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The next mantra states: "Tasye syādeśo yade tad vidyato vidyatādha iti nāyam itiṁ sadhā ityadhidevatam." When a fervent longing to know Brahman awakens in the heart of the aspirant, the sādhaka, the Supreme Lord becomes aware of this genuine yearning. To further intensify that longing, through His grace (kṛpā), God grants certain experiences. These are like a brief flash of lightning in the sky, or the movement of an eyelid. Sometimes God reveals His form to devotees (bhaktas)—through a dream, in meditation, through nature's beauty, or through inner feelings. Such experiences have brought you all here. Indeed, you have these experiences here every day, though sometimes you may not recognize them. When you change your mood, however, everything is destroyed (Tak pak se všecko zničí). A person who has such experiences always wears a sweet smile (madhur muskaṁ). Whatever happens—good or bad, whether someone is friendly or not, respectful or not—nothing disturbs them. You have a madhur muskaṁ because God, Brahman, is present within. Without it, one's face becomes like… a spoiled fish, suddenly sad. You feel sad because there is sadness inside, and rightly so. A sorrowful atmosphere may arise, but it should not touch your inner Self. Therefore, be madhuram (sweet). In the Līlā Amṛt, at the very beginning, Holy Gurujī sings a beautiful Sanskrit poem: "Madhuram." How sweet (madhur) is Mahāprabhujī! His smile is sweet, His glance is sweet, His movements are sweet, His words are sweet—madhurī, madhuram, madhurādi pate madhuram. Therefore, always be happy. This glimpse of Brahman ensures that one's enthusiasm, love, and longing for God do not diminish, even if He does not reappear for many days, months, or years. Your mood should not change. Madhuram. Thus, it is said that God shows a little glance and then hides again. It is like playing with a small child: you show your face and then hide, which brings them great joy. That is it. Even a one-second glimpse is already a union; you are already in it. Suppose you see something in the sky for just a second. You tell others, "Look, look!" They say, "Where? What?" They see nothing. You say, "But it was there!" Now you also see nothing, yet what you saw penetrated your consciousness completely. Whenever you look at the sky, you will remember it, for it is now within you. So, once you are happy and receive that glimpse, you become one with it. This is why God plays with His bhaktas—He comes and then hides again. Thus, Devṛṣi Nārada suddenly remembered his past life; God showed him all these divine plays (līlās) and then withdrew again. This story is beautifully recounted in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. When, for the first time, the sādhaka sees the manifest form (sākāra) of the Formless One (nirākāravān) before their eyes or in the space of the heart (hṛdayākāśa), the practitioner, the aspirant, the bhakta, the seeker, dives into bliss (ānanda). It is like entering a swimming pool or deep water: you are in the water, but not fully, so you dive deep—that is it. That ānanda is special. Before, you were in water up to your neck or shoulders, but that is not yet ānanda. When you go under the water—oh, everything is inside—that is union. When the first experience comes, the sādhaka is so joyful. Afterwards, no matter how much water people pour over your head, it cannot compare to the experience of diving in. Worldly pleasures are merely like someone throwing a bucket of water on you. But that ānanda is different. If you do not know that ānanda, you might experience it today, as we are going swimming. That ānanda is so profound that the aspirant becomes utterly intoxicated with divine love. Everything appears magnificent, inebriated, divine, and pure. When you realize this, you may suddenly see God before you, and then it is gone. This ānanda can appear during meditation, in a dream, while eating, walking, or conversing. Afterwards, you are always searching for that ānanda. "Divāna Satguru nāmakā mastānā heli, now I am divāna, divāna Satguru nāmakā." Following this, the bhakta's chosen deity (ārādhya-deva, iṣṭa-devatā) attains a permanent, special place in their heart. Devotees always long to see Him again and to feel His presence more deeply. Such desires continually reawaken. They manifest through the physical body as happiness, wisdom, clarity—and an absence of confusion, anger, hatred, jealousy, or loneliness. Everything is always beautiful. If one ever feels lonely, they can close their eyes and meditate, or absorb the sun's light. Sit facing the sun, close your eyes, and you will see its light shining through your eyelids, filling you entirely with beautiful, recharging light. There are many such ways. Sometimes, the love is so intense that one does not feel peaceful inside. Even for just a second, I want to see Him, to feel Him through energy, vision, thought, or memory. It is like that song: "Will Thou come, will Thou come, just for once come to me? Door of mine, open wide I keep. Will Thou come, will Thou come, just for once come to me, Thou come, will Thou come?" Thus, bhaktas sometimes develop such a powerful longing because we are never satisfied with good things or pleasant feelings. Pleasant feelings do not last long, while we can endure pain only for a second. Unfortunately, painful things tend to last longer, and pleasant things are brief. Such is divine feeling and longing. This has been explained briefly as indications. Only the great souls (Mahāpuruṣas, Mahātmās), the wise ones, can understand this Brahma-tattva, or they can explain it to us beautifully. Otherwise, words can be translated in various ways. Everyone interprets words according to their own feelings and understanding. Language is spoken as you feel and as you comprehend. --- Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar