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This life is very short

Lead a normal life with awareness.

A relationship's initial joy naturally fades, but suffering is unnecessary. Recreate that initial feeling through conscious duty and growing love. This creates harmony for partners and children. Yet, all partnerships end in the pain of separation, as life is fleeting like a water bubble. Therefore, be kind and helpful while you can, for you depart alone. When afraid, use prayer or mantra as a weapon against ignorance. Soon, the study of chakras will reveal life's joy.

"Oh Lord, day by day, my love should grow for you."

"You came alone, and you go alone."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

We should lead a normal life. If you are married, then be kind to your partner. This is a common problem nowadays. In the beginning, when you first come to know your partner—for a few days or a few weeks—he or she is everything to you. You are so happy. But then, slowly, slowly, like the sun moving from midday down toward the west, that feeling fades. How many partnerships are suffering? It is not necessary. Do not suffer. You are a human being; you can think. Create that same feeling again, the one you had in the beginning. Therefore, it is the prime duty of a partner, whether male or female, to maintain the relationship perfectly. As Holy Gurujī said in his bhajan, "Oh Lord, day by day, my love should grow for you." If day by day your love grows for your partner, there is no question of divorce, no question of unhappiness. But what can be done? The system of life is so developed that we do not know where it will lead. Lucky are those who have found such a good partner that they are dedicated to one another. Otherwise, living in one house without harmony is like a tiger and a goat in one cage. You can imagine who might be the tiger; one has to be. And who is the goat? That is the situation. Their children suffer even more than they do. When partners are happy, the children are also very happy and will have a happy future. Yet, even such a partnership will finally cause you pain. One of you will die, and the other will be left very sad and alone again. You came alone, and you go alone. This time together was just like a water bubble. There is nothing you can see, touch, or smell. When you walk toward it and try to come close, it just bursts. So it is good to do and work on whatever we are doing. But be helpful. Be kind to others, to your families and partners, or lead such a life alone. Be kind. Be helpful to all. This life is very short. We say this life is like water in the hand; it will very soon drip away. Similarly, we do not know who will be the first to go. Only destiny knows. Be ever ready. Be prepared to go. And we cannot go with you. We love you. We will be unhappy. We will cry. We will be sorry, but we do not have a passport or permission to go with you. What is the sense of this life? Whenever you are scared, whenever you are afraid, when you do not see a way out, just pray, recite a mantra. Therefore, that mantra is a powerful weapon with which you have to fight against the negativity and darkness of ignorance. Very soon we will have the subject of the chakras, Kuṇḍalinī and chakras. You will see and feel the joy of your life.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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