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Sandhyā means connection. Sandhyā refers to the juncture when the sun sets and night arrives; day and night are joining. At this time, before we retire, we offer our prayers to Gurudev or Bhagavān—to whichever divine form, in whichever religion, country, God, Guru, mother, or father you direct this prayer. It signifies connecting and becoming one. Before you do anything else, you come to God, to Bhagavān, to Gurudeva, according to any faith. Whether it is your usual practice or not, in that moment of prayer, you become one; you connect to unity. This Sandhyā is very, very important. Throughout the day, that Sūrya Nārāyaṇa is for all—not just for one person or one village. It is for everyone: humans, all creatures, the entire vegetation, the oceans, rivers, and all water. Everything is in one. Therefore, we say Bhagavān Sūrya Nārāyaṇa. Sūrya is the sun, Nārāyaṇa is Viṣṇu. This Nārāyaṇa, this Sūrya, is in our whole life. All light, the prāṇa of the sun—if there is no sun, we would all perish. Our skin, our body, our trees, everything. Such is Sūrya Nārāyaṇa. It is said that when the moon comes, sweetness enters our body. This sweetness is in fruits, everywhere. Yes, that is great. There is a balancing. The light of the moon brings balance to our entire vegetation as well, and this also requires change. What a night! Even all the creatures, when the moon is shining, they all look toward it. They would like to go there, but no creature can achieve it. In the hot time, then the winter time, behold the beauty. It is so beautiful for all flowers and bees, and all this exists in the night's beauty. All animals feel very free and nice; they have enough to eat and drink, everything is in order. And when that same light appears, all look toward it. What a great light. We also call it Chandra, Bhagavān Chandra. Sūrya Nārāyaṇa and Chandra—these two are balancing forces in our body, all our hormones, our entire system, everything within us, and also within the trees. So Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa said, "The moon brings the sweetness." Thus, in the night we are... sleeping, or we are looking there: beautiful, silent. The whole night should be peaceful, silent. Go to the forest, somewhere in the mountains, or somewhere else—the bees, how beautiful. Then there are some creatures, turning, talking. Yes, that’s life. The sun and moon are our right and left hands. Early morning, Brahma Muhūrta, that time comes again, the time of Brahma. Brahma Muhūrta is the time of Brahman. At that time, we automatically wake up. Automatically, our sleep ends. We open our eyes. We turn left and right. It is like when a mother, after the child wakes from sleeping, takes him in her lap. And so we all, from the beautiful night, we awaken. Wake up, wake up. Those who cannot wake up before sunrise will wish for many things and lose something. So at that time we should rise. Jal Jagadīśa, Jal Jagadīśa—water, water is God. We need a lot of water. We come and we touch the water with our hands. We need water, and when we first touch the water with our hands, we touch the water to our face. We close our eyes, clean our face, we clean our mouth, and at least wash our hands and arms completely with water like this. Yes, cold water. And if it is too cold, then it will warm you. So water, till the whole arms, the whole face—you will suddenly feel the energy awaken. Then we can go and make a praṇāma. Generally, one goes to bathe and change clothes. Then go to the altar, to your guru, your God, your religion, your beliefs, your father, mother—to whomever you hold dear. You should tell them. Offer your praṭhanā, your prayer. It may not be very big, but still. Om Guru Brahma, Guru Viṣṇu, Guru Devo Maheśvara, Guru Sākṣāt Parabrahma, Tasmai Śrī Guruve Namaḥ. Dhyāna Mūlam Guru Mūrtiḥ, Pūjā Mūlam Guru Pādam, Mantra Mūlam Guru Vākyaṁ, Mokṣa Mūlam Guru Kṛpā. Then we awaken. And so, what happens? The sun’s light comes. We can see beautiful light arriving. You see this wonderful morning light. And we see, oh beautiful, Brahmā’s time. We look, and not only we, but all animals, all birds, all wake up. When the sun rises, every bird, all animals, all leaves and flowers are waking again. The lotus flower goes to sleep when the sun sets, and before sunrise, it awakes again. When this vegetation behaves like this, why can humans not? And so, "Ut jag viśvam bhor bhai, avren