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Today, we will meditate on prāṇāyāma. Yesterday, we explored it deeply. To perfect the practice of prāṇāyāma, to allow prāṇa and its regulation to elevate our consciousness, is not easy. It requires specific timing and disciplined practice, which can be challenging amidst worldly life. There are many paths of sādhanā. One is karma, action, which is very important and good. But the discipline behind our actions matters, whether in karma yoga at an office, in government, or a company. Others may focus more on yoga. All paths have their place, yet it is not simple. The essence is to be one in all and all in one—to be peaceful, humble, kind, and ready to help anyone, whether on a farm or in a factory. Many honest, hardworking people live with humility. If we all retreated to the Himalayas to only meditate, who would provide for us? In some places, like European countries, a pension after retirement allows one to dedicate time to sādhanā. This is very good, enabling people to pursue higher consciousness. Other situations are different. About 38 years ago, we held a seminar at a large hotel. After morning meditation and breakfast, we had an hour for ourselves. The air was cold. An elderly man, about 85, was being cared for. I would bring him outside into the sun. One day, I asked, "How are you, sir?" He replied, "Yes, my friend, I am not good." When someone expresses such unhappiness, one listens. He said, "Young man, I’m happy to see you. I think you are a sādhu from India. Please, can you sit beside me?" I asked what had happened. He told me, "I once had 2,000 people under me in my factories. I had no time to sleep due to constant invitations. I owned three houses in different countries, each with cars like Mercedes, and drivers. On festivals, I was invited everywhere. I had a wife and a daughter who married in Germany. My wife died. Now I am retired. No one from the factories comes to ask, 'Hello, how are you?' My house and car are gone. My daughter telephones me once a year at Christmas or on my birthday to ask, 'How are you, Daddy?' When I say I am not good, she says, 'Don’t worry, it’s okay. Do you need something? I’m sorry, I have to go for work.' Then she hangs up. Who are you?" I said, "I am a yogī." He said, "I know yogīs are very good, but now I am too little. I have no money. All is taken. My river flow is gone." I gave him a mantra for peace and harmony. He said, "My dear boy, I am at the end." I sat with him for the two weeks I was there. This is not just one person's story. Many have nothing. Many have telephones, but no one calls. If the phone rings, they know who it is and switch it off. This is the human condition. It is said that even animals will come to one who has fallen. We must engage in practices—inner satsaṅg, prārthanā, prayer, meditation—to find happiness within. Many meditate but their focus goes outward; the inner connection is missing. If you sit or walk in a forest, a farmhouse, or a park like this one, these trees are our friends. Animals cannot ask for help, but we are human. In this world, for many years, how many are truly happy? Those with great wealth—are they happy? Not necessarily. Let us turn to our inner self. We have, and we do not have. People are often aware they are torturing and creating problems for others, even while having their own. This creates suffering now and will return in the next life. It is said one should not backbite. People carry a big bag: good words in the mouth, but a knife in the hand, with eyes that say, "Go ahead." Humans should be protected and good, but now we do not know. Therefore, do something: practice mantra, mālā, pūjā. Blessings will come. In your body, thoughts, and feelings, be happy. You are very happy now, and I wish you happiness forever. As long as we are with you, our old bhaktas, anyone will run to help you. That is very important. Our bhaktas, our friends—these friends are much better for us than relatives. Let us think a little today. Now, we will meditate. Make yourself comfortable. Comfortable means comfortable. I will not tell you to sit a certain way. Good is when you feel comfortable. That is very good. So make yourself comfortable. Feel your whole body. Withdraw thyself from the external world and become one thyself. Relax. Just relax. Be aware of thyself. I am. Feel your body from the toes to the top of the head and from the top of the head to the toes. Now, feel your breath ascending and descending. Do not force the breath; just be thyself. You are the prāṇa. Feel your whole body, each and every limb, comfortable, relaxed, and hear our mantra. Inhale from both nostrils... inhale. Now, concentrate all your energy, your feelings, your happiness, your joy, like a tiny, tiny seed of an apple. You have done mālā, and now feel the breath after the breath. Keep your mantra within thyself. Do not withdraw outside; you are thyself. The mantra is our Gurudeva, with us—your prāṇa, your energy, your feelings, your body, yourself. Be aware of that which is you. The air is yours. Nothing will come from outside. You may send some energy, that is all. Once again, become aware of your body. I am relaxed, comfortable, healthy, happy, my body. Yourself, everything yourself, your being. Now, feel in your stomach. Feel your stomach. How good a feeling you have. What you eat, what you drink, are you hungry, how is your energy? Just understand and feel your belly, your stomach. Feel comfortable and relaxed. Feel your spinal column, your back. It is yours. Relax, comfortable. Relax, comfortable. Relax, relax. Feel the strength of your back, your shoulders. With your body, with your life, your health, and there is the heart. Feel in your heart. Make yourself relax, your heart, and be thyself. Into the cosmic self, your heart, the feeling of the heart, your mantras, your prāṇas. I know that I am peaceful, harmonious, and full of joy—my mantra, my ātmā, peace, peace, my heart. Feel relaxed in your heart. Peace, peace, peace. My divine self, myself, within myself, let me feel that kind of happiness which will be forever and ever. Relax, comfortable, peace, harmony, and Guru Kṛpā. Feel that Gurudev, Mahāprabhujī, Devapurījī, Holī Gurujī will lead us to oneness. Now, bring your awareness to your forehead. Trikāl Darśī. Trikāldarśī—past, present, and future—within thyself, it is thyself. Become thyself. I am I myself. I am one with all, all with me. Only light, only pleasant, only the consciousness which is going deep and deep into thyself. Try to see the vision of Gurudev and see for your own face light, peace, harmony, and light. Be with yourself. You are here with everyone, and everyone is with you. Only light and peace. You are with yourself, and with you is Gurudev. Imagine his face and your face, and everywhere is only light. Be with yourself. Now, from the navel, nābhi, eleven times OM mantra from the navel to sahasrāra. There are seven centers from the navel to sahasrāra. Je sedem bodou od pupka po sahasrāra. Gently move your fingers, rub your palms, and place your hands on your face. Face. And you.