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The real birthday is when you first enter into the mother's body. Another perspective says, no, not that—it is when you first enter into the grains, the vegetation. These grains are called anna. You have heard the name of Annapūrṇā Devī. There is a mountain called Annapurna between India and Nepal, and the beautiful temple of the Divine Mother, Annapūrṇā. Anna means food, grain, and Pūrṇa means complete. Anāpurṇe sadā purṇe. Śaṅkara prāṇa vallabhe. Jñāna vairāgya siddharate vikṣamdei chaparvati. Mātā Pārvatī Devī, Pitā Devo Naheśvara. Pūrṇa means completeness. If you take something from Pūrṇa, it is also Pūrṇa. What remains is also Pūrṇa. Sometimes people think in Hinduism there are so many goddesses. Yes, really—you cannot count them, because every living being is a light of God. Everyone has their place in the universe and on this planet. But Hinduism believes only in one God. Only one. Eko-Brahma-Dvitīya-Nāsti. There is only one God, that is called Brahman. The rest, all others that you see, are either God or God's manifestations—some incarnations who had qualities we can compare to God's qualities. Otherwise, God means principles, the elements. We call Agni Deva, the fire god. These are the five elements. Without Agni, without the fire element, you cannot live anymore. Vāyu Deva, and so on. The ṛṣis, the great wise persons, were thinking: if we do not give these holy names, then humans will not respect and will destroy and pollute everything. As long as people were thinking Gaṅgā is holy, they did not dare to put any kind of pollution inside. Even by swimming, people did not make urine inside. But now people have lost this belief and respect, and they have begun to pollute. What happened? It came back to them. Therefore, the trees are holy. In the months of March and April, we have a special time where we celebrate the trees. Without ladies, the world is boring. Without women, the sky is without the moon. Thanks to the women, or the ladies, they preserve, they follow the culture, and religions, and traditions. People ask me, "Why are there so many women in your satsaṅgs?" Why are there so many women in the church, while the men are standing outside and smoking their pipes? Waiting, when the wife will come out, they can go to the beer bar. So, because the women have this spirituality and feeling, then where are the men? Churches are full of women, and prisons are full of men. So in the month of April, the girls dress nicely. Morning, between 10 and 11, this is a free time, and they have a beautiful water pot we call kalaśa. Like God Dhanvantari brought the amṛta kalaśa, and they beautifully decorate it with Om, svastika. Now, in Europe, svastika is misunderstood because of... Hitler was not a symbol of the Hitler. Hitler misused it. Swastika, actually it is a form of the sun. It is the sun. So swastika, om, and they go while singing to the trees, mostly banyan trees. Because banyan trees have the biggest quantity, or the most oxygen is coming from the banyan tree. And that tree also needs water. Now, what are the girls doing? May I talk further, Gulābji? The girls have on their heads beautiful water pots, colors. Nicely dressed and singing spiritual songs, bhajans. And they go and make a pradakṣiṇā around and around the tree. Then they push a holy thread around the tree, and they tie the thread. Also, they make a tilak, śakti pūjā, and they put the water in the room while saying some wish, mantra, and it is believed that these girls will have their wish fulfilled, and mostly for this, that they will get a beautiful, good... husband. And they do get a very good husband, beautiful. That is why in India there is little divorce than here. Because you did not pray for your husband. The ladies have certain days in the year where they pray and fast for their husband's health. And what is the husband doing? His prime duty is to protect her. And at the end of the day, or end of the month, when it comes home, whatever money or salary he got, give all to his wife and never ask her what you did with the money. And a good wife will never let you go out without pocket money and good dress, and mostly ladies... are you going to buy the dress for the husband also? And if the husband buys himself something, then he has a hard time at home in the evening. So you see, that is a beautiful friendship. We call it Dosti. Do means two, and Sati means the truth. Dosti, both have a true friendship. Then it becomes like a bird. The one body or one soul of the bird flies with the two wings. If one wing is ill, the other cannot fly. And that is the principle of yoga balance, which creates a happy family. So do not think to divorce from your husband or from your wife. Because what you will find next will be worse than this one. So it is in your heart. So we celebrate the trees, also the cobra. We have a day to celebrate, the day of the cobra. And there is a temple of the god Cobra. And we pray to the cobra, and while praying, when the real one comes... So it means all are God's creation. It is God's creation, and we respect it. Poison can save your life, and poison can take your life. So all elements are divine, and then we call them as God. The God of prosperity, the God of wisdom, Saraswati, Goddess of nourishment, Annapūrṇā. It means automatically our duty is to protect everything and respect everything. Finally, one in all and all in one. All are the light of that one God. Eko Brahma, only one God. Dvitīya Nāsti, if there is dualism, then it is ignorance. No two, only one. Therefore, it is said, "Ishwara, Allah, tera naam," oh Lord, Ishwara and Allah or Jesus, all are your names. Therefore, in Hindu philosophy, strictly, do not make duality. If you are in the temple of Krishna, pray to God as God, to Krishna. If you are in the temple of Śiva, pray to God Śiva as a God. And if you are in the church, pray to Jesus as a God or a messenger of God. Like we are all daughters and sons of God. But he was that kind of son of God who was suffering, but still showed us the path, that he never gave up. Therefore, Ātmā is Nirākāra, without form. Nirākāra Nirañjanam. Niranjan, without spot. Ekam Nityam, only one and everlasting. Only that God. So the soul, when it goes with the astral body into the astral world, and comes again in connection to the vegetations and to the grains, again touching this physical world, and there begins your new birth. And the rest is continuing, that is all. Now we do not know in which grain we were the first time, and how that came to the father and how it came to the mother. So we do not know when is our real birthday. But we can calculate, because everything will happen accordingly. Therefore, a good astrologer—astrology is known as the third eye of God, and it is a mathematics. Once, the dear father of Gulābjī, Gulīsjī, told us in his lecture, the one second is divided into how many parts? Forty-nine times. One second. In Vedic mathematics, what do you think? So, that is the right time; we do not know. Every second, one second is also not correct. There were some people who could make a diamond through the sunlight. The cotton and the sunlight. Cotton, yes. I am not going into detail. So, now, on this first day, what is your birthday? You can say now. The astrologer will see the constellation and make the horoscope. It is not automatically that you are born in August, you are the lion. You can be a lion even if you are born in January. That is very important, is the moon, and therefore the moon calendar, the moon, astrology is one of the best ones. If one does not believe in astrology, then see the, what you call, the graha, moon, dark moon, graha, graha ko kyā kahtā hai? Sūrya graha. Eclipse. The sun eclipse. An astrologer will tell you exactly on which day, at what time, and in what minute and second the solar eclipse will be. That proves the mathematics of astrology. And Ayurveda, one said, "Ayurveda is not a medicine; it does not influence the body immediately. Take Sonāmukhī, then you will say how Ayurveda functions." So now, what happens is that the astrologer will find the constellations and, out of his counting... will come three or five alphabets, and now your name, but you want to choose? Your parents should choose for you the name. It should be chosen according to those alphabets. It means your name should begin with the first alphabet. The first alphabet of your name should be according to these three or five alphabets. If you have A, you can say Amṛt, or you can say Amar or Ambā, Ambikā, Abhaya, and so on, but the first alphabet should be that 'A'. Now, lifelong you will be protected, and things will happen right for you. And exactly like this, when you are going to marry, the parents' duty... It is to consult first an astrologer, the constellation of the boy, his horoscope and her horoscope, and if they will have harmony or not. Many times they find a good boy, but the astrology will say no. And therefore, this is the first thing the Vedic Dharma is saying. It is not just that you believe in God. God, forgive my sins. Merciful Lord. There is one story or a joke. Do you want a story or a joke? You are the greedy one. Well, you know, there was a hurricane, Hurricane Katrina, in America, and it overflowed the village. So people ran into the house, water was rising up, they came out of the house. So there was one man, he was standing in the water, and a boat came, saying, "Come with us, we came to rescue you." He said... No, you have no right to rescue me. God will come. Well, they say, "Come." He said, "No, no, I believe in God. I trust in God." The water was rising. He climbed on the roof, and the water was also coming up to the roof. A second boat came and said, "Come, please." He said, "No God will save me," and his roof remained only half a meter open without water, and the helicopter came. Come, please, quickly. He said, "No God will save me," and what happened? The house collapsed, and he fell in the water. And died. Came to God and said, "God, you did not help me. My whole life I was suffering." Ah, praying, sorry. Whole life I was praying. And now when I need help, you did not come to help me. God said, "I helped you, but you did not want to give help." God, I thought God does not lie. "You never came to help me." He said, "Yes, my son, I sent you two boats and one helicopter." But still, you did not accept. What should I do in life? God helps us indirectly, and that is very important to understand. In that way, what a clerk can do or should do, a president cannot do. A president is sitting in the airplane, but he cannot fly like a pilot, so there is a difference now. What is the capacity of a president, and what is the capacity of a pilot? So, different elements, different tattvas, the visible and invisible, they are holy, and we are protected by this all. You know, the most obedient servant of you, who takes care of you day and night, is your heart. All the 24 hours, it is pumping. It does not matter what you are doing. Running, swimming, sleeping, dreaming, dancing, diving. But your obedient one is beating for you. Did you ever think of your heart? Think of your heart, but do not make one mistake. Do not tell your heart, "Rest, please." Otherwise, it will be finished. So give support to your heart. So when the right constellation comes, immediately you will feel oneness with that man or that girl, boy or girl. And that is called marriage. Marriage means merge, and merge means oneness. Then you cannot separate. But if there is what you call a love marriage, that is an emotional marriage. And that will bring you one day to the end. Day by day, that love will get lost and die. But the love which you had through your parents and constellations and a wise astrologer, and then you find your partner, and this, it will be a happy life. There are astrologers who just see your face and they can tell you when you were born, or they see your palm, palmistry. Palmistry is known as Samudra Śāstra, the science of the ocean. Therefore, the alphabet is called Akṣara Brahma. That Brahman, the Supreme, in these symbols, and a symbol can change your entire life. If you tell someone, let us say, in European language, culture, in European culture, what does this mean? I love you. It means not only physical love, yeah? I adore you. And let us say also in European culture, if you tell someone no, what happens? Is the same person. This mudra makes you happy, and this mudra makes you unhappy. So these are the symbols, and these symbols have influence on our life. In your sleeping room, living room, what kind of objects are there, and how? Is their energy radiating, and therefore it is also called the Vāstu Śāstra? According to Vāstu Śāstra, you should put the things in your house, otherwise, always accident will happen. Always you will hit your knee to your furniture, or you will cut up fingers all the time, therefore, this is very important to know the name. Your name should be according to your birth order, yes. Now you will ask me, "Please, can you give me the name?" If you want according to your birth date, then you have to... give me exactly your birth date and the time of the birth, and it will take time till I will consult with the astrologer to find a right name. It does not cost more; it is about 50,000. It costs 100,000, but we make 50-50 only, okay? I have to employ one astrologer, and he or she will be happy, and you will be happy. Then, the numerology numbers... You know, we have 108 beads in the mālā, and so hundreds are for counting. And eight is dedicated to aṣṭhaprakṛti, eight kinds of nature, or the eight chakras, vibrations. But in numerology, 108 is nine, and the highest number in mathematics is nine. And nine has a good vibration, and so this becomes 108, becomes nine. Nine is the highest, and Purāṇa becomes Sumeru, and Sumeru is the highest peak of a mountain. So also numbers are very important. Now, which number? My God, if you go to China... or in Chinese buildings in Australia, in America, in Hawaii, Singapore, there many Chinese have their property. So once I went in the skyscraper, and my room was on the 14th floor, and there is no 14 number: 13 and 15, 1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 15, 23, 25. So for number... According to the Chinese, it is not good, but if the number four is not good, why do we put the number four at all? In India, mostly everything is four: four seasons, four directions, four Vedas, four kinds of yoga, four puruṣārthas. Everything is four, so it depends. What experiences you had? But number does have its meaning. Now, take your name, every alphabet, every alphabet, and according to the alphabet count, which number comes? Then put together, and what finally your number will be? Now, that number... should be your number, which is a number of happiness. So in Hinduism or in Vedic culture, and here also, before several centuries, humans were living more aware, respecting nature, leading life one with the Nature's beautiful things, you have many beautiful stories in the Bible about nature. It is said, "Do not throw away the bread," and we also say, "Do not throw away bread." I remember at home when we were sitting at home, and my father or someone found on the fall on the ground some grain, rice, or the wheat, or anything. They said, "Oh," they took it in the hand and greet it and eat. And if the respectful, do not throw bread away. Throwing away bread is a sin. And you should share with everyone. God, both Buddha, the Gautama Buddha, he was so humble and vegetarian. When he was going for bhikṣā, no shoes, and walking carefully so that he does not step on some creature, and whatever he got, alms, he divided in four parts: one for the fish, one for the ants, and a small one for the dog or the birds, and one for himself. So whatever you get, again, God said you should share it. Like at the Last Dinner, Jesus shared the bread with them. And that is what we call prasāda. After prayer, we give the blessed food, prasāda. And what you also get in the church is the bread. We call prasād, and you call it God's body. Yes, God's body. An-devatā, the grain is the God. Food is God, and God is the blood, the wine. Water is life. There is a God; in water, there is a God. So therefore water is holy, fire is holy, air is holy. You cannot control any elements. Therefore Mahāprabhujī said, do not go against the nature. Otherwise, nature will take revenge. And so everything is holy, Anādevatā. Respect the food; that is very important. Like this, leading life one with nature, some call holy Vedas, some call God's words, holy teachings. Now, it is not easy to read and to understand the Vedas. I would say again, quote the words of Kapurchāñjī, the father of Gulābjī, whom we used to call grandfather, no? Many. The Vedas say to us, "Lead your life in harmony with nature." Then you will be happy, and everything. Therefore, there are many different incarnations. But these are the light of God, and all are carrying the same light. There is a river flowing, and twenty people went to the river to get water. Some had a bottle, some had a glass, and some had a very big pot. All of them were carrying water in different forms, but the water was the same. Therefore, all incarnations of God are the same, no? Different, they are all carrying the same light. Therefore, Lord Kṛṣṇa said, in this chapter, I think it is the fourth chapter, 13th and 14th verse, Arjuna, from time to time, I manifested myself here. When the adharma increases, and when the dharma is going down, I come to protect my bhaktas, the pure souls, and destroy the devil energy from time to time. Yuga to yuga, sensory to sensory. You should read and know about the time, the yugas, the manvantaras, the kalpas. I think Gulābjī will explain to us more about this in the summer seminars. Because this is not a lecture for 10 to 15 minutes. Is not it, Gulābjī? It is very, very interesting, the time zone. It is beautiful. To know how things are functioning, so, in India, we say, "Jesā nām, vesā guṇ." As the name, like that, is a quality. And so, we all have mostly the holy names. You have the name Maria. When you call your daughter Maria, automatically you remember the holy Mother of Jesus, now this girl named Maria should have a quality like her. With the name, she got the duty, and it will develop automatically, but you have to be alert. Do not sink into the kalyuga māyā temptation in the kuśaṅgas. Therefore, satsaṅg is very important. Even the fullest person can become a wise one through satsaṅg. Satsaṅg is very important. Without satsaṅg, we are lost. And what is the satsaṅg? Where is spoken about truth? When you go to the church, holy service, is the satsaṅg you go to the temple? Satsaṅg, the original name of the church according to Jesus, was a temple, and... the old Greek, and you... No, it is called the mountain preaching and the temple preaching. If you meet a good person talking about supreme things, it is a satsaṅg. We say, when the wise one meets the wise one, then they talk about wisdom. If a fool meets with a fool, then begins to fight, boxing or kicking with the leg. You can have with your wife, with your child, or you can have satsaṅg with yourself. How beautiful thoughts you have, that is your satsaṅg, or read a beautiful book. That is your satsaṅg. When you pray, you are speaking