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Truth cannot be old, nor can it be new. Truth cannot be changed, nor can it be two; it is only one. This truth is God’s love, it is God Himself. To declare that only one thing is true and nothing else is a great error and fanaticism. God can never grow old, nor can He ever be young. God does not change. God is God, the Absolute. No matter which form of God, He has only one name and one essential nature. God is supremely beautiful. Therefore, in this spiritual methodology, beautiful, eternally youthful images of the divine are always shown. God is eternally young, eternally beautiful. The fact that we are not eternally young and beautiful shows we are not God. Many people fixate on one aspect alone. Then they are told to believe only that, that they are now happy and chosen by God as His message or messenger, and that others are not. They are given the task to teach and spread only that. This is not good, because you still do not know what God truly is. When you come to know what God is, you will be completely different. You will especially love and support those who do not yet know God—not to take anything away from them, but to embrace them. Unfortunately, fanaticism still exists in the world, and it brings unrest to society. It is like pulling a herb out of the earth and trying to plant it elsewhere. If you force someone, you pull out the deep roots in their heart. One should not uproot these deep roots, but rather nourish and embrace them. God cannot be compared to just one person, but to the entire universe. We have various divine powers and expressions. But some say, "No, absolutely not that one." There are dogmas, sects, and divisions. You should know that if you encounter this, you are in the wrong place. Someone once told me they would "capture souls." Souls are not butterflies or fish that one can catch. It is not easy to capture a soul, and it is against cosmic law. How many souls could you possibly imprison? These are psychological words, invented and manipulated. People become afraid and say, "Oh God, now I will be punished. For so many years, I prayed to a false god." Which God is false? Is Rāma false? Is Christ false? Is Buddha wrong? Is Jesus wrong? Is someone else’s God wrong? The one who is wrong is you—your thoughts. That is why it is said: "One in all and all in one." That is the truth. A healthy teaching is called Vedānta. In Vedānta and in divine love, all paths are respected and taken as the very cream of the cream. This essence is given to the daily yoga teacher, symbolized in the seat cover, the colors, the clothes. Can a man also be an īmānzī, or only women? In German, do you say an Imanze? A Macho? Mancho? Good. One person stands here; he has not been warned about yoga. Another sits by the computer; he also has not practiced yoga. Some have told me, "Swāmījī, you are so strict. Other people no longer come; they are leaving." I have said, "I already know that. My Lord, I will be Yours always, even when devotees come and devotees go." This is one of my special messages for you: we do not mix anything into such talks. When we are in a church, we must be happy and joyful that we are in a spiritual place consecrated to God, Jesus, Mary, or the holy apostles. When we are in a Gurudwārā, we must be joyful and happy that we are where the words of the Master and the Supreme are present. When we are in a temple, we should also feel joyful and blessed to be in the house of God. When we are in an āśrama, we should also be happy and joyful. God’s grace is that we are here. God is like a chain in two forms. One is like a thread or wire on which all the pearls hang. The second form is all the beautiful pearls themselves. These beautiful pearls are the various creations and incarnations of God. Thus, we develop positivity. For some time, we had two or three visitors who always waited outside the door of our āśrama in Schikanedergasse. After people left, they would give them a book or something and say, "You are in the wrong place; you are involved in satanic work." Another time, someone said to Jürgen, "Mr. Schromi, you say you are Satane." I said, "No, I am an Indian, not a Satanist." These are sick people, completely brainwashed. So we shall be very free. Then you will also feel the spirituality. If you become one-sided, you will become fearful. Fear comes, depression comes. One day, when you free yourself from this narrow mindset, you will be happy. You will say, "Once again I am a free person. I can go shopping in any store I want." Not that anyone says you must buy everything here. People have experienced such things, and that is not good. That is nation against nation. One nation says, "If you stop buying our weapons, we will not sell you sugar and rice." Another says, "If you don’t buy our oil, we won’t buy this and that." International trade is very complicated. Sometimes your President or Prime Minister wants to do something but cannot because of international agreements. For decades, the Tyroleans have been fighting against the transit route, often blocking the highway. Now it is even more intense. There is also the beautiful Nāda-Yoga of sound. Because we bought an ash bucket, there wasn’t much noise, and we said, "Ah, it’s quiet." Now, day and night, there are large truck wheels. At night, which was a silent night, it sounds like an Om. So it may also be that my thoughts are not felt. Okay? Alright? No problem? Whether you come or not is your choice. If you come because of me, then you need not come. You come for yourself, for your own interest and benefit. If I say, "I go to church for God, not for myself," then God says, "You don’t need to