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Hari Om. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī, Dev Puruṣa Mahādev Kī, Madhvaranjī Gurudev Kī, Alak Puruṣa Mahādev Kī, Jai Om. In this Kali Yuga, there are black clouds above our entire world. I was contemplating deeply today: what is happening now with humanity? There are too many animals, yet many species are gone. Humans have destroyed and killed everything. This is the Kali Yuga, and its influence is very strong. Consider Bhagavān Śiva. Initially, Śiva existed solely as a person, a human. He has no mother, no father. He manifested himself. He is like the singular, complete being. But Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and the others said that otherwise, Śiva was very, very far away. We do not know, but it is said that creation was to be made in the water: many creatures, many, many things. When they asked, "How will we do this, and who are you, Śiva?" we have seen depictions in pictures and heard in lectures. Many were thinking, and so Śiva, from the left side of his body, manifested the female. Then she emerged again. This means he created her. We, all creatures and humans, are all two. These two are equal—one is not seen as superior or inferior. That was the Śakti. Śakti means power. There are many, many aspects, but they are equal. This Śakti is power. For example, I need the power to lift someone up. That is power; others cannot do it. Even this instrument requires power. When we stand up, we need power. When we are old and bedridden, we ask people, the children, "Please, can you move me a little to the left?" That is not power. So this power, Śakti, is very potent. Śiva has power, but she does as well. You know they are seen as one, possessing so many powers, spiritualities, and attributes. They are Śaktis. You know that Śakti came from Śiva and his father. There is a great story. She went to a marriage ceremony of some family members, but they did not consider why she did not come. Śiva did not attend due to different circumstances. We have this in the Mahāśivapurāṇa. Did you all see it? Yes. Śakti went to his parents, and they refused to let her inside the home. They said, "No, we will not take you in." She was born because the father did not perform certain duties, and she... she did not want to return to Śiva, so she sat in the fire. She died. Then Śiva heard what happened and called for her. Since Śakti had died, they were carrying her body to Śiva. At that time, Śiva became enraged. He took his triśūla, placed Śakti on his shoulder, and went into space. We do not know where he went. All the while he was in the universe, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and all the other ṛṣis were deeply saddened. They said, "This world will be destroyed." Without Śiva, it cannot exist, but he did not want to return. Such is the love. Male and female are one, and they have immense respect for each other. They are one and remain so for their whole life. But now, in the Kali Yuga, people marry, they go, they have children, and then they separate. The children suffer, sometimes with the mother, sometimes with the father. This is the Kali Yuga. Either you should marry and sustain it, or you should not. When you have a child and a marriage, if you separate from your children and leave, it is a sin. Because when you were married, when you went to the church or temple, they performed a ceremony with mantras and pūjā. They said, "I will be forever for you, and you will be for me." I sometimes observe Christian ceremonies: if the wife is very ill, the husband will do everything for her—clean her dress, her body, everything. If the husband is ill, very old, or has an accident, the wife will help him in every way, yes, until the end of his or her life. Thus, when the husband dies, the wife will not marry again. Because she said, "I promise, and I will be forever for you." When he dies, she feels her husband is within her, and the same for the man. That is oneness, and their children are also great. That was in the Satya Yuga. The Dvāpara Yuga was similar. The Tretā Yuga began to see differentiation, but still very much emphasized family. Now the Kali Yuga has begun, and you see everything that is happening. That is sin. What you call sin is like that. They must remain in families, deciding together what to eat and what not to eat. But now is the Kali Yuga. So Śiva took Śakti on his shoulder; in one hand was his trident, and he was in space. We do not know where. You know that Bhagavān