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Yoga is a science of body, mind, and consciousness. It is the means to know, to utilize, and to awaken the dormant abilities from the different levels of our consciousness. It is the cosmic science that unites all into one. This endless universe, the space we see, has no end; we can travel and travel through and through in this boundless expanse. In this boundless universe, there are many, many planets, stars, suns, and many different elements, both visible and invisible. It is the mystery of the universe, but all are combined into one. That uniting, balancing, and harmonizing principle is what we call yoga, within this cosmic mother's lap, within the cosmic mother's body. Yoga is that science which can give us information. What happens to us? What will happen after death? Will we incarnate again? Whether you believe it or not, think: does a belief change something? If I don't believe, will it change something? I don't believe that the sun rises from the east; I believe that the sun rises from the west. Will this change? No. So, reality cannot be changed; the truth cannot be changed by any philosophy, any religious dogma, any law, or any technology. The truth, the reality, is unchangeable. What is changing is non-reality. Eko brahma, dvitīya nāsti. Eko brahma: the Brahman, God, is only one. That God, omniscient, omnipresent, has no form. And if then His form is His creation—all trees, mountains, oceans, deserts, all planets and all creatures—they are His body. That is called the universal body of that cosmic Self. And that is changing because it is physical. But what is not changing, only eternal, unchangeable, indescribable, and everlasting, that is called Brahman. That is why that is the real God. It has no form; it has no name. We humans gave Him a name according to our language and according to our experiences. But He has no form, He has no legs, but He is quicker than us. He has no eyes, but He sees everything, because He is one with it. So in Hinduism, or in Vedic Dharma, or in Sanātana Dharma, there is a belief that there is only one God. Only one God; there is no other God. But that God, or some energy force, or some quality of that God, from time to time incarnates, like a holy saint or what you call a God incarnation. And every creature does have some qualities, and that is God's quality. Every plant has some very good quality, and that is God's quality. So, eko brahma dvitīya nāsti. Only Brahman is the one. Dvitīya nāsti: where there are two, is unreality. Two cannot be. It has to be one. One poet, Kabīr Dās, said: "When I was here, he was not here. And now he is here, so I am not here. When I was here, he was not here. Now he is here, but I am not here." Prem galī ati saṅkarī, jahāṁ dui na samāī. Because the street of love is so narrow, two cannot go together. Two have to become one. So, prem means God. God is love and love is God. Prem means that cosmic unity. Prem means the ultimate truth. That love is the ultimate truth. Prem is that cosmic consciousness. Prem, the love. It is that love which merges into oneness. Therefore, before God-realization, one of you has to give up. Either God gives up His qualities and becomes one with you—poor one, the poor God—that He has to take your qualities, or you have to give up your identity and merge into God, like when the river enters into the ocean. The river loses its identity. It is not a river anymore. It is the ocean. When will we be one with God, or attain God-realization? You will give up your identity: I, me, mine. I like this. I don't like this. I don't think so. I think this. That is not good. That's my doubt. Oh my God. This all, my and yours, liking and disliking. Entire mankind is suffering. Animals, not humans. Animals do not, because they live a natural life. Animals suffer a little, but humans suffer more. Mostly ill are humans, mostly unhappy humans, mostly suffering humans, mostly troublesome are humans. Now, which degree should we give to the humans? Everything that is destructive is human. Pollution created by humans. War created by humans. Weapons created by humans. That's it. But still, this ego has to die. Mahāprabhujī says it: Jīvat hī murdā samā re, nai siddha nai pī. Jīvat hī murdā samā re, nai siddha nai pī. Svāmī dīpāya dūtāya liyā, mahā vīrāṁ ke vī. As long as you are alive, you are as if you are dead. This is also said in the Holy Scripture. You have to die to live. First you must die, then live. What does die mean? That ego. That personal qualities are all in His hands, so as long