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Do you remember that yesterday I said we do not know when, where, or how our life will end? Everything is in our hands, we know, perhaps, but two things are not: birth and death. Sooner or later, we will die; there is nothing more to say. For every one of us, the day, the time, and the place are fixed. But it is a complete secret; nobody knows except God. Or your own Ātmā, to whom you do not listen. Therefore, whatever good we must do in our life, and whatever we have to finish, we should do it. "Kāl kare so āj kar." What you have to do tomorrow, do it today. "Āj kare so ab." And what you have to finish today, do it just now. Within seconds, tragedy can happen. When will you do the things you have not done yet? Consequently, there are two paths: Nivṛtti and Pravṛtti. You have already read about Nivṛtti and Pravṛtti in your chakra book, where it is very clearly written. Pravṛtti is this: we are still stuck in material life. We have many duties to do, yes. Pravṛtti means your vṛttis—your thoughts, your thinking—are still focused on something else. We have our dharma, our obligation and duty, and we should not run away from our dharma. "Dharma rakṣitaḥ rakṣitaḥ." If you can protect your dharma, the dharma will protect you. If you cannot protect your dharma, dharma cannot protect you. For example, your legs: their dharma is to walk, to bring you somewhere. If you cannot protect your legs, then they cannot protect you; they will bring you anywhere. Our dharma is to see, and our dharma is to protect the dharma of the eyes. If you cannot protect your eyes, you become blind, and your beautiful eyes cannot help you. So, "Dharma rakṣata rakṣata." If you can protect your dharma, dharma will protect you. Thus, dharma and karma form the Dharma Chakra. That is called the Dharma Chakra: the cycle or the wheel of dharma. That is why you can also call it the chakra of time. There is a Dharma Chakra, a Karma Chakra, and a Kāla Chakra. Kāla Chakra has two meanings. First, "Kāla" means time: past time, present, and future. Past time is called Bhūtakāla; the time which is past we call Kāla. Vartamāna is the present; Bhaviṣya is the future. So, Kāla Chakra: the chakra of past time. Second, "Kāla" means death, and death is circling around you. You know, when an animal is lying in the forest, not yet dead but soon to die, the big birds—what you call vultures—are looking, waiting for it. When it dies, they can eat. So, Kāla Chakra: we say, "Over your head, Kāla is circling." This Kāla only God or Gurudev can take away. Third, "Kāla" means poisonous black; that is also Kāla. Now, you must use your logic to decide when to use this word as "past time," when as "death," when as "a snake," and when as "past karma." We can decide this according to the circumstances. When someone is in a war, fighting, then Kāla is circling there. You do not know which soldier will die, which soldier will become the victim of that Kāla. There is a bhajan from Brahmānandjī; do you remember? "Prabhunei sumra, bītī umrā." You did not meditate, did not think on God, and your life is gone. So, Kāla Chakra also means the time, the circle of time. And Brahmin, Dharma Chakra, Kāla Chakra, Dharma Chakra, Kāla Chakra, Karma Chakra, Karma Chakra, Time Chakra—but the Time Chakra has no extra word; it is also called Kāla Chakra. Therefore, those who are following dharma, above them is the wheel or the circle of dharma, and dharma protects them. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar