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The destiny of the individual being, the destiny of the soul which follows the individual life, means that whatever is happening in our life is according to that destiny. Kuṇḍalinī Yoga is very much connected with our destiny. Kuṇḍalinī is the Śakti, the power which directs our life. It is the dormant energy within our consciousness, connected with certain physical centers in the body. There, a kind of power is formulated, which we may call a generator that produces energy. If we start the generator, it will produce energy; if it stops, it will not. The energy is there, but in a dormant form. So, kuṇḍalinī is there within our consciousness, but in a hidden, dormant form. Kuṇḍalinī is understood and a little bit translated as the serpent power. In Indian mythology, the serpent has a great meaning. The snake is, you can say, the beginning of life. It has no organs like limbs, hands, and legs. It belongs to the reptiles. Though it is an undeveloped creature, it has immense power. The snake we call Kāla. And Kāla has many meanings. Kāla means past time: Bhūta Kāla, Vartamāna, and Bhaviṣya. Bhūta Kāla means the past time. Vartamāna is the present. Bhaviṣya is the future. Kāla means time, days and Kāla. These two things are very, very important in our life. The person who acts according to the deśa and kāla will have little problems in life and will be successful. Often, people ask me a question: how to maintain or realize harmony and happiness in life? Harmony with friends, with colleagues, with the partner, with the family. There is only one way: be aware of the deśa and kāla. Deśa means the place. This means the country, but here it means the place. Where are you? In which country? In which place? And kāla means the time, the circumstances. So act according to the time and place. Whoever can adjust himself or herself to this time and situation will be successful. You may call it positive spiritual diplomacy. We always call them diplomatic; a person is very diplomatic. Yes, you have to be diplomatic to come through certain circumstances. When you are in Slovenia, you should respect the Slovenian law. When you are in Croatia, you have to respect the Croatian law. When you are in Bosnia, you have to respect the Bosnian law. If you will not respect, you will have a problem. So, in whose house you are, with whom you are talking, you have to use your viveka, the intellect, the logic: deśa and kāla. So, if you want to have harmony in your life and happy and good relations with others, then be aware of the deśa and kāla. And there, control your emotion. Emotion has many sides, many colors. Anger is an emotion. Hate is an emotion. Restlessness is an emotion. Fear is an emotion. Sadness is an emotion. Nervousness is an emotion. To run away is an emotion. Screaming is an emotion. And expressing your opinion without awareness of this and that is also an emotion. And that emotion will cause the problem. In the chakras, on the different chakras, different kinds of energy or emotion are hidden. So, Kāla is the time. Second, Kāla means death. Death comes to take someone away. Not dying, but the death. The death is the messenger that is also called Yama. Yama is the king of death, that’s called Yamarāja. And the messenger of the Yamarāja, you can call him Yama or Kāla. Now, our life is accompanied by two, constantly. One side of us is walking with us: our destiny. Or Viveka. Someone said jñāna, the knowledge. So one side is knowledge, and the other side is kāla. The knowledge which leads us constantly, and Kāla will stop our life. Kill us? Constantly, Kāla is moving with us, like the shade of our body. You cannot run away from the shade of your body. Similarly, Jñāna is also running with you. If there is a light, there is a shade. And if there is no light, there is only darkness. So whenever the jñāna awakes, the shadow is there. Kāla is there, so Kāla is looking for the chance to take you away. It can happen by accident or through illness. Sooner or later, we have to become the victim of the kāla. And therefore, always you should greet and make praṇām to the kāla and tell, "Please wait." So kāla means the dead. And kāla means the black, darkness, ignorance. Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya. Lead us from the darkness to the light. Because where there is darkness, there is suffering. There is ignorance, there is pain, there is misunderstanding, there is doubt, there is duality. And where there is duality and doubt, there is separation and suffering. And where there is knowledge, there is unity. Love, oneness, clarity, trust, confidence, faith, love. So develop the love. Don’t tell anyone, "I hate you." Tell, "I love you." Maybe someone will misunderstand you. But still, love. And hate means the kāla, the death. So kāla means also darkness, ignorance, suffering. And the snake, which is producing poison. Poison means Kāla. Poison means death. When the snake bites you, it’s not the snake that is biting you; Kāla has bitten you. But there is also help. Not only that one always dies. No, no, not only that one dies. There is help. So we are all bitten by that kāla of ignorance. We are in the mouth of the kāla. And only the Brahmaniṣṭha Śrotriya Gurudeva can free us from the mouth of the kāla. Poison can kill us. Also, poison can save our life. The snake, this reptile, when it’s moving, has no legs and no hands, but at a very quick speed you cannot catch that one. It’s quicker than you. A human cannot run as quickly as a snake runs. But when it’s running, it’s making curves. So the serpent energy, the attitude of the central nervous system, Iḍā, Piṅgalā, Suṣumṇā, is going like a serpentine, the path curves. That’s why the name is given, Kuṇḍalinī. Kunda is a deep water place. And whatever you throw into the tank, or into that deep water, everything goes to the bottom. After some time, it is rotten. And it loses its form, and it just remains like dust down. Similarly, from many, many lives, our destiny, our karma, is dormant very deep in our subconscious and unconscious state. Consciousness is masculine. Energy is feminine, and so because the energy dormant in our consciousness is representing a feminine power, it is given the name kuṇḍalinī. Kundala means the ring, especially the ring which you are hanging in your earrings. Or sometimes you see around the moon, or full moon, or the moon is nearly going to be full, you see a circle around the moon. Different kinds of circles. One circle, which is significant of the strong wind or storm. There is another circle which is significant, a sign for us: the flood. And the third is the rain, so this is an indication. So there is a kuṇḍala. We call it kuṇḍala. Now, kuṇḍala is masculine, but when the energy is connected to it, that’s why it’s called Kuṇḍalinī Śakti. That Śakti is dormant within the consciousness.