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Nāhaṁ kartā, prabhu-dīpa kartā, Mahāprabhujī kartā, hī ke ho śakti, śakti... This morning we performed very good techniques, and now we will begin with the subject of chakras, kuṇḍalinī, and so on. We should start from the roots, so it will take time—perhaps one or two years. You should always be firm in your daily yoga practice. Through yoga in daily life, kriyās become very prevalent. Swāmījī, television reaches all over the world, but there is a small problem with language. If I speak in Rajasthani, Gujarati, or a little German or English, in many different countries people say, "We see it is very good, but we cannot understand." Of course, there are thousands of languages. We are going to bring some of our cameras and a machine so we can provide about twenty languages. I will speak in my language, and we will input it so the machine automatically translates into other languages. We are trying, but such a machine is very fragile. Our camera people are good, but nearly every year or year and a half, the machine breaks. The instrument itself does not matter. Any kind of instrument should not be given into the hands of a person who does not know how to handle it—even a horse. If you want to ride a horse, you should know what a horse is. When the horse sees you from a distance, if you are a little afraid, it senses it. I think you would fall down. But those who are good riders know what a horse is. To see a horse is okay—maybe a toy, a statue, or a living horse. The living horse knows who is coming, and the rider also knows what kind of horse it is. For example, you go to see your horse. It is standing there, and you come from nearby. Do not go directly behind it. Do you know what that is? The horse will kick you. Never go behind a horse, and do not go in front of a car. This is the first point. When you come to the horse, you will look at it, see its eyes, and observe how it is. I know many of you are riders. You were good; you went with horses. I was born with horses. My family had a horse, and I sat with it many times. We had our horses—very nice, very peaceful, very good. One was a female horse, and I was only about eight or ten years old. I was going into the forest. My father said, "Bring the horse home." It was that time of day. I was looking for where my horse could be, and I saw her there. I went to her, thinking she should come home, and she began to come with me. But I wanted to sit on her. I had no instrument, nothing. I was holding her mane and wanted to jump on. I went near; she moved like that. So again, I tried. I quickly jumped up. The horse was very good, like a mother. No instrument, nothing. We were going, and we passed a tree. I broke a branch to tie a makeshift bit for the horse. She was going. She was a mother, that horse. I will tell you, many times I still dream of my horse. It has been about sixty years now. There was no proper path; we had no street to go on. We came home. I was sitting on the horse, near my house—a little distance still, like the size of a tilak. I wanted to tell the horse to go quickly, so I was tapping her with my heel. I fell in front of the horse. But this horse was such a great mother. With all three legs—all of them—she pulled back and braked, because the fourth leg was over my chest. But the horse placed it so carefully, away from my chest. She would not touch my head. Otherwise, I would not be here today. I got up again, and she was looking at me. Such a horse. The horse is a very great animal, very great. But you also have to be a good friend. And it is a horse. The horse is truly male. Yes, there are male and female. So the man should be the man. How do we know that? My father also had horses. For example, we humans are men, but half-men. You also have what are called here breasts. Yes. Many animals also have them. From the cows, the bull, but bulls also have something like breasts. So many, many, everyone. You can see the dog also; you will see all animals. But the horse does not. That is what we call the male. And if you are at home, an earthquake will not come near where you are. Also, sometimes when electricity comes, like lightning during a storm, where there are cows and horses, it will not happen. There are many, many things, my dears. So when you want to go near a horse, first you should come and greet it in a way it likes: "Hello." Then it will look at you; that is friendship. But if you go further, you call it, and so on with instruments—I am talking about instruments. When we are riding a horse, we come, we fall down, we get off, give it something, etc. The next day when you go for riding, the horse will also look for you. Many times when you are riding and you give it something, and when it is coming from a far distance, sometimes it will call you. It will speak about you; it will say, "Yes, yes, you know that." I was here in winter, very cold with snow, and there were horses. One man had many horses—big, very strong horses. They were pulling a sledge through the snow. It was very cold; we were all sitting like this, but we were only walking in the far field where there is more snow. Anyhow, every animal can be a very great friend with any animal. Even the cobra, when you take care of it, it will not bite you. Give love, give it something, bring something everywhere. Similarly, with an instrument: many people have their instrument for about twenty years, fifty years. Yes. Therefore, when we bring an instrument, we have to have a very good person to handle it. Our instruments—the telephones, the televisions, or this—they also break. Then we come to the other instruments, and these instruments are very, very important. They are very good; we should be very... they are very fragile—a human. Only a little moving, three or four times eating, sitting, not moving very much. What happens with this body when we are ill? The instrument is ill, but this instrument is also. How many diseases do we have? This disease is there because the instruments are not well controlled: what you eat, how you eat, when you should eat, water, how, movements—many, many things. So, our instruments in our body, and the instruments we use all day long, then we go to sleep. That is where we are going; we go to sleep. Why did God give us the need to sleep? It must not be. Twenty-four hours of work, but God said, "Now you should relax, lie down." Then all the instruments, again our body, when we are sleeping—in the brain, in our whole bodies—we are waking in order. Sometimes they say, "Don't lie down, don't sleep too much." Then, mentally, you will not be good. We always used to sleep when the sun set, maybe for two hours, okay. But we went to sleep. There was no light, only