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In the Śrīdhāma, Nārāyaṇa, Bhagavān, Kīcaka, Oṁ Geśvara, Heśvara, Sarveśvara, Heśvara, Nijagṛpa, Varṣava, Satgurujota. You can definitely recognize Om Ashram from the photos. Shall we turn off the lights? Shall I speak something? Okay. Here you can see the photographs that our Nārāyaṇ Purī and other people behind the cameras in Jadan Ashram prepared for us. I will ask... Okay, so you in English and me in Czech then. Nārāyaṇ Purī a ostatní. The red carpet is going there. The backside, the eating tents, different kinds of eating tents, kitchen, bee kitchen. And here is the runway towards the temple, the mandir. The lights are not so easily visible. They are on, but it’s not so good to see. Další. Here’s a different view. And here we can see also the helipad, three helipads in the left upper corner, where the helicopter was landing. This was one evening, one satsaṅg evening. We were sitting there on the side, on the main stage. The main stage was for the program. Today is one of those festive evenings when we are on the stage, in the main tent, the katastan. What are you doing with the pictures? This was the opening ceremony when the procession was going through the whole Jadan village. Our people and Indian girls were carrying the kalaś. This is from the initial ceremony where the whole procession was going through the village of Jadan. Here the women have Kalaśas on their heads, indeed the Indian women and our women. From the Talab, from Jadan Talab, through the whole village, on the highway towards our Aum Ashram gate. The women walked from the lake which is right in the village of Jadan, through the whole village and still along the highway, and they came then all the way to Jadan, to the Ashram. Here is in front of the temple, in front of Gurujī’s Samādhi. How beautiful it looks, all our people in yellow, so beautiful. Backside, all dark colors, and now people are all beautiful. This was on the highway. The police stopped it completely. The traffic was stopped on one lane only, because we were walking on the highway. And the kata book was carried by the Swāmījī on the siṅghāsana. With many, many flower petals from the roofs; when we were passing through the village, the people threw many flower petals. It was such a happy, happy moment, indescribable. For all, for all. Oh, Avatār Purījī. Also on the Siṅghāsan. This is a little bit dark. So this is all the procession: our Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar, Phulpurījī, Gyaneshwarījī, all had their own chariot. And also the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar, Chittambaranandajī, was here already. Our people all were walking with the chariots. And Janis Papuji, his friend, he’s a very great yogī, his name I don’t remember, it was like a Nāgābābā, he was wearing only a langoṭī. And here we see a tower a little bit. Mahāmaṇḍala Śvarāgyāne Śvarapurījī, and next to him is his good friend, by name—unfortunately, he doesn’t remember his name—in Māpurī. But you can see that he belongs to the Nāgā Bābā, so he is just so decently covered with a handkerchief, but otherwise, he walks. He is a very, very kind, peaceful, and calm personality without everything. And he has a very kind, ah, Vivek Purījī, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarajī also. So here we can see all the chariots. Also, already inside, backside we see the beautiful gates, the entrance gate to our Omāśram. I think Swamiji dismounted the gate three or four times. Finally, it was at the end, how it is here visible: beautiful color, beautiful beach, and light color. When we see all these photos, we are again there. When we look at all these photographs, we are in the spirit of going back there. Here, Mahārāja was Mahārāja from Jodhpur. He was visiting our Om Ashram with Mahārāṇī, with Hemlatā, she is a little bit backside. Twice he was here. Twice he came. On the right side, we see the Nemidzhanjī and all, all. Here it is already, still not opening, still it’s covered. There was a big trauma because when the Maharaja from Jodhpur was here, he opened the eyes of the Nandi Śwan. And Kabiljī said, "Who opened the eyes from the Nandī Svar, and where is this? And who dared to open them?" And then we said it was Swāmījī, it was Gurū Dev, and then it was peace again. No, we can see. And I had the witness in my handbag, so I said it. There were big preparations going on before the 19th of February. Oh, yes. Fuel times when she went up with the crane and this basket here with the Mahārājā. výjížděli nahoru. Jogeśjī and on the top. Still, the Kailash is not on it. Golden, golden. It looks so beautiful, no? One day, when the basket went up with Swamiji, it was such a wind. It was waving here and there, and I was so afraid, my God. Oh, here we can see full enlightenment. And there is already the fire ceremony, I think, these dancers. No, the fire dancers. Ah, there, there, yeah, yeah,... yeah. There we were sitting, yeah. Yes, it was there, yeah. This was something. You see, here we were all sitting round and round. There was also a stage. And you remember you were there? If someone was there, do they remember it? How did it start? Now slowly, slowly, you have to come near to the Agni. Not immediately, slowly, slowly. It’s a special sound, it’s special mantras. Very respectfully, you come near to the fire. It was such an atmosphere; it was great. I saw it twice, once many, many years ago, and a second time now. I’ve seen it twice, once many years ago and now. How are they doing it? I think it is that generations and generations, it is passing from Gurujī to the successor and to this and this. Look how he’s swallowing the fire and blowing it out again. Yes, it was the day when the Kalashes, the top of the temples, golden in color, this gold, were brought up. And they said this and this constellation, but Gurū Dev changed the constellation. He said, "Now we go up." When we were waiting for the Kalash to be placed on the top. Vishwagurujī decided that now is the right time for the Kalaśa to be installed. And dear Lakshmī and Kamalā from Zagreb and Hanumanjī, they were working on it to put the gold layers on it. And, yeah, there was a ceremony with Maṇḍras and our disciples, and they got the possibility to donate one, one, and one Kalaśa. And it cost a lot of money. And as I remember, one of the Kalash, our Vasudev was donating, our Vasudev. And one was Dineshji and Kailash from Atlanta, and I don’t know, one is Narsingh Purī, I think, and others I don’t remember, but the Mahārāja, Mahārāja also I see, and this was on the top. I was not there, but we saw from down. How this was the main Kalash there. There was a special yajña going on. This was the day when the flag went up. It could not go once; it could not go up because the bees were attacking our bees. So it had to be postponed. Devpurījī’s army did not allow, but then it finally, it was. This was not an easy task, because look how he’s hanging there. I could not do this. This is, look, we think Swamiji cannot explain his thinking and words, but he has everything under control. I was observing and looking and being with everything. And Swamiji changed many things, and they didn’t want it, and they didn’t want it because they thought Swamiji could not sing properly, and this. But then Swamiji said no, and no, and this, and then finally they recognized he had the right, he was singing right. And in the end, it turned out that, just as Swamiji planned it, it was the best. Everyone is looking up. Those were incredibly strong days. You can see the proportions, how small it looks, but at the same time, it’s all huge. There was sunset already. Finally, it was there. And again, the bees came back on the flag, and then also the Ācārya Viśokanandjī arrived. Mamandaleshwar, this was the stage. Also, Gurdjieff Swāmījī changed the stage, the background of the stage completely. It must be far different. There was a lot of challenge for the managers, technicians, and everything. But they did really good work. This is the Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā day. It was this day. Oh yes, one can see, concentrating in front of the temple. We were our people, all in all; we were 1,400 people. All in all. And this Nandeshwar, this big Nandeshwar, it came from South India, from Chennai. Swamiji himself was choosing that this would be. This is beautifully decorated inside, in front of the temple. And then, inside the mandir, it was only five minutes. It was eleven, and five minutes to eleven it was the... On nineteen, it was the day the top and Gurudev down directly under. During the Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā ceremony, all Kalaśas on the tops of the Om Ashram and Śiva Mandir were to be placed at the same time simultaneously. Jogeshjī was so happy, and I think he’s still happy. Look at this picture. Wow, this is great. They actually brought all the flower petals up to the... And it was raining down. It was so beautiful. We did not, because we were inside, no? How does it look, this photo? Who was making these photos? It is great. Look at this photo. Viśvā Kānānjī and Pavanjī in the basket. And this was maybe the day when the wind was in the basket on the fence. And it’s probably from the day when the wind was so strong. You can see how big the baskets are. And when you look down, you have the feeling that they are just small objects. Gurujī made the pūjā in the temple, then he and Viśvakarandjī went up with the basket and made a parikramā around the top kalaśa on the śikhara, on the main tower, and then went directly down again. So this was happening after the prāṇapratiṣṭhā, after the ritual of the Śivaliṅgam. So Viśvakārandjī with Viśvakār Nanjim moved right in that mounting basket to the very top, to Śikhara, and then they went back down. It’s like in the Puṣpavan, God Rāma. Like in the Puṣpavan. Rāma, Puṣpavan. This is the, he came, what is this, CEO from the whole Rajasthan, the prime, no? So, there are many, many, many important personalities who came, whom by name I don’t know, but I know them by seeing. All the, yeah, from Rajasthan, yeah. New one, new prime. He came with a helipad and with security and all, tram, tram. And, like always, everybody wants to be in the photos and goes to the back side so that they can be in the photos. And how nice our people look. How nice this is. Now, a satsaṅg tent, beautifully prepared. The politician left side, us on the asses right side. Everybody got a beautiful photo of our Om Ashram opening. There’s nothing to say. It’s only to see. Do you want to speak? This is actually the first morning Śiva Āratī in the temple that we made after the Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā on the 20th of February. So this was a really nice atmosphere because everybody was waiting to get inside at six o’clock in the morning. And actually, there was Śiva Āratī in the tin shed before that, so everybody went there. And then everybody went, like the procession, towards the Śiv Mandir. And the crowd, the people were waiting in front of the closed door. And then we heard something going on inside already. And then Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Phulpurījī, they opened the door and let everybody in. And you saw some of the pictures before of the space within the temple. But this time, I think most of our people who were not having any duties went here. And the place was completely full. Like the whole temple was filled with Vishwagurujī’s disciples. And the atmosphere was great. I mean, like everybody singing in unison, Shiva Āratī. It was a great moment, I think.