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Good morning, everyone. How are you? Did you sleep well? How was your Makar Saṅkrānti celebration? It is very nice to celebrate and acknowledge all kinds of festivals from different cultures. It unites human to human. A festival reminds us of the reason for which we are worshiping, but we have forgotten it. It is again reminding and awakening within us the principle or the meaning of the festivals. Culture is the life for humans. Culture brings us together. As I always say, where there is a human, there is a culture. And where a human goes, they bring their culture with them. Even if one lives within different cultures, one will bring some touch of their own culture into the society where they now live. Now, through technology, we know the culture of every city, every country, every community, and the islands in the whole world. Nothing is hidden. We know their way of living, their cultures, their educations. Thus, we come to that point which is said in the holy scriptures of India: "The whole world is one family of God." So God's family is very big, and God is maintaining it. But humans are neglecting the principle, the blessings of God. In this Kali Yuga, we cannot even maintain peace, harmony, and family-hood within one family. After a certain time, husband and wife have no harmony. And the children come, children to children. We know day by day families are splitting. So, how will we maintain and acknowledge the world as one family? There is only one way: turn back to your ancestors' way of living and bring into education the ethic and spiritual education. If we learn the ethical principles, then we will not harm other creatures, we will not destroy the agriculture or the forests, and we will not pollute the rivers, lakes, and oceans. We will turn back to the origin, and that is peace. When there is peace, there is no fear. People are not scared. People respect and have friendship with everyone. That is very important. Yoga is an ancient science, and you know, in the world, more and more yoga is practiced. One day will come when yoga will be declared as world peace. On the occasion of this Makar Saṅkrānti, I am telling you that in the coming time, humans will respect and adore the yoga principles more than the religious principles. Because all this comes out of the science or wisdom of yoga. But yoga will not bring fanaticism. Yoga should not be commercial. And there should be no ego, no pride, no jealousy. Oneness has to be. The time will come. Automatically, people will move to that classical and ancient path of yoga. The yoga center has to be named as Gurukul. Every yoga center is a guru-kul. What does guru-kul mean? Guru means the master, and kul means the family. So we are the children of the family also, except as teachers. And teachers should teach and love the children like their own children. So, the Gurukul system, the ancient way of teaching, brings both knowledge and harmony to the community. In the Gurukul system, those who go to a Gurukul will never fail, because there is a teaching of spirituality. And spirituality is not religion. There is a spirituality where there is purity, and purity means harmony, peace, understanding, forgiveness, kindness. Where there is no stealing, no crimes. No Gurukul teaches crimes. It teaches love to everyone. Gandhijī said that we hate the sin but not the sinner, and that is very important. We do hate the sin, but we hug the sinner because that is also the son of God, child of God, a member of the family. It is a human, and we acknowledge that. So Satya Yoga will come, and every yoga. We should tell Guru Kul Yoga. So, where are you going? I'm going to Guru Kulu. And who is the guru? Your teacher. And the teacher should respect the students, and the students should respect the teachers. So, we are working our yoga in their life to bring harmony and peace. Of course, there are many āsurī thoughts, āsurī śaktis. Yes, clouds can hide the sun. The fog can hide the sun. But only in certain areas, on certain heights. These clouds cannot reach the sun. And soon these clouds and fogs will disappear. And again, it will be bright light, the bright sunny side. So no one can destroy the sun. If you throw dust toward the sun, it will not reach the sun, but it will fall on your own head. That's it. So it means that all goes to those who have negative thoughts and negative actions. I'm sorry for that, because they are harming themselves, not others. So one day, through the guru-kula, we will get this knowledge, and again it will be like a Satya-yuga. There were questions, and there was a search: is there anywhere some human? In ancient times, they were searching, "Where are the humans?" There was just one family, or three families. And when they saw the humans, they were so happy. They were inviting them, and what they called the guest. The guest is God. So there are three kinds of guests. One is a visitor, and that one is asking, "Can I come and visit you?" That's a visitor. And second, that you are inviting, and that is invited. And the real guest whom we call guest is God. In Sanskrit, there is a very, very nice explanation: what means the atithi? Atithi means we don't know the day. We know the date. So unexpectedly, someone comes to your house; you did not know which time or which day someone will come. That is like a guest. You should help others also, but this one is special: the guest is God. And the guest should also not try to stay long, abuse the house. One day is guest, second day is a friend, and third day should go away. Once Krishnanand from Hungary told me that when they have some guest, they have so much probability or respect for the guest, they give everything. Second day, yes. But third day they are surprised, "Why is this person still here on the dining table?" There is nothing, nearly nothing. So ati sarvatra varjayet: too much is every day or everywhere is not respected. So therefore, at that time, there were fewer humans. And then there was another, to see one saint, a ṛṣi or a swāmī, very rare. They were searching and searching, if you find somewhere a saint. So that was great. Now, there is too much population. All are still our guests, but still you can't find so many saints. They are very rare, and in Kali Yuga, slowly, slowly, they are disappearing. Like now, is the question: Can we have some good Paṇḍita, a good Brāhmaṇa, who knows? Good astrology, good mantras, good yajñas, good pūjās, good preachings—very little. At the time of a wedding, they can't find a good brāhmaṇa, a good paṇḍita, because they all turn towards service because they cannot live only from some ceremonies, so they go to the modern education and they search for some service. But nowadays, if you find a very expert Brahmin, a paṇḍit, he has no lack of money. He is richer than one who is working somewhere. And this is the result of the Sanskrit language. Automatically, it changes something in the human brain. What changes? A good harmony. A vibration in the brain itself is spiritual. Because that is a result of the Sanskrit language. That's why Sanskrit is known as the deva language. The gods, and Sanskrit, the alphabet. It is called Dev Nāgrīk. Nāgrīk means the citizen, the citizen of the goddess. So the alphabets, the Dev Nāgrīk alphabet, appeared in the visions, as each and every alphabet has a particular resonance and spiritual meaning. That's why in our chakra kuṇḍalinī, hidden powers in humans are very clearly written and very clearly shown in the pictures, that each chakra—the major chakras are seven, otherwise there are thousands of chakras in the body—and one is a Bindu. So, Bindu is not a chakra, but we have to say the chakra. The Bindu is the source of nectar. That is the source from where the nectar is coming into our body for health, from Mūlādhāra till Sahasrāra. We don't count the Sahasrāra because Sahasrāra has thousands of rays, like a sun ray. But from Mūlādhāra till the Ājñā Chakra, there are 52 bīja mantras. So each petal of the chakra has one alphabet, and then the measure of that is a bīja mantra inside. So these petals, each petal has one alphabet, and this alphabet means the resonance. And this resonance, or you can say, the word, the nāda, and through that nāda we develop our memories, our abilities. So the power, kuṇḍalinī. So kuṇḍalinī is just energy to keep our body healthy, balanced. Not that you go to the seventh world. No, kuṇḍalinī is balancing our body, mind, and consciousness. For every organ of the body, every nerve. So that's why the kuṇḍalinī and the chakras are located parallel to the spine. And so there is the sound. So Sanskrit language is not a man-made language, but it is given to the humans. Similarly, yoga is not a man-made yoga. It is Śiva, Svayaṃ Bhūḥ, who has given it. And that's called gurukul teachings. So we will talk next time. I wish you all the best, and practice. Next time we will talk on this subject more. So, what was the beginning? Culture. How? So there is a body culture, there is a mental culture, social culture, you know, agriculture. Many different kinds of culture mean that by balancing, harmonizing, purifying—culture doesn't accept any kind of garbage. It's pure, and that, for humans, is a big, big support to live life happy and healthy, so that we have a whole year in front of us. Wish you all the best. Good journey. Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya. Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya. Om Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya. Om Namah Śivāya, Om Namah Śivāya.... Om Hara Hara Bholenāth. Namah Śivāya, Oṁ Hara Hara, Oṁ Namah Śivāya, Oṁ Namah Śivāya. Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti.