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Gurudev, welcome, Yoga Brothers and Sisters, to our program in Manchester. Tonight’s program will begin with a special performance by Bhakti Devī. Bhakti Devī is a disciple of Gurudev. She studied classical Indian dance at the University of Vienna and received further training under great Indian teachers. She is also the owner of the Indian Dance Academy in Vienna, where she educates new dancers. For many years, she has been a practitioner of the Yoga in Daily Life system and a disciple of Paramahaṁsa Svāmījī Maheśvarānanda. With great joy, she has brought classical Indian temple dance to almost every continent. She has cooperated on several movies and television productions and has been acknowledged by a number of experts of Indian classical temple dance. We are very pleased and joyful to welcome her here in Manchester. I would also like to tell you a little about the temple dance. The Indian classical temple dance, Bharata Nāṭyam, is a cultural heritage of humanity. Its first written mention was 5,000 years ago. However, its message is pertinent forever and surpasses religion and nations. In the Indian language, the word for dance is a conglomeration of many types of art, spirituality, philosophy, and the wisdom of yoga. The music and each beat of the dance step are mathematically calculated and exactly defined. Each eye and finger position has a special meaning. Indian dance is a symbolic language. It elucidates through metaphor that there is not only a material world, but also a higher power. Bharatanatyam is composed of the following terms: bhāva (expression), rāga (melody), tāla (rhythm), and nāṭyam (dance). Two essential components characterize the temple dance: the abstract, pure, rhythmic dance (nṛta), and the narrative, expressive dance (nṛtya, abhinaya). With that, let us please welcome Bhakti Devījī to the podium. Gaṇeśa Śloka He rides on a mouse. His hands are always ready to give. He carries the Brahmin’s string, the symbol of purity. All problems he eliminates, and I bow to him. Sarasvatī Śloka I greet Devī Sarasvatī, goddess of wisdom. Please give me correct understanding. Mahālakṣmī Śloka I adore the goddess of wealth, Mahālakṣmī. She rules the Śaṅkha, Koṅcha, Cakra, and Gaḍa adorned in her hand. I bow down in front of Devī Mahālakṣmī. Śiva Śloka His body is the whole universe. He is decorated with the moon and the stars. He is the purity, and I bow down in front of great Śiva. Liṅgaṣṭakam Liṅgaṣṭakam will be our next performance. It is an ancient poem in Sanskrit about the Śiva Liṅga, the symbol of unity between the highest consciousness and cosmic power. All living beings are part of this unity, and each of us is too. This dance expresses the endless greatness and the glory of the Śiva Liṅga. I bow before that Sadā Śiva Liṅgam, which destroys sorrows arising out of the chain of birth and death. I bow before that Sadāśivaliṅgam, the destroyer of karma, god of passion, which destroyed the pride of the mighty demon king Rāvaṇa. I bow before that Sadāśivaliṅgam, which is well anointed with all fragrances, and who has the king of serpents coiled around him. I bow before that Sadā Śiva Liṅgam, which is smeared with sandal paste and saffron, which is decorated with a garland of lotus flowers and which can destroy accumulated sins. I bow before that Sadā Śiva Liṅgam, whose splendor is like millions of suns, the one who destroys eight types of poverty and which is the ultimate truth. Anyone who chants the holy octet of the Liṅgam in the holy presence of Lord Śiva would in the end reach the world of Śiva and keep him company. Our next performance will be Mīrābāī Jan, Pyāre Darśana. Mirabai was a princess who lived in India in the 14th century. She renounced and abandoned royal wealth and became an enlightened saint. She wrote heart-wrenching songs about her love for God Kṛṣṇa. Her songs, bhajans, are respected throughout India and the world until today. We will see one of such songs in the dance. O my beloved, without you I cannot live. Please come and let me behold you. Without seeing you, I feel like the lotus flower without water. Like the dark night without moon, that’s how I feel day and night. I walk around restlessly; my heart is breaking. I cannot eat, I cannot sleep, and for months I cannot speak. What should I say? Oh, beloved one, be merciful and come to me. Mira is your servant from life to life. A very nice cultural program. Our dear Bhakti Devī was dancing a very ancient dance from South India, and it was very, very nice. Thank you, Bhakti. Everybody, we are here today as we continue our program on the ājñā chakra, according to the chakras and the kuṇḍalinī. This is very important. We have to understand the kuṇḍalinī. "Kuṇḍa" has different meanings. Kuṇḍa means a water pond, and also the moon. This kuṇḍalinī is mostly connected with Śiva, and Śiva is in every position. So, the moon. We know that the god Śiva always has a crescent moon. These are the two parts of what we call the month: the 15 days or 14 days of the bright fortnight, and the 14 days of the dark fortnight. The two are called the full moon, which is the 14th, and the new moon, which is also on the 14th night. To understand this kuṇḍalinī and the procession of the effect of the moon on our planet, and especially on us humans. The moon is the lord of the water. So in this, we have water, which means emotion, and the mind. The second part of our life we call the mind—the physical body, the mental body, and subtle bodies. So our mind