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Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam Oṁ Namoḥ Śrī Prabhu Ipānārāyaṇam Haṁsabhādas Prabhu Śaraṇaparāyaṇam... Dear sisters and brothers around the whole world, we should all do satsaṅg every day. Satsaṅg means satya (truth), sat, sanātana, and being with those good friends—the bhaktas, the yogīs, the spiritual ones. That is called satsaṅg. The opposite is kusaṅg. Ku means negative, a person who is not good. At all times, in their mind, heart, stomach, eyes, and both hands, they are always very negative, yet they merely say, "Yes, very good." So it is said: in the mouth there is sweetness (mukh me mīṭhāī), but in the hand, a knife. That is negative. Often, one doesn't know what they are thinking or what they will do. Kusaṅg is always being with people of negative thinking who do many harmful things. How can we be good with them? Holy Gurujī told a story. He had a Gurujī who lived a little outside a small village. This Gurujī had one cow. Farmers would bring milk when the cow gave milk; other bhaktas brought food, some brought fruits, and so on. They all brought offerings for the sādhus, saints, gurus, and renunciates. They would come, and Gurujī would give satsaṅg. He had one disciple who lived with him in his small ashram and was very devoted, having been there for 25 years. One day, this man said, "Gurujī, everyone goes every year to a melā, like the Kumbh Melā. Gurujī, I want to go to a melā." (Not necessarily the Kumbh Mela, but you understand—there are many festivals in every country according to their culture and religion.) There was a festival after the harvest of all vegetables and grains, a day of dancing, bhajans, and special celebrations where people came from far away. Someone spoke about this melā, and the disciple said, "Gurujī, I want to go this year and see that melā." Gurujī asked, "What will you do there?" The disciple replied, "I have never seen it, and I would like to." Gurujī said, "It is not a good mela for you." The disciple insisted, "Gurujī, I want to see, please." Finally, Gurujī agreed, noting the melā was in fifteen days. He said he would ask another bhakt to stay and care for the cow—to milk it and graze it. The disciple said, "I will go tomorrow." Gurujī said, "I know." Gurujī then gave him a peacock feather and instructed, "When you go to the mela, stand somewhere and look through this peacock feather at the people. Where you see humans, you should sit there." The disciple took the feather and went. At the melā, there were many people in various dresses, some dancing, making noise, with ice creams, toys, and many children. It was a large gathering—mela means meeting together. He thought, "Oh, the people are nice." But he remembered Gurujī's instruction to look through the peacock feather. He stood on a small high hill and looked at the crowd through the feather. What did he see? Dogs, cats, buffaloes, snakes—many, many animals, fighting. Then he looked to another side and saw about ten people sitting under a banyan tree. Through the feather, he saw only animals in the crowd, but when he looked without it, they appeared as humans. The people under the tree, however, appeared as humans both with and without the feather. He looked again through the feather: people were fighting, stealing, and doing many such things. So he went to where the humans were sitting—like all of you here in satsaṅg. He approached them. They were having lunch and said, "Oh, hello! We know you are Gurujī's disciple. Come, please sit. How are you?" Everyone offered him food and good water generously. Again, he looked at them through the feather, and they appeared very clear and nice. He looked back at the mela crowd, and they were fighting like animals, even after eating. He said, "I don’t want to be in this melā," and returned to Gurujī that very evening. The melā was to last a few days. Gurujī said, "You are back so quickly. You said you wanted to stay for the whole melā." The disciple replied, "Gurudev, I will never go to any more melas. There were only animals like this." (Animals are also very good; there is nothing wrong with them. But in this context...) Often you see pictures, even in other countries. Nowadays in Europe, for example, men dress very nicely, but their head is that of an animal. You know this? Why do they do this? So that others will see and ask, "Oh, what is this?" and then there is some advocacy or promotion of something. So he came back and said, "Gurujī, I saw so many different things—snakes, and more." This means our body may appear human, but inside, the quality is not human: alcohol, meat, fighting, and many such things. Therefore, satsaṅg. Satsaṅg is good things. Jaya satsaṅg, Vahata Bhagavān, Guru, Ṛṣis, Good mother, good father, good brothers, good friends—all good. There are many people; there is nothing more to say. But there are also others, though we may not know how or what they truly are. For both, we should not declare that some people are not good and others are only good. No, then you will be in trouble. We should not tell them they are not good people. Even if they are, with our heart, thoughts, gaze, and feelings, we should regard them as good people. From that, we will say, "Oh, how are you? Good." Some good energy will come to us, and from us, energy will go to them. Perhaps one day, satsaṅg will come to them too. Therefore, Gurujī said satsaṅg is for more cosmic matters. Gurudev, it is even said that if I must come again to this world (agar mujhe vapas ānā sansār mein), then, Gurudev, grant me the satsaṅg of the dust of your feet (satsaṅg denā mujhe āpke carana kī dhūr). Gurudev, this is the human aspiration. Every great sense... and some appear fragrant, but it is not good. What stealing? Talking now, nesting, taking many other things away—that is not it. Satsaṅg... Now you are here. You had thought, "I will sing this and that," but I have presented it like this. So now you can do it. Thank you. Good night.