as this individual feeling, uncertainty, and two things exist, separation cannot go together. So if you believe or you don't believe in rebirth, there will be rebirth. If you don't believe, it doesn't matter. Next life, he will say, "How are you? Good." It's my good luck, my fortune, I am the fortunate one, that we meet again. Oh, we met again. From where? I think in a past life we were together. This you believe? That's it. There is a rebirth. If you don't believe, don't believe. But there is also no birth, and that is Brahmaloka. Brahman. Heaven is not permanent. That we call Svarga. Svarga is translated as Heaven. When you have good karma, you come to Heaven. But when this good karma, this credit, is all given back, then again you have to come to the chara sea, to this mortal world. Therefore, one of the disciples of Mahāprabhujī said very clearly in his bhajans: "I don't want to ask for the happiness of heaven, I don't want to ask for wealth from the Lord." Rājadena caraṇokhi... Caraṇokhi padakamalokhi, Indraloka ke bhoga na māṅgu. Indraloka sampati na māṅgu, Dharāpatha kī prabhu sampati. Dharāpatha rājdena, Hari Oṁ rājdena. Caraṇam, Hari Oṁ caraṇam kī padak, praśīna kī prabhu caraṇam kī padak. Sīpana bhagavān kī naima māṅgu, bhoga svarga kā. Bhoga means enjoyment. Enjoyment does not always mean negative. A happy life is enjoyment. A healthy life is enjoyment. An ill life is not good. Good eating, good society, good friends, good knowledge, good body, good nature—everything is enjoyable. So, in the name of God, I do not ask for the enjoyment of heaven. Also, I do not ask for the wealth of the entire world, because one day this wealth will also go away, and one day the Svarga will also go away. Rāja dena gurusa caraṇokhi: O Master, give me the dust of your lotus feet. It means blessing. It means knowledge. It means to follow that path. The Master is one who feels love for all creatures. I am not asking for a heavenly life, neither a worldly life, and I am also not asking for some techniques for getting Mokṣa. Mukti, because Mukti is the servant of your Lotus Feet. So when Mukti is the servant of your Lotus Feet, then why not? Let me become their servant. So Mukti will walk behind you. So Mukti is different, and Brahmaloka is different. After Mukti, again you have to come back. But in Brahmaloka, you are one with Brahman. So, the aim of yoga is to become one with Brahman. One with, then you are there, but you are as a cosmic one, without these qualities. So the aim is to become one with Brahman. There is only one God; there are no two Gods. This we all believe. Similarly, in the sādhanā, when we do our sādhanā, it should be systematic, which will lead us directly. We cannot be one-sided. If we are one-sided, then it is not good. Ultimately, we have to become one-sided in a different way, and that is Brahman, the God. But before that, we have to discover our entire being: this human phenomenon, what is within our body, within our mind, our consciousness, intellect, memory, in our soul, what is within the soul, what is the soul, and then we have to come to the ātmā. It is said in the Vedas, if you are searching for the form of the Supreme, which is the only one, then it is Nāda, sound resonance. You know, the Vedas are the most ancient. You know that they are the oldest scriptures among people. In their written form, they were created 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, and before that, thousands and thousands of years ago. A ṛṣi, Viśvāmitra for example, who lived before 10,000 years in Rāmāyaṇa time, had his tapasyā for 60,000 years. He kept his body so long, and still he was alive. At that time, he was talking and living according to the Vedas. Only the Vedas were not in written form. It was Śruti and Smṛti. Śruti means to listen—what you listened to from the Master, from the wise one. And smṛti means now what you remember. Slowly, slowly, the human lifespan decreased. It decreased very, very much, and also the lack of discipline. So, it was lost in many memories. The ṛṣis were well civilized. Now, the Vedas say Nāda Rūpa Parabrahma. The form of the Supreme is the sound. "Eko'haṁ bahu syāmī"—that I am the One. "Eko brahma dvitīyo nāsti"—in that Brahman, in His consciousness, there is a space, an empty space, which is endless. That is the mother body, that is the cosmic mother, and within this consciousness, we call it Cosmic Consciousness. First cosmic, and then consciousness. First, the mother's body, and then the embryo. And in this mother body, the consciousness is complete in oneness, residing, no movements, nothing, oneness. His being is pure peace, only peace. And from there, it is said that His willpower comes. And that "eko'haṁ bahusyāmi," I am one, now I will multiply. And with that divine will, that is called the divine will, the Nāda was awakened. That Cosmic Self manifests Himself. There is no other mother and father for Him. It is He who manifests Himself. And the first form of manifestation is the sound, Nāda. And that is Oṁ. And that sound is even today, in every atom, in the space, in every element. Now, the entire endless universe is filled with that sound. So this is the second form of the Brahman. The first is that without any feelings, without any form, empty days, one with self, one without second, that is in every blood cell. And now, through the sound, He manifests. Now He is in the form of the resonance in everything. It is that resonance which unites our body, which unites our tissues together, which keeps alive our muscles, which keeps alive the function of the whole body, which helps our body to move bones, muscles, glands, nerves, blood, blood cells, skin. Everything is united by that resonance. And when the time comes, that resonance separates from you, and no one can hold you back. Till today, there is no science that can hold you back. So this is a resonance sound, like when wind is going on one side, and on the lake, on the surface, all the leaves and whatever dust is on it will collect in one direct corner. And so is the resonance flowing. We are within that resonance. Therefore, it is said, mantra. Mantra. Oṁ Kāram, the form of the Oṁ, bindu sa yuktam, with a dot on it, because that becomes the trinity: creator, protector, and liberator. Those three guṇas—sattva, rajas, and tamas—this sound changes into the qualities. Sattva forms Viṣṇu. Rajas forms Brahmā, the creator. Tamas forms, the form of Tamas is Śiva, to awaken again, to destroy the negative energies. Trigunā Māyā, the play of the three Guṇas. This play is also indescribable. And three tapas, so there are three kinds of fire in which we are burning: Ādi-Bhautik, Ādi-Devik and Ādi-Ātmik. So one after the other is beginning. Everything is in His cosmic body. Therefore, it is said, what exists in the cosmos also exists in this body. Because this body is a true copy of the universe, and especially the human body. This bungalow is very wonderful. A bungalow of wonder. This bungalow is wonderful, in which Nārāyaṇa is speaking. Nārāyaṇa means God. In which Nārāyaṇa is speaking. God, but who can reveal the secret of this house to you? Saint Guru. In this bungalow is sitting Nara. Nara means human. Nara means also man. Nara means female, but here it means not male and female, that ātmā, the individual self; in this body is the Nara. When you enter into the human body, you become Nar, or Nar se Nārāyaṇa. You can become Nārāyaṇa from the Nara. Only Gurudev can make you Nārāyaṇa. And when you become Nārāyaṇa, then you are in Brahmaloka. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said, very nicely in his bhajan: Water, methi water, so that ātmā, the inner Self, Narasīṁha Nārāyaṇa ban jātā hai, you know. That you also, one bhajan in you and in me, it's different. Only I am a man and you are God. I am human and you are God. I am in the hands of the world, and the world is in your hands. I am in the hands of the world, but the world is in your hands, Lord. Now I give all the burden of my life into your hands. If I will be successful or not, it is in your hands. I give the whole responsibility of my life into your hands. Then you become Nārāyaṇa. That eternal sound, the Cosmic Resonance, the Aum. Oṁkāram bindusa yuktaṁ nityam dhyāyanti yoginaḥ. Every day, yogīs meditate on that sound. On that sound. On the highest sound. That Aum can release you from all the desires and passions. Kāma darpadamana, damana means, mokṣa padam, that gives you the position of the mokṣa. Oṁkārāya namo namaḥ. I again and again bow down, my salutation to that Oṁ, the cosmic sound. And that sound which is pervading the entire universe, and where the special stream of the God energy consciousness is flowing, there becomes one cycle, a circle. That becomes a circle and manifestation, energy, that is manifestation of the body. And that point from where our body begins to manifest, and whereas a seed, or the soul, is concentrated in the manipūra cakra. From the manipūra, the navel, from there everything begins. So in our body, the most important center is the manipūra. Where begins our intense time, and then the spine, and the head, and the limbs, and so on, and what happens then? Oh my God! Indescribable! You are sitting inside. Some holy saints are describing the most beautiful time in the womb of the mother. And some describe it as not easy. Not easy! For nine months, you have to hang. Śīrṣāsana, nine months, and the rivers of blood are flowing through. Ah, it's not easy, and there is your destiny. It depends. How will it be? If you are born with one eye only, then no one can make you a new eye. So, you have to pray to God that in nine months, His engineers work with full concentration. This technology is the highest technology that has ever been created by God. In nine months, no mechanic can prepare a body like this, in which that indescribable Nārāyaṇa begins to speak inside. That is a heavenly architect. Only He can do it. And that is His wonder. So He has given complete automatic ventilation, central air conditioning, all electric wires, everything is inside, nothing is missing, very comfortable. That is a beautiful bhajan Gurujī wrote about this body, and maybe I will translate it for you in the evening. And so, through the resonance residing there and in Manipūra. Hara Shakti. The Tibetan Chinese say Hara. Hari is Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu is fire. A fire Shakti, and that's called digestive fire. Jaṭharāgni. Solar plexus. Everything is combined together. And then begins the complication of life. As soon as you come out of the womb, you begin to scream. You stress yourself. "I am free!" Yes, wait, how long? What will happen now? Where will destiny lead you? Therefore, great Śaṅkarācārya, one of the German philosophers said that such a great thinker ever in this planet incarnated is Śaṅkarācārya. A German philosopher once said that the greatest philosopher ever born on this planet is Śaṅkarācārya. Who am I? Know thyself. I am not the body, I am not the mind, I am not emotion. That is what Śaṅkarācārya said. Where did I come from? Where is my origin? Where was I in my previous life? Where am I going? What is the purpose of my coming here? Do I know myself? Do I know from where I come? Do I know where I will go? If you know where you will go after the date, you will not be afraid of the date. But the problem is this: we don't know. We don't have a ticket, we have no reservation, and we have no arrangement. What will happen? Where will we go? It's like jumping with closed eyes somewhere. It is like a jump in a pit with closed eyes. Christians quickly cross themselves and jump. They remember the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; only they know what will happen now. God, you know, I am going in your name. And Hindus say, "Namaḥ Śivāya, Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya." Where will you go? So, if there is, then it can be realized only in this life. After this life, it is too late. So, don't think that you will come into heaven or hell. Heaven and hell are two rooms in this endless universe. So we want to be endless. Hell and Heaven are within us. So, do we know what will happen? And that's through your sādhanā you will know, and you can achieve. If you follow all the spiritual instructions of the holy books of the world—all the holy books of the world are the words of the holy men—and if we follow that, we will be happy. But we should not become narrow-minded. The Lord said, the Master said, "Love all, love your neighbor." And now we say, "Love your next" means your mother and your father and your wife. To love your wife or your husband, God doesn't need to tell us. And even if we don't love, even He tells us we don't love. We will divorce. So love your neighbor means all creatures. Thou shalt not kill. They said humans only. No, no, no. All creatures. No, no. All creatures. So Maharishi Patañjali gave a very beautiful two-word sentence in his yoga system, where he modified yoga into four schools. One of them is Rāja yoga, and he said, "Yama and Niyama." Yama and Niyama, these are the ten principles. Exactly what you call the ten commandments. So you see how everything is united together. Nothing is separate. Now, do you follow Yama and Niyama? We fail. First point. I told Mr. Patañjali, "You should have put last yama and niyama, first āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhyāna. Why did you put first? Should I modify it?" Patañjali said, "You are not the author of this, I have the copyright." I said, okay. So you see, yama and niyama. Here, the first step we fall down. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said, slowly, slowly, step by step. Thank you for watching.