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Good evening once more to everyone, on the subject of mantra. The whole of life is a mantra. Every movement is a mantra. Every thought is a mantra. Everything is mantra. When we receive mantra initiation, Gurudev explains to us the principles of the mantras—the rules and regulations, how to practice, when to practice, and what your mantra means. Mantra initiation is another milestone in our life; it is a solid and sure step toward enlightenment. But of course, it is not merely that you receive a mantra and that is all. It is not so easy. Therefore, it is said you should become one with your mantra. What does "one with the mantra" mean? It means you feel this mantra is your life; it is everything for you. It resonates through the whole body in pleasurable feelings. Certainty begins to develop, and anxiety is gone. It is like an awakening—the awakening of spiritual light, of certainty, of confidence, and of self-consciousness. Therefore, one should practice mantra, receive mantra from the Satguru Dev, and then practice. When the Master explains to us all the rules, regulations, and disciplines, it also means you are not depending on the Master materially or physically. You feel more free in this world than ever. The aim of receiving the mantra is to receive freedom, liberation. Holy Gurujī said, "Mantra is your king." You should not give orders to your mantra—for example, "I will repeat my mantra and this will happen," or "Please, my mantra, do this." No. Humbleness, devotion, and confidence—that is it. It is when you agree: this is my Master, this is my path, and this is the eternal relation to the Guru Tattva. It is said that one drop falls into the ocean; no one can separate that anymore. So your consciousness merges into that cosmic consciousness. You need to practice. There are five different techniques we should master or perfect. The first is called likhita—writing. Writing mantra is very powerful. Those who cannot concentrate, those who cannot relax, those who feel full of stress, they love to write their mantra. When you write your mantra, it seems you are with someone; you are not alone. Your writing can be like music, a resonance. Painting can be composed as music, and music, the resonance, can be painted. It is said, Akṣara Brahma. Akṣara means the alphabet. What is Brahma? Brahma. So please always take care of the translation: Akṣara Brahma. This alphabet is the Brahman itself. That is what they call the Sanskrit alphabet, the Devanāgarī alphabet. We know that Sanskrit is the mother of many, many languages of this planet. Why? It means our ancestors originated from that language, from that culture, from that religion. We traveled around the world, and the climate changed, the situation changed, mentalities changed, and so on. It is not only that the Romans were travelers; we are also travelers. Our ancestors were travelers. In time, they went away from one kingdom to another kingdom. It was a shame for a king if someone left his kingdom, so kings tried their best to bring the citizens back. For a king—meaning not only a king, but like the father of all—your happiness and unhappiness were the happiness and unhappiness of the king. We traveled from the valleys of the Himalayas, and we can understand that the rest of the world was under water or under ice. Once there was a very big river called Sarasvatī, and it is called the Sarasvatī culture. Those who were living northwest on the bank of the Sarasvatī moved to the west side slowly, slowly, as land developed. I heard that a recent study says the human race began from Tibet. Yes, that was the Swayambhū, the Śiva. So Akṣara Brahma—that letter, that alphabet—represents the Supreme. It is said that sometimes the name has more power than the embodiment. So the name of God, let us say Rāma, has more power and energy than his body. So, Akṣara Brahma. Another meaning: Akṣara also means Akṣaya—that which will never be destroyed, will never be finished. Akshara means Akshaya, which will never be finished and will never be destroyed—everlasting. What is eternal? We also call it Akṣapuṇyā. Punyā means pious, good deeds. Such good deeds are called Akṣapuṇyā; it means they will be with you ever and ever. There is never an end. Or ghorapāp—very big sin—puts one in complete darkness, endless pain, endless suffering. Gurudev, protect us from this. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said in one bhajan—it is a beautiful bhajan—so, Akṣara Brahma. So you sit down and write your mantra. Best would be if you could write in the Sanskrit alphabet. Otherwise, in your language, okay? Write like you are painting a portrait. All restless thoughts will go away, and it will develop a beautiful energy in your body. How long? As long as you have time. Even five minutes is enough. Sometimes you are telephoning, or someone phones you, and you talk for so long. You can keep on writing your mantra and just say, "Aha, aha, dobri, oh God, really, you poor one." So, utilize double time. Do not neglect time; to neglect time is a sin. Utilize it for something. So likhita mantra—there are some people who have already written their mantras hundreds of kilometers long. They have a piece of paper; they cut it long and write Rāma, Rāma... a million times. If you go to Nepal, there is a stupa, and there is one eye of Buddha in every direction, meaning Buddha sees in every direction. When you go in, there are the prayer mills, where there are thousands or millions of mantras written and then closed in this mill. It is believed that when you turn this mālā once, with the mantra "Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ," you have turned it a million times already. You see how you can multiply. At least you touch that material which was written by someone a million times; it has energy inside. So likhita mantra, writing mantra, is very powerful. It purifies all negative