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The Path of Humility and Example

The path is shown through personal example, not words. Teaching without a guru's lineage leads to ego and slipping away. Remember "Nāhaṁkartā, Prabhudīpakartā"—you are not the doer. If surroundings view yoga poorly, the fault lies with the practitioner's example, not others. Changing others is impossible; change yourself and your life becomes the lesson. Fanaticism arises from limited knowledge. True practice is living the teachings, like non-violence or cleanliness, otherwise words lose all power. Appreciate the grace of the guru's physical presence; this is living within the divine play. A spiritual retreat is a withdrawal from worldly ambitions, not just a remote location. Commitment to one path and master is essential to reach the goal; wandering brings only confusion. Human intellect creates concepts of God and beauty that lead to conflict and dissatisfaction. The ever-perfect, universal God is manifest in all creation. Life's quality depends on thought; selfish thinking breeds suffering. See yourself as a citizen of the universe, inherently rich and blissful.

"The only thing we can do is change ourselves."

"God is that which has only love, understanding, and everlasting beauty of nature."

Filming location: Umag, Croatia

Part 1: The Path of Example: Living Yoga in Daily Life Hari Om, dear friends. It is always difficult to speak when Swāmījī is physically here with us. We know all the time that Swāmījī is somewhere close, that he always listens to what we say. Yet we are very happy; it is a beautiful chance and our great luck to have Swāmījī here physically to lead us, guide us, and show us our mistakes. Often, people teach yoga and give lectures without the background of their guru paramparā. For them, it is then easy to slip from the path. What does slipping away mean? It is beautiful when people listen to you, and in that situation, it is easy to think of your own greatness. But the greatest greatness you can see is in Swāmījī himself. Even as that great personality, he always says he is only the postman. At every hour, at every situation and crossing on our path, we can say, "Nāhaṁkartā." Here are many yoga teachers. We all know one of the most important points in giving lessons on Yoga in Daily Life is "Nāhaṁkartā, Prabhudīpakartā." Every hour, every action, every time we stand before practitioners, every time we teach yoga, we must be aware that it is not we who are doing this. Even if you are not a teacher, it is equally important to show by your own example. What you do and how you do it matters, and you must do it with that naham kartā prabhu dīpa feeling. Remember, when you have children, they are never to blame. The only one to blame is the parent. If children do not behave properly, we cannot say the children are guilty; the parents are the ones who taught them. In the same way, if our surroundings do not have a positive opinion about yoga, it is not their mistake—it is ours. We are the ones creating their vision of yoga. A joke illustrates how we sometimes behave. A man got an audience with the Pope because he had converted to Christianity. The Pope usually receives people only briefly, but this man stayed a long time. After half an hour, the cardinals went to see what was happening. They heard from inside the Pope saying, "I am also a Christian." What does this mean? The person who changed his faith was so forceful that he tried to convince everyone already deeply within it. This happens, and it becomes fanaticism. The less knowledge we have, the more we behave as if we know everything. Understanding what Swāmījī said today—that one foundation, which is in fact the sacramental dharma, regardless of what others call it—is our goal. Our understanding, and what we should impart, is to comprehend what sacramental dharma truly means. Then comes tolerance and understanding for others, and we do not behave like that. If we behave correctly, parents often ask how children can start doing jalāneti. Only in one way: by you doing it every day yourself. The child will see you, become interested, and ask to do it himself. Thus, he will start practicing yoga. If we practice yoga, we need not ask how our children, family, or surroundings will start. Automatically, they will change. Swāmījī asked today how many years Vishnupuri would be now. I remember when we both became vegetarians, a little before we met Swāmījī for the first time. People where he worked laughed at his vegetarianism because he was quite bulky, enjoyed drinking, and liked to eat much. But when he became vegetarian and practiced daily, all his friends became sicker, and he grew healthier. After a few years, little by little, when alone with him, they would ask, "What is this about your diet? What are you practicing?" That is the answer. How can we change our surroundings? We cannot. We can only change ourselves. When I started quite young, people asked me after some time, "You are still doing your things?" It was funny. Now, after nearly 30 years, they ask, "How are you still alive? You are still walking?" It is important that what we want to give or tell others about yoga, we can only do through our own example. I recall a lady with lung cancer who smoked heavily. After her operation, the doctor advised her to stop smoking, but on his desk was an ashtray full of extinguished cigarettes. For her, it was funny to hear this from such a person. Similarly, when we speak about ahiṃsā but are far from it, we are not behaving like ahiṃsā. When we speak on cleanliness or any subject without showing it by example, people can only think, "Look at yourself first." Also, if you speak about vegetarianism, dietary habits, non-violence, and ahiṃsā, the first question they will ask is, "What kind of shoes do you have?" If you have leather shoes, what can you tell them? With this, you lose authority and the strength of your speech; everything you said goes into the wind. If we speak of something we have not experienced ourselves, there is no power in it, and we cannot speak about it. Thank