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I’m happy to be back here in our new place. I’m always happy to be everywhere. Unfortunately, I can’t be in multiple places at the same time. That would be good, wouldn’t it? We could attend all satsaṅgs every day, at the same time, in different locations. Perfect. That is also one of the siddhis, after all. There are so many. So, this whole Jaṭā, Kaṭā, we were singing about Rāvaṇa – they are both there, Rāma and Rāvaṇa. Rāma was the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu, and he was also called Maryādā Puruṣottama. Maryādā Puruṣottama means the one who upholds dignity, the one who upholds Dharma. This name represents those who bear it freely – the positive side. And Rāvaṇa possessed all good qualities; he was the most knowledgeable one, the most learned in every single aspect of the world. Then we think, okay, maybe he was not a bhakta. No, he was the greatest Śiva bhakta we know. When Śiva was not listening, not waking to his prayers, Rāvaṇa lifted the whole Mount Kailāś with his hands and sang this stotra. We all learn it in different ways. When we learned it, it was in this style – a little slow, melodious. It’s not only Snoop Dogg and Eminem who rap; even in Sanskrit, we have raps. Only the essence, the meaning of what we convey, differs slightly in Sanskrit or in a modern context. We go to Tomorrowland or concerts, or we come to our bhajan anuṣṭhān concerts – which one carries more energy? Both have energy, but from different perspectives, because inside the bhāva, the feelings are very different. One puts us in a party mode: we enjoy overnight, and the next few days we are sick and crushed in bed. And here, in satsaṅgs and bhajans, you arrive completely crashed and sick, and you get healed. A slight difference, but it takes time to understand a little. Because whatever is shinier is more attractive to look at. You go to Kumbha Melā, and the whole man-made city is completely full of bling-blong, because that’s what it is – a show. In the same way, whatever is shiny, whatever is more – the same perfume, if it’s packed in Jaipur, in one local store, or in Dubai, there is a famous perfume store where you give them any smell and they can recreate that smell. Or you go to a proper store and buy an expensive one, but quality is quality, isn’t it? You can buy ten cheap ones of the same quality, or you invest in your sādhanā, you invest in your work, you earn, and you buy a proper one. The same applies to spirituality: you get cheap things that bring temporary happiness, or you invest in your sādhanā, in your spiritual growth, and attain something that is original. I feel like she talks more than what I’m saying, with her own little bit added on top, okay? So, in the same way, the cheap perfume will not last for a long time. The temporary happiness we get from kusaṅga will not last long. I don’t mind the long-lasting one because then I have more time. And the original, long-lasting happiness is that Paramānanda we receive from satsaṅg, which endures. There is always that Rāma and Rāvaṇa – there is always the positive energy and the negative energy in each and every one of us. Nobody is spared from that, not me, not you, no one. We all have both sides. And we can be the greatest devotee, we can be the greatest sādhaka, we can be everything like Rāvaṇa. But when ego, jealousy, envy – these things come – then Rāvaṇa was Svāhā. We can say there’s some chair or something. Me louder or she louder? Both. Now can you hear me better? Yes. Very good. Or should we just increase the volume there? It’s slightly simpler. This is also, you know, Agnita Paśya was nothing. This tapasyā sitting here in humid air is something, so I’m checking – not that I forgot, I never forget – so those qualities are in both. But when the qualities of Rāvaṇa go too high, then the qualities of Rāma have to pervade at the end of the day. More closer? Now it’s better? Okay. So, these are obstacles. Also in our sādhanā, many obstacles come in the form of thoughts. We focus on one thing, and ten other things arise to stop us from that – intentionally or unintentionally, external thoughts or internal thoughts. And did you notice one thing? Only when we are trying to think or do something positive and good do our inner thoughts try to stop us. When we go and bunk school or college, or if we are going to try to do something that is not right, then those inner things don’t come to stop us. Because the negative pull is much stronger than the positive. We wake up, have a shower, have breakfast, go to work, come back, rest, go out, eat, sleep – life done, isn’t it? Out of 24 hours, 17 or 18 are gone. We always say we don’t have time. When two friends plan to meet, we say, “Oh, where are you? How far are you? Oh, no time, some other time we will see.” But if we truly want to meet someone, or if we truly want to do something, we always manage and try to find time. The same holds for our Kriyā, our Sādhanā, our Satsaṅga and Bhajans. We can always find time. Morning, evening, night – there is no foundation, no fixed routine. Nāma Japa, Nāma Smaraṇ – the name and chanting can be done anytime. There is no specific schedule, like a 9-to-5 job. Mālā, if no mālā, then