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In life, do not think there are no problems. A life without problems is ninety-eight percent boring and only two percent okay. There are different kinds of problems: external problems and inner problems. Patañjali warns his disciples to be alert, to accept, and to try to solve these external and inner problems. Every day you awaken with different feelings. Every day you go to sleep with different feelings. Every day you encounter so many things, experiencing through smell, sound, voice, and so on. So many thoughts arise; suddenly you are disappointed, suddenly you are jealous, suddenly you are angry, suddenly you decide to break everything—no more! How many? You are going through such wild water, but still Gurudev protects us. What we had last were the Vākyas from Patañjali. The final, the highest principle, is the Gurū. At the beginning of this Satya Loka, the creation of this world, this part of the universe, the first Gurū, our Gurū, is known as Brahmā. Brahmā has accepted, or has been given, this position of Gurū. Thus, his words are known as Gurū Vākya. Now, whoever has entered into a form—it doesn't matter if it is Brahmā, Viṣṇu, or Śiva, or anyone—experiences every day some disappointment, some arguments, some anger. So it is not new that we humans have so many disappointments and arguments and problems. But everything can be solved; everything can be overcome. What we call prayer, what we call request, everything is realized through sādhanā, through anuṣṭhāna. It doesn't matter who it was—some ṛṣis, or devas, or asuras—they go into the forest and perform sādhanā according to their iṣṭa devatā. This devatā comes. Oṁ Brahmāya Namaḥ—Brahmā appears, and he has the power to give you blessings. But one thing is reserved: it cannot make you immortal in this body. The Ātmā is immortal, but the ātmā does not have these qualities we call devas, asuras, rākṣasas, and so on. This is the inner quality. Everyone looks like a human, but the inner feeling is different; the inner education is different. Thinking is different. Different qualities make the persons. If one has the quality of a thief, one is a thief. If one has the quality of asuras, then one is an asura. If one has the quality of a saint, then one is a saint. But they are in this world; they have their body, their feelings, their mind, and they meet different situations every day. Therefore, Patañjali says that after this, when you realize this, the first Gurū is mother and father. The second Gurū is your friends. The third Gurū is your religious priest. The fourth Gurū is your school teacher. The fifth Gurū is your Satgurū Dev. And finally, the sixth one is thyself, because that quality, that consciousness, awakens in you. There is one stone called Pāras; it is very rare. If you touch this stone to any metal, or any metal touches this stone, it becomes gold. But it is said the Pāras can convert the metal into gold, but cannot make Pāras. However, Gurudev can make a disciple not only gold or divine, but makes the disciple Gurudev. Day to day, within you is like a fountain of wisdom, joy, Vidyā. Knowledge awakens; the source of the knowledge is from Brahman. You need not say that now you are the Gurū. If you think that you are now the Gurū, then it means you are still not. When the sun rises, the sun does not say, "Get up, I am already here," but we say, "Oh, sunrise, we must get up." So, one who will practice, who will follow the discipline, who will purify the ego and anger, hate and jealousy and offended fear, cannot become that one. Thus, we have these problems, everyday problems, but everything can be solved through prayers. Prayer means personal consultation with God, with your Iṣṭa Devatā. Prayer means request again and again, but request with very clear thinking, with a very clear mind, and with very positive feelings. If you request with a trick, you should know that God knows everything. Whatever you request, you ask God, "Please fulfill my wish." Then he will ask you, "What kind of wish do you have?" You say, "Lord, you are God, so you know." He will say, "No, tell me." Because he knows, but still he would like to know through your words, verbally you tell. This means that you will not blame God afterward, because God will fulfill, and you might say, "But I didn't mean this." That is why God gave you a mouth to speak also, not to eat only. So prayer is a request; prayer is a personal consultation. Prayer is a dialogue, and in that dialogue God will answer you, God will give you. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar