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Hari Om, to all our dear sisters and brothers, and our very good young ones. I think it has been nearly two years since I was in this hall. Long ago, I came here many times and gave very beautiful lectures. Here in this hall, in this garden, people gather. From the Indians, or what we always know, it connects to the life of Mahātmā Gandhījī. A park has now been built there with a statue of Gandhījī. Nearly the whole of Europe has a statue of Gandhījī, and we wanted to have Gandhījī’s here. These kinds of statues are from every country, and they are very respectful. It means that when we give some country’s statue or picture, it is respected very much. Everyone should respect that. The presidents of those countries respectfully said it should be in their country, as if the statue represents the whole nation. So in this country, Slovakians respectfully agreed, and the Embassy of India brought the Gandhījī statue here. It was a very great event. There are statues from many other countries there too. Some have statues, or something written on stone. This means we are happy, respectful, and good friends with these countries. In your countries, many great people have lived—professors and very good scientists. We are learning from that. People want to know, "Yes, how it is, where it is," and so it is. We, in our yoga, have placed Gandhījī here, but you have placed me in many different countries and cities. I have been here so many times. It was always great, with respectful people. I like it very much here, and we were talking about yoga. Yoga is not only exercise. There are many different kinds of techniques for learning something, but yoga is beyond everything. Yoga comes from Śiva. Śiva brought sitting in the postures, and he was feeling very great. So Śiva has given certain points—not Sivananda, but God Śiva. Sivananda is another person, but this is God, Śiva. From before, Śiva came into human form. Before that, he was in all five elements that appeared. That is the triad: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. These three words, and mostly we always tell the prayer: Gurur Brahmā, Gurur Viṣṇu, Gurur Devo Maheśvarāḥ, Gurur Sākṣāt Para Brahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ. Dhyāna Mūlaṁ Guru Mūrtiḥ, Pūjā Mūlaṁ Guru Padam, Mantra Mūlaṁ Guru Vākyaṁ, Mokṣa Mūlaṁ Guru Kṛpā. This is what we are learning in yoga. From that, Śiva appeared. Śiva comes here, and according to that, what we think is that Śiva has given certain elements, and that is how many different postures of yoga came to be. You know very well, we say this is yoga, but what kind of yoga? For the cow, elephant, cat, dog, trees—many, many subjects that it has seen. The trees, the water, the earth, many things. Every time we are practicing, do you know all? So this is all brought, all elements in this all, that God Śiva has brought it. So everything should be healthy and happy. He has given 85 pictures. That is the important one. But after, of course, we made many, many things. For example, we are making Sarvahitāsana. Sarva means everywhere, everything. Sarva means for everyone. Because we are on this earth, and earth is our mother. Yes, and water is our father. The air is our life. So, all elements. Then it is said, we are in this earth. This is our life. You know that we are the biggest one. There are many, many different kinds of stars. Many, many stars, and they are falling, coming. The sun, everything in this whole space, Sūrya, the sun, is very big. But it is called the light, the fire. It is strong, very, very much, everywhere, coming till to us. And it is said that one day, we don’t know what will happen. What will the sun do, or how will the energy from the sun be? What will that time be? Like this light, this is the sun. But when there is nothing, there will be no light. But it’s not so easy now. Many, many ages and ages and ages. And the same way is the moon. The moon is also very powerful, and the moon is seven days coming complete, and then again going back till it gets night. If the moon were to be whole for a month continuously, it would destroy everything. So this is all in these elements, or what we call in India the stars, water, etc. In this, it is what Śiva is. Śiva is not only a physical body. We can’t see, and we can see, and we are different. You know that there are one thousand names of Śiva and Śiva’s statues. Many people are only making a stone and worshipping in the form of Śiva, and then they put it in the water, in the ocean. But it is the names of Śiva, many, many thousand Śiva’s names. It means that, for so many ages, Śiva was coming. How was it so? You know that in our India, in Barikatu, from our Gurujīs, Devpurījīs, Holy Gurujīs, Devpurījīs, and then we are coming to Jadan, and there is where Holy Gurujīs remained. It means Bhagavān Śiva Mādhavānandjī. That’s why Mahāprabhujī said, "One in all and all in all." What Gurujī said, and he saw the energy like a big sun, a very big sun. And so there is a name of Śiva, one thousand. And so there was Bhagavān Viṣṇu, Śiva, Brahmā, Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu wants to get blessings from Śiva. You see, such great gods, the gods of the gods, Śiva, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, but they also are changing, not forever. So, Satya Yuga, Dvāpar Yuga, Tretā Yuga, and Kali Yuga. Kali Yuga, and now it is in the Kali Yuga. We don’t know when it will end and what will happen. It can change, turn to the other side, like people, you. Those people who don’t get angry, their life does not change. Not eating animals, not alcohol, etc. And this and that, and every day, nice washing, "Jal Jagadīśa." "Jal Jagadīśa" means "good water." You know, water? But what are we calling? So, these all are elements inside. If we have negative thinking, we are changing everyday something, then it means we are like mosquitoes only. But we came on the earth, and God has given a human body on the earth, to come on the earth and make peace, harmony, understanding, etc. So Bhagavān Viṣṇu, now, is also Bhagavān Viṣṇu. God Śiva first, and then comes Bhagavān Rāma, Dvāpar Yuga, Tretā Yuga, and now Kali Yuga will be coming. Then what happens? It is something changing. You know that our day is changing, and our changing, not I but we, are building that half. This, this, and then we change, not this but the whole earth is moving. We don’t know how it will be, but it is. For example, from our Europe and India, and from... India, which is what we call the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is very big, and many countries are inside. And then that turned, and so it became here in India. No, sorry, Australia. And then this ocean came by Australia. And India in the south. And those people were always there with fishing and like this, and they were in the ocean. So it changed like this, and that came to that time, as in Australia, these people there. And now science said, science said, the blood and everything, they saw, yes, this is from India. Yes, the scientists said it: blood. So where is India? And where is Australia? And they turn, also water is also turning. In the same way, we are changing. In this country where you are, it was mostly snow, many, many things. And some was in the river, not in the river, on the ceds. And we were different. This dress, not like that. Yes, we were different, we were like this a little bit. But the human. And so, slowly, slowly, we have defined our self and our science, our thought, our thinking comes, and we are beautiful and like this and like this, but the human becomes good or bad. That time, the human was killing humans too, eating. But now we are relaxed. So similarly, in this, that is the Śiva-Śakti. Śiva is Bhagavān Śiva, the whole Brahmāṇḍa, Śiva, the whole Brahmāṇḍa. And that is with us too. So, what Viṣṇu is saying is that he will pray to Śiva to give him some blessings. So Śiva said, "Will I see what you want to see, Viṣṇu?" So Viṣṇu said, "One thousand beautiful flowers I will bring for my prayer to Śiva." You know what is a flower in the water? What? And that flower, Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "I made a pūjā, I was meditating, I was meditating for Śiva." And then, after how long a time it was, he said, "I made my pūjā complete to Śiva." And he said, "I give my words for you, a thousand flowers." And it was, and so Bhagavān Viṣṇu made a very nice pūjā. And thousands of flowers. And now Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "Śiva, I will only give you the flowers." One day, it was not for one day, it was like one year. Many things. And he was giving his name to Śiva Liṅga, and one name Śiva, second different Śiva. This Śiva, all the times, all the time with the flower on the Śiva Liṅga. Śiva said, "Viṣṇu, you will get something from me, and you did it. You practiced long, peaceful, and very good. You did great." And now I was sitting here and breaking my pūjā for these flowers. And he’s saying one name and then giving Namaḥ Śiva, this name. Now Śiva said, "Viṣṇu will take from me something, but I have to give him." And Viṣṇu wanted to take it with him. So, 199 flowers, only one remained, and Viṣṇu wanted to take this flower to give there, and there is not one flower. When Viṣṇu was making Svāhā, Śiva took the flower out. Now, Śiva said, "Oh my God, I was counting, I was counting all these flowers, and there is no one here, and how is my flower gone?" He was Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Śiva said, "Viṣṇu, you have not one flower." He wants your anuṣṭhāna, and your anuṣṭhāna will be complete because one flower bore. Viṣṇu said, "I am not. Where is that? Who is there?" Then Śiva said, "I am." One flower? Śiva said, "If that one flower is not here, then I will take your eye." Śiva said, "Viṣṇu, I will take your one eye. If you give me this, then I will give you all your siddhi." Well, but Viṣṇu also said, "I will do." And Viṣṇu took something and took his eye to take out the eye from Śiva to give it. So Śiva and Viṣṇu were thinking, "Give me, please," and there was an arrow, and he wanted to take it out. But he did not come completely, and Śiva held his hand. Viṣṇu said, "It is my, your hand is my hand now, my hand I gave you." Śiva said, "I will not give you this eye, and your eye will be the best, beautiful. Hey Viṣṇu, I call the name of your eyes." Beautiful. There is no one who has such a beautiful eye like Viṣṇu. And that’s called Bhagavān Viṣṇu’s eyes. But Bhagavān Viṣṇu said, "Śiva said, ’I give you Sudarśana, Sudarśana Cakra, but don’t take it always. Only when there is something very great, terrible things, then you can have your this arrow, and just you do it. What you want, anywhere it will go.’" Viṣṇu, you are great, and then Śiva came. Ages and ages, and what are we? We are nothing. We are born, and we are killing. Okay, little, this. Now we are 40 years, we are okay. The second year, oh my God. Seven years, eighty, oh my God, and we are dying. The time they were living from that power, and so it will change. The whole globe is going, and in that we are always with. And so we should live in such a spirituality: what we drink, what we eat, what we speak, what we do, what we tell. Otherwise, we are like dust. Human is also like dust, so we don’t want to go to the dust. We will come to the Śiva, Śiva-Śakti. And this is with you. Śiva Śaṅkara is in your, our body. He is always with us, but try to come and practice. Let this life that we so pure we become Śiva will bring to the Brahmā, Brahmā Ātmā. And that is called yoga. That is the yoga, yoga: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. This all together. So, all that is why we are always making Monday. You know, the Monday? Yeah. Yeah, and that is the one day, the Śiva day. Meditation. Meditation, don’t think outside. Only meditate. Maybe Gurudev appears as Śiva. Because Guru is Śiva. And in that we have to come. Don’t let anything happen, don’t say this is not good and that was not good and this, no. So practice your good health, peace, and harmony. Be good to all friends, all humans, all animals, all creatures, all forests, and everything. O human, O man, become that man, and not only just like plig-plag-plag. Don’t go here and there, that’s very important. That’s only some days, not even a day, not even a second. It’s just like that, finished. When we don’t know when, how, or where it will happen, in this, that means those yogic are yogīs. That is the yoga. And other people, they are not doing that now, they are making yoga into easy exercises. Now, suddenly they begin in India, in whole Europe, āsanas, yoga. It’s only playing football. So you know, my dears, how many years I have been in this country and how great you are. You are many, many. You are doing that system, all discipline. You are, you will be the greatest of the greatest in the world. And not jumping from here and there, tomking and tomka, tomkiting. Therefore, today I was thinking to tell something, but it was about Bhagavān Śiva. And this, it came about this, all the statues were there. And this is, it’s not easy. Gandhījī is not so easy. He was suffering a lot. He was in prison for many things, but he was strong, and the whole world understood him. Many will say this was not good, and that, and that. Many will think we will kill him. Many, many things. Yes. He was in Africa. He learned, he was learning in England and from there in Africa, so in London he studied very much, and then he was studying in Africa, and then