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This life is very short

A spiritual discourse on relationships, life's impermanence, and the power of mantra.

"If day by day your love grows for your partner, there is no question of divorce, no question of unhappiness."

"Mantra is a very powerful weapon which you possess and with which you can fight against the darkness, negativity, and ignorance."

The speaker offers guidance on maintaining loving partnerships, acknowledging their ultimate impermanence like a "water bubble." He advises kindness, highlights life's brevity, and prescribes prayer and mantra as tools to combat fear and ignorance. The talk concludes with a mention of upcoming topics on chakras and Kundalini.

Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar

We should lead a normal life. If you are married, then be nice 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 to 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 again the same feeling 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 we do? The system is so developed that we do not know where it will go. Lucky are those who have found such a good partner that they are dedicated to each other. Otherwise, living in one house without harmony is like a tiger and a goat in one cage. You can imagine who is the tiger; one has to be the goat. That is the situation, and their children suffer even more than they do. When partners are ever 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 you will be very sad, alone again. You came alone, and you go alone. This time together was just like a water bubble. There is again 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 at whatever we are doing. But be helpful, be kind to others and 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 out. Similarly, we do not know who will be the first to go. Only destiny knows. Be ever ready, be prepared to go, for 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. Mantra. Therefore, that mantra is a powerful weapon with which you have to fight against the negativity and darkness of ignorance. Mantra is a very powerful weapon which you possess and with which you can fight against the darkness, negativity, and ignorance. Very soon we will have the subject of the chakras, Kuṇḍalinī and chakras. Kuṇḍalinī and chakras. You will see and feel the joy of your life. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar

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