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Good morning to everybody. It’s a beautiful day, Sunday, a day of the sun, Sūrya Nārāyaṇa. Sūrya is the sun. Sūrya has twelve different names, as the constellations change within 24 hours, and in these 12 hours, every different position of the Sun. For our Sun system, where we belong, the Sun is very important. Each and every sun ray has a very great effect on our planet. The very first sun rays, when the sun rises, are called uṣṇā. There are thousands of sun rays, but the very important one is the first one. If you can catch that first sun ray, it purifies a lot of negative energies. There is one system or practice called the sun food, where practitioners need no different kind of nourishment—no liquid and no solid nourishment, only the prāṇa and the sunlight. They used to put water in a copper pot. You all should have a copper pot at home, of at least a quarter-liter water capacity; if it is one liter or two liters, it’s okay. Exactly when you know the sun is going to rise, you drink that water. That water is known as Uṣā Pāna. Uṣā means that first sun ray. Uṣā is also one of the names for the Brahmamuhūrta, the dawn. There is a therapy, water therapy, and it does help; it’s not only a theory. Drink every morning a minimum of half a liter of water. If you can manage to drink one litre, it’s best. Drink that water from the copper pot, kept in your room at room temperature. In the morning, when you get up, just drink water first. Then walk in your room for five minutes. Of course, your sleeping room or apartment may not be big enough, but you can walk between your sleeping room and kitchen and toilet. Walk at least five to ten minutes. If you have a garden with grass, then walk five minutes on the grass without shoes and socks. If it is winter and there is snow, then just one minute; it depends on the temperature. This water therapy is a very, very old yogic therapy. It also comes in Āyurveda. So, Uṣā Pāna. Drinking that room temperature water, which is kept overnight, is best done from a copper pot. Drink as much as you can, using your willpower to drink more. Then walk, meaning some movements. You can walk in your room, in the garden, or up and down the staircase—Tāḍāsana. This therapy is very, very good, first of all, against high blood pressure. Try, please. It has been a great success for many people, and also for many stomach diseases. Those who often have headaches find this therapy helps very much. A problem is that many people don’t take enough liquid; they don’t drink enough. Normally, we should drink at least two to three liters of water. In a cold climate like here, at least two liters. Milk, juice, beer, and alcohol do not count as water. Milk and juice count as food. Pure water is what our body needs very much. This is morning therapy. The sun has a great meaning for our planet. No sun, and we will not survive; we will all turn into ice blocks. Therefore, in ancient times, and even now, people adored the sun. In the morning, you will see people stand in front of the sun in the water, in the Gaṅgā, or in the ocean, or in any river, or have water in a pot in their hands, looking at the sun and offering the water. This is not something of blind faith. It is scientific. That’s why in Vedic Dharma or Hindu religion, Sanātana Dharma, Celtic Dharma, and old religions, old traditions—all the tribes, cultures, may you call the American Indians, Maya culture, Maoris, Aborigines, Africans, everywhere—they worship the sun. Because the sun is God for our planet. God is that which gives us life. God is that through which one takes care of our life, and so it is the sun. That sun is for everyone, because God is for everyone. The sun rises for all, every creature, every plant, every blade of grass, every animal and every human. The sun doesn’t need any corruption. You can’t say, "I give the sun so much money, so come more to my country," or use political power. No. The sun has its time, and it knows when to rise and when to set. When praying and looking toward the sun, the morning light is very gentle and falls on our body. That has a healing power that gives you nourishment. What to do when in the winter the sun is not visible? Go to India, on the bank of the Ganga, where every day the sun rises. Even if you don’t see the sun, where we are living on this earth, in that territory, in that area, there is already the sun above. Even above the clouds or fogs, it is there. That light you cannot hide. It is a therapy for us. Now, the soul, the soul which enters this planet, the jīvātmā, is manifested through this sunlight. It is through the sunlight that life comes into the vegetation. And that life, which is all through the vegetation, travels into the seeds—any kind of seeds, maybe grass seeds, plants, or creatures. That is the sunlight, and therefore it’s called Sunday, the day of the sun. On this day of the sun, more people were looking and praying. Otherwise, there is no other meaning. It is not a political meaning or a religious meaning, but it is from Vedic Dharma. But Vedic Kāla, Vedic time, Celtic time, and many other tribes know this. Through this, in Christianity, after Christianity came, they also accepted this Sunday as the day for prayers, but it is said not only on Sunday. You should pray every day. Every day is a Sunday. Is there any day when there is no sunrise? Is there only sunrise once a week? No. Every day. But this day was dedicated to the sun god, who had white horses and a beautiful chariot. You all know when the sun is moving from south to north. The day when the sun goes uttarāyaṇa, meaning moving to the north, then all the people on the north side begin to celebrate. That we call Makara Saṅkrānti. Makara is that sun in a particular day’s constellation moving towards north. That’s the day when people pray and bathe, or even take the holy bath in the Gaṅgā. So the sun is the source of this creation. The sunlight is very important. There were some people who could understand that they could catch a particular sun ray and make, from cotton through that particular sun ray, a diamond. This is written in the Vedas, and there were some people who did this. The mystery of the universe is indescribable, but it is said in the Vedas and in the Hindu literature of Sanātana Dharma: Anant Brahmāṇḍa, endless universe. Śāstra Sūrya and thousands of suns, all in this one universe, but we belong to this. In the Lilāmṛt, Gurujī says, and there is one book from one Indian who wrote his experiences, I think, "My Experiences," or what is called "From Mr. Divine Perceptions," he had a direct connection to Mahāprabhujī, Krishna, and so on. He said, "To come to Brahmaloka, the only door is through the sun, and that sun is Devapurījī. And on the door is Mahāprabhujī. So if you approach Mahāprabhujī, you will come to Brahmaloka. No one can stop you. There is no magic and energy, or anything blackmailing or anything, that can make obstacles." But you know, there are rare people who have these experiences. What is with us? We don’t know, and we don’t believe in the words of masters. What should God do with us? We don’t know, and we don’t believe. What should God do? So either we should believe, accept, or we know. One of these things we should do. So today is Sunday. Why this day is chosen is because of the sun god, and the sun god is an ancient belief in all humans. It is not only the humans, but you will see all the birds and animals, when the sun is rising, looking and sitting to the sun side, to the light side, and, of course, for the light temperature. Very important things are sound and light. There is a therapy, sound and light. The light therapy is a color therapy, different colors. You know, there are some people who like this color, others like that color. But now, many people are depressed. Why? This is another reason. Because now many people are manipulated by fashion and color. Let’s say this year is a green color. Someone doesn’t like green at all; he’s allergic to green. Now his wife comes home with green hair, green cloth, green lipstick, green nails, green handbag, green stockings, green shoes, and a green belt for a watch. Because it’s a green trend. That man, who is depressive, of course loves his wife, but she doesn’t understand. He doesn’t understand why he is depressed. He is completely depressed. This lady had only one green set of the dress. Sooner or later, she had to go to the laundry. So she took a white dress and came home. The husband was somehow getting better; his depression was disappearing, like sunrise and the fog disappears. But some are allergic to the white color. Therefore, we cannot tell everyone to do only this. If we tell everybody, "Only eat spaghetti," nothing else—my God, can you imagine? We must have salt, we must have butter on it, we must have parmesan or cheese on it, and nice spices, and nice tomato sauce with oregano on it. I’m hungry, you know. Then it’s okay, but to say only spaghetti, that’s hard. Sometimes young girls have problems. Young couples get a child, and they read that in spinach there is a lot of iron. The small child, poor child, they always feed it with spinach. The mother gives the spinach spoon, spinach in the mouth, and the child is making a face. But that mother still doesn’t understand. She takes everything with a spoon and eats it again. Again, the child is doing so much because the child cannot say no. She says, "You will be strong." And then I read in the newspaper that there is actually not so much iron in spinach. The young mother got depression. My God, I was forcing my child. Therefore, who are we to judge someone? And who are we to force someone? Let it naturally develop. Of course, there should be ethical principles. Of course, there should be human rights. Of course, there should be love among humans and towards animals. We shall respect nature. But things which ancient times developed are very scientific, and you need not prove anything. So, the sun is the sun; no light can be compared with the sun. Our Jīvātmā, the light of our soul, is the sun. And that’s it. It will merge into the Brahman through this light. So, Uṣṇāyī Pānī, Jal Uṣṇāyī, Jal Uṣṇāyī, Uṣāpāna—it’s called Uṣā Pāna. Pāna means to drink; Pāna means to accept. So, drink this Uṣā Pānī water in the morning. Do