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Good evening. How are you? Very good. Time does not wait for anyone. Our karma will not excuse anyone. Good or bad, it is coming. Picture this, my dear. These fourteen days, we were in heaven. We were in the lap of Mother Nature. We are lucky to have this very good hall here. Feel free to close the windows or open them. We do not know when we will again be in such a park, such a peaceful place, having our retreat here forever—good health: physical, mental, social, and spiritual health. This seminar was special. There was the resonance of the cosmic sound. We are lucky. This place is lucky. This spot is lucky with the resonance of the mantras of the ancient ṛṣis, the Vedas, the Upaniṣads, and so on. Yet, we are not those who can renounce everything and go to the Himalayas or to the forest. We have duties to our families and for our existence. I do believe we will have many opportunities. We should not give up. This bhajan, which Umbapurī was singing, is a bhajan by Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa and Mahāprabhujī himself. It is in Ghanāḍī Bhaṭkiri, from Kanyākumārī. "I was wandering here and there as a virgin. I did not find the husband. Many, many kalpas, ages and ages, many, many billions of years. I was wandering, I did not find a real partner, a husband." Who is that? What does it mean? Our vṛtti. Our vṛtti. Vṛtti is our thoughts, our inner desires. In Hindi and Sanskrit, vṛtti is a feminine word. So vṛtti, or sūtra... "For many, many days and centuries and centuries, I was wandering." Finally, it is said... I will not translate all of it now; we will do this whole bhajan day after tomorrow, for it has great meaning. To whom does your sūtra want to marry? It is our jīvātmā. Our surat (consciousness) would like to merge. Marriage means to merge into infinity. Like a creek merges into a river, and the river merges into the ocean. Similarly, our longing, our vṛttis—we are searching for spirituality to attain Brahmajñāna, to merge with Brahman. Who understands this bhajan? It is the inner call. We had a nice time. Now, I wanted to tell you something on a different subject. There are some people in the world who do not believe in spirituality, gods, statues, or pictures. But the majority of the population around the world, no matter their religion, do believe. They have their own symbols or statues. Now, when the time comes, like Christmas or other religious festivals in India... Mostly in India, for every happy and spiritual event, they print photos of holy saints or goddesses. At Christmas, you have pictures of Jesus, Holy Mother Mary, Jesus's family, or a cross. Indians print Gaṇeśajī, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, and many others. They even print them on visiting cards and invitation cards for a son's or daughter's birthday, a wedding, the holy Dīvālī, Rākṣabandhan—all these festivals. They print beautiful cards that look nice. Everyone wants good design, good graphics, and sends the invitation. It is good: "Happy Dīvālī," "Happy Holī," "Merry Christmas." In European countries on Christmas day, how many cards do you get? Quite a lot, depending on how many friends you have. Your colleague, your boss, your relative, your friend sends cards. You have seen many Christmases. What are you doing with these cards? I am very interested in this. What are you doing? The nice ones we keep; the not-nice ones we throw away. Are you keeping them for eighty years? Similarly, ask the Indians. They love it very much. "I have nice pictures of Kṛṣṇa, and these and these. Beside Kṛṣṇa, there is one lady..." Bhagavān Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmī, Nārāyaṇa, Sarasvatī. We adore them, we pray. After some days, India is a very colorful country, and even the dirt is colorful. All the garbage is colorful. You find these beautiful cards thrown in the basket, emptied outside in the street where donkeys are grazing, buffaloes, cows, pigs—of course, they are also making both cold and urine. You see that donkey is making urine, and down below a Gaṇeśa is lying. Do you accept this or not? No answer is also an answer. Also, tourists go to India and buy a nice towel or shawl where it is written "Sītārām," "Rādheśyām," "Namaḥ Śivāya," with a picture of Śiva. The people who come from India may have no interest and no respect for Śiva, Kṛṣṇa, or whoever it is; it does not matter. They put it on as a lungi or put it on their bed and sleep on it. This is a sin. Even if you do not believe in Jesus or Holy Mary, even if you say it is not your religion, still we should at least not humiliate their picture. It is not just bad; it is a curse. I found... Now he will show you a picture in the camera. There are small envelopes with a stamp of Śiva, a stamp of Gaṇeśa. You should not put such pictures on anything. You can say good morning, you can say how are you, but we should not put God's name on anything, nor a picture. If you have a picture, you should respectfully frame it and keep it at home. Today you are worshipping, and tomorrow it is in the garbage, and you are parking your car on it. You should make a revelation to the whole world on your Facebook: Please do not print any pictures of any goddess from any religion; it is a curse. If you have it on Facebook, you can make a photo and delete it—that is okay—but not on a printed page, nor on such cloth. I am sorry that Krishnanand's shop is full of pictures and cloths. You can buy them, but please keep them respectfully at home. You can make it your window curtain, no problem, so you can see the photo from outside too. You can put it on your wall, but do not sit on them and do not dry your body with them. Think about that. We do not think of this, and thus we incur so much karma. Many people—Muslims may not believe in Holy Mary, Hindus may not believe, Buddhists may not believe—if they do not believe, it does not mean she is not holy. Someone asked a question, and this situation happened, but I do not know, so the karma will not be on me. Gurujī said, "Without knowing, you fall down and break your leg. It broke, whether you believe it or not. Now you have to suffer." All this karma... What we were doing this weekend, we had a beautiful resonance in this area. We forgive ourselves; we pray to God to forgive us for whatever we have done wrong, consciously or unconsciously. We as humans know what is good and what is bad. Jealousy is a burning fire. It burns in you. There are different kinds of fire: the fire we make, the heat of the sun, the fire that burns our body, the fire we use for cooking, the fire we make a lamp from, the fire from volcanoes, and so on. And there is the fire of viraha—vīra agni, the burning desire in the heart, longing for something: for God, for a child, for a husband, for a wife. Mīrābāī said, "From this burning of viraha, I am searching for my beloved from one forest to another. When will I come, my God?" That is also fire. And when it is very cold, there is also fire inside. You take ice and hold it in your hand. First it will be cold, then it will be burning hot. That is called śīta agni. There is a cold air flowing, dry and cold. It burns the trees. All fires can burn us quickly, but the fire of jealousy burns your kalejā, your heart, lifelong. Such persons will have a problem here, in this heart: jealousy. Even trees have jealousy. Trees have a caste system. Look at this tree; this tree has pulled that one out. Yes, they are jealous. You will see they will grow, and that one will go down because it is a different caste, my dear. Even dogs are jealous. Cows, all are jealous. But they are animals. If a human is jealous, then it is something wrong, because humans have that in our lives. We call love God, and God is love. But "I don't like that one. I twist it like this." That is anger and jealousy. The jealous person becomes red. Red means it is boiling, and after boiling, it is burning. We have to respect everyone. If you do not like something, it does not mean others do not like it. At least you should not neglect and humiliate. So now, put this on your Facebook. Nowadays, everyone has a face; it is not closed. Make a nice sentence and post it: "No picture of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Gaṇeśa, or Rāma." Tell them because, after a while, you destroy these pictures. This is a blessing. Darśan means the vision; darśan means divine energy. Mostly, we should have the darśan of a living being, a holy saint, a holy place, or that permanent statue in the temple. Therefore, we should also now not print Gurudev's picture on our letters or on different kinds of printings. If it is necessary, then okay—for a passport, for some documents, there we can give our pictures. There was a very systematic way; they brought us into one part, like you bring all the goats and sheep into the yard. That is what Facebook is now. It began, and people were very "Oh, I have, I have," and now you cannot hide anywhere. You are everywhere, and it is no problem to catch you everywhere. Also, we should have our spiritual protection now. Your spirituality is in danger. Some people claim, "I will make you some magic. I am the great master. I have the siddhis. I can give you liberation." We call them "thottā canā"—beans eaten from inside by mold. Only the skin of the grain or bean remains. Then they make more sound because they are empty. Or, when there is a water pot and you carry it full on your shoulder or head, it will not spill water. But if it is half-full, you cannot carry it without spilling. "I will give you a good reward if you can bring this pot from the main gate till here without spilling water. If it is full, then water will not spill out." So it is said: "Thottā canā bhaje ghana." The empty ones make more sound. Similarly, in this Kali Yuga, many masters talk very well, but inside they are empty. We should have paramparā, guru paramparā. Look, we worship that holy seat. When was Śiva manifested? All twenty-four incarnations are Brahmā, are Kṛṣṇa, are Jesus. There is a root we call the lineage. You should have a master who comes from many, many generations. Look, at Kumbh Melā we go. We have many Akhāṛās, many Sannyāsīs, but they all belong to Śaṅkarācārya. Śaṅkarācārya is the incarnation of Śiva, Gaurī Śaṅkara. Śaṅkara is Śiva. Similarly, like ourselves, we have Ālakpurījī Siddha Pīṭha. Ālakpurījī is from Satya Yuga. You can read about him in the Mahāśiva Purāṇa and many other books. Evidence is that the holy river flowing bears his name: Alaknandā. Alaknandā comes from the Badrīnārāyaṇ side, and Bhagīrathī—what we call Gaṅgā—comes from the Kedārnāth side. There is Gaṅgotrī, where Gaṅgā begins. Another river... From Gaṅgotrī comes the Bhagīrathī River. Bhagīrathi was a great saint ages before. He brought Gaṅgā from Brahmaloka. She came here once and went back to Brahmaloka. But for the sake of this world, to cleanse the sins of all, the ṛṣi Bhagīrathi prayed to Brahmā: "Please call the Holy Mother Gaṅgā." She said, "Okay, but in Kali Yuga I will go back." That is what we are all afraid of: pollution. They made many channels, and glaciers are melting. It was not that time when humans would cause distraction with pollution and global warming. The other side comes from Ālakpurījī's river. Both rivers meet at Devaprayāg. A third river comes, Mandākinī. These three rivers meet together; that is called Triveṇī. 