to God, and when you are meditating, you are listening to God. He gives you the answer to what you asked. Therefore, humans have the ability to master and get the realization. Do not be one-sided. Therefore, everything has its meaning. Everything has its purpose, and that will make your life divine. And this life is pure. You got that pure life. Give it into the hands of Mother Nature. Do not make the spots on your life, meaning negative karma. A great saint Kabīr Dās, very great, and I would say, and it is said he is known as a weaver of God's name, yeah, make cloth. And it is believed that when Kabīr Dās jī passed away and made a samādhi, there was a little dispute between Hindus and Muslims, or the Sufis. Hindus want to make the funeral ceremony according to Hinduism, and the Sufis want to do it according to theirs. And they began fighting. And Kabīr Dās, he opened his eyes. Why are you fighting for this body? And he wrote a last poem again. O Kabīr Dās, O Kabīrā, it is better to die somewhere where nobody knows you. And even the animals will have something to eat. So why, humans, are you fighting for this? Put a cloth on me. And he lies down. And after they took the cloth away, two flowers remained. Because he said, "What remains, take it half-half." Just the body dematerialized. One flower went to the Hindus and one went to the Sufis. Hari Om and go home. What a judgment. That is a tapasyā. A great holy lady, Saint Mīrāmbāī, it is also said that in Krishna's temple, her body dematerialized. There were the holy saints. Kabīr Dājī said about this body, Chadar. Chadar means the soul. It is very gentle, very fragile. This glass does not take time to break, and this body also does not take time to be destroyed. Chadariya jeeni. Jeeni means very fragile, very fine. No architect till today in the world you can find like God, who can finish this wonderful building or temple within nine months. There is ventilation, canalization, wiring, everything. It took nine to ten months to weave this chādar. God made out of these eight lotus what you call the weaving stool. These are eight chakras. And the cotton which he used is that five elements. Nine to ten months took to complete this, but a foolish one did not understand and made this shawl dirty. Jab merī chādar ban ghar āyī, when this shawl was completed and brought home, at your birth, you were born. Then the parents, Raṅg Rejā Kodinī, gave it to someone, to the fabric dyer who will make the color. And your mother and father told, "Please color this shawl in such a way that it will never get lost again, this color." And he gave such a color: red into red into the red blood. And the devotion, bhakti raṅg. That raṅgrejā, that coloring person, is Gurudev. Jaisā kare saṅga, vaisā, bhūl gayā kyā? Raṅg. What kind of society you will have, that kind of color you will have. With alcohol, you will become an alcoholic. With a thief, you will become a thief. And with a yogī, you will become a yogī. So, do not be ashamed of how your body is. And do not waste the time. Too much extra makeup is not good. You know, you look more beautiful when you are as you are. We call makeup, we have a name called Nakhara. And nakhara means na-kharā, it is not a reality. So makeup is not your own reality. But young people like to do a little bit like this. We also do the tilak and this and that. Also, that is okay. Therefore, and then he is saying that great saints like Śūradāsa and Śukadeva Muni, and so this, you do not know, many of you, the names, they purified this salt, they cleaned completely. There was, but other one, mūrak bhedanai jāne din din melikini, but mūrak, mūrak means a foolish one. He does not know the secret of this body. Din din melikini, day by day you are making it dirty through eating, kushangas, destroying the body. This body is with God himself. He appears in this body. Kabīr Dājī said he also had this sādhanā. Kabir Daji said, "As pure I got, that pure I gave back to the lap of Mother Nature." Therefore, yoga in daily life is not only just moving for the body and muscles, up and down; of course, it is also for that. But yoga in daily life is a complete system: satsaṅg, satsaṅg—sat, be with the sat. Jaisa kare saṅg, vesa lāge raṅg. What kind of society you will have, that kind of color you will have. And Gulābjī told yesterday, "Jaisa khāī ān, vesa rahe man." What kind of food you eat, like that will be your feelings and your mind. What kind of liquid you drink, like that you will speak. I am drinking constantly the water, you know, so my words and my thoughts and my intellect are balanced. If this would have been a vodka or something, vodka, then I will, yes, everything wonderful. Let us, let it be, therefore we... should be very aware, satsaṅg. So we are all together. What a beautiful satsaṅg, what a beautiful experience: pure and happy life.