something, a long study, that we don’t want to tell, because the British, they don’t want anybody to come near who has black skin, so many of these people, they don’t like that British, and so. One day, he was studying. He was a professor, very big. He was studying, and he was sitting in the train on one side, and the British said, "Don’t sit in this. Go to the other side." And he was saying, "I am sitting here, Gandhi." So the British pulled him down from the train. And then what happened? There were all Indians also there, working for their... and then Gandhījī, he was powerful also, and he tried to... he said, "Now I will freedom of India." So much it was happened. So many, your country also, you again brought your country again. So such a person, they are strong persons. We think this is not good, and that is bad. Government, this is very good, and so on. It is the power inside, in the brain. What to do? Doesn’t matter what will happen in my body. Yes, and so it is that he has a very good dress and everything. But then he said to the British, "I will not have this kind of dress." Only Indian dress, and you see it in the statue. Kind of dress he had on him. So we have to work very hard, work very hard and soft and good, but it will come to that truth of the truth. That which kind of truth? The truth of the God that will be, so you are all our yoga. Yoga in their life and our Guru Paramparā. Why do we have our Gurujī here? Because we are all coming to Him, and He is coming to us. And it is he. I am sitting here, you give me flowers and this, but I am still a servant. He is our Gurujī. And those who you have in your home, and you have your Gurujī’s statues or pictures, prayers, prayers. Yes, that’s very important. So you see that we have our prayer. Our prayers, each and every word which is in our prayers, if each word I will write, you will understand now, oh yes, this is that. So this word, one word can be many different things. So, which word can be negative or positive, or killing us, or anything? But we are our gurus, and they are always with us. Yes. Even they can send you to kill that, but it will not. It will not give. And many people, they kill themselves, and come back. So, Guru Kṛpā, He gave them Śiṣya Ke Ānanda Maṅgalam. Holy Gurujī said, "Guru Kṛpā, Guru Kṛpā, the blessings of the Gurudeva." And so, you are the great one. You are not a yogī, just this only. It is also good exercise. But what our exercise is and what ours is, that is this. So in me are all these. If they are not in me, I am nothing. And Gurujī gave me in, and I gave you in. Now, how you will, that is the difference. So be happy. Be good, be healthy, and be a friend, and do good. Always give them good, good. That’s it. It is like this: medicine, a doctor, and one patient came, and it was very painful, many things. Falls down, all bodies broken. Now, the doctor will give medicine, not in one bit immediately, but it will take one year. Then all bones, this, this will become good, doctor. So Holy Gurujī said, "Next to God, next to God, doctor." Yes. So slowly, slowly, medicine will come. Similarly, we all will again, what Gurudev has given to me, and I’m giving to you, and you give further already. You are giving already. And not always fighting and this and that. When you have the milk, the milk is beautiful, very good milk, but you have milk in your hand, and you put a little curd inside. Milk is gone, or a little lemon, milk is gone. Similarly, we have milk, and the neemers came. Immediately, your milk will be gone. Then there is no butter, no yogurt, nothing. So, we have to always have good quality. Otherwise, you have everything: good milk, and your cow, and the cow was grazing. The cow came, and the cow gave the milk, and we brought the milk, and we have it here, and now it’s very good. And suddenly we said, "Oh, no lemon." Okay, all things are gone. So, wherever you are, be happy, peaceful, and you would show your ātmā inside. And so is the, how many Śiva’s there? Thousand. Each statue or his body is different. Some hair, this hair, this hair... many, many things. But good feeling. All bodies are different, but the Śiva body. But we first have to learn this, okay? There is one football, and you have to kick the football. Kick it, kick it. One day, your thousands of feet you were kicking, and then, when you did a thousand times very good... Suddenly, where are you? The ball is gone. All are said, oh. So you should become like that, okay? Your ball, good to kick. Kick it. Pūjā lakou. Prerā.