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Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Devādideva Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Alakhpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Satya Sanātanadharma Kī Jaya, Mātāpitā Gurudeva Kī Jaya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai. Good evening, all dear sisters and brothers around the whole world, may yoga be in your life. Every day we should engage in satsaṅg. Satsaṅg means truth, sat—from Sat Sanātan—and being in the company of good friends, bhaktas, yogīs, and spiritual seekers. This is called satsaṅg, as opposed to ku-saṅg. Ku means negative, referring to people who are not good. Such people are always negative in their mind, heart, stomach, eyes, and both hands. They may speak sweetly, but in the mouth there is sweetness (mukh mein mīṭhāī) and in the hand a knife—that is the negative aspect. Often one does not know what they are thinking or what they will do. Satsaṅg and kusaṅg: ku-saṅg means always being with people of negative thinking and actions. How will we become good in such company? Holy Gurujī once told a story. He had a Gurujī in a small village, a little outside of it. That Gurujī had a disciple—whatever we call him—and one cow. The farmers would bring milk when the cow was giving, and other bhaktas would bring food, fruits, and so on. All they brought for the sādhus, saints, gurus, and renunciants. Many would come, and Gurujī would give satsaṅg. Among them was one disciple who was very devoted and had been living in Gurujī’s small āśram for twenty-five years. One day that man said, “Gurujī, everyone goes every year to a melā, like Kumbha Melā. I want to go to some melā—not the Kumbha Melā, but a festival.” (Now you understand what Kumbha Melā is.) In every country there are many festivals according to their culture and religion. There was a festival after the harvest of all vegetables, grains, and everything, when all the people would gather for a day of dancing, bhajans, and other things. People would come from far distances. Someone had spoken about a melā—Kumbha Melā, a Swāmījī’s melā—and the disciple said, “Gurujī, I want to go this year and see that melā, Gurujī.” Gurujī asked, “What will you do there?” He replied, “No, I have never seen it, and I would like to see it, and this and that.” Gurujī said, “It is not a good melā for you.” The disciple said, “Gurujī, I want to see it, please.” Then Gurujī said, “All right. The melā is five to fifteen days ahead, so I will—there are many bhaktas—I will ask one bhaktā to stay here with me to take care of my cow, to milk and graze the cow.” The disciple said, “Gurujī, I am going the next day.” Gurujī replied, “I know.” Gurujī gave him a peacock feather and said, “With this, when you go to the melā, stand somewhere and look through this peacock feather. And wherever you see humans, sit there.” He took it with him and went. There was a melā with very many people, many different dresses, some dancing and making noise, and many things like ice creams. Many children had lovely ice creams and many toys, and there were crowds of people. Mela means a meeting, a gathering. He thought, “Oh, such nice people.” But he remembered that Gurujī had said to look through the peacock feather. So he stood on a small hill and looked at all the people. And what did he see? Dogs, cats, balls of buffaloes, snakes, many, many animals. He saw them sitting and fighting. Then he looked to another side and saw about ten people sitting under a banyan tree. Through the feather, he saw only animals, but when he looked at those people, he saw humans. And on that side, when he looked, he saw humans with or without faith. Again he tried, and elsewhere people were fighting or stealing, and doing many other things. So he went to where the humans were sitting. Those were like—you are in satsaṅg, you are here all the time. He went there, and the people who were sitting were having lunch. They said, “Oh, hello! We know you are Gurujī’s disciple. Come, please, sit. How are you?” Each one offered him food—plenty of food—and good water. Again he placed the paramparā before the people there, and they were very clear, very nice people. Then he looked back at the melā and saw them begin fighting—some people, animals. After having lunch, he said, “I don’t want to be in this melā,” and he returned to Gurujī. The melā was perhaps for a few days; he came back quickly that very evening. Gurujī asked, “You are back so soon? You said you wanted to stay for the whole melā.” He replied, “Gurudev, I will never go to any more melās. There were only animals like this.” (Animals are also very good; there is nothing wrong with them.) But in this way, many times you see pictures, and you see in other countries. Nowadays in Europe, for example, men dress very nicely, but their head is like some animal. Do you know that? Please raise your hands if you know. Yes. Yahā śakto manuṣe kā śarīra aura yahā taka janvara kā matto. Why are they doing this? Because other people will see and ask, “Oh, what is this?” And then there is some advocacy there, advocating something. So he came back and said, “Gurujī, I saw so many different things—snakes, many things.” This means that our body may look like a human’s, but inside there is no human quality: śrī, alcohol, meat, fighting, many, many things. Therefore, satsaṅg. Satsaṅg means good things. Jaya Satsaṅg—Vahata Bhagavān, Guru, Ṛṣis, good mother, good father, good brothers, good friends, all good. Where there are many people, there is nothing to say, but still we do not know what or how it truly is. We should not openly tell them that these people are not good and only those are good—no, that will bring you trouble. We should not tell them that they are not good people. Even if they are, we should, with our heart, our thoughts, our looking, and our feelings, treat them as good people. By doing so, we will receive good energy from them, and from us good energy will go to them. Maybe one day it will take effect. Satsaṅg, therefore, Gurujī said, is for the greater cosmic things. Gurudev, even if it is said, then I will go with Gurujī. And Gurujī, if I have to come again on the earth—Gurudev, if you bring me back into the world—then, Gurudev, please give me the gift of satsaṅg. Āpke caraṇa kī dhūr guru de, ye manuṣya kā hai, vo manuṣya kā jīvana hotā. So every great saint—though some may look like saints but are not good. What? Stealing, talking, nesting, many other things, taking away—that is not a part of satsaṅg. Om Balāī Śrī Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satguru Deva Kī Jai, Hindā Dham Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmī Madhavān Jī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī, Yogī Rāj Kī Jai, Satyāsana Tandharam Kī Jai. Now, you had thought, “I will sing this and this,” and I have changed it, so now you can do it.