come; you can sit at home. I will also be able to visit you." God is everywhere. But we need to go. This is a posture, a different orientation. Once someone came to Mahāprabhujī and said, "I do not believe in God." Mahāprabhujī said, "So what? Perhaps dogs do not believe, pigs do not believe, cows do not believe, buffaloes do not believe, camels do not believe—but humans do believe. So now you can clearly imagine which group you belong to." The man said, "But my wife believes." Mahāprabhujī said, "Alright, then be good to her. Serve her so that you will receive some prāṇa. Your buddhi will be better." If you do not have this faith, this relationship, then you do not feel it. Then it is not what we are meant to have. The mantras in the Upaniṣads were given for people to use, and they work. Amen. "Amen" comes from above. In India, we have the Holikā, a Holi tree, comparable to the Maypole. This is the season when the winter grain has been harvested, summer comes, and the Holi tree is there. All traditions here, whether cultural or religious, are comparable to the ancient traditions and customs of India. We are connected; we cannot divide ourselves. In dancing, one dances like this, another like that. So it is. In modern India, some dancing... I don’t know, it’s as if there are many wasps or scorpions hanging about. It is completely, a thousand percent unnatural, unclear—classical and so on. In Bratislava, we had a conference, and Nirañjanā was there. We saw a little dance, modern as well. The dance of Bhakti Devī was sung and danced, and someone danced as a woman, a girl. Nirañjanā said, "This is Śāstroktā, and the other is Kathitā." Śāstroktā is according to the ancient scriptures, very old. Kathitā is currently modern, created by different ways of thinking over 1000, 2000 years. Śāstroktā preserves the beauty, spirituality, and treasure of wisdom. So we shall proceed accordingly. If you work against it, it is your choice. But one day, through self-realization, you will say, "Yes, that is correct." We are all bound. Everything is beautiful. Om Asato Mā Sad Gamaya. Reflection. Now you go to the court. Asato mā sad gamaya. Perhaps you are afraid of the truth. You say, "I will speak the truth, but Lord, I do not want to." That does not work. There is truth. Once, if you say something, someone may be killed. If you say nothing, they may be released. Now we must decide: shall we speak the truth, or tell a little untruth? You should express your knowledge differently, even if it is not the ultimate truth, in order to save someone's life. A hunter ran after a deer into the forest. There sat a sādhu, meditating with his mālā. The hunter said, "Praṇām." Most of the time he said, "Yes." The hunter asked, "Did you see the deer? In which direction did it run? Left, right, or straight ahead?" The sādhu said, "What can I tell you?" The hunter asked, "Where did it run?" The sādhu said, "Well, those who have seen cannot speak, and those who speak cannot see. So, what can I say?" The hunter thought he was a madman. The eyes have seen, but the eyes cannot speak. The mouth can speak, but the mouth cannot see. So it is. We must possess ourselves and also understand others. When we speak of the highest truth, it is God. Asato mā sad gamaya: Lead us from unreality to reality. Sat means the highest truth, and sat also means good things: satsaṅga, sadvicāra, satmanas, good thoughts. Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya: From darkness, lead me to light. When a student goes to school and has exams, this is the best mantra: "Lord, lead me from ignorance to knowledge." It will help. They assigned a specific mantra to each faculty, to every subject. They took each subject as a deity. There is a mantra for Sarasvatī. How beautiful. In every school in India, there is an image of Sarasvatī. At the beginning of the school year, a prayer is offered to the goddess Sarasvatī, the goddess of wisdom. The woman, my God, right? She stands at the highest point. Why are all the women here dissatisfied? You should be content today, especially since the Master holds you in such high regard, as Sarasvatī. Is there anyone who is also Sarasvatī? Yes, so many who are seated here are like Sarasvatī. Goddess Sarasvatī, goddess of wisdom, please. And goddess of prosperity—the best essence for the whole world, struggling for money, no? Prosperity is in her hand. One should only work. She has the key; she hangs it by her bowl on the left side. The man has no access to the treasure, only she does. She herself is the treasurer. So the man who cares for and respects his wife like a goddess, Lakṣmī, my God, he will be eternally happy. Sometimes one must endure blows; Ādi Śaṅkarācārya did not say this during his 60-year life, but he endured. Sarasvatī, goddess of wisdom. The Śāstras come from Sarasvatī, and the Śāstras are the books of wisdom. If you no longer respect Sarasvatī, then your buddhi will develop only a dry intellect. The intellect says, "We do not need this, we do not need that. Let's take a short, direct path; everything is there, finished." That is not possible. A subway driver or tram operator is also not a government employee in that sense. Some say, "We do not need him; the President will do everything." Do you think the president will name all the subway drivers? The president has his position and work, and the subway driver also has his position. The mayor has his position, and the president has his. Do you believe the President goes to every office every day to sign things? No. Matters remain undone for weeks, months, or even years. So it is with the spiritual divine system: there are Kuladevatās, Kuladevīs, Grāmadevatās, Grāmadevīs, Kṣetradevatās, Kṣetradevīs. Both