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You know what Swamiji usually said at the beginning of the satsaṅg. Today is the best constellation. Not only because it is Guru Pūrṇimā, but always, before any satsaṅg or lecture, Swāmījī was always saying, today is the best constellation. But why is it the best constellation? Not because of planets. Who cares about the planets? We are yogīs, we do not care about planets. Because Swami Vivekananda said, if a little planet or star may change your life, what is your life? And the second thing we know from Viśvagurujī: always there will come, oh yes, today is not a good constellation. And if today is not a good constellation, that is blackmailing. Today is the retrograde Mercury. Problem with communication. Yippee! What I mean today, I will tell everybody, everything, that is just excuse, excuse, excuse. And when we say in yoga that today is the best constellation, that is the best constellation because we are all together here. Because we have a satsaṅg. And satsaṅg is a good constellation in our life. Because satsaṅg will change our life. Change in that way, that we will be in contact with the truth, with the light. There were bandits, but not so nice bandits. Not just stealing, but also killing. And their Kālī for them was Iṣṭadeva. And the old head of that caste, he was already an old man, and he was in bed, dying. But you know, dying sometimes is not an easy process. You try to die, but you cannot. And you are dying and dying and suffering and dying. And he had three sons. And the sons went to the father and said, Father, you are suffering. We see that you cannot leave this body. What is the problem? And the old Mahārāja said, look, the old Mahārāja was strict, but somehow we live together, but his son, his son will be very dangerous, he is very strict and has progressive thinking. When I die... Yes, Father, your wish, our command. And immediately, because it was night, they went to the palace. But before going, the father said, yes, yes, but one thing more. Never, ever, never, never in your life be at a satsaṅg. If you are near a satsaṅg, close your ears and start to sing. You know this. What children do, not even one word from satsaṅg. And they said, yes, we will do this. And they went to the palace. They found the room of the young prince. Killed him and took his head, and on the way home. Of course, they are clever in the way they put shoes, sandals out, and take sandals in the hand, because they know that the king also has police, and on the way they are carrying the sandals and head of the prince and weapons, everything. And there was a satsaṅg. And one Swāmī was giving a lecture, and immediately they closed their ears. And the youngest also had closed ears, but somehow the sandals fell down. And he just went to take the sandal, and he heard that Devas, godly beings, do not have a shadow, and immediately he closed his ears and went home. They gave the head to the father, and he died. But not only dead, but without a head, even worse. And the king called the police, and the secret police, to find out who did this and to bring the head back. And of course, punish. And you know who is the secret police. Swāmījī nicely explained to us, the secret police is the women. And in the old time, and I think modern time same, the best secret police is the women. Why? Because women are talking, and they know everything about everybody. We joke in Croatia, in Italy, and in Dalmatia, that there is a special camera for security. They have a special security camera, his grandma on the window. She knows everything. They know everything about you, even what you ate for lunch. Really, I know this, because one part of my family is from Dalmatia. Disaster. Nothing secret, everything is. And a lot of gossiping. If you think that in yoga and daily life there is a lot of gossiping, nothing, nothing. And the king asked his secret police to find out. And like Kālī, she came in front of the door and knocked. And in that moment, they bowed down. And oh, how great luck. Oh Devī, you are visiting us. And she said, yes. But you know, when I visit you... And they started to think, and the head of the young prince was still in the house, and immediately said, OK, if we give you a head, but not of one of us, but of some other, what do you think about this? And she said, OK, but show me first. And in that moment, when they are showing the head of the young prince, what it means, they are saying, we are guilty. The youngest just passed and saw how the son was making a shadow of that Kālī. And brothers, what are you doing? To Kālī. And he explained what he heard, because the sandal fell down. And one word, a sentence from satsaṅg, saves lives. And from that moment, they changed life completely. All this village changed life. Because they realized that satsaṅg can save your life. It is a little brutal story, but that is true. What I said, Vālmīki was not so pleasant a person in the beginning. But meeting, darśana of Ṛṣi Nārada, completely changed his life. And that is important to know. It is very important to have satsaṅg. To be at the satsaṅg. Even if we are not present at the satsaṅg, what it means is we have closed ears, but maybe something will enter in. And that will save our life. Saving life means that we will change our behavior. We will recognize something, and we will slowly start on the path of spirituality. Because what is our aim here on the earth? Drinking, sleeping, eating, making children, etc. We said this morning, Guru is your mother, your father. Because when you start with spirituality, when you go to mantra, it starts your new life. You are again born. And because it says twice-born, when you hear twice-born, it means initiation, it means one who starts with the spiritual life. And in our first life, we had evolution. Evolution from the beginning of life on the earth or in the universe, how you want. Till human. And now, when we start with spirituality, we start the second evolution. From Nar, human, to Nārāyaṇ, God. From Nar, human, to Nārāyaṇ, God. And that is the Kuṇḍalinī Yoga. When we talk about Mūlādhāra, which is the highest animal chakra and the lowest human chakra, and we said that the Guru's feet, Guru Pādukā, start from Sahasrāra Chakra up. And from Sahasrāra Chakra, there are also some chakras above. And that is the Guru Chakra. And that is coming in that complete what we will call Parabrahman. We talk about Guru Tattva, that pure knowledge, and we need the satsaṅg. It is very important. And how will you recognize the difference between satsaṅg and kusaṅg? Not only because somebody is advertising satsaṅg. And