thoughts, develops concentration, and is the best remedy against stress. It is the best meditation to overcome thinking and to forgive others' mistakes. You are writing, but at the same time you are hearing the sound of your mantra, and you understand the meaning of your mantra. That is beautiful. That is called likhita practice, and it will help you to pronounce properly. Without this, you will have difficulty in pronouncing. Sometimes you have to write this pronunciation in your language. Every language has different letters and different pronunciations. We say Niranjan, Deep Niranjan. In English, it is simply J-A, Niranjan. But in your language, in the German language, it is called Nirayaṇa. So, what does Nirayaṇa mean? So, listen, and then put your alphabet together. How you pronounce, like that you should write. What we have changed our bhajans according to the international law or rules, but it is nonsense. Only English-speaking people can understand, and also not. You and you in German and in Hungarian, we do not know what these two dots mean. Therefore, pronunciation must be very correct, and pronunciation should be in that mother language pronunciation and that language which you learn, also the writing. We can say it is internationally accepted and ruled, but internationally and individually it is different. Where the French colony was, they taught everyone French. Where the English, they all taught English. Where the Germans, they all taught German. When the Soviet Union, those of the Soviet Union territory, they all had to learn Russian. And now, practicing yoga, you have to learn Sanskrit. My God! So learning has no end. But I am not talking about language; I am talking about pronunciation, which will make very clear in your consciousness what it means. In India, we have one beautiful name for boys and girls—both can have this name. It is called Āśiṣ. Ashish means blessing. Parents give the name because this was a blessing of some holy saint or God, so they gave the name to the child as Aśiṣ. At the airport in America, they announced the passenger's last call. They were calling Mr. Ashish, and they said, "Mr. Hashish, Mr. Hashish, Hashish, quickly, please, Hashish." So, pronunciation is very important. Like I always tell, Gurujī's kuṭīyā, and Western people cannot pronounce properly, they say Gurujī's kuṭīyā. So, Kutya means the Guruji's hut, and Kutya means the Guruji's female dog. Now, someone came and asked, "Can you tell me where is Guruji's Kutya?" So I said, "Well, Guruji's Kutya just went out." Or we call roṭī, the chapati, roṭī. But the Western tongue cannot pronounce roṭī. They say roṭī, and roṭī means a crying woman. "I want to have one roṭī." And you ask him, "Can I have one roṭī?" So he understands the crying woman. So now in India, many names of the villages are written in Latin alphabets in English. So instead of Roti village, they write Roti village. So there are missing alphabets inside. Therefore, you write, I speak, and put this pronunciation—what I am pronouncing, try some with different alphabets of your language. That will be correct. Something has to be spoken quickly, something has to be spoken slowly. So that is called Akṣara Brahma—writing your mantra. Write exactly how you have heard the pronunciation. We write in Hindi Deep, Mahāprabhujī's name, D-E-E-P, D-E-E-P. And in English, it is deep, very deep. Therefore, you should know the meaning of your mantra; it is very important. Of course, it will have influence on you even if you do not know the meaning. The poison will affect you anyhow, whether you know that you are drinking poison or you drink it without knowing. But if you know, it would be better. So that is called mantra writing. Write any time. May you write only one line of your mantra, but with devotion. That will give you immense contentment. Next is called Vekrī Mantra. Vākya. Vāk means bānī, the speech. Vekrī means pronouncing, chanting. That is known as śabda-brahma. Akṣara-brahma, śabda-brahma. Śabda means the word. So what you speak, the pronunciation, this is the Brahman. So what goes through your tongue, through your vocal cords, through your mouth and your lips, should go only beautiful things, divine things, good things that will purify your karmas. That will purify the negative energy and create a positive vibration in your body. Each blood cell will recharge divine and positive energy, and that is why many people like singing songs. Singing means the nāda comes from your Manipūra Chakra. It has three levels: parā, paśyantī, and vikrī. Parā means very deep, where the sound begins to awaken—that is Manipūra. Paśyantī is in the vocal cords, viśuddhi chakra. And Vekrī is on the tip of the tongue, where this sound comes from down, up through your tongue and lips, divided into some words. When the word is an awakening sound from the maṇipūra, at that time there is only one sound, nāda, and from the vocal cord. That nāda sound, put together and direct it towards the tongue and lips, and then it becomes the sound Bekārī. The Upanishad said, "On the tongue should be the honey." So your words, your speech should be sweet like honey. If someone tells you some bad things, another one will tell you. Next time you say it, I will cut your tongue. Control your tongue like you control the heart with a tool. So, control your tongue. The tongue can create many problems. Control the tongue means control your taste and control your speech—so in your sound, in your words, in your mantras, there should be divine meanings, divine energy. When you chant, when you speak, then the resonance goes also out, and you also hear the sound, which makes you happy. Like the Purīs, when the Purīs ordered the nature to speak, say three times, "Rām, Rām, Rām." Day before yesterday, or three days before, we also chanted in the garden hall. How beautiful the resonance was! Many of you were not here. So we can do now. Sit straight and you will chant as I do.