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Good evening to everybody, all dear practitioners of yoga and daily life, the spiritual seekers. I am very happy to be with you this evening. Many blessings to the international viewers. This blessing is coming to you from Mahāprabhū Deep Āśram, in the Czech Republic. To those who have a birthday, I wish you a happy birthday. After a long time, we are together again. This weekend is dedicated to the Bindu Chakra, especially for Nāda Yoga. We have spoken at length about chakras and the nādas, so we will also have some practices. I will explain the theory to you. Welcome once more to our ashram. Yoga in daily life is always our subject. Daily life means to lead life according to yoga for 24 hours. It means not only that you are practicing āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, and meditation, but also working, communicating, acting, and thinking. All should be in a positive way, a healthy way, following the ethical principles, and opening your heart for all creatures. The divine love is within ourselves. God has given us that divine love to give to all creatures. Each and every entity is ourself. Every entity represents the light of God. Sabhi prāṇī merī ātmā hai. All creatures are myself. Ātmā sohī paramātmā. The ātmā is the divine self. With this kind of thinking, we should lead our life, and that is what I call yoga in daily life. Yoga in Daily Life has many different projects: helping the animals, helping poor children to get an education, providing medicine to poor people, and we also have many humanitarian projects for the environment and for world peace. You all know very well that today humans are most in trouble in the world. We have to open our heart with full understanding, with tolerance, respect, and forgiveness, which leads us to world peace. It is peace in our hands which awakens in our heart. It should be cultivated in the heart, the peace, and then work through your hands to give further. We may call it peace, or we may call it divine love. Where there is love, there is understanding. Where there is love, there is harmony. Where there is love, there is beauty. Where there is love, there is wisdom. And where there is love, there is God. Where there is hate and ignorance, there is suffering, anxiety, anger, hate, jealousy, and many, many problems. Why shouldn't we awaken that love in our heart? That's the only way to our self and to the heart of others. That is the will of the Divine, of God. God has created humans as protectors, not as distractors. It is a high time for humans, and it is a challenge for humans to create in their society peace, and let this peace spread around the world in the form of love, understanding, tolerance, respect, and protection. That, I mean, is yoga in daily life. Not only physical exercises, not only breath exercises, and not only sitting and meditating—yoga karmasu kauśalam. The yoga path will be completed through doing the karma. Karma means the duty, the Śiva, that niṣkāma karma means doing this service without expectations. If you are serving with some expectation, then that is not a niṣkāma seva. It doesn't matter which kind of expectation you have; then it is a sākāmī seva, meaning selfish seva: material expectation, intellectual expectation, social, political, emotional, and so on. When you expect something, then your seva is not accepted. Yes, it is good that someone is helped, but you are not helped, and whatever you have done, you should not count on that. Don't say that you did this and this and that. It is said, "Go ahead, do your duty, karma." The fruits will go to God. That's the teaching of the Bhagavad Gītā. So, two kinds of karma: sākām karma means selfish, and selfish karma has a temporary effect; then you don't have any more fruits. But if the fruits that can come are troubles. Niṣkāma karma has a long-lasting happiness and will guide you for many, many lives. Many people do help, they do the seva, but they are counting: "I did this, I did this, I gave that." It means you spoiled your good karmas. So humans are here to help without expectations. We shall help and guide the people to open their hearts and open the door for everyone. Without any challenge, without any conditions, just give; that will have a good fruit. That's why I call it yoga in daily life. I'm very happy that all of you are practitioners of yoga in daily life, the sound, nāda yoga. Nāda is the sound. Many times I have explained, and definitely you have been hearing about this. But if there are some who are hearing me for the first time, I would like to repeat. This is also good for others, that they can learn more about it. Because many of you are the instructors of Yoga in Daily Life, and you are also giving lectures on Yoga in Daily Life. So Yoga in Daily Life is a science of body, mind, consciousness, and soul. Yoga in Daily Life is a divine path. It's a way to self, it's a way to God. Try to understand this, and understand thyself, your karma, what you do, what you think, what you promise, and what is in your promises. Your promises are empty, or your promises have some essence in them. Therefore, it is said, before promise, before speaking, you shall measure your words in your hearts: how heavy it is, or how beautiful it is, or how dirty, how cruel it is through our words and thinking. We are our friends, we are our best friends, and through our negative promises and thinking, we are the most, or the worst, enemy of ourselves. Everything is in your hands, everything is in your hands, but you do not look within thyself. Always you are going outside, always you fail in the wrong direction. Always, material temptations finally are a disappointment. Expectation leads to disappointment. Our expectation should be only one: God may forgive us; God may lead us to the right path. Lord, guide my senses, my mind, my thoughts and my intellect towards positive things that I love only, and I see the divinity in all. This will develop in your consciousness, that will lead you further. If you have material temptations, yes, you will get, but that is not lasting long. Everything has an end, everything has. And when you came into this world, you brought nothing with you. Whatever you have is given to you, and if it is given, this means it's not yours, and it will be lost one day, or it will be taken away, and it's not yours. Even this body that is... A bitter truth, that is a bitter truth: everything you will leave here. It doesn't matter what and who—parents and children, husband and wife, house and money, friends, and even you, this beautiful body. All is just like a dream. You wake up, and the dream is gone. Then why do we worry about these material things? Look within thyself and find out, finally, what you want. That's it. Therefore, all practitioners of yoga in daily life, instructors of yoga in daily life, should guide people towards the reality with great love and understanding. But you must have wisdom. We are talking about Nāda Yoga. It will come; we have the whole weekend for that. It is beautiful. There is one story: one man came to a king, and he said to the king, "I will pray for you for ten days, make some spiritual ceremonies." The king asked him, "What will I get out of it?" He said, "King, you will be liberated." The king was very happy. Ten days of ceremonies and mantras, and I will get liberation. Please stay here and begin it. So every day he was making some mantras, reading some scriptures and giving some spiritual talks. Ten days passed. The man came to the king and said, "King, my ten days are over. Now I'm going. If you want to give me something, please do it." The king said, "Well, ten days are over, but I am not liberated, so your ceremony is not over." The king said to his soldiers, "Put him in prison. And there he should make his mantras and ceremonies. On the day when I will get liberation, with great respect, we will let him go. And of course, we will give him a lot of money." The man said to himself, "Oh God, I think I left my home with a bad constellation, but what to do?" Now he is sitting in the prison, reading his scriptures, making his some kind of rituals, and two, three years passed. One day, one Swāmījī came, a brahmaniṣṭha śrotriya. Brahmaniṣṭha means knower of the Brahman, and Śrotriya means one who can speak about the Brahman and inspire you and guide you. Satguru means Brahmaniṣṭha Śrotriya, Satguru. So, such a great saint came. It is said that in that house or place, such a Gurudev steps in, that house becomes a blessed house. Riddhi Siddhi follows the Gurudev. Prosperity, happiness, and everything follows with the Gurudev's presence, and where he walks, that earth becomes blessed. And that's why, you know, Hindustan is known as the holy land. Means India is a holy land because so many holy incarnations were there, and so many holy persons walked there. Even about Mahatma Gandhijī, one of the German or the Western philosophers said, "Time has to come where people will think such a man walked on this planet like Gandhijī." So there were many divine souls who walked in India. Therefore, it is said, disciple of Mahāprabhujī, Lalanānjī, O my friends, listen. My Gurudev came to my house. Every cell of my body, all blooms of my body, are full of joy. That's it. That's called Brahmaniṣṭha Śrotriya Sat Gurudeva. So such a great saint came. The king was overwhelmed. Only through the darśan you feel something, of course. Blind does not feel it, it is said. There was a fly, and one man was making sandalwood paste. You know how nice sandalwood is? And it smells good. And that's why we make a tilak on the forehead from the sandalwood paste. So one fly was sitting on the sandalwood pest. The man who was making the pest had a small child, two or three years old, playing a few meters away. The child made toilet, and the fly flew away from the sandalwood pest and sat on the dirt. Like this, ignore one. Cannot hear the satsaṅg. Either he will sleep, or he will look here and there, biting his finger, or he will go away. Such cannot feel the appearance, the energy of the Satguru Dev. The king was overwhelmed. Well, Satguru Dev is known as a trapped ātmā, has no wish. He is satisfied in his ātmā. He gave everything to all, only giving. You see this bulb, light, doesn't take anything from you, only giving you light. And so is the holy saint in this world; they give us only. The king asked him, "Master, would you be so kind and stay in my palace and bless us with your presence and bless us with your divine satsaṅgs?" Okay, that I, Master, did not have a fixed program. After a few... During the satsaṅg, not only the palace but the whole village was celebrating. There was energy, divine energy. Many, many people were happy. No one was fighting with anyone. No jealousy, no anger. Even husband and wife didn't fight, which is normal and common in a household. The husband and wife who don't quarrel is a boring life, so thanks to the wife, she keeps her husband always awakened. After a few days, Swāmījī said, "I'm going to bless you," and he began to go. He just started to go, and the king said, "Master, please give us a little chance. We would like to honor you." The master said, "What with? I have everything. Please sit down, okay?" The king said, "Sir, I have one question." "Yes, go ahead." "Three years ago, one man came and said, 'In ten days, I will do ceremonies, reading some scriptures, and I will get liberation.' After ten days, he said, 'I'm finished,' and he's going, and I should give him some money. No problem, I would give him money, but I didn't get liberation. I'm sorry, but I put him in one room, and for the last three years, he is making his ceremony of mantras. Can you answer me, or give me some suggestion on what to do? I feel that I am liberated now through your presence. But still, I have some ignorance. I don't know what to do." Master said, "Do you want the answer only theoretically or practically?" He said practical would be better, then call him. The man came and he saw the Master, and he was so happy. He had an inside feeling, "Today I will be free from here." He was wishing. Master said, "Bring me two big ropes." And with one rope, they tied him, that man, to one pillar. And with another rope, they tied the king to another pillar. And said to that man, "Can you free the king, please?" He said, "Swamiji, myself is bounded. How can I liberate him?" Okay. King, you are a king. You are a mighty one. Strong. Please, can you free this poor man? The king said, "My Lord, I'm also bound with this rope. How can I liberate him?" The master said, that's the answer. Please free them and let him go home. So if you are still bound to your problems, still you have doubts going up and down, you cannot say that you are liberated, even not to the body. So liberation means you are completely liberated, you have, but you are not a test. Everything in this world is like a tool given to you to lead your life further, but not to quarrel, not to be angry, not to be jealous, and not to be attached. Don't be greedy and don't gush up. Those who are gushing up too much in this life, in the next life they will become a frog. A water frog, yes. And those who are listening will become a snake and will come near the frog inside. It is your karma which will swallow you. Your gasping becomes a snake for you. That poison, that poison you put out, and you become a victim, like a frog. Why do you gasp? Why don't you say God, God? Why don't you say Rām, Rām? Why don't you say Allāh or Jesus? What you believe, no? Then you are not a practitioner of yoga in daily life. And how many cobras have you given birth to now? All who are listening, you are gushing up. It means senseless talk. Those talks have no meaning. Meaning means truth, love, understanding, wisdom, light, happiness, contentment. That has some meaning in it. The other is only gush up. So, in the lake of your emotion, you create so many cobras, and you become many times the frog. And how many times will you be swallowed? Each gasping word will give you birth of what? A frog. And if you try to jump away, then you will become a mouse. Therefore, use your time for good things. There is one, you know, a precious stone, Parash. And when the Parash comes together with the iron, the iron becomes gold. Even a sinner comes to you. You made that one divine, holy. That is satsaṅg. So the master told the king, neither you are free, nor is he free. Therefore, let him go. I free you now. Let him go. So if someone has a psychic problem, if someone has an emotional problem, if someone has jealousy, doubts, anger, then you should be liberated for that one. And not that you create more and more band-aids and put them into the prison. You are also not free. So all practitioners of yoga in daily life, all instructors of yoga in daily life, should follow these instructions. Then you will understand what is that divine sound, nāda. It is one is called the ākāśa element. Ākāśa tattva. Ākāśa tattva means emptiness. The entire universe is empty. We don't know where the beginning and the end are. It looks empty, but there are many, many functions, many things existing. But they are also one with the Ākāśa Tattva. And in this endlessness is that divine consciousness. In perfect one day's harmony, that's love. Love unites, and ignorance divides. Those who are searching for love will find it. And those who are in ignorance will lose again and again, we'll find beginning a new chapter and ending the chapter in a different way. Maybe your study, your profession, your hobby, your relations to humans, animals, to money, to your car, to your house. How many chapters did you begin, and how many chapters could you not complete? Again, you are there with empty hands. But if there is love, then there is no more search. The search is finished there. So, Ākāśa Tattva, and Brahman. Or you can say Brahma Tattva in one place. And