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The Divine Journey to Our Source

A spiritual discourse on the divine journey and finding one's roots, delivered at an ashram satsang.

"God said, 'My dear, you have already become yourself... It was me; I was with you, my dear.'"

"Yoga is not this physical body, not these pranayamas, not only that meditation, not singings... All is one, and one is all."

Swami Vishwaguruji addresses devotees at the Mahaprabhu Dip Ashram, weaving parables about pilgrimages to Badrinath with teachings on non-duality and devotion. He discusses the spiritual significance of holy sites like Alakpuriji and Devpuriji's cave, the lesson of Ravana's ego, and the search for ancestral roots through the Saptarishis. A disciple shares reflections on the transformative power of visiting these sacred places with the guru.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Ādi Deva, Deveśvara, Mahādeva kī Jaya, Ārādhyā Bhagavān, Śrīdīpa Nārāyaṇa, Mahāprabhujī kī Jaya, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān kī Jaya, Alak Purījī Mahādeva kī Jaya, Lālā Nānajī Mahārāja Kī Jaya, Śiva Nānajī Mahārāja Kī Jaya, Satyanānajī Mahārāja Kī Jaya. Samim Amare Paramparā Gurudev Kī Jai. Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. Namo Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam. Namo Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam.... Haṁsabhādas Prabhu Śaraṇaparāyaṇam. Namo Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam. Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Haṁsabhādāsa Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam. Haṁsabhādāsa Prabhu Śaraṇ Parāyaṇam. Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Dīpanam. A beautiful day for all of you, and for me. It is a blessing of the Supreme and Bhagavān Śrī Dībnarendra Mahāprabhujī. What a beautiful environment, all these beautiful trees, and peace and harmony. We are here in this divine atmosphere. Definitely, we have energy and environment in our own homes as well, the best. Yet you came all this far distance. All the time you were thinking, and you come to hear at Mahāprabhū Dīp Satsaṅg Bhavan, Kela Mahāprabhū Dīp Ashram. So, during this part of your journey, you were thinking at home, in your house, with your families, for many days or weeks or months. "When will I come to Strelky, where we have been before?" We had all these beautiful trees and places in our visions. And when we came here, we were ourselves—at home, and here also. It is said that when someone tries to go somewhere, and many people are going, one must ask: for which aim are they going? But we are going to that very spiritual place. In ancient times, most temples and holy places were in the Himalayas or very far away. There is a difference between this atmosphere and that of a big city. Definitely, there is a difference. But someone who wants to go see a particular beautiful city—maybe New York, London, France, or here in the Czech Republic—people who live in the big city know they are living there, but still, that is not that feeling. So they come to the little village. And the little village person says, "It's always a little village here. I want to go to the big city. I want to go to Prague." So when we are there, we are enjoying. But after thinking for two days, home is better. For example, let's go to Badrināth. Badrināth is in the Himalayas. We go ourselves. We fly to India, we come to Badrināth—a long way, two days, three days, and very high. We who are sitting here find it very nice, the oxygen very good. But when we are there, we feel that we need more oxygen. At that time, now there are some vehicles, buses or cars. But all the time they wanted to go to Badrināth or other holy places. So we were going from home and thoughts, and we have that feeling. We are going day by day, step by step. How nice it will be, how great it will be. We are going there. God is there, and we want to go for blessing. That's bhāva—we call bhāva a feeling. We are longing, and day by day, step by step, we are walking, and we are thinking, "We will go to God, we will go to God." And when we come to the Badrināth temple, you said... "Where should I go? I am there where I wanted." But God said, "My dear, you have already become yourself, Padrinarayan. Your emotion, your devotion, brought you here. It was me; I was with you, my dear." And what they are making—parikramā, you know what parikramā is? That we are crossing, going round and round that temple, because everywhere has to be a great, great day. Similarly, when you come from your home—from many different countries, cities, and villages—and you give up all things, your work, already a few weeks, you walk the journey to Strelka. We want to see the Swāmījī, Mahāprabhujī, the Ashram, Mahāprabhujī. So we want that: how quickly will I come there? And you are here. Oh, you see, I saw many people sitting there near one tree, one of these three, in the ashram inside—Holi Gurujī's temple, Mahāprabhujī's temples, all others. You have already become here, Mahāprabhujī's. So we were here, we were there, but you were there all the time. You were there, and how you are going is also with there. Then it is said, how is that? God, we will become one with God. It is that bhakti. That bhakti is in the heart, and when the bhakti is there, then everything is purified. Everything is gone. In that way is how we are doing, and that's why yoga in daily life is yoga for everyone. But yoga is not this physical body, not these prāṇāyāmas, not only that meditation, not singings, and more and