it for three months continuously, and then tell me, please, in the next meeting, what kind of benefit you received or how you feel. So, light and sound, then vāyu and jal—air and water. This is very important: then space and earth. These are the five elements. Our body is made of these five elements. Therefore, we must treat it through the elements, through the sun. The sun is now moving back to the south, moving from north to south. This time is significant for us. It is like an inhalation, a withdrawal, and this affects every soul, every creature. That is why this particular time of year is called Pitṛ Pakṣa. Pitṛ means ancestors, and Pakṣa is the period, the time, the month or fortnight. All beings, whether human or animal, are somehow directed towards the light of the sun. They should move into the sun. But some cannot and remain in darkness, especially the human soul. Humans have very strong karma. Humans have saṃskāras, educations, many ceremonies, and many situations in life. The human soul has a hard time. Human life is hard on this planet, and also in the astral world. No one is to be blamed—only we humans. We are guilty for ourselves. It is only our way of thinking. Thinking can change a lot. When the soul leaves the body, the body is gone, but the soul remains in this space. The soul has a relation to the generations. You have a connection to 27 generations. After that, you are free from this connection or relation with your father and mother. This period of 27 is one cycle, and that one cycle for us is one month. That one month means the moon changes; there is no month for the sun. The sun is constant. The moon changes phases, and so emotion, the period, is connected to the moon. Kṛṣṇa said that through the moonlight, He enters into the vegetation as nectar, as sweetness. But through the sun, He enters as a soul, as light, into the vegetation. So, directly or indirectly, you have a duty towards your ancestors to pray and perform ceremonies so that their souls attain freedom, liberation. Normally, every human has five different kinds of debt in life which must be repaid sooner or later. The first is to the mother, Mātṛ Ṛṇa. It does not matter how your mother is; every mother is the best mother. No mother is a bad mother, except in cases of mental illness. We do not understand the mother; we have forgotten her. How was it? Where were you? Who received you? She kept you in her own body, protected you, fed you with her own body, gave you birth, and looked after you afterward. It does not matter whether human or animal. The love of a mother for the child—only the mother knows; nobody else knows, not even the child. We owe something to our mother, and that debt can never be fully repaid. As much as your mother took care of you during pregnancy and after, you should try to help your mother in return. In this way, you can make your karma a little less. Therefore, it is said: Tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva, tvameva bandhuś ca sakhā tvameva; tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva, tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva. "You alone are my mother and father, you alone are my relative and friend, you alone are my knowledge and wealth, you are everything, O Lord of lords." So, first, turn towards the mother. What can we do? Help her, and at the end of her life, we should perform a ceremony, which we do a lot. Funerals are very well organized according to religions and cultures—Christians (of different kinds), Muslims (of different kinds), Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists (who are also Hindus). The main dharma is only one, Sanātana Dharma, and all others are branches. But it means, religion or no religion, humans have a final ceremony, and that is a special ceremony. The second debt is towards the father. Mother and father are equal for us. If the father were not here, you would not be here. If the father is here but the mother is not, you are also not here. With one hand, you cannot make a sound; you need a cheek from someone to make a sound. So both father and mother are essential. We have the same obligation to take care of and perform ceremonies for the father. Then comes the debt to the ācārya, your teacher, who taught you anything. Without learning, without any wisdom, humans are like animals. How hard was it for you to write the alphabet "A"? How you were holding the pen, and your mother and father said, "Oh, beautiful." Also, your driving teacher—always be thankful to your driving teacher so you can comfortably come home. We learn from nature; we learn from everyone. That is why we say: when you drink milk from a goat, buffalo, or cow, the milk is a mother. Do not disrespect that milk, for it is your mother. That is why we say, "The holy cow is the holy mother." Those who do not respect and acknowledge this have their own problem, and they will suffer. Then it is called Deva Ṛṇa. Deva here means the elements: the fire element, water element, air element, earth element. These elements are very, very important for us. What can be God more than this? It is our life. "God, Lord, you are my life." But where