sumiraṇ. If no sumiraṇ, then karajap – counting on the hands. And best is ajapā, when you are not counting anymore. When every breath, every inhalation is the mantra. You breathe in mantra, you breathe out mantra. We find time for absolutely everything else. But do we find enough time for ourselves? From the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep, we are always in interaction with someone, unless you live in a cave. It’s good. Otherwise, we would get too lonely, wouldn’t we? But even if we are together all the time, we need to find some time for ourselves. No phone, no one – just you and your inner self. If we knew the answer to everything, we would not be humans. So obviously, we have questions. Ask these questions to ourselves every morning or whenever you are with yourself. Try to find the answer by yourselves. You will be surprised by what questions you come up with, and you will be surprised by what answers you come up with. This mind, this mind of ours, is so powerful that we can imagine and create the wildest questions ever and the wildest answers. We can find any question, and we can find any answer. Except math – math is not good. Math was not my favorite. Any math teachers here? Perfect. So every other solution – except maths – can have an answer. Because no one else is creating those questions; our same mind is the one that creates them. First, something might happen in the distant future, let’s say. Then first, we worry about how it will happen. Then we try to find every single possible scenario where that specific event or that specific thing will get spoiled. Let’s find ways to ensure it doesn’t function. And after we run through all those hundred scenarios, with a hundred expectations going up and down, we don’t find answers to many things. And hypothetically thinking, your friend or whoever you’re going with, at the last moment, one day before, cancels it. Then what happens to all those expectations and all those beautiful imaginary scenarios you created in your head? They all go down the drain, don’t they? And then we descend into self-guilt. And then we try to find reasons to blame it on ourselves. Because we don’t want to hurt others, we will not blame it on them. And every single person in that group thinks the same thing: “What did I do to mess it up?” Every lock has a key. Just find the key. And the key is hidden by you somewhere. That key is either lost or hidden, but it is there, and everyone just needs to go within more. Let’s try one thing I started recently. Every day, not mauna, but not because you’re going to sleep and you say, “Okay, now I know I’m in silence.” I go to sleep, and that’s my silence. But intentional silence, intentional mauna. Either at the start of the day: you wake up and then you just say, “Okay, now 40 minutes, one hour, whatever you want to give. This time, no speaking.” When I was in the Himalayas, I had no internet, no nothing, so my brain was working a lot. So I was thinking, how much do we talk in a day? One day, I was just observing myself. First thing in the morning: turn on the lights, or open this, or do this, or do that. The first thing – you get up and your brain is like spinning. Then planning the whole day and trying to meticulously arrange and make the plans for the whole day. Then, chai, coffee, whatever – but it’s non-stop. From the morning until you go to sleep, our mouth does not stop. And if our mouth is silent, then our brain and our thoughts are not. That’s why I’m saying, try it without any distractions. And I suggest you try something like this without distractions. Because up there I had no distractions, no music, no nothing. Phones are dead. People, how much will you talk to? So just then, I started observing my own thoughts. And then I was like, “Okay, too many thoughts.” Luckily, I don’t know how I managed, but for the past few years I have a technique where I just stop thinking at all, so it becomes easier. But still, just being empty and doing nothing. Try that. No thoughts, nothing to worry about. Start your day or end your day. If you don’t want to start it like that, and you have to rush in the morning for office and this and that, then let’s say you’re going to bed at 10 o’clock; then make it a routine that at 9 o’clock, everything off, just me, myself, and I. And you will see and get answers to many things. Keep Gurudev in mind, do your mantra if you want, but otherwise just be blank. It will take time to get to that stage. But once we are there, it’s peace, nothing to worry about, because in that time for yourself, you just tell yourself, “Now it’s time for me to relax.” There are no worries, no responsibilities, even though you might have a lot of responsibilities. Just hypothetically imagine that there are no eyes. Close your eyes. We tried this last time in Strilky once. Let’s try it again. Back straight, eyes closed, inhale and exhale, deep inhalation and deep exhalation. We will chant OM, relax your whole body, from the top of the head to the bottom of the toes. With every breath you inhale the vital prāṇas, and with every exhalation, you are letting go of all the negative thoughts, all the negativity that is inside. Imagine that with every inhalation, śakti, bhakti, vairāgya – all these things are one by one entering inside. And with every exhalation, all our negative qualities, like anger, jealousy, envy – everything is coming out. Try to become one with the inner Self. Becoming one and merging with that Guru Tattva. That Divine Light which Gurudev has lit in our hearts. The Divine White Light which is coming inside. This monkey mind likes to jump around a lot. And because it likes to jump so much, we will make it jump. You have a thought in your mind. Every time you hear the sound of a snap like this, you change your thought. Very easy. No Padottānāsana or Uṣṭrāsana or nothing – just mind. So every time you hear a snap, you change – you tell your mind to change the thought. It might be anything. Don’t control the thoughts, but just control that you are changing every time you hear. Now your mind was working a lot. Now just relax. No more thoughts. Just you and that divine light and your breathing. Nothing to think about. Just you; feel the body become lighter and lighter. With every breath, you are dissolving all worldly affairs, anything to do with the earth. This whole ashram starts to fade away. Walls disappear. You are no longer on this Mother Earth. You become the point of pure consciousness. Every step you take is beyond this world. Beyond this Bhūloka, this Earth, beyond the heaven, you feel immense peace inside of you, no fear, no weight, no body, only the Supreme Consciousness. Suddenly, you appear in the vast cosmic ocean... But in the ocean, there is no water. It is made of OM... Countless vibrations of the OM rise and fall like the waves... Hear the sound. Every wave carries that divine bliss. Allow yourselves to float on that ocean. Feel every cell dissolving in that vibration of OṀ. Far in the distance, you see one bright golden light. Brighter than millions of suns. Brighter than millions of suns. But softer than the moonlight. You start moving towards it, and you come closer, and you see a magnificent lotus. The lotus is larger than thousands of mountains, made out of thousands of petals. At the center sits Śrī Gurudev, Viśvagurujī, radiant, compassionate, smiling. The entire universe feels like it’s creating, it’s becoming because of his presence. Presence, slowly approaching, each step you take is filling you with more and more peace, greater love, and finally you arrive at that divine light, at the Gurudev. You offer yourself, you offer yourself, you offer your entire life, you offer your success, your failures, your worries, your desires, your everything. Everything we place at His Lotus Feet... Because we know that He is the Dātā, He is the granter of everything. Before you, you have a beautiful water vessel. Before you, you have a beautiful water vessel, and we do charaṇapūjā. And we do charaṇapūjā. Svānantāya Sahasra Mūrtaye Sahasra Pādākṣi Śiro Sahasra Nāmne Puruṣāya Sahasroti Namaḥ Kamalānābhāya Namaste Jarāsahi, Namaste Keśavānanda, Vāsudeva Namo, Asanat Vāsudevasya, Asitam Bhuvanat, Sarvabhūtāni Vāsosi, Vāsudeva Namo, Śaṅkaram Śaṅkarācāryam, Arhyam Śavam Vāharāj Sūtra Bhāṣya Kṛtau Vande Bhagavān Taupanabhuśvaro Guru Rājameti Mūrti Bheda Vibhāgī Om Avat Vyāptade Haya Śrīnāmūrta Ye. Then a beautiful Dīpak light appears. The flame represents your soul; the flame merges with Gurudeva’s infinite light. Individuality disappears, separation dissolves. Gurudeva slowly raises his hand, and the stream of that golden light goes through you from the crown of the head, flowing into the heart, into every single vein, throughout every single organ, healing everything. Healing all the trauma, healing all the anxiety, healing all the negativity. Filling ourselves with love, devotion, and grace. Gurudev invites you to rise higher with him. Together you ascend beyond the stars, beyond this universe, beyond this loka, beyond the galaxies, beyond time. No form, no name, no past, no present, no future – only existence, only consciousness, only bliss, such it is. Sat Chit Ānanda, nothing else, no imagination, simply rest, guru and disciple, no differences, wave and ocean, no difference, drop and the sea, no difference. Slowly becoming aware, we make praṇām to the lotus feet of Gurudev. He smiles, and enters our heart, where He always resides. The ocean of the vibration of OM fades. The ocean of the vibration of OM fades. Awareness returns back to this loka, back to this āśram. Awareness returns back to this loka, back to this āśram. You have returned, but something has changed. You have returned, but something has changed. The change is that you feel the presence of Gurudeva in your heart. And a part of you always remains in the heart of Gurudeva. We ask for bhakti, śakti, vairāgya, we ask for forgiveness. We ask for bhakti, for power, for śakti, for forgiveness. Pāpātmā pāpasambhavā rahīmamparvatī nātha sarvapāpaharo mantrahīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ tīhīnaṃ sureśvarīṃ yat pūjitaṃ mayādeva paripūrṇaṃ tadas tumena prabhudīyatā. And Om three times. Three times we will understand Om. Viśvārañjānanda Purī Jī, Gurujī, Devakī, slowly bring your hands together, rub your hands, and slowly put the warm hands on your face and feel the energy, feel that warmth going inside your face, and gently open your eyes. Śrī Śrī...