more. All is one, and one is all. Even if we come to the Brahmaloka, there also we will be like oneness. So this is how we develop and purify our body. God has given all kinds of facilities and all techniques, all paths. Just God said, "Come, come, my child, come." While coming, coming, there is nobody. So he said, "Where are you, God?" God said, "You don't know still? You are yourself in that God, and I am also coming to you to the God." But we know we have to clean purely and do the sādhanā. So, I have been teaching—I think last year here on Christmas time or before that, then I went to India and other countries, and later I came. Someone also wanted, "Please, Swāmījī, can you give me also something?" So I said, "Yes, who are you?" said Gurudev. "I'm hidden, I'm hidden, but I want that you will give me something. You will give me something," he said. "I will do it. Everybody, just relax, sit down." And that was, and is, Corona. Yes, so that Corona. I said, "What are you doing here to me, the Corona?" Said Gurudev, "I was searching for you round the whole globe, city to city, village to village, from city to city, from village to village, from hospital to hospital." And individual also. "Where are you? And now I came to you, nearby you." But he said, "I'm transferred." So I told him, "Now relax. You have seen everybody, all my disciples, and you too. But you have lost, you lost your, that kind of power, spiritualities. Corona? Now go and practice." Therefore, he said, "Yes, Gurudev, from one yuga to another yuga, please, Gurudev, give me darśan." I said, yes, but you can see darśan from a far distance. So these many things, it is a lesson for us, and we shall keep in our mind. So you know that Rādhībhagavān, Dīp Nārāyaṇ, Mahāprabhujī is sarvatra, everywhere. And Devapurījī. Step by step, how far Devpurījī—I went to Devpurījī's lotus feet. But he's going higher and higher. So I said, more than five thousand feet high and you are there, Devapurījī. So he said, "I am with you." So you will go up or down, left or right, heat or the salt, the cold, I am there. From there it came again. One more he said, "You don't know," and Alak Purījī. I found the whole treasure by one of the great, great persons, Kāvīkālī Dās. And I was searching many, many, and now our dear Umapurījī, she searched the books—about more than 200 years of books in German, written in the German language and everything. Exactly written there what we went to see in Badrinath, further Alakpurījī. And this German language is more than 200 years old, so I cannot read it. But many who use the German language can read, maybe. But this generation, maybe someone has not learned this. But there is written about all that I said to you. It is the kingdom of Alaka. That is the capital of Alakapurījī. And there are two big books, more, that are written about Ālakpurījī. And I think one who is here in German now, language here, elderly person, and I would like to ask the person, please, one, two hours a day, because books are so big, so what there is written in Alakpuri, that you should write something separate on the paper. So that we all, including myself, we know that Ālakpurījī, how far. And from Alakpurījī, now it's there in the Himalayas. But you know, when someone has more taste, then they ask for more and more of the taste. And I, who from my birthplace to the Alagpurījīs, around the whole world, I am still taking this honey. And so I would like to give prasāda to all of you. What kind of prasād? The information of the Alak Purījī, Devpurījī, and Holy Gurujī and Mahāprabhujī's many bhajans that are coming, name always Alakpurījī's. So, for myself, I said, "What I was searching, I found it." And all we who are coming, you found. Now you are the place that is the root path of the Supreme. They come, they go, everything. And that was it; it was a time. Also, this about the... who would be called the... no, no, that about Rāma and Bhagavān Rāma come. No, no, no. Okay, I will come. So that's called the Rāvaṇa. Rāvaṇa was that time when God Rāma, and from the God Rāma is how many hundred thousands of years? And there was Alakpurījīs, and also Bhagavān Rāma and all were there. So, even where is Sri Lanka and where is the Himalayas, all the divine light is the best, Alagpurījī. Similarly, I am searching for my roots. Where are they? And I have a book of divination that it is said, from my birth, my father, my mother, from there to the Saptaṛṣi, the seven ṛṣis, and seven ṛṣis are on those seven stars, and we can see. All these seven, and we call them the seven ṛṣis. And from that ṛṣi, from the sub-ṛṣis, is that ṛṣis? And there are all divided, everything coming further. And so from the Saptaṛṣi till my family, my father is the same in the root. You have here many go and search, you forgotten, you lost it, but we have. These are different people, like the British king, the Austro-Hungarian kings. There were many, many kings. And from them also, from where are their roots? Where is there what we call the gene inside? Yes, similarly, you have also. After that, there is another, but they are not that. So they are then coming here and there, and then, what they call, they are creating religions. And then they are coming to attaching. Otherwise, you know that Rāvaṇa was a great Brahmin, and there was no one among humans as brave and learned as Rāvaṇa. He had all māyā, all qualities. He knows from the earth until everywhere, all kinds of life, of the getting of the humans. But only one thing destroyed all. Otherwise, he was a great... and what was that? Only one? Ahaṅkāra. Ahaṅkāra means the ego, pride. This ego, this pride—I, my, my,... this, only and only. Everything he lost. Otherwise, you know that he was a devotee of Śiva, and we have seen this in the film sometimes. When Mahābhārata had in the Rāmāyaṇa, we can make evening every day one hour if you want the Rāmāyaṇa. And you will see what happens, how was the Rāvaṇa. Ravana is sitting in Sri Lanka, and people are here trembling so far from his power, but his ego is gone down. So, Rāvaṇa was great but lost all because of ego. So in that way, great ṛṣis were there and many other people. So now it is saying that seven ṛṣis, it's not all in India. They can be anywhere, and they are still there, and their place is the seven stars. And from there, in Sapta Ṛṣis, there is one Ṛṣi, and that Ṛṣi is in my generations. And from that, many, many other ṛṣis are in that. Like one has, how many sons, how many children? So, seven ṛṣis, and how they are known as ṛṣis, this is very important, very nice. I got it, many things, I will show you. So, similarly, from that, what's coming? The Kavi Kālidāsa. These books, you... Shall we read? It is in every country. Find out, tell out, it will be. It is a very old, old book. And now, they again, they were printing these books, and this is very big. So, someone who is in German, just go—where is he? You will see it, Alakpurījī. You drive down, Alakpurījī or something. So you should know, but if you want or not, now we found our origin. We found our path, our spiritual path. So don't worry, you are in Ālakpurījī, Devpurījī, and... Furthermore, so these are the āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, okay? Good, very good. These five elements, but beyond that, where will this soul go? Annamaya kośa, prāṇamaya kośa, manomaya kośa, vijñānamaya kośa, and ānandamaya kośa. This is in this tree also. This tree also. And you also, the same thing that you have, this tree also has, and what I have, that tree also has. Sometimes come to places like these, and many people are, Europeans, they are all very busy. You know, they said, "Little, little humans, little, little sittings are well," and in the night, when they see you, they will laugh and run away. I have here the body of the statue, yes? And nobody dares to move them, so these are only toys. But they are not toys. Sit down for seven days with them in the evening. Then they will be laughing, and they will give you something. Time doesn't want to bring you so far, so everywhere is that. And now, where we came, that we have to find out. And that, what we call in our blood, and the blood, from where to where it is coming? Like, for example, like the Europeans that you are. Americans, these are all. And so there is the Sindhu River, and then one came towards here, and one went to the east-west. So the blood, the genes are inside. Then, Chinese and these are different. Japan, these, they are different. So that is how everyone has everything, something. And some, they are not. They were born different, but to the subterracist, they are not. But 100% sure that in subterracist Europeans is inside. That we don't know, we have not achieved that. But we saw the Śabdaṛṣis in this, I think it is in the Mahābhārata or in the Rāmāyaṇa. I think it's written in the Mahābhārata or in the Rāmāyaṇa. There, the Śabdarṣis are carrying one great saint because he became Nara and Nārāyaṇa. Nar and Nārāyaṇa are there where Alagpurījī is. So there are mountains, beautiful mountains; one is Nara and Nārāyaṇa, and the other is Kubera. And then Kubera was from Alagpurījī's given, and then it is Alagpurījī's glaciers. So, glaciers of Alagpurījī's kingdom. There is someone sitting who knows where Nara and Nārāyaṇa are. He is blowing a hole, always, in her satsaṅg. Is he here? Yes. Come. Where is he? She is blowing. Okay. That is called Nāda Rūpa. Nāda Yoga. So Nāda Yoga is also there. Nāda Yoga is final. That is final. When the kingdoms, like kings, they marry or something, and they were also blowing some kind of instruments. But these instruments are very close, but this conch, which they have, that is the oldest of the oldest. We don't know when the ocean and water come there in life. In the water, so to blow them is one of the highest, one of the best. That sound is giving Nādharūpa Parabrahma, Nādharūpa Parabrahma. That sound of this is that the Parabrahma, that is the Parabrahma. So that is what we are doing here. And what kind of techniques are you having in your hands? And we should follow the rules of the humans. So, otherwise we are lost. So, you see everybody coming to the river, Alakanandā river. And Alakanandā, all we will go in Alakanandā. And it's coming, it's called Hindu Mahāsāgar. And you know how big is this Hindu Mahāsāgar? It's called the Indian Ocean. So there are seven Ṛṣis, or oceans, and these seven oceans are the seven Ṛṣis. And from there, the jīva, prāṇa, all is there, coming. The ocean is living. Water is also living, but that ocean, they have their king, whom they worship. And you know, once Bhagavān Rāma wanted to cross the ocean, but no, it's very heavy. And then Hanuman... He wanted to shoot with the arrow. The ṛṣi came out of the ocean and said, "Please, don't. I give you the place, path, that's it." So there are many, it is ages and ages, even we can't think about that. But there are Mīrābāī's bhajans, you know that, and in Bhajanbhai Mīrā, she said, "All ocean is dry, I have no more fear." That's it, because I want to cross. Mīrā said, and for her, the ocean dried in her bhajan. Do you know that? So, what I'm telling is not a joke, please, okay? It is that reality. It will come quickly again. Oh man, you have no power. No power. For example, Corona. The whole world, all humans, in every country, we have to put a deal down. That is. So we have no power, but we have the power of God that receives and creates. So it doesn't matter what people are talking and saying; many don't know. But look how we are going, and there are many, many—I'm just a little, like a little mosquito—they are more great and great saints. So now you see that, for example, Swāmī Vivekānandjī. Vivekānandjī, Vivek Purī, and Ānandī, they went to Ālagpurījī, from Ālagpurījī to Devpurījī, Devpurījī's cave. A cave is not so big that you can sleep in it. It's just a rock, and many rocks, in that many things, fall down. But it is there. And after that, about one kilometer, two kilometers, there was that the Pāṇḍavas came. So he knows that he has worked, went, everything, and he saw this. So there are Nār and Nārāyaṇ, both temples, of the mountains. And Kubera, and then all the whole Alagpurījī's. Connected to Śiva. So, can you tell something? Yeah? This is original? Oh my, yes! Praṇām Gurudev, Hari Om, dear friends. A lot of you were in a place where is the Alak Purījī Guffā. And I think that is one of the best memories and one of the best places to be. And to be with Alak Purījī, it really means that he is our root. And once I remember what Viśwa Gurujī said, that when we are disciples, our spiritual father is our guru. What that means is that we don't really need to take care about our roots, because we know our roots already. And for all of us, it's a really great thing what Vishwagurujī does. Also, it is a really great thing to go and to be in the place where Devpurījī and Alakpurījī Gufā are. And now we passed a few years from our walk to Devpurījī's Gufā. And every year, some other memories come. And something else has come in the right place. And I hope that everybody will have that luck to come to that place. A few days ago, somebody talked about physical strength and condition for going to such a place. But I think that is all we need, that is the blessing of Guru Deva. Because many people who are in much, much better shape physically have more problems. And such seminars, being on satsaṅg with Viśva Gurujī, are the best preparation for going to that place. Plus, practicing yoga in daily life, walking to such a place is not so easy, because it's not only on the physical level that it's hard to walk or that you need more air. But sometimes you have more insight to go over and across more rivers and more thoughts. And they said that giving birth to the child is very, very painful. But there is one existing hormone which does that; a few months later, you forget almost everything. And because of that, you want a next child, and when you are walking up, you are thinking, "That is my last time, first and last time," because it's heavy. But a few, not weeks, a few days later, when you are in Badrināth again, you think, "Maybe next time I will." Bring something, and I will not take something. What means? Every time when you see the picture of Devpurījī's Gufā, you are already preparing for next time. And really, that is not so big a place; it is not so luxurious like Alakpurījī Gufā. What is now, it is really hard to be more than two or three persons. But everything that you have experienced in Alakpurījī Gufā, what it means when you enter in and you just sit or have a prayer and just be a few moments in that Gufā. That kind of peace, that kind of really inner peace, and you don't need anything. Trapped? That is also when you are up in the Devpurījī Gufā, but also when you are near the guru once. Not only once, but many times, Vishwa Gurujī said that he is like a spoon, and you know, when you have a nice strong Turkish coffee with two fingers of the mud down, not espresso, but this Turkish coffee. And after a few minutes, that's very nice, clean water. Black but clean. But come, Vishwa Gurujī, come to holy places, all of which have this strong energy, and start churning the ocean, churning of our mind. And you know, when you're churning the ocean, from that story come nice things, but also come not so nice things, and I think that is the beauty. Because we know that from the bhajan of Śivānandajī that all holy places are in the feet of Gurudev. But also, going on such a place where the feet of the Guru was and is still, is something that is more churning inside. Nice things, and also something that we don't want to see and put under the ascent. And I think that also this seminar, especially Strelka Ashram, is also some kind of gufā and also some kind of kingdom of Gurudeva. And here, also, a lot of things happen. Be aware of that, and utilize how to set this time to be with yourself and to be with Gurudev. I hope that we will go, not this year maybe, but next year or some year. Again with Viśva Gurujī to Alakpurījī Gufā, because I know that a lot of us want the same thing, and also it's good to know all this, not stories but history, about this travel of the Pāṇḍavas, and what Sādhvī Ānandī also said, I think, first time after that here in Strylky, that we know. So, every night you sleep in one place where some Pāṇḍava died. And also, you think, maybe this night I will. But with the grace of Guru Dev, we are still here. Siddhi number one, Khecārī. Was it good? So we shall know. You should know. Now you are on the step, on that path. So, what mantra you get from me, it is that path for you that comes.

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