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Bhāva, sevā-bhāva, is something divine. When it is elevated, it is called premā-bhāva. Premā-bhāva is great; prem means love, love without condition, where you give first place to others. Anyone comes, you offer something. You sow in love. Love is radiating. Love radiates; love you cannot hide. Love you cannot conceal because love radiates like the kasturi, the patchouli, or the musk. It doesn't matter how you will keep it, where you will 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, they will come to you. But 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 Holy Gurujī: "Prem kā pyālā Harī 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 the sevā-bhāva and premā-bhāva are together, oh my God, sometimes physically you are totally exhausted, but you still have that energy, power, bhāva, sevā-bhāva and premā-bhāva. For example, a nurse in a hospital. Of course they are working so that they will get money, but every nurse who became a nurse, their bhāva was to help the 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 premā-bhāva and sevā-bhāva 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, but in divine consciousness. I am in the jungle here and there, and I am in a state of delusion. "Sovā" means a kind of holy destruction. As Mīrābāī says, the jungle is running in this and that way, and everything is in that sovā, in that state of consciousness of the divine being. That is higher consciousness. I am in the sovā, Mīrābāī, 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 liberated, a divine jīvanmukta. When you have this premā-bhāva, that means this kind of love towards your partner, towards mother, father, friends, neighbors, then you are already a jīvanmukta, you are already liberated and you don't even have to practice. And that premā-bhāva, that love, with it you are already above consciousness, you are liberated without any practice. It is that premā-bhāva, that love when you see a small baby. What kind of love awakens in you? It doesn't matter if it's a human baby or some animal. Or you see a nice plant in your flat getting blossoms. Therefore you got the name Prem Mūrti. Oh, what a wonderful name, embodiment of love. And the good thing is that both can have it, male or female; both can have this name. And to have the name Prem Mūrti means you have to realize this. Prem Mūrti should never become a Krodha Mūrti. Krodha means anger, hate, jealousy. Again, Gajānanjī is always singing. Yes, the jealous is jealous. Jealousy is jealousy. The poor Gajānand, he has done nothing, he is only singing. You can also do it, come on. So, where there is prem, there is 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 the ant 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. 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. So there is one real story: there is a story of a barber. A barber, and he had a duty to go every morning at nine o'clock to the king and shave the king. Unfortunately, the king had a leprosy disease. Well, the barber, it was his duty; an order is an 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 a demon-crisis. Not a democracy, but a demon-crisis. In English, the words "democracy" and "demon-crisis" 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, democracy is being maintained. The barber was a great devotee. He was a devotee of God, very spiritual, and he never missed satsaṅg. It didn't matter where he was; if he would hear of a satsaṅg, no matter how tired he was, he would go to the satsaṅg, and if he saw that somewhere some sādhu, some holy saint, had come, he ran there. One day at morning, 8:30, he was on his way to the king, and on the way he met five sādhus. He greeted them; he had Premā Bhāv and Sevā Bhāv. So with his Premā Bhāv, he asked them if they had their breakfast already, milk and breakfast, or not. At that time, tea was still not introduced; tea and coffee were not introduced. At that time, there was some juice, milk, buttermilk, and some healthy drink, or good water. So they said, "Well, still not." So his Premā Bhāva asked them, "Please come to my house." And now his Sevā Bhāva awoke, so he invited them, 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, started to prepare breakfast, and asked his wife to help. So he was full of Premā Bhāv, and Sevā Bhāv: anything that you do means you receive immense love. And Sevā Bhāv is one with whom, if you do something, you will receive a lot of love. Someone, by writing, drops the pen down, a stranger, and you bow down and pick it up and say, "Here you are, sir." What made you bow down and pick up that pen? Sevā. Sevā. ... And your Sevā Bhāv, when he got it, you know what he said? "Oh, thank you. Thank you very much." Do you know what happens when he takes that pen from you? He thanks you. He says, "Thank you very much." And what happens when he receives that pencil? He says, "With love, thank you. Thank you a lot." He saw his appreciation, respect, thankfulness, love; he didn't say "stupid," no, he will not say like this. So when Sevā and Premā Bhāv come together, then it is Brahmānanda, the highest bliss. So the barber was happy, lost the awareness of time, and even 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 it was. She said, "But the 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. I know that thanks to this mantra, the mind will be purified. And so let us hope that thanks to this mantra, the king's mind will also be purified, and that he will not be angry. Usually, the king did not get angry, but all those advisors around him knew how to get angry." 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 Draupadī in the Mahābhārata story. Draupadī in the story of the Mahābhārata. The core was Duryodhana, and they wanted to pull her sārī away. And in that audience, all these—Bhīṣma and all who were sitting—were powerless. Bhīṣma, Droṇācārya, and all who were watching were powerless; no one was able to say one word against it. And Draupadī knew that all who were sitting here were powerless; they were dead bodies only. They had no confidence in themselves; they were slaves, and so on. Only one thing: God can help me. Kṛṣṇa. Hey Kṛṣṇa. Hey Govinda. Hey Gopāla. She was crying and calling to God. On one side, Dushāsana is pulling the sari, and on the other side, Kṛṣṇa blesses her, and the sari was prolonging from Kṛṣṇa's hand. And on the other side, Kṛṣṇa, a very great and strong warrior bodybuilder, was pulling for hours and hours, sweating and 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; he was a little bit scared inside, and the slaves of that king ran and came to welcome him, saying, "How nice you came again," and the king was remembering and said, "Please come." He said, "Yes, but I'm sorry to come late." And he came to the king, and the king said, "Thank you." "Thank you." And the barber didn't understand what was going on. The king said, "What kind of power did you have today in your hands? At nine o'clock in the morning, when you touched just my cheeks, suddenly my old leprous disease began 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 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, Kṛṣṇa. 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 more do you expect? We are only expecting at least we can see, but He is putting soap on your cheeks and brushing and holding you, you know, and looking at you, oh my God. Every touch is like a universe opening in you. So, due to the sevābhāva and premābhāva, God became your servant. God did your duty; therefore, Śrī 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 bhakta is there, so his name was Sena; all barbers in India, this caste is called the Sena caste. And any barber there, if you 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 is something beautiful. Bhāva 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 Holy Gurujī describes about Lālā Nanjī Mahārāj, disciple of Mahāprabhujī, could come to the bhāva samādhi, so try to improve and try to realize premābhāva and sevābhāva. Premābhāva and sevābhāva, so when someone has premābhāva, we call them premamūrti or sevāmūrti, embodiment of love and service, and therefore, don't hesitate to do sevā, don't hesitate to do karma yoga; what you do at home is also karma, but that is not that karma, that's not sevābhāva, that is obligation, that's it, and where you feel obligation, you become tired. And when you do with premābhāva and sevābhāva, you are never tired. There are some people who don't want to get retired; they say, "While working, I want to die." Sevā, that's it, so sevābhāva 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, "Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kīchaya, Devī Śvara Mahādeva Kīchaya, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Kīchaya, Sanātana Kīchaya." Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar