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Śrīdīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavānkī, Deveśvar Mahādevkī, Dharm Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmī Mādhāvanājī Gurudevkī, Satya Sanātan Dharmkī. Good evening, welcome. Again, we are in the most beautiful hall, with natural air conditioning, nice weather, raining, sun shining, and a cool breeze. Walking, eating, and sleeping—what more could you want? Patañjali's Yoga Sūtra, Patañjali's teaching, is very authentic. If one follows the teaching of Patañjali, you will definitely achieve a higher level of consciousness. But the question is: are we able to follow? You have everything in your car: petrol, engine, brake, wheels, carousel, comfortable seats. Everything is there, and the driver, your key, everything is there. But in front of the car, on the road, is a five-meter-deep hole. Though everything is there, you can't drive. Similarly, we have everything. First of all, Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya said that the soul is blessed which is born in a human body. Thanks to God, thanks to our destiny, we are born as healthy humans. We are not poor. We are all very rich. We have our hands, legs, our eyes, our intellect, everything. To be rich or to be poor is just a mental thinking. The poor will never be rich because the thought is poor. You may have billions, a check, a crown, or more, but still, if you think you are poor, you are poor. And you may have not even one crown, but you are happy, and you say, "I'm rich." You are rich. So there is a gap between our will and our practice. The first blessing is to be a human. This does not mean we discriminate against other creatures, no. Being a human, our prime duty is to understand and give judgment. What kind of judgment? That kind of judgment: what is pain or pleasure, good or bad. So we have that intellect to decide freely, but the other creatures do not have it. They do not have that much intellect compared to the human. Therefore, the human dharma, the obligation, the duty of the human, also means a very big responsibility. Animals do not have that kind of responsibility. Animals have natural instincts. They feel pain. They feel pleasure. They feel happy, unhappy. They feel hungry or thirsty. They feel hot or cold, but they do not have that decision. They have love for their babies. They are loyal to their families. That's all. But humans have more duties, since humans have the intellect. If a human is mentally ill, does not have that kind of intellect, then this human's mistakes, whatever they do, will be excused or will be understood that this person is, I wouldn't say mad, but mentally undeveloped. But it does not mean that we discriminate against that person, a human who is mentally retarded. Similarly, our dharma, the human dharma, is that we should love other creatures. They are innocent. They are not guilty. They live their life in nature, and they are the beauty of our planet. They are beauty for us. Therefore, we should not discriminate against them, but love them. There are many places on this earth where people don't leave any animals there. They kill everything, whatever is moving. Hardly will you hear some birds singing. Hardly will you hear some squirrels climbing from one tree to another tree, running, because they kill them. It means that nature is half, that nature is not complete, that nature is destroyed by humans. That means humans do not follow the human dharma. Dharma rakṣita rakṣita: if you protect your dharma, dharma will protect you. If you can't protect your dharma, dharma will not protect you. So here, dharma means what is the obligation, the duty of a human towards animals, vegetations, and towards other humans. "Love your neighbor" does not mean your husband or wife. There, you need not tell anyone, "Love your wife," or "Love your husband." And if they don't love and want to get divorced, it doesn't matter. You can tell them a hundred times, they will not love each other. So, "Love your neighbor" means it is said in the Upaniṣad, and it is said in many śāstras: "Sabhi prāṇī merī ātmā hai." All creatures are myself, my ātmā. I means I am that one ātmā, so'haṁ paramātmā. And that ātmā is the supreme one. This is also the first step of self-realization, when you see yourself equally in everyone. So, dharma and karma: if we do good dharma, then we are known as dharmātmā, a pious soul. If we do bad karma, then it's called pāpā ātmā, meaning the sinner. So, in our language, in Hindi, don't say to your parents, "Pāpā and Mummy." Pāpā means the sinner, that sinner who has no place even in hell; the door of hell is closed for that sinner. It is a blackmailing. If you tell your father, "Papa," and when you say, "Mummy," "Mummy" is a dead body, so say, "Mother," that is better, or "Mātā" in your language. And our language also, we call "Mātā." Anyhow, we are not talking about language, but directly or indirectly, it does influence particular persons, and that's like blackmailing. Therefore, it is said, first, fortunate we are. Śaṅkarācārya said that we are born as human. If we will not fulfill human dharma, then we will suffer the bad karma. Bad karma will have bad destiny, and good karmas will have positive destiny. That's called the fortunate one, lucky one, happy one, or blessed one. It's not easy for a human to keep that dharma, but you know, nothing is easy. All easy is accident that we don't want. Easy to make a mistake, to destroy something, but to repair is not easy. And that's why the self-realization duty is given to humans, because humans have intellect, humans have viveka, humans can think. And humans know what mistake he or she did, and will try to do better. Second, fortunate are they whose parents are spiritual. Because a newborn child is like clay, a raw material, and your parents are artists. How they will educate you, like that you will be. Not education of the school and university, but for the well-being of human society, for the well-being of your family, and for the well-being of all creatures and the environment. The education of the parents is very important. So lucky are they whose parents are spiritual. And their parents are not fanatic, parents are not one-sided, parents see the reality, and they will educate you. You will grow with them with free education, not fixed to one religion. Dharma means not a religion. Dharma means obligation. Dharma means duty, and in that duty, dharma, the religion is also coming. The religion is that which gives very concentrated instructions for humans: what to do and what not to do, but not one-sided. So fortunate are they who have parents who are very spiritual, very free thinkers, and who give a good education. It's the parents' duty to think what to give our children to eat and what not to. Many people who come to me are very unhappy, very, very sad, because they realize eating meat means the killing, torturing the animals, but why? My parents gave me this to eat. I was innocent, I did not know. And the person is lifelong unhappy. After 18, 20 years, when you have free decisions, you are grown enough, you can say yes or no? You can decide your future. Then, if you eat or not eat, that is your thing. But before that, what happens? It reflects on your parents. So you are the raw material, the hands of the parents, and the education and love of mother and father. That will remain ever with you. Second comes then the school teacher. Also, you are still like a raw material, and now what kind of education you get there? You begin to think in that way; therefore, in the world, people are trying very hard that in the schools, in the colleges and universities, there should be education, what we call ethics. Last century, ethics education was missing, and now what they are teaching children in the school, it's without ethic and without morals. Very often I admire the education in the Middle East, though many people don't accept how in Islam they are educating children, girls and boys. But I must tell you, they respect so much the feminine principle; they protect so much their daughters, sisters, their wife and mothers. The mother has all the power of the home, and then the wife. The reality is different than what we think. You all have different kind of dress, with different color, and suddenly I come with an orange dress, and everybody is here. Now, thanks to electronic media, the whole world knows the culture, traditions, customs, and religion of the whole world, but before 40 years when I came to Europe, I passed by the railway station of the airport. People were looking at me, and they were moving their heads like this. And when I looked there suddenly, I told it all to the neighbor. So it means if something is different, you think that is bad. In reality, the way of education here in Middle Europe, and this is not that education which will make a human, that loving human who will care for the family, country, and the world. The subject of terrorism is a different thing. You should know that even the Islams, they are very unhappy about this kind of groups. A name of terrorists, we should never blame or judge a Muslim. That is a big mistake. I'm talking about, I'm not supporting this or that. I'm talking about education, ethics, and morals. The same was in India. It is in India, in villages. But unfortunately, the Indian education system is already destroyed because they took the model from Europe and other Western countries. This is not a subject which Patañjali is talking about. I'm talking, you know, when the first time they introduce, and they are introducing now, young children, eight, nine years, ten years, in the schools to give them education about sex. What is stupid things, you know? Even my dog knows this about sex. My dog knows much better. Yeah, a bird's nose, cow's nose, the donkeys know much, much better than what they are teaching in the school. And my donkey, my dog, my horse, my cows, they follow the discipline principle of the nature, the law of the nature, and what they are teaching in the school is not acceptable. It doesn't matter what they will tell, because this is going internationally around the whole world. They should again have the model of respecting and teachings from Eastern countries, that's it. Otherwise, the human roots are destroyed. There is no love between brother and brother, no love between brother and sister, no love from parents because children hardly saw their parents. Parents both working in the office, and evening is babysitter, that's all. So sometimes they love more a babysitter than their mother. The mother is only occasionally there, or a father. So education that makes a human, and that education from parent side. And I admire and congratulate those parents in the world who educated their children how to be good, behave, love nature, animals, humans, neighbors, and so on. The third point, what Patañjali and Śaṅkarācārya tell, is, "Blessed are they who have the interest in his spirituality." This is from past karma born. Human parents are spiritual, but the child must not be like that. The child can be different. The son of the... I forgot the name, but many, many hidden. A Kaśyapa, his son was in Pāṭala, very spiritual, but Hiraṇyakaśipu was very devil; his parents were very spiritual. The Kaṁsa was like a devil. His father and other brothers, his children, they were very spiritual. Agrasena, King Agrasena was very gentle, very spiritual, very kind. That is a destiny which comes, and the constellation also. Yesterday you saw in Śivapurāṇa, yes? At the sandhyā time, evening, sunset time, now this time, and morning Brahma Muhūrta and midday. These are not advice for humans to create children. Look, good constellation. That's it. Okay, we will not go further. So it is a past destiny, a divine blessing, and your good karma that you have a spiritual interest. Then the fifth one is meeting a spiritual master, Satguru Dev. Then it means definitely you are in mokṣa, in Brahmaloka. So the human life, spiritual parents and spiritual education, spiritual interest, and the guidance of a Satguru, a master. So we are fortunate that we met on this planet again on our spiritual path, Alakapurījī Siddhapīṭha. You know, in the Mahābhārata, sorry, in the Mahāśivapurāṇa, at that time when Śiva was also there, there was a great saint, and that was Alakapurījī, Alakhapurījī. There's a very beautiful story about that. That's why this is called Siddha Pīṭha, the lineage of the Siddhas, the perfect one. And also, what we call Pīṭha means the holy chair. And this energy protection is coming from there. Don't think I'm sitting here now and from me this is coming. Then you are lost. Once I was in London and driving behind one car because I wanted to find the address. Behind that car was written, "Don't follow me, I am also lost." So don't follow me, I am lost also. So similarly, it is our ancestors, our spiritual luminaries, the heavenly worshipped, universally worshipped. It is their guidance which comes through, so one has to become an instrument, a medium for that. So similarly, on the day when we will think that "I do" and "I did," now your direction is going downwards. So many yoga teachers, many came to the practice yoga. They got a little spiritual light, and then they were thinking, "Oh, I know everything, and I will begin to teach on my own. I am the master." And now you see their condition is totally... they are lost. So, ego. And this is what Patañjali is saying. The vṛttis, kliṣṭa vṛttis, these vṛttis can destroy us. Now, there is one thought which is an obstacle for your vairāgya or an obstacle for your spiritual path. Then, try to get rid of that thought and replace it with a positive thought which is supportive for your vairāgya, to keep your vairāgya steady, and keep your spiritual path clear and steady, inspiring you all the time and giving you the strength to have willpower and to practice. Never say that I don't have time. Holy Gurujī said, when someone says, "I don't have time to practice," that he doesn't believe. Gurujī said, "It doesn't matter how busy you are, if you are an alcohol drinker, you will find time to drink." From where did you find this time? You are very busy. If you are a smoker, it doesn't matter how busy you are, you find time to smoke. Where did you find this time? So, a great Mīrā, a holy Mīrā from Rajasthan, she said, I am addicted to the name of God. So, one who drinks coffee or alcohol or so on, those sitting on the computer, take a sip. So, for the name of God and for mantra, even you don't have to move your hand like this. You just repeat your mantra and be aware of your mantra. That's it. That will make you great, not negative criticizing, negative thoughts. Now, we know that electro-media is very, very good. Televisions are very good. They give us the opportunity to know the world around us. But ati sarvatra varjayet, too much is everywhere prohibited. So, boys or girls, it is not advised that till 2:30 or 3 o'clock you are sitting in your bed and looking at the laptop. Be honest, please. Who is looking every day at the internet, or what is called the net, a webcast, or what is it they said? Huh, you not... not, yeah. Anything you are looking at, what is what you call the laptop? Uh, your, yeah. One one is called email, and one second is called... okay, good. Well, I was looking to the my, my... what is? No, no, one word is gone. Out, not laptop, and up top is internet. Yes, I was just looking on the internet. What do you look at till two o'clock on the internet, boys? Two o'clock is time to look into the cosmic net, the dreams, beautiful dreams. Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. And then, in the morning, you said, "Oh, I need this watch." This is what it is. What do you call? Yes, Allah and Rāma both have to come. Both have to come to wake this lazy man up, Allah. So practice evening your asanas, little prāṇāyāma, not too much, otherwise you can't sleep. And practice your meditation and sleep. It is very important that some email comes or some about video, what they call the films about the nature, and then of course you can see something otherwise, that's called not only brainwashing but brain destroying. So that's what Patañjali is again and again saying about vṛttis, and this internet, when you enter into the net and then there are networks, and there are so many nets which you choose. There are good, and there are bad. Therefore, also, you should know how harmful radiance is there when you are looking into the internet or computer. Most harmful is now they have proved is a cordless connection to the internet, and many, many people now, they have a cordless connection. They can lie down in their sleeping room and look all the time, three o'clock. So, boy, be honest and raise your hand up, who is looking every day evening after 11 o'clock in internet? One, thank you. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, thank you very much. I don't want to insult you, but nobody looked there because you are behind, and they are so, they are so honest. Now, what will be the effect of the master's few words when you are looking hours and hours into the internet, which is only rubbish? It disturbs you, disturbs your vṛttis that much. You can do your mantra and look to Mahāprabhujī. You will be today completely different personality, but nevertheless, boys are very honest. Now comes the ladies. So maybe there are some ladies also looking into the internet because husband sleeps in other room, yeah? Is there someone very honest, girls? One, two, three, four. My God, thank you, girls. I don't want that you raise to the Rakṣā Bandhan. I must protect you. Now, visiting yoga seminars, going to the satsaṅg, going to the master, wearing the mala around the neck, it doesn't suit you to waste your time. That is sin. To waste time means sin. Dharmarāja above here in the sky, he's looking that you are sitting in front of the internet, and he said to Yamarāja, "Call him quickly." That's it. But Yama Rāja said, "No, but he has so much life, I can't change." Then find some way to shorten it. Such a person is not worthy to be in a human body, because there are so many people waiting for the vacancy. So many souls are waiting for the vacancy to have a human body. So, what to do with them? Oh, put them in somewhere they will be closed, like chickens. Then you can look out of the net, quack, quack... That's it. That will be the one who is looking on the internet, you know, in which saṅg you are, with companion. We are in which society? You are there. There are many different kinds of fruits, the result, the influence. So, only looking at television is also a kind of saṅgha. That's called a Kuśaṅga. But there are sometimes very nice films, holy films. That is what our ancestors always tried: keep near your pillow a holy book—Vedas, Upaniṣads, Rāmāyaṇa, Gītā, Bible, Quran, Guru Granth, and so on. These beautiful holy books, it means you will have a very divine sleep. These books have a lot of radiance, the aura of these books, because how many times, how many thousand times, there's a name of God. It doesn't matter in which way you call, maybe you call Allah, how many thousand times in the holy Quran? There is a mentioned name of God, or Rāma, or Kṛṣṇa, or Īśvara, or Buddha, or Jesus, or whatever. Father and mother, too, of course. Then all līlā, amṛt from our Prabhujī. Oh, when you have līlā amṛt, whole night you will have līlās. No, you will drink the nectar of līlā, amṛt, the nectar of the līlā, means divine play, divine glory, divine. So Patañjali can tell as much as he wants. We are addicted now to the internet. Now people will say, "Swāmījī, it is midnight, and I'm looking at you, your video in Australia." Many are sitting, try to be awakened, now drinking chai. Kuala Swāmījī, yes, they are looking to the webcast. You know, we have many castes in India, but now one caste is more. That's called webcast. Have you anything against the webcast? Yes and no. So if something is satsaṅg, then it's okay. Therefore, your yoga, your meditation, your spiritual aim cannot be realized or completed as long as you will not change your life positively, only looking sometimes to Swāmījī. "But I have this problem." Yeah, you have a problem, but what have you done to solve the problem? So many, many problems are here, and then someone thinks there's black magic, there is some other soul, there is a grandmother soul, grandfather soul. No, grandmother, grandfather, the soul will never disturb you. They are your grandfather and grandmother. They will take care of you. They will help you. So there is no such black magic. There is no black energy which is coming from black magic. There is no ghost. There is only one ghost, and that's your mind. And then when that ghost comes in your mind, then awakes in you a very weak energy, and that's called fear. And when the fear is there, then your whole body is trembling like this. That's it. Anger, where is anger and jealousy? There is a hidden fear. If there is no fear, you are not jealous. Jealousy is on the above, the bubbles out of your fear, because you think somebody will take away, or you will lose it. But when you have nothing equal, you are not fearful, like Hari Om, that's it. So we can talk as much as we like, but if you don't change yourself, it will not help, all these lectures and this. So again, once more, I will not ask you now personally to raise your hand up or down. If you wish for your better future, for your better health, for your better mental health, social health, and so on, make a saṅkalpa now if you want. Nobody knows if you did or not. My neighbors don't know what I am saying or speaking within myself. The saṅkalpa that you will not see those internet or television programs which create fear and restlessness within you, and that much time you will dedicate, if it is possible, for your meditation, mantra or reading some divine holy books that will help you. I would suggest that you read our "Hidden Powers in Humans: Chakra and Kuṇḍalinī," read the Lilāmṛt of Mahāprabhujī, get Patañjali's book, and also try to get what you call the Viveka Cūḍāmaṇi of Śaṅkarācārya, get the Upaniṣads and read them, and come to the satsaṅgs. Next year, your aura, the rays from your body, will be completely different. So today is all. Wish you all the best. Very good evening, and please don't misunderstand. I didn't want to support any religion or criticize any religion. Also, I didn't want to humiliate anyone, but reality is like that, and therefore I have to tell that we should change ourselves in a better way. That's it.