some flame like this, and we went to sleep. Early in the morning, we awoke. Our instruments were all perfect, and then we were checking how the instruments were. We wake up, and first it comes to our brain: "I am human." First, I am human. What does that mean, that I am human? What should a human do for other humans, like a brother, friends, etc.? But now we are humans killing humans. That is not like a human. So first, I am human. When we think really, really, then the whole day we will not do anything wrong to other humans. Then we open our eyes, and first we see the face of our mother, our father. Not dogs, not cats, not an instrument like this, some tail, toes. First, your mother, father. Yes. Then, if you have in your house, in your room, some good pictures, the spiritual gods, that god you believe in—God is only one. What does that mean? I am human. It means we are all human, but one has another name, another name, another name. But we are human. So God is only one, but He is in all, like we said: all my friends, my mother, this, this... all humans. If your parents have died, but you have on your bed some photos of your parents—oh, my child. You are my child. And who are you? You are my mother. God, or who, how made it? For nine months, the mother suffers in the body. Yes, it is very easy. She wanted to have a child. But then, you know, day by day, month by month, yes, coming inside. Sometimes the child in the stomach jumps with its legs. I mean, I didn't feel it in my stomach, but all my sisters, and mothers here, they know. So never, never do something wrong to your mother. And father. Father is the father. If the father is not there, we are not there, and if the mother is not there, we cannot be there. So please respect, you know, how happy our parents are. Mothers and fathers, how many months and years did they protect us? When pregnant, the mother could not sleep sometimes, at night or day. The husband was sleeping, yes. And then also, after how many times, the mother wakes up and gives milk, but the husband, the father, he takes his blankets to the kitchen because the child is crying in the night. "In the morning, I have to go to work, I cannot sleep. Please close the door." But a father is a father. Of course. So this instrument is constantly going. For example, this technique is very nice. You know, many times it is, oh, from the German techniques, or other ones, but German is good, or other countries there. All fathers are different. So we should take care of that. But this is something: you take one instrument from there and push another instrument inside; it will not work properly. We should love, we should respect, we know, and everyone should be good. But these fathers and mothers, how many years they are the same, they are together. The Africans are also very good, the Chinese are also good, there are other people. All are humans, but there is a difference, and now everything is mixed together. Why not? They are humans, but it is still the race, you call it the race. And if this remains, then always and always we will be happy, good, and have no problems. But we are good, we love. We have one another, and we are other. We love them, we are very happy, we are like this. It is okay; they are making. But the instrument is a little bit indifferent. One instrument is a little bit long, another is small. So, how do we... but somehow we will make it. In that way, similarly, our own body—it doesn't matter, any, okay? But our instruments, we should be very careful. And that is why our machines should be functioning. So, how will we be in the morning when we get up? I am human. I open my eyes to my parents. Then we say, "Mother, can I step on you?" It means to get out of bed. What is that, mother? The earth. Mother Earth. So when we step on the earth, it is our mother. And you know, when we were born, we were little. Mother was giving milk, and what were you doing? You were with your legs in the mother's stomach, little child. You have done all, doesn't matter—boy or girl—but mother was not angry. She will be happy. She takes the child's feet, and mother said that love, how much love of the mother and father also. The father takes the child and says, "Here is my child, here is my son, here..." So, this is again: we are stepping. My mother, can I step? Then you have your mantra or something. First, then go to the water. The whole night we were sleeping, and then when we get the first drop of water on the body, touching the whole nerve system—that is from the water, like the energy inside. Now we have a bathroom. We open the water and this and that. Then we also go to the toilet, and you know about how many years that every house has toilets inside. Otherwise, they say, "No, in the house, toilet." It is outside, everywhere, everything. Yes, but now we are okay, we are comfortable, we are very clean, everything is okay, no problem. So these are the instruments of our body, and that is why we understand what the chakra is. Our car has a chakra. So, this is that when we understand about chakras and where the chakras are, what the function of that is, then it means that spirituality is going very happily and more and more. But if you say something, oh, chakras, then they will say, "Please, after some years, go to the doctor." When we understand chakras in this context, it is something natural, and we learn to get to know them gradually. But when we understand the topic of chakras as something mysterious and we start to fear them, then after a few years we can finally end up with a doctor. Now, many people are making some kind of books, writing mostly about sex and this and that. Yes. And all they are saying is, "Do come more than two hours after two years." After two years, three years, then he said, "Yes." Many people come to me and say, "Please, Swāmījī, can you tell me? Something has happened to me. I cannot sleep, I have pain, I have this, I have that." Therefore, kuṇḍalinī, cakras, sādhanās—this is for those with a real guru, and that guru also, so many gurus do not know about the cakras. And so, this is the... we have to learn. You are great; you are already divine. Your cakras are okay; don't worry. Don't say, "I have nothing." You are great; you are very great. And now they may not be able to sleep at all, or they have some health problems; something hurts them. So don't worry about it. As you are now, you are amazing, and let it be natural. Don't rush into it. And about this, we need a guru, and we pray to the gurus. And after all sādhanās, this, then the prayers. The prayers will go through all centers, all instruments. With each of ourselves, then we are very happy, very healthy, and continue. Then we are healthy, happy, and we can continue.