through,” and you lost. Even God did not help. How cruel! I thought God is love. He did not accept my love. So, my dear, what is love? Do not always repeat “love, love, love.” God is God. He is not emotion. All right? You say your father is your love, your mother is your love, your wife is your love. But do not humiliate your Lord with this little word, love. Or love means that you don’t love just one—you love all equally. Then maybe. Wherever I look, they are shooting this arrow at me. Love, love, love. It is the cause of loneliness. The cause of what we call divorce. If you would have understood God, both love—Boží lásku—then you would not have gotten divorced. How many in this Kali Yuga, and especially in the last five or seven decades, how many children have lost their parents? Is it not a cruel thing that you put upon your child in the court: “Whom would you choose, your mother or your father?” When he looks toward the father, the father looks to the child. The child is afraid, “Father.” And what about your mother? The mother looks toward the child. “No, I will go to my mother.” What a terrible situation for this small child! Did you understand the love? Why did you give birth to the child? Why did you tell your wife “I love you,” or your husband “I love you”? So don’t write “love” anymore. Write “blessing,” good wishes. Good health, all these things, okay? Do not write this. Today we change the subject, okay? God, Mahāprabhujī, no love is greater. You get chocolate. So, if you believe that God is love, then God is in everyone. And therefore, you should not separate your marriage. And please, let your children grow. Even if you are ninety years old and your mother and father get divorced, it is still not good. You create one beautiful nest, and beautiful babies inside, and you are mother and father. But you need more love. Your children are your love. Your neighbor is your love. Respect them. Take care of them. Be humble. Kindness. Forgiveness. That is what matters. These kinds of words have more value nowadays. That’s it. A Rāja Yogī has a very hard time because he is responsible for everything. Similarly, father and mother are responsible. So again, we have to come back to this family system. In these last few centuries, we have made humans lonely and lost. Since when? When the first television entered your house, it brought separation. Then you had a television in your office, and then it was in your room. So the father had his room, the wife had her kitchen, and the children were in their beds—but still they were connected. Then the laptop came. Now you are completely an individual. And now you have a telephone. So even when you are sitting and eating with the family, constantly they are reading Facebook and sending SMS messages to somebody. “Don’t worry, I am eating.” “Yes, in 30 minutes I will come.” So where are you? Technology has made humans alone. It has separated humans. That is not good. So we have to come together again, and we have to create good, healthy relationships. We have to create a big family. Then your house, your society, your village, your country will love each other, and then you will love neighboring countries, you will respect them. Then it works that way. And this is the love—not for an individualistic obsession. So, Rāja Yoga is very important. Ahiṃsā. Now, after Ahiṃsā, what is there? Yes. What did Holī Gurujī say? Satyapāta Cālanā? No? You know this bhajan? Satyapat Chalna. So, Holī Gurujī said, “Satyapat Chalna,” walk on the path of truth. Yes, and the path of truth is like yesterday’s story: how to protect the truth, and how to protect yourself from untruths with viveka. You know that one story? I have told it many times. These are the stories that Gurujī told—from other satsaṅgas, from other saints, from the Vedānta, many things. A master and disciple were walking, going from village to village. When the sun set, they would sleep wherever they were. They would kindle a small fire, and they had a little tent—if it rained, they would set it up. One day the Master said, “This is not a good place.” But the disciple said, “Every place is the same. Gurudeva, it’s okay.” So the Guru said, “One of us should stay awake. Do you want to sleep first, or should I?” The disciple replied, “Master, you sleep. I will guard.” Exactly at one o’clock, the Master woke up and said to the disciple, “Now you sleep.” The disciple was tired from a whole day of walking and now six hours of sitting; his eyelids became heavy, so he tried to keep one eye closed and the other open. Again, “My eyes are open.” They keep drooping. Sleep does not need a bed, and hunger does not need cake—even dry bread is the best. At one o’clock, the Master said, “Now you sleep. I will guard.” So Gurujī sat, making his mālā. And the disciple was, within no time, deep asleep. Around 2:30 or 3 o’clock, when deep sleep prevails—and that is when most thieves go about, because at that time everyone is sleeping, especially the alcoholics—Gurudeva heard a sound. Looking with a torchlight, he saw a big snake, a big cobra. When Gurujī shone the light, the cobra rose up. Gurujī turned off the light and said, “Who are you? You are not a snake. Where are you going?” The snake said, “I am going to bite your disciple. I want to suck his blood.” Gurujī asked, “Why? Why do you want to drink his blood? I am sitting here.” The snake answered, “Master, you don’t know. We have a kind of hate for each other. We both have revenge. So when he becomes human, I become a snake and bite him and drink his blood. Then, in the next life, he drinks my blood. This has gone on for many, many lives. We have revenge, so I will kill him and drink his blood.” Gurujī said, “Only blood, or something more?” “Only his blood.” Then Gurudeva said, “Sit down. Where you are, sit down. You will get a cup of blood. Is one cup enough?” The snake said, “That is more than enough.” “Then sit down.” Now Gurujī got up and sat on the stomach of the disciple. In which āsana? Vajrāsana. Then he took a knife, and the disciple woke up. He opened his eyes. Gurujī has a knife—what would you think? When Gurujī comes and sits on you with a knife in his hand? But when the disciple saw that it was Gurujī, he closed his eyes and continued sleeping. So Gurujī cut a little of his vein and collected the blood in a small bowl. Then he went to the snake. The snake drank, and the Master said, “You got it? Say yes.” “So, don’t bite him anymore, and he will not bite you anymore in the next life. Now your revenge is finished.” The cobra said, “Yes, Master. Thank you. For many, many lives we had this struggle, this fight. Thank you, Master. From today onwards, I have no more revenge. I have no other revenge. This thing is gone.” In the morning, the disciple woke up. He saw some bandages on his hand. The Master said, “My son, did you see something in the night? When did you sleep?” “No, only one thing.” “What?” “You were sitting on me and had a knife in your hand.” “Yes, were you not afraid?” “Why should I be afraid? When Gurudeva, you protect me, I have given my life into your hands. Now you have complete freedom to do what you like. Even if you cut my throat, I will not be sad. I have no fear. So why should I waste my sleep? I have trust in you, Gurudeva. And I have interest in sleep.” Gurujī said, “You are a good disciple.” So also, the conflict between master and disciple, and the people’s enmities, were also cleaned out. And the revenge spanning many lives was cleared. So, what did you think Gurujī said? It is you. Why should I be worried? You saved me, you protect me. You protect me, you save me. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Devādhi Deva, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Alakhpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai, Bhārata Mātā Kī Jai, Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ.