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Today is a beautiful day, and it is a beautiful time for prayers. We are very blessed that we could come together this evening for these prayers. According to the moon, this is the last moon of this year. Also, this month contains two observances of Mahāprabhujī’s Mahāsamādhi day: one according to the Western calendar on the 5th of December, and then, according to the moon, Jyotiṣa, it now falls on the 14th and 15th. We are always very dedicated to Gurudeva. There are different kinds of sādhanā, and all of this is yoga. When we do the prayer, even if you observe mauna—and who knows what mauna is? Please raise your hand. Okay, many of you know about mauna. But when we are singing the prayer of Gurudev, we should also pray, not silently, but with our mouth. Looking toward the light and the face of Gurudeva early in the morning when the sun rises, most animals are also looking at the sun. Some may be looking for warmth, some for light, but more or less, they are all looking there. Many flowers are blossoming. That is sādhanā, prayer. And prayer is, as it is said, when we pray, we are standing in front of Gurujī, meaning we are having a dialogue with Guru Dev, not a diagnosis—a dialogue. If you go somewhere to ask something but you stand there not saying anything, then the person—let’s say, the paṇḍit... [audio fades] Nice bhajan, very nice. As Mahāprabhujī sings in a beautiful bhajan. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Kī Jaya, Śrī Śrī Devpurījī, Sammahādeva, Kī Jaya. Chetan kā chilka, chetan—one is the chetan and achetan. Achetan is that which is not aware. Achetan is that which forgets. Or do you have some doubts? Darkness or forgetfulness, achetan. Chetan is, for example, awakened, and achetan is like sleeping in deep sleep. Gurujī used to give an example: there are a few people sleeping in one room, all sleeping very deeply, but one is awake. Maybe he is doing japa, or maybe... He cannot sleep; he is awake, and what happens? A big snake enters. Who saw the snake? The one who was awake. He said, “Wake up, snake!” From the sound, hearing the vibration, the snake turned back and went away. But all who were sleeping woke up: “Oh God! Thank you, thank you. Otherwise the snake would have bitten someone.” And when we are all nervous, it could have bitten here and there. Similarly, awaken. The awakened one is that yogī. Chetan kā chilka—chilka means light, a reflection in a mirror or on water or somewhere, a reflection of the sun. When you look toward the sun, this is also chilka, meaning a reflection. So Gurudev has awakened from sleep to awakening, from darkness to light. Chetan kā chilka, Swami—Swami means Gurudev. Dikhāla diyā. So he saw this light. Light means knowledge, and reflection means light, knowledge, awareness. And one who is awake can share that awareness with everyone. Imagine we are driving in a car, and the driver is talking a little too much, and a friend is coming by car. Someone is sitting behind. Aware, aware! Oh God! In a second, otherwise all would have an accident. Similarly, chetan—each and every cell in the body must be aware. Gurudev, Mahāprabhujī, Gurujī—many, many stories are there. One day, when Guru Mahāprabhujī gave Holy Gurujī’s Sannyāsa Dīkṣā, Gurujī was always in service to him. Holy Gurujī was so devoted to Guru Mahāprabhujī you cannot imagine. In the āśram, in Kaṭṭū, there were only two rooms. So now, attachment: Gurujī had so much attachment to Mahāprabhujī, and Mahāprabhujī was very much attached to Holy Gurujī. Whenever Holy Gurujī sent him somewhere to bring vegetables or this or that, he would say, “Come quickly.” And yes, Gurujī would come. But in Kaṭṭubārī, there were people who would see Holy Gurujī and say, “Please, please, sit and have a cup of milk.” Because Gurujī didn’t want to drink tea or coffee, or some different kind of drink—not Coca-Cola or alcohol, but something sweet. And Gurujī would say, “No, no, I have to go, because Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī said, ‘Come quickly.’” They would say, “Please, at least two minutes.” So he said, “Okay, I will take five minutes, but I will cover these five minutes by running back to Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī.” Like when a mother gives birth to a child—whether it is animals, birds, or humans—the father is always okay, but still, the father is not as aware as the mother, because the child comes from the mother’s body, and she has more attachment. Similarly, a master, a guru, has that attachment. And it is not easy to become like that. One might say, “No, go away, I’m not coming anymore.” But again, after ten minutes, Mahāprabhujī is calling, “But come quickly back!” That was it. One day, Mahāprabhujī was in his room. There were no trees, no shade. On the side of those little rooms, Gurujī was sitting, doing japa and listening in case Mahāprabhujī would call him for something. Mahāprabhujī called Gurujī’s name: “Madhavānandjī, now you should go and bring the message of Guru Dev from village to village, and so on.” This, what I am telling you now, is written in Līlā Amṛt. Yes? So you go. And now Gurujī had tears. First he had attachment, and then he said, “Who will wash you? Who will clean your clothes?” Many, many things. And second, “Where will I go? In whose house will I go? Nobody knows me. I am only near Mahāprabhujī, within Kaṭṭū and this area, just a little.” So Gurujī was very sad, crying a little. Then Mahāprabhujī came out from his room and said to Gurujī, “My son, my child, you know, wherever you are, I will be there. Why do you think, ‘Who will give me anything? Who will give me a room or a place?’ I will be there. Even if you go to a high mountain somewhere and there is nothing to eat at the time of your dinner or lunch, I will come and bring you food—not only for one, but for two. You don’t trust me?” And so, then Gurujī made praṇām, and he went. Again, after 100 meters he stood there. So much love, bhakti, for Gurudev. Again he came back: “But who will take care of you, Mahāprabhujī? You will, but I’m going.” Mahāprabhujī said, “I told you, I will be here. Go.” That was all—a complete yes. So Gurujī went. The first house in the first village, and many people welcomed him so much because they knew he was Guru Mahāprabhujī’s disciple. That family was very devoted to Holī Gurujī. And the grandson of those bhaktas of Mahāprabhujī, his name is Devī Siṅgh, comes when I go to the Kaṭṭū Āśram. Next time I will show him to you. And there, Mahāprabhujī wrote a bhajan. What is that bhajan? I forgot. Yes, you know. Yes. And so, look, this is like the sun and moon. And look, the mother and child. And look, the father and child too. That is not physical attachment; it is the entire being. Then there is nothing but only that one. Nowadays, many people are so attached, they get married, and after five years they get divorced. But we have many elderly couples here, and they have their grandchildren, and they are still a couple. That is something. So, what is that bhajan, Gurujī? Mahāprabhujī wrote that bhajan: Ārādhyā Bhagavān, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ, Mahāprabhujī, Kī Jai, Śrī Śrī Devpurīṣa, Mahādeva, Kī Jai. Hari Om, Gurudeva. All these bhajans contain great knowledge, science, bhakti, liberation, and so on. I found someone who is translating from Hindi into English beautifully. We will see. This year is passing away, and the whole year has passed. What thoughts have we had in our mind? What kind of feelings? How much pure thinking have we had in our life? How much have we cared for people? How many people did we not look upon? We did not want to talk about anything. Now, this is a very great book—our holy book. In this book, with so many pages, we have gone from this side to that, but it has passed. I am sure that we all had positive thinking, humbleness toward all, no negative thoughts, and we were honest all the time, toward God. Today, Gurudev, bhakti, jñāna, etc. In this month we are counting the Christian year. Many religions have different years. That’s good, very good. But they should know when, what I have brought together—that will be counted by Him, not by us. And so in front of us, this nature, this Prakṛti, and this light in the form of the tree and the lights, is looking at us, and we are looking at it. What is our holy book? The holy book of our brain is what we have put in our brain. Everything is here, within us. And when we collect something, we collect many beautiful things. But with light, we blow out the flame—with one little breath from the mouth, we blow away all darkness. So the flame of knowledge, and knowledge is that One. The wise one takes care of it, but it is He who will count, not we—neither you nor me. This year is gone, and now we are preparing ourselves for next year. In which direction will the eternal Self lead us for the coming year? Aware, very aware, very careful. Think it over, and make your heart very humble, very kind, and we will pray. For us, this Christmas period, we are celebrating in this part of the country. Yesterday we were in Vienna, and the whole month of December is celebrated. We remember how Jesus went through hard times but did not give up. Therefore, we remember Him, and we wish and think that He should be in our heart, in our consciousness, in our brain, even in our accents and prayers, because He also counts all gods, all religions as one. Religion or God means the positive. But if we create differences, He does not want that. That’s it. Now we are in the material world. I think it is said that once Jesus was in front of the temple, and people were working in the gold business. Jesus said, “This gold is not a god. I guide you to God, not to gold.” So we are all drawn toward the material, and materialism often arises because suddenly you become angry and you destroy. Sometimes people write something and then tear it up and throw it away, or throw it into the river. They say, “Oh, sitting near the riverbank or under some tree, I made a mistake. I throw the papers.” But those papers had some very important things tied to them. So out of anger, hate, and jealousy, we throw away also our good qualities. This year, in my opinion, you have all been doing good, because I see you as good. I have open eyes, I am still not blind, and so I see you as the best of souls. But as I am physically living, I cannot count for you. It will be counted by someone else. Who is that? The ones we believe in: Alakhpurījī, Mahāprabhujī, Devpurījī, Gurujī—all Jesus, all Rāma, all Kṛṣṇa, Buddha, and so on. They will open this paper, and I will be there in between. I will be in between for you. You are the paper, and I am there. And what I did, and what you do for yourself, that is prayer. So when we pray, I say, “God, moment by moment, please, God, I’m sorry. Let me worship you first, my Lord.” And our prayer is so long, and time passes. We are moving on. Sometimes we have to be tricked by God too. But what have we done? I know my... And we see, we pray to God for the coming year, and we will do better. But you remember how it is: sometimes we spoke very bad words, destroyed something, killed someone, etc. So for this year and for this coming Christmas, I wish you all the best. Our witness is here in this holy tree. This tree reflects beautiful light, and I always see the light of God within us, and our Gurudevs are there. Therefore we are, and we will continue. In this Kali Yuga we shall get our bhaktas and our friends, and others to bring onto the positive path. Life is gone. Very soon life will be gone, really. Day by day, how many people die? Not just animals, but all the people who die each day. They had hope: my property, my countries, my this, my parents, my spouse, and so on. But when the soul leaves this body, solace? Hug? It was like a puppet in a case. Thanks to God, someone opened the door, and this bird flew away—how quickly, going far. Our soul goes like a falling star. We see this in Europe especially in August; many stars are falling. It is constant, but at certain times it is on that side. How quickly it goes. Similarly, the soul leaves this body-case. Sometimes the doctor injects, cuts many things. Nine months in the mother’s womb, then coming out, “I want this,” and they don’t want. They don’t know it will take years for the child to do what it wants. The whole life is like this: at 10 years, 20, 30, 40, 70, 80—every year our feelings change. This means the soul suffers here, but we say, “Please, prayer, prayer, prayer.” Let us go through that time with positivity. We are in the case, but we can live with happiness, joy, peace, harmony, and prayers. In this Kali Yuga now, many people are suffering, many are completely confused, and many don’t even know where they are anymore. When we are young, everyone wants us; we work, we have money. But after 85, 98, we will see. I hope as long as I live, you will be nice to me. Do not send me to what they call old-age homes. I will be held, I’m sure, because this is Guru Kṛpā, bhakti, Dīkṣāśakti, and your soul. We are like... when we make light, then comes sparkling. Yes, how many? We are the lights of God, my dear. So let’s think about what I have done, and now I should put it aside. Still, we have time—how many days until the end of December? Yes, when the year ends, the financial year, everyone makes their balance sheet for tax, quickly. So please make our tax quickly, okay? Very good. Therefore it is said: He bought a very, very nice bhajan. What is that very nice bhajan? Yes, all bhajans are that, but one is very, very nice. All are very nice. So this evening is finished. Tomorrow, as time we have, wish you all the best. Good night. Om Śānti.