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Anyone who begins to practice yoga has certain imaginations and expectations. You wait for or expect miracles. Yes, miracles can only be realized or achieved through yoga, but not from one day to the next. It will take a long time. Yet, the first miracle has already happened: he has begun to practice yoga. That is a miracle. Yoga is something which has many, many different branches, and it is very ancient, but it needs the master's guidance. Often, disciples make a mistake; they think they have learned everything, they know everything, and now they will begin their own path. They have the feeling that I don't need the Master. Yes, if you learn driving and you have been driving already for a few years successfully, without any accident, without paying any fine, okay, now you don't need a driving license or a driving teacher. But if you are married, and your wife is sitting beside you as a co-driver, then she is your driving master. Every man knows, and they should be very happy and proud of it, that their wife reminds them every minute of something: "Take care, there's a green light. Take care, it's getting red. Someone is overtaking," many, many things. How nice of them. So you have a lifelong driving teacher, or another way, direction. But mostly, ladies drive so perfectly, the husband keeps quiet. That's why often when I get in some car, there is written in the front of the co-driver, "I know you drive better than me." This is a very gentle way of indicating that you should not interfere with the driver. But for the spiritual path, we need that driving force within us. And we need that protecting energy and power to remove the darkness of negative energy and negative influences. And for that we need our Master, our Gurudeva, not only for this life, but for many, many lives. And some people, after a little time, they go away, they begin their own way of spiritual development and living. One day they will be sorry. They did not understand what the guru principle is. They didn't understand what is Guru Tattva, and they may fail in some kuśaṅga. Kushanga means also that someone manipulates you in a different direction, and that is just an injection to your ego. That's called a tonic of the ego, that's dangerous. The grandfather of God Kṛṣṇa, he was a king, aggression king, aggression, and His wife or queen, very, very spiritual, very humble, very kind, and his behavior or relation to the people was just like this. When he was with the people, it was hardly to recognize who is the king, but there was some past destiny or karma. And there were many, many reasons why. So, such a king, he was more a spiritual saint than a king. He had one son, and his name was Kaṁsa. Kaṁsa was the uncle of Kṛṣṇa. Means the brother of Kṛṣṇa's mother. Elderly brother, Kamsa had a very negative energy. So, nearly they were calling Rākṣasa, and Kaṁsa didn't obey his father. Always was in Kuśāṅga. And one day, one king who was against the father of Kaṁsa told him, told Kaṁsa, "You are so clever, you are so wise, you are so mighty, and you are capable. You are beautiful. The time has come for you. The crown of the king is just waiting for your head." And he begins to dream. Wherever he's looking, he sees himself with the crown. Now his ego was pitted. He got an injection, the tonic for the ego. And so some people, they become disciples and they practice a little, and then after they say, "I can do it myself, I do everything, I know." And so, this is the biggest mistake. And one day they will pay for that mistake back, physically, mentally, karmically. As long as your parents are living, you have no rights over your parents. You cannot force your father and mother to give you all your properties and go into the forest. Some people are already doing this. This is Kali Yuga. You do, begin a new thing. Ask for blessing from your parents. Or ask for blessings from your master. It's very hard for people to understand nowadays. And that's why, day by day, more and more people are unhappy. Well, Kaṁsa is coming home. He was a prince, and he had the whole army with him from his father. And so, to say he was a naughty boy. He could do any bad thing. Out of his joy, he chopped the head of somebody. And that's Kali Yuga beginning now. We hear nearly every year, several times. Children go with a gun, and they shoot the teacher and the students, friends, colleagues. How could this happen? It is not advisable to give weapons to children. In the German language, they say, "The razor, the knife, the fire, and the frog are not for children." And therefore, it is not advisable to produce toys in the form of weapons. Well, he was coming home. He was fighting somewhere in a battle. Guns. The blood spot on his body, dirty from the battlefield. But he hurried to come home to have the crown of his father, to be as a king. Immediately, his father was sitting in a nice room and discussing the wedding of his daughter, Devakī. Devakī was the mother of Kṛṣṇa. So the king was sitting, and the astrologer, Garga Ācārya, Ṛṣi Garga Ācārya, was sitting near the king. There was no one greater, the best astrologer ever to have been, the Grahācārya. And his blessing is all, all this one special caste, Brahmin, called Greg Brahmin, Gragācārya's Gautra. They have a blessing; they are still very good in astrology. All people, all the tribes, you may say, or they are all the dynasty of some ṛṣis. It doesn't matter, either Europeans, Africans, Indians, or Chinese, Japanese, we should search for the roots of our ancestors, make the research work of your ancestors, and their beliefs, their faith is very interesting. Mahārāja Agrasen, the king Agrasen, with folded hands, he said, "Can you find out astrologically the best constellation and some best husband for my dear daughter Devakī? That my daughter will ever be happy. She will have a happy marriage. She will have a happy family. She is a part of my heart, my very dear one. Therefore, please find some good constellation, a good constellation for when she should be married." In that moment, Kaṃsa came in like a Rākṣasa, and he planned everything before: "If father will not give me the crown, we will imprison him, arrest him, and put him in prison." So he came into the room with such aggression. So Gargācārya left the room, and Kaṁsa said to his father, Mahārāja Agarśena: "Now it is high time that you renounce the crown. And there is no one else on this planet who could be worthy of this crown than myself. So you give me the crown." Father, the king was looking. What happened to him? I'm still alive. It never happened in this story. He said, "For what are you waiting? There is no negotiation. And waiting will not help you. You give me, or I can take it." And so was that Kaṁsa, uncle of Kṛṣṇa, and he suffered very much. Kaṁsa never had peace, and he died with great torturing. He couldn't sleep. The rest of the story you know. So, it doesn't matter who's who. You should know. Your position, you are the child of your parents, doesn't matter. You now are a president of a country, but don't expect that when you come in the room, your mother has to stand up for you. But you must know that when mother comes to your room, even in your office or anywhere, you have to stand up for her. Similarly, when you become a disciple, then you should know what you are doing. Of course, get married, get children, get a profession; you are free. But for many things, you should consult. Not that you must, no. And not that your Master requires this, no. It is for your success, for your well-being. To get the opinion and to get the blessing. They will not say no to you. And if he or she says no, you should know that it is no, N-O. Otherwise, you say, "No, I will do it." Then you will see very soon what will happen. Have no blessing. It's very difficult to understand for this modern mind. Your parents or your master say, "Don't marry this person." Your neighbor will say, "Don't marry this person." Your brother or sister will say, "Oh, don't marry this person." And your master will say, "Do not marry this person." And you will say, "It's not you marrying, I'm marrying. It's my problem. Father, it's not you marrying, I'm marrying, it's my matter." It is already the time that children are answering the parents: "It is my life, it is my decision. Who are you to say to me? I am above 18 years." My God, this number 18, I don't like it. And you know these young kids who are sitting here, they are waiting for 18 years, more than Christmas or Diwali, when they are 14 and a half. Only that they are counting years, but counting the months and weeks. And in old times, it was not like this. There are two things. One, you are never grown up. You are always childish. Sometimes a woman doesn't search for a man for physical love only, but she loves him like a father. And when a little child comes, the child says, "Papa." But she also says, "Papa, where are you?" So I'm surprised. Mostly in Austria, I hear this. Because I live in Austria, and I understand a little bit of the Austrian language. "Papa, please go with the children." Or Papa will say, "Mama." Very soon you have a relation to your partner not only emotionally, sexually, but like a father or mother. If that kind of relation lasts long, your husband sees you like his daughter. He is so gentle to you. He gives everything. Or your wife sometimes sees you like her child. Often, men used to say to their wives, "It's okay, but I'm not your child." She said, "I know, but…" So that kind of relation, husband and wife, they will be together long, because they adopted in the heart a friendship, a relation, and they feel their rights to be angry with you. And because he or she loves you and will say, "You are stupid, are you crazy, oh god," but he or she knows you, it doesn't mean that what you are saying is that you have immense love for her or for him in your heart. And sometimes, or mostly, one of the partners likes to hear that you are strict and shouting. I was standing at Johannesburg in South Africa at the airport. And there was a big group with me also. And some man was so arrogant and strict, a stranger, not from our group. And one of our ladies, she was not so nice to him. Of course, I will not tell the name, otherwise Gajananda will be angry. "Swamiji, what are you saying now? Don't tell it so directly." But that lady came to me. She is a disciple. And boiling, angry, she told this rude man, "But that would be the right husband for me." I'm not lying, I'm saying the reality. "I need such a husband." So, boys, it does not mean that you have to be like that. Say something, but with love, to him or to her. You need a blessing, even you need a blessing from your wife or from your husband. It is said that you should be devoted to your partner, not like to God, but what means devotion? Surrender means humble, kind, though. In the old tradition of India, but this was not according to the religion or ṛṣis; it was put in the śāstras by some selfish man, some husband. For a woman, after marriage, only her husband is God. Therefore, they call pati dev; pati means the husband, and dev means God. Or Patnī Devī, they don't say. So that's why when these things made people angry, the feminist world became angry. And you couldn't imagine. Even parents tell the girls, "It doesn't matter what he does. Even if he cuts your neck, don't be angry and against him. He is now everything for you, even your God." And that is absolutely wrong. That is not good, and that is not a religion nor a belief, but it is the ego of the masculine. In nature, the masculine power is always dominating, and the feminine power is always gentle. We are not talking about these principles now, so what I am telling is, it is good to get a blessing. Good to get an opinion, and good is to overthink otherwise. Through this, this kushanga, like a Kaṁsa, you can be on the wrong direction. "You should do it. You can do it. You are capable. You are independent. It's time for you to do something." Anything I did, I always asked Holy Guruji, and sometimes I was angry. I was angry because always Holy Guruji said, "You know what to do." You know, I said, "Then why did I ask you about it?" Innerly, not out. So I said, but I don't know exactly, and you can advise on this. Guru said that I am retired now. So you know what to do, and whatever you do is good, do it. So whatever you will do is good, do it. That was a permission and blessing. And if I would not have asked, then he would have said, "Even you didn't tell me. Now you have your own will." So it's not easy. If I do like this, it's like that. If I do like this, that is like that. So the best is always to ask and get a blessing. "Father, can I go to the party today?" "Ask Mama." So Mama will say, "It's too late. Me, when will you come back?" So, if you don't ask, or you ask, you will go, then why make them unhappy? So, it's very healthy, very good for family relations, for the sake of the family connection, and to keep the family happy, that you should tell your parents where you are going and when you will come back. And if you are late, let them know that everything is okay, but I will be late. That deserves your parents, and you also deserve their permission. And that will make your parents so happy, and they can sleep peacefully. Do you think that your parents are happy when you don't come home until 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock, and you are only 14 or 15 years old? Even if you are eighteen or nineteen, the feeling and the pain of the parents is indescribable towards the children. And also, the children's love and feelings towards their parents are indescribable. My mother is already above 90 years, 94 or something like this. And she's a great-grandmother, but still, her own children, whatever they do, they ask her first. And when I'm going to Europe and she's there, I first go and say, "Now I'm going. I go." She will not say no, but she will be so happy that I asked her, and her heart and her mind will bless. And that blessing we need. That blessing we need from all elderly people, your elder brother or elder sister. You should ask them also, and they will always advise you what is good for you. What I am saying to you, and why I am saying so much today, is to save and re-establish a happy family.