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Bhāva, sevā-bhāva, is something divine. When it matures, it is called prem-bhāva. Prem-bhāva is great. Prem means love—unconditional love, where you give first place to others. Anyone comes, you offer something. You sow in love. Love is radiating. You cannot hide love (ljubav nemůžete sákrty), because love radiates, like kasturi, pačuli, or musk. It doesn’t matter how you keep it or where you keep it, still it will smell. It doesn’t matter how strict you are, how straightforward you are, but if you are full of love, people will love you and come to you. Yet in your love there is no selfishness. It is called a universal, free love. It is a universal, free love: Premā Bhāva. This morning we sang one bhajan from Holī Gurujī: Prema kā pyālā hari kā bharā se. It means your consciousness is that pot. "When will the Lord fill my entire consciousness with love? Wherever I look, wherever I am, whatever I feel, whatever I say, everything is full of love." This is a very high level of consciousness, a very high state of being. But in that prem, that love, there is no selfishness. So when sevābhāva and premābhāva are together—oh my God! Sometimes, physically, you are totally exhausted, but you still have that energy, power, bhāva, sevābhāva, and premābhāva. For example, a nurse in a hospital. Of course they are working to get money, but every nurse who became a nurse, their bhāva was to help ill people. If they have no Sevā Bhāva, they can’t work as a nurse. It’s not easy to work in a hospital or with ill people. But Premabhāva and Sevābhāva together make them feel happy that they can do something. I am running in the forest here and there, wandering through the jungle. Devānī means like something mad, but not in that kind of madness—in divine consciousness. I am in the jungle here and there, and I am in a state of delusion. The sofa means a kind of holy destruction. As Mirabai says, the jungle is running in this and that way, and everything is in that sofa, in that state of consciousness of the divine being. That is higher consciousness. "I am in the sofa, Mirabai, in the state of delusion. I am mad in love. No one understands my pain." That’s it. And so prem bhāva—this love towards your partner, love towards father, mother, brother, sister, neighbors, and other creatures—oh, you are, without any practice, already a liberated divine jīvanmukta. A tā prémabhāv, ta ljubav. It is that prémabhāva, that love when you see a small baby. What kind of love awakes in you? Doesn’t matter if it’s a human baby or some animals. Or you see a nice plant in your flat getting blasphemed. Therefore, you got the name Prem Murthy. Oh, what a wonderful name: Embodiment of love. Utjelovljenje ljubavi. And the good thing is that both male or female can have this name. And to have a name Prem Mūrti means you have to realize this. Prem Murtī should never become a Krodha Murtī. Krodha means anger, hate, jealousy. Again, Gajananjī is singing always. Yes. Jealousy is jealousy. Poor Gajanand, he’s done nothing, he’s only singing. You can also do it, come on. So, where there’s a frame, there’s no hate, no jealousy, no complexes, no greediness. And where there is love, there is neither hatred, nor greed, nor lust, nor complexes. It is a surrender. Your heart becomes universal. Your heart is an endless ocean, and how many creatures are enjoying inside? Your heart is an endless ocean, and so many creatures can swim in it. And there are also sharks there, in the ocean of your heart. Yes, let them work. Your duty is to be the ocean. Humbleness, like this morning’s story, "Elephant and Ant." Someone sent me a message through the webcast, "Master, your story was wonderful, but elephants are not so stupid that they will make a competition with an ant." Yes, I agree with you. But this is a story; the elephant is ego in this story, and it is kindness. Little humbleness. If you are a little gentle to your husband or to your wife, you will win that big elephant of the ego. Or to anyone—friends, neighbors, colleagues. That’s it. So Prem Bhāv, Sevā Bhāv, and where there is Prem Bhāv and Sevā Bhāv, God is working for them. For those who have Sevā Bhāv and Premā Bhāv, God works for them. There is one real story. There is a story of a barber. A barber had a duty to go every morning at nine o’clock to the king and shave the king. Unfortunately, the king had leprosy. Well, the barber, it was his duty; order is the order of the king. If he is five minutes late, he will be punished. Well, that’s why we are in a democracy. Thanks to God that we succeeded in bringing democracy. But some people misuse democracy. So that then becomes what is called the demon-crisis. Not a democracy, but a demon-cracy. In English, the words democracy and demon-cracy are similar. They are demons, and again, they are crazy. Oh my God, double power. But thanks to all our world leaders, many social workers, many NGOs, and many, many millions of good people like you are maintaining the democracy. The barber was a great devotee. He was a devotee of God, very spiritual, and he never missed the satsaṅg. It doesn’t matter where he was. If he would hear the satsaṅg, how tired he was, it doesn’t matter, he would go to satsaṅg. And if he sees that somewhere some sādhu, some holy saint came, he ran there. One day at 8:30 in the morning, he was on his way to the king, and on the way he met five sādhus. He greeted them. He had a premabhāva and sevābhāva. So with his premabhāva, he asked them if they had their breakfast already, milk and breakfast, or not. He asked them if they had already had milk and breakfast. That time, tea was still not introduced. Tea and coffee were not introduced. That time, there was some juice, milk, buttermilk, and some healthy drink, or good water. So they said, "Well, still not." So his prem bhāva asked them, "Please come to my house." And now his seva bhāva awoke, so he invited them. He gave them a place to sit, brought them milk, and began to prepare some breakfast. He asked his wife to make breakfast, and he helped. He started to prepare breakfast and asked his wife to help. So he was full of prem bhāva. And sevābhāva—anything that you do means you receive immense love. And sevābhāva is one with whom, if you do something, you will receive a lot of love. Someone, by writing, drops the pen down. Stranger. And you bow down, pick it up, and say, "Here you are, sir." What made you bow down and pick up that pen, Śiva? Śiva.... Sheva. Sheva.... And your Śeva Bhā, when he got it, you know what he said? "Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. Poděkuje vám. Hvala. Hvala puno." He saw his appreciation and respect. Thankfulness, love. He didn’t say, "Stupid, no." He will not say like this. So when Seva and Premabhāva (service and loving attitude) come together, then it is Brahmānanda, the highest bliss. So the barber, he was happy. He lost the awareness of the time, and even he forgot that he had to go very punctually to the king for shaving. It became 11 o’clock. The sādhus had their breakfast and went away, and he was talking to his wife. "How divine," she said. But king—oh yes! He took his tools: the knife for shaving, soap and brush, and like this, while singing in his bhajan to God, praying: O Mahāprabhujī, O Lord, remove all my troubles. I know through this mantra my mind will be purified. But he said to his wife, "Don’t worry, let it be as it will be. If I’m alive, we’ll come back," and he went. Like when the Droṇācārya in the Mahābhārata story. Draupadi in the story of Mahābhārata, the core was Duryodhana, and they wanted to pull her sari away. And in that audience, all these Bhīṣmas and all who were sitting were powerless. Bhishma, Droṇācārya, and all who were watching were powerless. No one was able to say one word against. And Draupadi knew that all who are sitting here are powerless; they are dead bodies only. They have no confidence in themselves. They are slaves, and so on. Only one thing: God can help me. Krishna. Hey Krishna. Hey Govinda. Hey Gopāla. She was crying and calling God. On one side, Dushāsana is pulling the sari, and on the other side, Krishna blesses her, and the sari was prolonging from Krishna’s hand. And on the other side, Krishna, a very great and strong warrior bodybuilder, for hours and hours was pulling and sweating, exhausted. Heaps of the sari cloth were there. But still, not even one centimeter of Draupadī’s body could become naked. God protected her. Similarly, that Bhakta went to the king. Inside, he was a little bit scared, and the slave of that king ran and came to welcome him. "How nice you came again!" The king was remembering, and he said, "Please come." He said, "Yes, but I’m sorry to come late." And he came to the king. The king said, "Thank you." Thank you. And the Barber didn’t understand what was going on. The king said, "What kind of power you had today in your hands? Morning, nine o’clock, when you touch just my cheeks, suddenly my old leprous disease begins to disappear. And I asked you, and you just smiled. You were just brushing, putting the brush in the soap here and there. And everything, everything became healthy." He understood. And he got a big award. He got a lot of things. He came home and said to his wife. What happened? And they knew it was God, Krishna. Due to the sevābhāva and premābhāva, for the sake of the bhaktas, God became a barber and blessed that king. And when God touches you, of course, what do you expect more? We are only expecting, at least we can see, but he is putting on your cheeks soap and brushing and holding you, you know, and looking to you, oh my God. Every touch is like a universe opening in you. So, due to the Seva Bhāva and Prema Bhāva, God became your servant. God did your duty. Therefore, Devpurījī used to say, God takes upon Himself the destiny of the devotee. And that’s why Gurujī said in this bhajan: Sena, Narsi, Bhagat, Mīrā, and all of them, Piyalā, Barbar, Pisi Piyalā, Mīrā, Hari, the name of the Sena Bhakt is there, so his name was Sena. All barbers in India, this caste is called the Sena caste. And any barber there, you will say, "How are you, Sena Bhakta?" He will be very happy. If a barber comes and you ask, "Who is there?" you will answer, "The same Bhakta is here." So bhāva samādhi, bhāva is something beautiful. Bhava is something beautiful, and so while singing prayer, while singing bhajans, while singing kīrtans, when your heart is pure, consciousness is pure, suddenly you are in the bhāva samādhi. Which the Holy Gurujī describes about Lālā Nānjī Mahārāj, disciple of Mahāprabhujī, could come to the Bhāva Samādhi. So try to improve and try to realize Prem Bhāv and Sevā Bhāv. So when someone has a Prem Bhāv, we call Prem Mūrti or Seva Mūrti, the embodiment of love and service. And therefore don’t hesitate to get seva. Don’t hesitate to get karma yoga. What you do at home is also karma, but that is not that karma. That’s not seva bhāva. That is obligation, that’s it. And where you feel obligation, you become tired. And when you do with Prem and Sevā Bhāv, you are never tired. There are some people who do not want to retire. They say, "While working, I want to die." Seva. That’s it. So Seva Bhāva leads to this Bhāva Samādhi. And next comes Sahaja Samādhi. There is a beautiful story about Bhāva Samādhi. Then there is Sahaja Samādhi. Then there is Turīya Samādhi. So let’s hope in two or three days we will finish this, Ajapa Japa. One who thinks and says we don’t need mantra is blind with eyes, that’s it. So it’s your mantra which will guide you throughout the entire universe. And your mantra will guide you through the entire universe. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kīcayā Devī Śvara Mahādeva Kīcayā Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kīcayā Sanātana Kīcayā