that is like a mother and child. Like an embryo is growing in the mother's body with oneness, and now inside is that divine sound, resonance, and that awakes, that awoke endless resonance, and that we call sound. And that we call OM. That sound is still there in emptiness, or in every atom. Sound unites and sound divides. All the matter comes together through that divine resonance, all these five elements. Came together through that divine resonance that you may call love. When you love someone, it doesn't matter who is who, your colleague, your neighbors, your father, friends, it doesn't matter in how far distance one is there, as soon as you think, you are sending the resonance, and it touches that person's phenomenon. Maybe the animal, your dog, your horse, your rabbit, your mouse, your cobra, your frog. It is that resonance which brings the message. Dujan yāve mouye dāī, dāī māri heli, śabdas nahī̃ merī jāt rāh heli, dujan yāve dāī, dāī māri heli. Mahāprabhujī's disciple, Swami Śivānandajī said, "Swami Śivānandajī, Mahāprabhujī ho jāt rekhon." Those who love the sound, those who know that resonance, knowers of the divine sound, they belong to my caste, not others. It means they are mine, I understand that. Those who love that sound, or who realize that sound is mine. Through the words you get, and through the words you give, and through the words you speak, you communicate through the words, and so on. It's a beautiful bhajan, which we will translate tomorrow morning. So it is that sound, that resonance, which is in each and every atom of the entire universe. This Ākāśa Tattva is filled with that sound. You can go as far as you want. You will hear beautiful vibration sounds from one planet to another planet and in between. Only through yoga and daily life meditation. Again, not asanas, pranayamas. The way of life, a positive way of life, that you respect, you love, you are not greedy, not angry, not jealous. You spread harmony and understanding, not gushing up. Gushing up means you make a sin towards your time. God gave you such precious time, and you lose the time through gushing up. Learn. Learn to be silent. And when you're silent, then you will hear the inner sound. So that, or the sound which awoke in the womb of the mother, the universal mother. There is a consciousness, cosmic consciousness. That sound, nāda, the rūpa, para, brahma. That supreme one is a form or is not sound, only resonance. Our existence is only resonance, nothing else. If this resonance goes away, everything will just disappear in this space. Every particle will just disappear. Like we have a beautiful color picture and we put it in the sunlight. The colors disappear, but again it will merge into another quality of the sound. And that sound is awoken in the very center of the endless universe. So tonight you have a duty to find out where the center of the endless universe is. That much you can tell me tomorrow, where the sound was awoken. Well, for us and for other creatures, that sound is in the navel. The seat of the sound is in the Maṇipūra cakra. The seat of the sound is in the solar plexus. When you speak, the sound begins from there. And this sound is connected with the cosmic sound. Your navel, the sound of your navel, is connected to the navel of the universe, the universal mother. And that's beautiful to know. So tomorrow we will continue from your navel to the cosmic mother's navel. Now, whatever I told you, you have to digest and overthink, and tomorrow come with a fresh mind. You have got a lot of homework now, so overthink, manana, and meditate. Ask within thyself. If you do the gashaping, I think it's a great pity. Great pity. We still have five minutes, and I'll tell you one story. One king once was going for a picnic, riding on horseback. In the forest, he saw a hunter. Mostly, hunters were very poor. Nowadays, hunters are very rich. Those hunters were very poor, killing animals and selling them, leading and surviving. And the king saw that poor man. The king said, "Oh, you look very poor." He said, "Yes, Lord, I am very poor." The king said, "Okay, I will give you something. You will not be poor anymore." "Yes, Lord, what?" "Five thousand hectares. Sandalwood forest. Big, old sandalwood trees. Belongs to you." You know how precious sandalwood is. The man came home and told his wife, very happy. She said, "Oh, that's beautiful." So he went to the blacksmith and told the blacksmith to prepare a few axes. And he and his wife went to the sandalwood forest. And began to chop the sandalwood and made coal out of it to sell the coal in the market, from the sandalwood, making coal. After four years, by chance again, the king saw him. "You look still so poor." He said, "Yes, my lord. Three years was beautiful." "What do you mean?" "Because I could sell the coal very nicely, for a good price." King said, "What?" "Lord, it took me three years to chip all the sandalwood trees and make the charcoal out of it. Have you some more forest?" The king said, "So is that who is gushing up, making coal out of the sandalwood?" That's it, it's a pity. So, no gushing up. Make your mantra, meditate, and sleep. And overthink. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān. Deveśvara Mahādeva, Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān, Sanātana Dharmakṛṣṇa.