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It is said: "Man maran mamatā marī, mar mar gayā śarīra, Asā tṛṣṇā na mitī marī, kahe gayā dāsā Kabīra." Kabīr Dāsa Jī said, "Man maran mamatā marī"—your mind did not die. Your mind cannot die until your mamatā is not killed. Mamatā means "my, my, my"—mamatva. Mamatva hī duḥkhāṅkakāraṇa hai. Holī Gurujī said in satsaṅg, "Mamatva hī duḥkhāṅkakāraṇa hai." "Is my, is my, is my"—this is the cause of many, many troubles. My property, my money, my wife, my husband, my children, my parents... and so on. These are all connected to troubles; they are all causes of your troubles. Be above. Man marā, na mamatā marī, because your mamatā is not purified. Mar mar gayā śarīra—the body died again and again, and the body will die again and again. Although you were born many times and died, these two things did not die: āśā, the hope, and tṛṣṇā, the longing. Kahe gayā dāsā Kabīra. Kabīr Dāsa Jī said that mamatā, āśā, and tṛṣṇā—these three principles you will not clear up. Your mind will not let you be in peace, and you will never be free from troubles. Your mind will not give you peace, and you will not be free from worry. Trouble with the family, with the children, with the partner, with the food, with digestion, with health, with neighbors, with society, with work, with politics, and what not—all are connected to these three: Mamatā, Āśā, and Tṛṣṇā. These are the causes of our suffering. Therefore, the mind is the strong driving force in the body. It is the very strong force that controls the whole body, that kills the whole body. So mānasika mantra japa means you give this mālā and mantra to your mind. Tell your mind, repeat the mantra, and go through the whole cycle. When your mind wanders, bring it back. When you are there, go back, like with a tree going up and down. With the mind, have no mercy. If you take a little bit of your attention, the mind is somewhere in Canada. The mind is a ghost. Within no time, again you bring it back, repeat your mantra, and suddenly you just begin itching somewhere, and the mind is with Elfride or with Franz, or with the dog, or in the bank. The mind moves and within no time can be in many, many places. Therefore, in one bhajan, Mahāprabhujī said, "Oh mind, you lost everything with the kuśaṅgīs (bad company)." Therefore, with the mālā, it is very, very important that you practice your mantra. Many people say, "It disturbs me, the mālā. Can I, when in deep meditation, stop the mantra?" Then you are in darkness. Now your mind is governing; it is the governor, and it puts you into darkness. You think you feel good, but the result is not good. There is one animal. It looks like a mongoose, looks like a kuṇā (a type of rodent). But a kuṇā is not a mongoose. In India, you have many. There is one animal, smaller than the mongoose, between your kuṇā and the mongoose, and he is a very terrible animal. He goes to big animals like cows, buffaloes, elephants, camels, and devas. When the animals are relaxing at night, he tries to graze them, and they feel good. He takes some kind of bugs out, and then he goes to the anus of the animal and tries to graze there. The animal relaxes the mūlādhāra, and he goes in, and the animal goes in. What he is doing inside is eating the intestines, and then he runs out. The animal dies. So this mind, when it goes to desires, it is tickling you, playing with you. Then you stop practicing the mantra. Either you are sitting only like this, or some desires arise: "I would like to go to football, I would like to go swimming, I would like to meet my friends." Restlessness—that is your mind. Therefore, in yoga, in the science of mantras, after long experiments and research work, they decided to have a mālā for mālā-mantra meditation. So you put your mind on your mālā and you find your inner peace. Mānasika mantra practice—mentally practice. Also, while working, while walking, while driving, you can practice your mantra without a mālā. It is better to repeat your mantra mentally than to have nonsense thoughts. Those who feel lonely, immediately repeat your mantra. You will not be lonely. Mahāprabhujī is with you. Now, are you lonely when Mahāprabhujī is sitting beside you? No, that's it. But are you lonely, or are you a slave of your desires? This is the question. Therefore, you have to train your mind through mental practice. Thus, there are many, many bhajans. There is one bhajan of Mahāprabhujī: "Oh my mind, give up your willpower. Come, follow me. Come with me. I will show you, explain what is the ātmā. The goal is to find the ātmā. You come to me, I will show you what is the ātmā, the secret of ātmā. But you have to go away from every other thing. You are the one who tells the difference between the self and the mind. You are the one who... toyā ātmā bhed batāvat, hath choṛ man cal, saṅg mere..."