Unity, love, forgiveness, and devotion
Unity is essential, especially in difficult times when the intellect tends toward destruction. When all power unites positively, it can transform the age. Humans possess a unique mind for processing information, yet awareness is often missing. True awareness must be present in all actions, from eating to meditation. Service and spiritual practice are incomplete without devotion and feeling. The mind is restless, not the soul. Do not be stuck in the future or past, but be present now. Unity is the thread, like devotion, that holds all together. A single branch breaks, but united we stand strong. Modern life fragments families, eroding love and shared space. To love others, one must first love and accept oneself without blame. The world is one family; all beings contain the divine. Protect righteousness, and it will protect you. Forgiveness is for one's own peace, releasing the inner grudge that consumes. Perform your duty without attachment to the outcome.
"When all the power comes together, they have the power to change Kali Yuga to Satya Yuga."
"Forgive them. It’s not for them, it’s for us. Because when we forgive them, it gives us that sense of peace."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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Guru kripa makes everything possible
The Guru's grace makes the impossible possible. Physical togetherness is ideal, but mental connection through shared focus, like viewing the moon, also unites us. The Guru fulfills wishes; what seems impossible becomes possible through this grace, as shown by weather changing for a gathering or a childless couple bearing children. The Guru principle is not a physical body but the supreme, immovable consciousness—pure wisdom and bliss beyond duality, the knower of all. Even divine incarnations like Rama and Krishna followed their Guru. We must guard our intellect from doubt and jealousy to advance spiritually. Our perception determines whether we see the holiness around us.
"Nothing is impossible for Mahāprabhujī. Nothing is impossible for God to do."
"Ekam nityaṁ vimalam achalam. Only the one truth of God. There is only one reality."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
DVD 551
In the home of the soul
Space builds beings, and beings build space.
A true ashram is a space for retreat and contemplation, enabling renewal of physical, mental, and social health. It fosters balance and leads toward self-realization. Yoga is the paramount method for this, requiring only the body, breath, and consciousness. It is the science of conscious movement and stillness, a road to original wholeness. A Guru is one who has cognized oneness, from which all arises and returns. Such beings live for others. The relationship between guru and disciple is supreme, pure, and meaningful. The guru's essence is what he is—Sat Chit Ānanda—and he serves to cure the disease of ignorance, which divides us from ourselves, others, and the divine. Sādhanā, the practice of yoga, is the source of strength to help others and ourselves. Liberation comes through knowledge and the Guru's grace.
"Yoga is the science and art of conscious movement. It is the science and art of conscious stillness."
"The essence of a guru is not what he says, not even what he does. The essence of a guru is what he is."
Filming locations: Jadan Ashram, Rajasthan, India.
DVD 171
Amrit Sagar
The bhajan Prakāś Puñj Amṛt Sāgar contains the whole cosmos. It was composed by Holī Gurujī in a brief span, capturing the entire universe. The first word Prakāś means light, the light of the Ātmā and Paramātmā. When a child is born, light enters the home. Puñj signifies a handful of light from realized saints. Amṛt kā Sāgar is the ocean of immortal nectar, filling the seven oceans and beyond. Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādhānī names the Lord as light, Viṣṇu, the supremely wealthy one who gives everything. The line Sare viśvame guñj rahī prabhukī amar kahānī declares the immortal story of the Lord resounds everywhere. Guñj is sound, transcendent knowledge, which is itself light. Learning this bhajan exactly requires no other practice. The nectar is peace, harmony, love flowing cosmically. All water is that nectar. The saint who gives this is forever present. Mahādhānī means giving without attachment. Even a thief taking everything does not diminish the giver, for God returns more. The immortal story is eternal. One who gives becomes a house of God.
"Prakāś Puñj Amṛt kā Sāgar, Śrī Dīp Harī Mahādhānī."
"Sare viśvame guñj rahī prabhukī amar kahānī."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