'Tat' means they meet together; 'veṇī' means rivers. From there, Gaṅgā will be known as the complete Gaṅgā. There are many granthas written about Ālakpurījī. 'Alak' means indescribable; you cannot write enough about Ālakpurījī. So many siddhas are disciples of Ālakpurījī. I do not know how many disciples he has. He can appear and disappear in the air, walk through rock. They are everywhere. At that time, in Ālakpurījī's time, there was a great Śakti, a Devī whom we worship. Her name was Nandā. When Pārvatī was there—Pārvatī means the Himālaya, and the king of Himālaya is called Śiva because Śiva appeared or manifested in Himālaya—that king had two daughters: one was Gaṅgā and one was Pārvatī. Pārvatī performed sādhanā, anuṣṭhāna, to marry Śiva. She was performing anuṣṭhāna. It was not possible that she would meet Śiva, but through sādhanā you can get that energy. When you repeat mantras every day, pray, and meditate, you will definitely come to the Gurudev. It is like this: Gurudev is water, and we are thirsty. We are thirsty ones searching for that water. You will definitely come to that water which attracts you; your thirst attracts you to the water. Like moths to a light—the light does not invite the moth, but the moth goes to the light. If we think deeply, it is that light which is inviting us. We, as a moth or a bee, have such a longing. They dedicate their whole life to that fire. Pārvatī was performing anuṣṭhāna. She prayed to one goddess, Devī Śakti, named Nandā Devī. In the Mahāśiva Purāṇa, there is a chapter about this. They were searching, "Where is Pārvatī?" Someone said, "She is in the forest at the Śiva temple, in the Devī's temple—Nanda Devī. She is performing anuṣṭhāna, sādhanā." Her power of devotion and her vairāgya, her love, was stronger than Śiva's, so they had to come. When was this Pārvatī's? How many ages? So how can you say yoga is 500 years, 1000 years old? Or Āyurveda is 1000, 5000 years old? It is not correct. Nanda Devī was also there, living in Devapurījī's kingdom, Ālakapurījī's. She was taking care of cows. In these mountain hills, she was going with the cows. A tiger came, wanting to attack and kill a cow. Nanda Devī, who was also in the form of a cow, ran and stood in front of the tiger. The tiger wanted to attack her. She said, "Wait. I know you will kill, so you can kill me, but give me one promise." She knew who he was. She said, "I will offer myself for the sake of these cows, but promise me that I should be... I share this river, Ālakpurījī's river, and my name should also be in it." That now became Alaknandā. "My name should also be in Ālakpurījī's river." That is why it became Alaknandā. Then the tiger appeared as Dharmarāja, the god of justice. He said, "Devī Śakti, I only wanted to test how much faith you have. I promise this river will be shared with two names: Alak and Nanda." And so it became the Alaknandā River. So the Śakti anuṣṭhāna... Ālakapurījī, this river has been flowing for ages. We will go there and stay about five or six days. Every day you should go to the river, touch it, you can wash yourself inside. It may bring a little sand or a stone from there. There is a big rock, and under the rock is like a cave; that is the cave of Ālakpurījī. Devapurījī is higher than this, 2600 meters, even higher. It is not easy to walk; you need training. Many of our bhaktas have been troubled. There is no path, only rocks lying here and there, but one can go with a guide—two guides who take care of your luggage and cook for you. Slowly, slowly... Holy places exist in every country, but we have lost that feeling. When we go to Ālakpurījī's cave, we are already thinking from here: "I will go, I am going, I am going." Where are you going? We are going to Ālakpurījī. On the airplane: "I'm going to Ālakpurījī." When you arrive: "Where are you going?" "I'm going to the Himalayas, to Ālakpurījī." You will sit in the bus. The bus will lead you there, and you will see the mountain left and right. If you want to sit in the bus, it is beautiful. But if you have a good heart, you choose the window side, because there is only half a meter of road and then three or four hundred meters down. There you choose the window side. I want that we should respect the dignity of humans. Therefore, no jealousy. Jealousy is that fire which will burn you until the last day of your life. That anger will steal everything from you until the end of your life. It will make your body empty, like a mud hut eaten away, like grains... You do not have so many termites here, but go to Australia and you will see. Sometimes they eat a whole tree from the inside, and the tree falls down. In Australia, there is an instrument called the didgeridoo, like dibbidi-bidoo, that is eaten by termites. Is that your anger? Is that what will take everything away from you? An angry person will never achieve that divine goal. This is called physical and mental impurities—doṣa. Not the doṣa of Āyurveda's three doṣas (Pitta, Kapha, Vāta), but another doṣa: physical and mental. Unless we overcome these doṣas, we will be uraizakem (uprooted). We have lost everything. We have lost everything. Sing it.