kato sovat." It’s a beautiful, nice song about a school once or twice a year. All children should get up early and come to the ashram before sunrise. They all, with masters and teachers, go through the city or the village. Beautiful, beautiful. Who sings? School children, but they do it only one day. But the birds and many other animals—how nicely they are singing! In November, December, and after, when birds... That is automatically from this Sūrya Nārāyaṇa. So early morning, wash yourself, and whatever you like—good things, prayers or anything good. You know, a mother looks at the child’s face and says, "Wake up, my little light," and opens his eyes. Then there’s a beautiful play between the little child and the mother. The father is also there, but more the mother. What a beautiful play between mother and child, and between father and mother and the child. Humans, many tree birds in the nest are going and talking. All the deer and other animals with their young are all coming together. O human, wake up, understand. Life is like... it is great. Mantra—make your mantra, make your prayers. You can sing some kind of poem or bhajan or something. One can sing a bhajan, say a song, anything. Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Hari, Jai Kṛṣṇa Hari, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Hari, Śrī... Kṛṣṇa Hari. Hari is Bhagavān, Śiva, Kṛṣṇa—and Śiva also. Early morning, we take water on the body. Early in the morning, we wash our body with water. Har Har Gaṅgā, Har Har Gaṅgā, Har Har Gaṅgā. Gaṅgā māyā, jal māyā, param māyā. Hey mother, hey water, hey potter. Oh mother, oh water, oh mother Gaṅgā. It awakens in humans. It awakens energy. Energy, and then sunrise. Then we take the water in our hands, and we play with the water. We can do that near the Tulasī or anywhere, or in the Gaṅgā, or wherever you are. So we offer, after we are all clean, we praise water. Then we give it water. It has life. And you will see many, many diseases will not come to us. This is not a religious thing. It is for our body, our life, our lifelong health, a healthy life, peaceful life, a friend’s life, a great life, everything. So this is not like you say, "Oh, this religion, that religion." But mostly people, they believe in God. And therefore, they are also offering to the gods. That holy water. And that is the holy water. I went to church three times. On the right side there, is there a little water? I thought it was for the birds, but other old women were going, and they took this water. They may put the water to their mouth or something, but it is there. We are in that way. Therefore, life is life. In Brahma Muhūrta, all good things will be. If you let it down, then it’s not good. Well, there are some parts of the world in the summer where sunrise and sunset are only one hour apart. So, what should we do? There, we have to manage ourselves. So our sleeping, when we close our eyes, is already night. And we open our eyes, and it is the sun. This is about our health. It is about health. And so, morning also prayer. Make light. Because of sunrise, we make our prayers before the sun. We make the sunlight. Then, what are we putting? Some kind of nice smell. A nice smell, guggul, or agarbattī, something—for what? To have a good smell, because we were sleeping in the house, and the whole night we were... and many people say, "I cannot sleep, I must open my window." Even if it is very cold, I need fresh air. And why? Before sunrise, you will wake up. Some people close everything and cover their mouths. That is laziness, and that is why satsaṅg is important. Śubha Anuśam. So our Gurudev Bhagavān Swāmī Mādhāvanjī Bhagavān said, and it is said, that even the birds, animals, they are singing, and why can we not? So those are great things. Wish you all the best. This was for the evening and morning, which will come again, so my dear, great, great, great. So, make the mantra. After making a prayer, you speak something, and maybe you have eaten before or after you are eating. Then wash your hands and so on. Speak with your families. Then make at least one mālā, and then sleep. Or make the prayers in the evening, washing and everything. Then make one mālā. If you cannot sing, you can... So that is, God also has the circulation of time. And we are on that same thing. It is said, really, it is a protection against many illnesses. And it is said that it is really a protection against many diseases.