have you seen Him sitting? Even when He came, He had to adopt the five elements. So, oh man, do not pollute and do not destroy these elements. We have an obligation. How can we pay back our debt? Keep them pure. Do not pollute. Respect. Respect trees, respect nature, respect other creatures. That is dharma, that is your duty. Your body is the temple of your dharma, and the core of the dharma is your jīvātmā. Then comes the debt to the ṛṣis, towards the holy saints, towards your guru. All the holy saints who wrote the holy scriptures—that is called guruvākya. If they had not written these things, I do not know where humans would be today. How great they were! How wide their thinking was! Their thoughts were of sustainable development. What those ṛṣis spoke and what God created is sustainable. Our grandparents had more knowledge than we do. Maybe they did not go to school, but they had more knowledge. I heard day before yesterday or yesterday in Pula that in one hour, in one square meter, 163 liters of water fell. Now the village is underwater, but they have a canalization. They made a bridge, but that was not sustainable. They did not think it could overflow. But our ancestors did not make a bridge, so they were not underwater; everything was flowing. Sustainable development means to stop all this technology that manipulates our planetary system, to become more natural, and to let it be free. All these many highways and bridges, cutting all the forests, and using pesticides—this is not sustainable. Modern technology cannot bring sustainability. In the last few days, the United Nations has been talking and having conferences about sustainable development. The people sitting in the United Nations and talking—your great-grandfather and Babička should be sitting there. They could tell them how to make a sustainable Earth because they are more connected to Mother Earth. Who is sitting there? They are connected to papers and notes. It is easy to talk, but to take care of this planet, you have to go and feel the planet, work with it with your hands. Sustainability must first enter our brain. Who created this planet? That One was the best. That One made this planet a sustainable planet. Why, at that time, was there no question about sustainability, and why now is there a question? So, who manipulated? Who disrupts the humans and therefore the greed of the humans? All cities are expanding. There was a time when one family house held the whole family—three married brothers, sisters, grandparents, parents, dogs, cows, all in one house. Now, even boys and girls who are not married want their own flat, and you are talking about sustainability. Everyone has become selfish. Where will the flat come from? Where will it be? We are taking everything from the earth. Therefore, sustainability means knowing your limitation and reducing your needs. Minimize your needs, and try to look back to nature and come to nature. Do not run behind fashion. How many dresses do you have at home? How many shoes? For what? You have only two legs. Okay, one pair of shoes for winter and one for summer. But many people need a complete room only for shoes. This is not only a problem of having a room; the problem will be when you die, and the person who inherits everything does not know what to do with your shoes. So many things. Try to minimize, minimize, and come to nature. But we run behind fashion, and this fashion has destroyed it. People have become so poor, especially ladies. When they go to the office, they are so poor—they do not have one meter of cloth around them. Everything is minimized. Do not minimize your cloth like that; there you should be generous. Have a good, nice, long dress. You see, upside down: men have long jeans, and ladies are minimizing. I try to be generous, you know, and that is why my skin is very healthy. I do not apply a lot of cream every day: morning cream, lunch cream, evening cream, night cream. Cotton cloth and natural. Anyhow, we are coming to Pitṛpakṣa. There are ceremonies you can and should do for your parents. In every religion, there is a ceremony, and it should be done exactly. Otherwise, it happens that when the soul leaves the body, the attachment relation between parent and child is gone. Do you know what a pizza is? Eating pizza with a cheese called Emmentaler—when you cut a slice of pizza and pull it, the cheese comes with it like this. One piece remains on the plate, and the second goes up, and after a while, it breaks. This cheese is the attachment between child and parents. It has a limitation to a certain level of the universe, and then it breaks. After that, you still have a soul relation. That soul comes because it wants to go further, to liberation. But, in normal words, for that soul, the door is closed; it cannot go further. Your children have to perform a ceremony for you to go further. If you have not done that, it comes and becomes a disturbance in your family. In certain houses, no one is happy. Very soon, husband and wife begin to quarrel. Children do not feel well at home; they are waiting to go out. Many things—these are disturbing energies there. When you perform the Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa ceremony, they are liberated. They go further, and then suddenly peace appears. Mutual understanding appears. Love appears. Harmony comes because everything changes in that atmosphere. That ceremony should be performed by your religious leader—we call him a Paṇḍit; you may call him a priest—and it should be very scientific. Next year, or sometimes, Vivek Purī will have one paṇḍit, so those interested can have ceremonies performed. Afterward, you will see how things change in your life—in business life, health, family relations, and social relations. But do not expect a miracle to happen; I cannot promise you, but something good will happen. Of course, when you have a funeral for your parents or anyone, a priest comes, performs a ceremony; you go to the church, temple, or synagogue and make prayers. Now it is Pitṛ Pakṣa. The same occurs in the month of November according to Christianity, too. All are more or less at the same time, and this is all connected to the sun. So the sun is very, very important and of great significance for us. The rest we will do next time. There is a question: when at a crossroads in life, how do you make a decision? How do you choose between two different options? Do you use your emotion or intuition? Or do you wait for a sign? I have no crossroads. I have a very straight road; they put it as "bala no cross," so no crossroads come. When crossroads come, there is always direction. When there is no direction, there is a guide. When there is no guide, then there is one prayer. In the name of God, you make your decision. Or wait. Wait. No problem, wait. One life, two lives—wait. Then you are sure, secure. Do not move left and right; stay there. Then the wind will come and take you. A leaf falls from the branch, and the wind blows it away. This separation—when will it come together again? Together. It will fall in the far distance. Destiny will take you, so do not overthink intellectually. But there is no crossroads without direction. So go straight. Just let us go. Thank you. God has given me this life... Arpan kardu duniya bharka sab pyaar tumhare hāthoṁ meṁ, Ab somp diyā iss jīvan kā sab bhār tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ... Jo jag meṁ rahūṁ to aise rahūṁ, jo jal meṁ kamal kā phool rahe. Mere sab guṇ-doṣ samar-pitā ho, Bhagavān tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ. Sab vār tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ, ab somp diyā is. Jab jab mānav kā janam mile, tab tab charanoṁ kā pūjārī banū. Is pūjā kī ik ik rāg kā khotar tumhāre charanoṁ meṁ ab somp diyā. Iss jīvan kā sab bhār tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ ab somp diyā. Iss jīvan kī jīt tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ. Har tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ, khel jīt tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ, aur har tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ, ab somp diyā is jīvan kā. Ab somp diyā iss jīvan kā. Jab jab sansār kā khelī banū, niṣkām bhāv se karma karū... Then, at the end of time, I will live my life in your hands. Ab somp diyā is jīvan kā sab bhār tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ. Mujh meṁ tujh meṁ bas bhed yahīṁ, maiṁ na rahūṁ tum na raho. Mujh meṁ tujh meṁ bas bhed yahīṁ, tū sansār ke hāthoṁ meṁ, sansār tumhāre hāth. Main hūṁ sansār ke hāthoṁ meṁ, sansār kare, abh somp diyā iss jīvan kā sab bhār tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ. Abh somp diyā iss jīvan kā sab bhār tumhāre hāthoṁ meṁ. Then victory is in your hands, and defeat is in your hands. Some people are leaving this noon. Some have today’s birthday, some have tomorrow’s birthday, and some have Tuesday’s birthday, so we can compromise until Tuesday. Those who have Wednesday’s birthday should come back. For those who are going, we wish you a good journey and look forward to seeing you again on the 2nd of October. It is Non-Violence Day, declared by the United Nations in honor of Gandhijī. We will have an evening prayer on the beach. During the day, there will be a talk about non-violence. Anyone who would like to talk about non-violence, please write something and prepare yourself. Announce that you will talk about non-violence. Maximum time is 10 minutes. If there are fewer speakers, you have more time; if more, we will minimize the time. In the evening, at seven o’clock at sunset, we will be on the beach with candles. I think it is exactly ten years since we began peace prayers here on the coast. We had a multi-religious peace prayer in Slovenia, in the park, in Croatia, and in Austria. But you people did not continue; you should have continued. Now it is declared by the United Nations—one day a year as a day of peace, on the 21st of September. So wherever you are, whether you have the World Peace Tree we planted or anywhere in your yoga center or a park, if you can organize a peace prayer under the name of yoga and death, life, or Śrī Svāmī Madhavānandajī World Peace Council. We have to become active, unless you do not want peace, of course. So, I wish that you could come and join us, and I wish you all the best.