and its master, the principle or devatā, the God of the mind, is the moon. The moon is changing, and so our mind is also changing. The principle of our mind is that God or Goddess is called the moon. And from the moon comes the water, the ocean. So water is emotion. Thus: mind, moon, and emotion. Every day, everyone—animals, vegetation, as well as humans—is affected. Vegetation is very balanced. All our trees, plants, flowers, etc., are very balanced; they know exactly when and when not. But we humans manipulate even our plants, and that has a negative effect on the vegetation and on all creatures, especially on humans. All the stress, all the fear, the restlessness, the anger—all these points go to the moon, to the svādhiṣṭhāna cakra. From mūlādhāra or maṇipūra, it comes to the svādhiṣṭhāna, the second chakra from the lower chakras. That affects the emotion. In the svādhiṣṭhāna chakra, you have six principles there: hate, jealousy, anger, greed, and emotions. These are the six chakra petals, and there is a moon. That moon affects this chakra very much. But there is also creation, Brahmā, and knowledge, Sarasvatī. Still, you either go down or you go up. From there, the effect of the svādhiṣṭhāna chakra is immediately at the ājñā chakra. In that ājñā chakra is our knowledge, viveka, all this intellect—all is there in the ājñā chakra. And again, in the svādhiṣṭhāna chakra or the viśuddhi chakra, there will again be the symbol of Brahmā and Sarasvatī. So if we have weakness and we are caught—when we are caught by greed, with greed comes anger, with anger comes hate, with hate come desires, etc. These six petals are the six centers, affecting very much and purifying or taking back to the ājñā chakra. Because the mind is a mighty power, it can be negative, it can be positive. And it is our mind. Does our mind lead us? You say, "I changed my mind, I will go for swimming." Another says, "I changed my mind, I will go to a Yoga in Daily Life seminar or retreat." That is a power from the svādhiṣṭhāna chakra and the ājñā chakra. This we have to control and purify. We can reach the highest level. Now, what is the highest level? The intellect, the emotion, the stress—these are all qualities. But for what are you struggling? It will not go with you. You have a house, you have money, now more safety in the bank, or you have some different jewelry, properties, many houses, a company. All is in your hands. You are the boss. But the ājñā chakra says, "It is not yours." You are the slave of it all. When we have some money or something, when we have some properties—a little, a small house, some little farm for eating—this is fine. But when it is very much, then you are the slave of the property. We are the slaves of property. Mostly people in some countries—not every country—you have the gun under your pillow, number one. Number two, you have the lock, which is the number lock of your house. Then you have the guard, and after that guard, still you are afraid. So we are the slave; we have the guard, we have the properties, we have the door locked, we have a dog, we have everything. Those persons are, in reality, not happy. The rich one will not give the donation, and the people who have little money, they give the donation. They are sitting on that treasure, your money. No one can take it away, but suddenly, a heart attack. Your intellect is gone. Your power, gone. Your property, gone. Nothing in your hands. And we were only there as slaves. At that time, this jīva, the soul, also tells you, "Nothing was yours." And as we said, we didn’t take anything with us. Nothing we can take with us. So the wise person, a saint, a holy person, will tell you that not a single penny you can take with you. But what you can take is your knowledge, your spirituality. This kind of intellect as your knowledge—it will remain here. Whatever you have, even the best knowledge, you should give further. If you have good knowledge and you don’t want to give it further to others, then it is lost forever. You have some good scientific knowledge, but you don’t want to give it to others because, "Otherwise, all will become like me. They will take my knowledge, and I’m nothing." But when one is suddenly dead, this knowledge is gone forever. When and how? Where are you going to give it? A wise person will give, but maybe he is in a little bit of greed. And that greed, he will not give even to his children. So, at least you are giving to your family. Many times, parents don’t give anything to children, and they die somewhere and everything is lost. But it’s good. America has very nice banks, and they can use the money very nicely. There is one story in this. One businessman had a very nice spiritual friend, a good friend. The businessman was a very, very rich man, and he had only one child. Now, when you have more money, your child is spoiled. When you have more property, then your child is spoiled. Or you should be more strict. Don’t give everything into their hands. It’s very difficult to educate children, especially when you have good wealth. Then be sure that your health will not be good—if not physical, then mental; if not mental, then sorrows. And the sorrows: if you have a child and your child says, "No, I need this, I need this, I need that, everything," they are spoiled. That businessman had about twenty tons of gold. Twenty tons of gold. He made a temple, a beautiful Śiva temple, and he put all the gold in the tower of the temple. He wrote a testament to his son, that whenever he needs something, he can utilize it. He wrote: "My dear son, Number one: Eat always the best food, very tasteful, with good appetite, and so on and so forth—the best food. Don’t eat junk food. Number two: When you go to the office, you should not walk in the sun. In this country, when the sun is shining, you are very happy. But in the Sahara or in the Australian desert, when there is only sun and only sun, it’s very hot always. A little cloud comes, then they are happy, and no rain is coming. So, in that desert area, he said to his son, you should go wherever you want to go, go in the shadow. When you go to the office, you should go in the shadow. Come home in the shadow. Number three: Anyone who asks you for a loan, you shall give it, and don’t ask them to give back. Give the loan and say, "Please, you have to pay," but you don’t ask them again and again. So, people like we all here, someone is so... A rich one coming to us and right on his shop, that who want to have a loan, you can take it. So we all went to get a loan. These three points. And the fourth point: When you should know that they should come and give you money back, you should not ask them to come and give the money. And then the fourth point: When there is no money and nothing, then you have that many tons of gold you can utilize. It is in the tower of the Śiva temple on the 15th of August, 11 o’clock. You can take the gold. This is the knowledge of how you are. And when someone wants to get training again, training is not easy. Like a horse, you have to train very much. Number five: My friend, so-and-so the paṇḍit, is my best friend and my best advisor. So if you need or you have any problems, anything, you can go to him." He died. Then, of course, the son got the testament. Oh God, now all is on my head. Now all responsibilities are with me. So he read the testament: "My son, for your health, eat always the best food, no junk food, and this is best now." What did he do? "My father said, 'Eat the best food.'" So he was ordering his food from Austria, from China, good food from Australia. We bring this food by the aeroplane, this and this, best food from India. Yes, also very good. Chili now he’s sending for the food, bringing three times from aeroplanes, and sometimes these, and invite all your friends. Money’s gone, something remained. He put on his door and in his shop, "Anyone who is in need of the money, I will lend to you, and I will not ask you to give me back whenever you have." That father, the rotten son, was like this, very nice. Now, everybody was going to the shop, and someone got two thousand dollars, one million dollars, etc., etc. Now, nobody came back. They didn’t show their face to this man. Gone. The third point: "My son, don’t go in the hot sun." So what did he do? He put some kind of cover, the whole street, with the best curtain. And some people were angry. They don’t want... So, there’s no, "Okay, we pay you money." It’s the order of my father to walk in the shadow, not in the sun. So everybody, when he had money, he spent so much money covering the whole street and wherever he used to go in the city, all he made a shadow everywhere. Well, money gone. He was always with the friends, going to eat there and here, and now he has no money, and it is difficult. So, number four: how many tons of gold? Twenty tons. So he went with his friends to get the gold. It was written: "Father, on the 15th of August, 11 o’clock, I have put the 20 tons of gold in the tower of the temple, 11 o’clock." So he went and destroyed the temple. There was nothing, some dead spiders. He said, "My father, you were the biggest enemy of mine! You destroyed me! You destroyed my life, Father. Why? I was not your enemy. Everything... no one goes to him." What to do? And people were angry. All that his good father made, the temple, and he destroyed the temple. Fifth point: the Paṇḍitjī, the wise man. And Father said, "If you need anything or any advice, go to this paṇḍit." He went there, and he was weeping. "My father destroyed me completely. He gave me such suggestions, and look, this is the testament. Please read it, because he was your best friend." He read number one. "Perfect. Perfect advice. Perfect advice. How much money I was destroying, wasting for the making of all the roads, but the streets were covered." He said, "Yes, your father was such a wise man, and he did whatever else, all for you." "Father," he said, "and why I hold village, I covered." He said, "No, no, he didn’t write this. He writes that before sunrise, go into your shop, and after sunset, come home. Don’t go to the cinema. Don’t go to restaurants. Don’t go for ice cream. Stay, remain seated in your shop, you know. And that is this. If you want to have your business good, the whole day, no one came. But at the last minute, some customer comes who will give you so much business. Yes? Two things we don’t know: we don’t know when death will come, and second, we don’t know when the customer will come. You are locking the door of your office, and one comes quickly, 'Sorry, sorry, my airplane was so late, and this and this, I have to buy from you for 20 billion, please, please.' You will say, 'Okay.' And if you say no, if you are not an owner of your company, you will lock the door and say, 'Come tomorrow.' Yes, this is it." "But eating, I was bringing food from this country, that country... bazaar, that market." He said, "I didn’t write this. Your father means eat good food. Don’t be hungry. And it means don’t eat too much junk food. Only eat when you are very hungry. Yes? And not always chewing them in the mouth." This is in the mouth. That and that. It destroys your whole health, and your money is gone. Eat a good breakfast in the morning, lunch at lunchtime, and in the evening. That’s all. And sit, remain, work in your office. Okay, now, these three points, two points are gone, and give the loan. He said, "Oh, your father has such a good heart, very good heart." He said, "Yes, but I gave, and no one comes back now." He said, "You should have a written testament on this. And take something, some property as collateral, so if they don’t come by that date, that property is yours. So people will run and come to give the money back and take the papers away, so your property remains. You need not to run to bring them something from Rampuri, okay? Understand this." "But look what he writes here: twenty tons of gold in Śiva temple. On that day..." He read and he said, "Let’s go to the temple." So he went there, and he saw the damaged temple. Now he has no money to construct it again, no gold at all, not a single ring. He said, "Oh ho ho, your father was so wise. I give you money, and immediately today begins to again repair the temple, and whenever you need any money... Let me tell you, gold is there. It is reserved for you, so safety." But he said, "I broke everything. Nothing is there in the tower." It is written very clearly. He said, "Yes, now you repair it." On the 15th of August, Paṇḍitjī called this boy. "Let’s go to the Śiva temple today." So they both went there. They brought to the Śiva temple flowers, mālā, fruits, donations, etc., which one has to give. Sitting at 11 o’clock, the paṇḍitjī said, "Let’s go." He said, "Okay, let’s go." He thought he would get gold. It was nothing. He said, "Let’s go." And the temple was on a height. It was very nice, about five meters in height, a nice temple to go up and down. So he was going down, and on the 15th step, Paṇḍitjī stopped and said, "Is there anybody here?" He said, "No, it’s very hot, sun." So he brought one tool and said, "Open this stone from this step." He opened it. Twenty tons of gold there. He said, "Close it again. Let’s go." Why did he say this? He said the wise person gives only indication, not service. Why did he write 15th of August, 11 o’clock? The temple is there. The gold is there, he said. I don’t understand what he said. Every year on this date, August 15th, at 11 o’clock, when the shadow of the tower is exactly on that step, there is a gold... the tower of that... He said, "Oh, my father, why? I was so stupid," he said. Now your father wants to take your stupidity away. Now you will do everything okay. Say, "Yes, sir." And so, in which cakra of your body is that? In which meditation of you? And which mantra on you? And you are running. One day with this person, one day with that person, one day with that kriyā. What are you doing? Yes, you will. You lost everything. So, practice and come to this right line. And so, it comes to the viśuddhi chakra and then to the ājñā chakra. Ājñā means order. Ājñā means order, the boss. And there are two bīja mantras, two mantras. One bīja mantra is Oṁ, and that Oṁ which we are learning—not that Oṁ Oṁ, not this—but what we are learning, then the treasure will come, the money pool, you know, in the money. A lot of money is there, a lot of money in the money chakra. Treasure is there, but now you will make an operation here. You will get nothing. It will come, blood, this and that, but it is in your kiśmat (fate). And that kismat is that you have learned in the best way. And so, Oṁ. And the other bīja mantra is ha and ṭha in the cakra, which is the ājñā cakra. So, ha and ṭha. It becomes haṭha. Together it becomes yoga, so Haṭha Yoga. What? Haṭha yoga, that ultimately you have to come to this part, and there wisdom will awake. The third eye is in this point, so this is very, very important to learn the science of the kuṇḍalinī. Don’t think that kuṇḍalinī will go in the body like this up or some. And many people say, "Svāmījī, why stop? Master, can you tell me?" I say, who taught you this? Someone, but Kuṇḍalinī. I say Kuṇḍalinī was not there. It was about different things. So a pure and good master will not teach you only that kind of technique, which is not a reality. So each step has the instructions, and these instructions are indications, and through this indication you should know. Otherwise, if masters do everything, then everything is lost. That’s it. So there was this indication: the merchant’s father wrote the testament, and the son was not following the master’s instruction—that he is his father, so he is lost, and that will remain in the temple. Sometimes, you know, it will not get lost. So within our body, we have our treasure within us. Don’t run somewhere else, yes. The temple is good, it doesn’t matter—temple or any mosque or any door or anything—but in reality, it is here in your kiśmat. And your kiśmat is given to you by your parents or from your master. But this key, sometimes the master also forgets the key, then the disciples are all slaughtering somewhere, yes. So this is our agni. We will continue tomorrow, day after tomorrow, and so on in this journey. If you are not there, you can have a time to listen on the webcast with Svāmījī’s webcast, okay? An equation, it was very clearly opened, everything. So you can go and finally bring it, gold, no problem. But he didn’t give the address of the temple, which temple? And don’t destroy the temple, they will tell that you are not normal. So this is in Gurudev’s blessing.