said, today we have satsaṅg. Nobody will say, today we have kusaṅg. Nobody. Even where there is gambling, they will not say that is kusaṅg. Very simply. When you feel, after gathering people together, one on one or more people, when you are reading something, that you are alone, or you are watching something on the altar, because today, this is the altar. And if you feel after that, that you are not good, that you are in fear, what will be tomorrow? You know this crisis, this AI, who knows what? Oh, Trump. Any idea? Oh, this now is dead, but the queen is the lizard. All that theory of this conspiracy theory, etc., everything that is kusaṅg. Oh, they are spraying us. You know this. How do you feel after that? Full of energy, joy, but no. You feel completely different, in fear, closed. I must think what will be tomorrow. Look, this is not a safe country, this is not a safe future. They are controlling us. Who needs to control you? That is the stupid thing. They do not need to control us. I protect my freedom. Which freedom? We are not free from the senses. And we talk about freedom. We do not know what is inside our mind. We identify ourselves with our thoughts. And nobody needs to control us. Already, we are not free. Only those who are self-realized, such a person is free. Why is Rāja Yoga called Rāja Yoga? Not because that is for kings, or not because that is the highest yoga. No, but practicing that yoga, we will become a king. We will meet kings. Master of the mind. And with people, and with books or movies, which make you in fear. That is kusaṅg. That is kusaṅg. But when you feel after meeting with some people, after gathering together and singing the bhajans, kīrtans, listening to some lectures, and after that, you feel that you are with the energy, you feel with less fear, more self-confidence. And you have a, oh yes, aha, now I know how it is functioning, this. You are understanding how it is functioning. This is satsaṅg. Satsaṅg gives the light in our life. And kusaṅg makes that we are in the fear, that we are more in senses. That we are the slaves of our senses. That means kusaṅg. And because of that, when we said that today is the best constellation, yes, because we are in the satsaṅg. We are all together, and we try to do something good with our life. And also, what is very important in satsaṅg is not only to do something good for ourselves. And what is good about satsaṅg is not only to do something good for our lives, but to be a support to each other, because it is not so easy to stay in this life. And we have a lot of temptations. Not only when you said temptation, immediately you saw sex and drugs and rock and roll. But a lot of temptation. Today I am tired. Tomorrow I will make kriyā. Tomorrow I will practice double. That is a stronger temptation than what we think is a temptation. Because same thing like with the cigarettes. You quit with the cigarettes. They know those who were smoking. And already for two months, you are not smoking. But you went with friends for coffee, and you started to talk. Some discussions. And a box of cigarettes is on the table. And you are discussing, discussing. And in one moment, you are not thinking anymore. You again come into automatic mode. Autopilot. And automatically, you take a cigarette. And you take one or two inhalations. And in that moment, you say, oh, I am not smoking. That is okay, one is no problem. And very soon you are on the package. That know those people who were smoking. Only a little one. And we need our spiritual brothers and sisters. Really, we need brothers and sisters. And what I learned and heard in India during one Kumbha Melā. I was in the tent with one old Indian gentleman. And he talked to me about Guru Bhai, brother, sister. Your blood connection is one connection, very strong. But connection through your second birth. That you are, through spirituality, through the same Guru, you are connected as brothers and sisters. That is much, much stronger and more important, and in dharma there is much more connection than with your blood connection. And always in the old religion, in all the religions here in the West, the greatest sin was if you do something against your family. But if you read behind, more is when you do something against your spiritual family. And so many years, Swamiji tried to implant in our mind. And many years, Swamiji tried to put into our minds that we are a big family. And we are still today talking about yoga, family, and so on. But it is very important not just to talk about family, but to behave like a family, to be support to each other. And what did they say for Kali Yuga? The strength in the Kali Yuga is in unity. Always you see some pictures, how big fish is catching small fish. But if a lot of small fish come together, that big fish cannot do anything. They will run. And that is true. The strength in the Kali Yuga is in unity. And satsaṅg is that unity. Satsaṅg gives that knowledge. Not in the world. I will not talk about business, etc., or we are politically strong, etc. No, but this other way gives support. I believe in you. You can do this, that on the spiritual path. Just continue with this. I am with you, I will be your support. I am not talking about political power or something like that. And today is Guru Pūrṇimā. And Guru Pūrṇimā is an excellent moment, that is the new year for new decisions. Perhaps bigger. Satsaṅg: you will understand our friends like brothers and sisters, and we will give support to each other. And that is also, I will say, selfish. Because you know what Swāmījī said about dharma. If you protect dharma, dharma will protect you. If you protect family, if you will protect the āśhram, if you will protect satsaṅg, you will have also behind you something, and you will have more strength. And maybe that will be a good idea also to think on the Guru Pūrṇimā. And also, what is very important, enjoy in your spiritual life. Your spiritual life is not suffering. I compare this with playing an instrument. My grandma was forcing me to play piano. Play, play, play. And I hated it. And you see me, I am not playing. Because you need to love something. And when I talk with some people who are playing instruments, no, no, I am enjoying. If you want to be good at something, you need to enjoy what you are doing. Do not suffer. Oh my God, yoga is tapas. I am suffering, and think that in that way your value is going up. But enjoy your sādhanā. And they said also, when you will love your sādhanā, when you will love and adore your path, in the same way in which you want to come to that aim, and you are adoring and loving the aim, then you will reach it.