Viṣṇu was very respectful to Śiva. Viṣṇu desired to perform sādhanā, as you are doing sādhanā. With the saṅkalpa that he would gain more power or attain something, he would respectfully ask Śiva. He sat in meditation as you do. Anuṣṭhāna means first purifying oneself physically, mentally, and emotionally. During that time, it does not matter if one is a husband or wife; they separate. This practice lasts for many years, months, or a specific period. Viṣṇu made a Saṅkalpa. Do you know what Saṅkalpa is? Who does not know, raise your hand. And who knows Saṅkalpa? Can you raise your hand? Oh, very good. Then why should I speak? Let the Bhajan sing. Yes, so we know what Saṅkalpa is. Saṅkalpa is from that day when your prāṇa and your life first entered your mother’s womb. The mother gave permission, and the wife also promised. It does not matter if it is comfortable or not for the child in the womb. The mother must control and endure everything. The mother is very happy, but she also suffers. The husband does not know how it is. But she promised to God, and the man also received a saṅkalpa. When she is pregnant, the husband should take double care of his wife. As the months progress, he must bring food, water, work, money, etc., everything a husband does. Because that is a new life, it is like God inside. We are all God, but we have destroyed ourselves, turning away from the guru or Bhagavān. Our self has slowly, slowly gone in another direction. Bhagavān Viṣṇu made his saṅkalpa and said, "I will offer you thousands of lotus flowers." He performed mantras, as you chant mantras, a very beautiful pūjā. You have seen our pūjā. This pūjā of ours, we should bring it here again. It is very great. It was very great. Yes, such a person is very great. When the final day arrived, he wanted to perform the pūjā. He brought fruits, beautiful flowers, lotuses, and placed them before the Śiva Liṅgam. He would offer one flower at a time, a thousand flowers. Viṣṇu Bhagavān is sitting like this, with a basket containing many flowers, and he chants Śiva’s names. There are a thousand names of Śiva. You know, in Jadan Ashram, in our Śiva Mandir, there are one thousand and eight Śiva statues, though not all are the same. There we have one thousand five Śivas in different postures. Each Śiva is always different. He was offering one flower and reciting a mantra each time. Then Śiva appears because he must grant Viṣṇu’s wish. At the ninety-ninth flower, that flower was there. What happened? Śiva took one flower from behind. Viṣṇu again sought the final flower, but it was not there. Viṣṇu became anxious. He thought, "It has been so long, I promised, I know it was a thousand flowers, I counted, no one is here. Why is this one flower missing?" Now he is thinking. Śiva comes from behind. "Viṣṇu, your promise, your anuṣṭhāna—the time is ending, but you are missing one flower." Viṣṇu said, "What can I do?" Śiva said, "Instead of the flower, give me one of your eyes. Then your anuṣṭhāna will be complete." What do you think? In your anuṣṭhāna, if I were to take a little of your nail and pull it out... So Viṣṇu said, "Take it, your eye," and he took one of his arrows. Viṣṇu said, like this, "Viṣṇu also has power." He took it like this; the arrow came into his hand. To take his own eye out, his eyeball. He was about to do it, and Śiva held his hand. But some say it went into Viṣṇu’s eye. Viṣṇu said, "Śiva, I give this. Now, for my sādhanā’s promise, for the power I seek." Śiva said, "First, I grant you the Sudarśana Cakra. Anytime, anywhere, any direction, it will come. The Sudarśana Cakra will come. And Viṣṇu, you will command it to any side, to do whatever needs to be done. It will go and accomplish your will. Second, both your eyes are already beautiful, but they will become exceedingly beautiful, like that flower. That is Kamal Nayan. That flower which I took is now manifest in your eyes. That is why you are Kamalā Nārāyaṇa." Viṣṇu is Kamalā Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa. So how are Viṣṇu’s beautiful eyes and Sudarśana like this? He was very happy; everything was very good. At that time, when Śakti died, Śiva had taken Śakti and his triśūla and gone into space. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the ṛṣis, and many others said, "What shall we do now? It will become dark. But where is Viṣṇu? Where is Śiva? We do not know. Please, Bhagavān Viṣṇu, take your Sudarśana, bring light, and please bring Śiva back." But Śiva was so attached to his Śakti that he did not wish to relinquish her. Then Viṣṇu sent his Sudarśana Cakra. It was Śakti’s; with each cut of the Sudarśana Cakra, different parts of her body fell. All these Śaktis, the different pieces of her body, remained in various places in the Himalayas and other locations. One is near our Nepal, in Jadan. It is about three hundred kilometers away. There is a Śakti on the mountain, and a light is still burning there. If you wish, you can come with me. We will go. Many people go there—grandmothers, mothers, mother Śakti. People go to receive permission and blessings. So there are many parts, pieces of Śakti, and thus we have all the Śaktis. There is the Śakti Pīṭha. Śakti Pīṭha means the place of Śakti, but there are four times for pūjā. Two are pūjā that we all know; it is not a different kind of pūjā, but other pūjās involve sitting in meditation. So it is sādhanā. Anuṣṭhāna is not so easy. That is why I am always trying to entice you again, because we must come to Kuṇḍalinī Śakti and all this. What I am doing for you, I am doing, but it is very strong and slow, like this. Many people are doing different things, but this is different. Where the Śakti is, she is seated on a lion. Her vāhana, or vehicle, is the lion. She holds a triśūla and a bhallā. At the time of pūjā, that pūjā must be performed. You can do it, but many people cannot control this. If you do not observe it for nine days and break your promise, then the triśūla will come to you. Therefore, I do not wish to do it. During that time, there is no eating. You may have milk or some fruits, nothing else, and perform pūjā three times. Śiva is okay. Viṣṇu is okay. We can control that, but Śakti we cannot control. Yes, she is so pure, very pure. When you sit for pūjā, you must wash yourself. So, if you wish, sometimes we can place it here. It is a very great power, a very great power. I performed it only once. It was good. Many promises were fulfilled, but I said, "Now, Mātājī, I offer you praṇām and āratī, but it is very powerful, very, very powerful—it is not a joke." Then your promises will be, and her promise will be that if there is something negative and you seek this, that Śakti will not grant it. She will cast out that person or anything. We will go, as we go to the Himalayas to Ālagpurījī. We will go to one part with me, and I will show you Mātājī there, the Jyoti. One Mātājī’s temple, which is in our Barikatu, is called Śivabhag. When I established this ashram, I created everything for Śiva, Rāma, Viṣṇu, Hanumānjī, and this one, Mātā Śakti’s. We perform pūjā there twice every day. It has been about, I think, 18 years or so since I installed the mother’s statue there. When you go, you should perform pūjā and seek permission to do something. "O Mother, O Holy Mother, please, I promise and seek your blessings for my health, or for this or that." Or if you have a husband, and a good husband comes, and then you say to your husband, "I do not like it, I will leave," then you will be troubled. Or the man will not be good. These are our promises. But you see the Holy Mothers, how they are. So Mother is power. Yes, yes. They always possess humility, and for the children, the mother will do everything. Yes, in her womb—wound, not wound, yes—for nine months she is worshipping, giving her child and giving to her husband. This is that. Practice Anuṣṭhāna and everything. When you promise to Swamījī, "This and this," and afterward you say, "No, two months, three, five months, no," then the Sudarśana will go anytime. And you know that wherever it is, Jesus, what we call him on the cross. On the cross. And we are there. And we should say what we should do. It is the same everywhere. So now, this is how it is. All these sādhanās and many things exist mostly in India. What is pūjā? What is all this? What is fasting? But fasting means no eating meat, no alcohol, and, you know, bhajans—unbelievable how many bhajans they perform in India. I am sorry, I am beautiful also, I am good here, you are also very good. But India is India in that way. But now, Western people, the British people, on that side they are now producing alcohols and meat, and like a cravat to hang up. But cravat is from Czechoslovakia. Cravat. But now they do not give the cravat. But they have something hanging there. So many things. Yesterday I was thinking, you have so many bhajans in different songs, good ones. It is not quite like Indian bhajans, where something brings tears to your eyes. Thank you for watching. Look, beautiful color. You cannot see, but he is so nice to you all.