are always together, male and female. Here, masculine and feminine are not seen as we are, but still, the best titles, the best offerings or sentences, belong to Sarasvatī. Sarasvatī is the consort of Brahmā and also the daughter of Brahmā. Through Brahmā is born Sarasvatī. That is very beautiful. And Lakṣmī with Viṣṇu, and Pārvatī with Śiva. Sing once with feeling. When you sing, imagine darkness before you. Imagine a dawn rising, the light ascending. Or open for yourself a gate, a beautiful door into the light. "Lead me from darkness to light, from tamo-guṇa to sattva-guṇa, from ignorance to knowledge, from unreality to reality." Mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya: "Free me from death, from suffering and pain, from rebirth and death, for eternity." Amṛtatva: immortality, the Brahmatattva. Every mantra, when you chant it, you should especially know what you are chanting. It is already translated, what one sings. Thus, develop an inner feeling. If you have pain somewhere, you can place your hand there and sing this mantra, or imagine it. With this feeling, the mantra should accompany you throughout the entire day. That is why most Pūjās are performed in the morning, before sunrise, because after that your daily activities begin. So you do the prayer, then you recite the mantras: Kulmantra, Kuldevī, Kuldevatā Mantra, Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra, Abhiṣeka—five times is enough. You can do 108, 1000 times, but five times like the offering of Jal, Jal Abhiṣeka, is sufficient. You can do Abhiṣeka with milk on Monday, or with water. If you have more time, use honey, butter, or ghee. Honey, ghee, milk, and water. Gaṅgā-Jal water would be better, but ordinary water is also very good. Our Danube is also like a Gaṅgā for us. Water, milk, ghee, honey, and a little yogurt—this is Pañcāmṛta. Yogurt, ghee, milk, honey, and water. You can also do them separately: first with water, then with honey, then with yogurt, then with milk, then again with honey, and then with pure water. Or you make Pañcāmṛta and use it for your Pūjā, then cleanse with pure water. What flows out from the Śivaliṅga, the water beneath it, you should catch in a vessel and pour it at the base of a tree. Oṁ Tryambakaṁ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṁ Puṣṭi-Vardhanam Urvārukam Iva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā'mṛtāt Just by chanting this, this grace, this sound purifies the energy, even for your neighbors. If you practice very early in the morning, do not sing too loudly, as they are still sleeping. Then comes the Peace Mantra. Then comes the Satguru Chalisa, which Gurujī wrote; it is truly beautiful. It is a beautiful Satguru Chalisa, sung by an artist, a good singer. It has just been recorded in Mumbai. Next time I come, I will bring it. We will make a beautiful CD. I don’t know where. Are we included? Within you? Good, then you should bring it forth; then I must see it, yes? So in the morning, get up early and do not say, "Lord, to hell with this, this is misery." That is not the case. Some kind of weather... "Oh, my God, that is silly." The coffee machine isn't right, you don’t completely ruin it. The gas stove doesn’t turn on; you do tick, tick, and no flame appears. "I don’t want that either. I take hot water from the bathroom. Come, here I am going." This is the painful day that begins. Therefore, you should be friendly. Open your eyes, see Gurudev. See the light, say your mantra. Look around at Mother Earth. For a moment, say to Mother Earth, "Forgiveness, that I place my feet upon you. Possess me, divine Mother Earth, so that every step I take is solid and sure. Mother, lead me." As one says, "Lead me from reality to reality. Drive me from darkness to the light. O Mother, carry me from mortality to immortality." O Mother Earth, how beautiful it is when you feel it. When you enter the water, also say, "Thank you. Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya." This is the Vāyu-Tattva. Varuṇa-Devatā, Agni-Devatā, Vāyu-Devatā, Pṛthvī-Devatā, Ākāśa-Devatā—so many. This is a scientific work done by the saints. They said if you carry all this out, then your life will be beautiful, full, and good. Then you will also have good children. Your children will also be good. Otherwise, the father says this, the mother says, "Why do you speak to the child like that?" and the child says, "Everything is stupid." Hari Om Tat Sat. Thus ends the entire story of your generation. Children have to see how spirituality is present. Children are waiting for Prasāda every day, just as children wait for the Christmas tree. They look forward to it; tomorrow is Christmas, tomorrow evening is the celebration. The children count every hour, every minute. They are happy to find a gift under the tree. Although we are the greatest liars to these children, it does not matter. The Christ Child has come and stayed here for you. In reality, you have it, but you are also a Christ Child, so basically it is not a lie. Children have pure consciousness that God Jesus came and put this and that. So our attitudes and feelings increase positive energy. Whoever is always tense, angry, desperate, and says, "I don't want to believe that, that's stupid, I eat whatever I want," will experience heaviness, diseases, many incurable diseases. Your children can be good only when you practice spirituality every day. Automatically. It should be in your blood, in your energy, within you. Then you create the light. Make a small circle. That’s a Pūjā. That’s a meditation. It lasts the whole night, and yesterday stress was released through this Pūjā, preparing you for the peaceful Tuesday ahead.