God we have Swāmījī. When someone asks a question you cannot answer—and there are many, as Swāmījī said today, you must know your own limitations—you can tell them, "Look, you have webcasting, you have seminars. There you can hear many good things and ask questions." We do not realize in what kind of miracle and wonderland we live. We all read Līlā Amṛt and think, "Look how it was like that then; this is not happening to me." But we are actually living in Līlā Amṛt. Just think how many things have happened in your life. Perhaps we would not even be here physically, not to mention other things. An example: half a year ago, a disciple from the Zagreb Ashram came to the Ashram. She was happy because a miracle happened to her. She had the greatness to recognize it. Nothing appeared before her—no personality, no powder, no dust. Her nephew, not a yoga practitioner, once saw Swāmījī’s picture in her house. Later, walking in the city, he saw a very large picture of Swāmījī standing by a wall as if to be thrown away. He took it, cleaned it, and gave it to her as a gift. She said, "Swāmījī appeared in my house." What is the probability that someone would pass by, see that picture, take it, and bring it to his aunt, a yoga instructor? Very little. Yet we sometimes do not see such things. We are already spoiled. We have Swāmījī here physically; we can come and ask questions. But we must appreciate that, value it, have a feeling for it, and then we will know we are living in Līlā Amṛt. Just being here with Swāmījī is enough. Maybe 200 people remain now, as others have left due to the work week ahead. Two hundred people are here with the living master, Swāmījī. You do not know how many people would be so happy and give everything just to be like you here. Think of our friends from the Sai group. They take lottery numbers to be in a queue, hoping to see Sāī Bābā. I admire them. If Swāmījī does not see or notice us, what do we do? We fall into depression. How would we endure in other circumstances? I also admire our friends from Hare Kṛṣṇa. We go to the peace tree for prayer, and many people come. Imagine if you had to sell books and everyone shut the door, thinking, "Oh, who is that?" Or our summer yoga classes in parks—some teachers were embarrassed to teach in the city center. Imagine walking and singing bhajans and kīrtans in the middle of town. We can say we are spoiled, too much spoiled. Think when you open the fridge and say, "Oh, there is nothing to eat," but the fridge is full. Anandi and I joke that, thank God, we no longer have a problem; we know what we will wear in the morning. All sannyāsīs know we do not have to think about matching colors. When you go to a shop, you just look for the orange color and go in that direction. If you see different symbols or something on clothes, you know they are unusable. Swāmījī spoke today about garments. You cannot imagine what a release it is not to have that problem. I am still a Balkanian in my soul, so I did not have that problem before, but I understand. One piece of cloth may cost 20 or 30 euros. Consider how much others spend on garments. Also, the Falahārī diet. You cannot imagine how much this releases on one side. In the end, you know you cannot eat anything outside. You also have little vṛttis in your head, even with the haircut. I watched an opera show dedicated to the hair of Afro-American women. I was surprised how much money they spend to straighten their hair—around 30-40 thousand US dollars per year. A comedian made a whole movie about it. He laughed and said, "What do you think how many white ladies spend on their haircut?" In one moment, you see everybody has the same hair color. Most do not even know what color their hair was at birth because by 12 or 13, they start dyeing it. When we speak about sustainable development, as Swāmījī did today, are these things needed? Of course, we have to look nice. But when you read books on prāṇāyāma, it is said that with prāṇāyāma you become more beautiful. I often say this in yoga classes to make people eager to practice. Then you explain why. It is said that until the age of twenty-five, you are beautiful because of nature. After that, whether you are beautiful or ugly depends on what is inside you. You can see some people become more beautiful and others more ugly with age. This shows your inner world and feelings. If you constantly have negative thoughts and feelings inside, look at your facial expression—it is not madhurī mudrā. All internal organs are squeezed, and slowly we look like the witches pictured before. Many things can lie, but eyes cannot. When we speak of beauty and look in the mirror, see how your eyes look. Inside may be sad, but we act as if it is beautiful. Therefore, always remember Gurujī. However he was dressed, whichever cap or glasses he had, you would see that beauty in him. When he sang bhajans—I was not so much with Gurujī—you would notice that kind of movement, that beauty and happiness radiating to everyone. You may not know Hindi, but you can see it. Then we come and speak about beauty and yoga. You understand. So the only thing we can do is change ourselves. But unfortunately, in our collective unconscious, we have one problem: the idea that spirituality should be hurting, that we must suffer. In one of my yoga classes, a lady said she should put on a stone shoe to feel the pain of the world's hunger. Thank God she was intelligent enough to say goodbye to that system. Always some suffering. Also, the longer we are in yoga, the more we think we should suffer. But have you ever seen Gurujī suffering? In all videos and photos, everywhere, there is happiness. We should try to free ourselves from thinking we must suffer and look like simple, small men. We are not that kind of people. Ātmā is the same as Paramātmā, and we should not say this is a small nobody. But here is another trap: we start to think we are great. Remember the story Swāmījī told about a crow sitting on top of a temple. We must always be aware of "Nāhaṁkartā, Prabhudīpakartā." Truly, our path is on the edge of a razor blade. On one side, we can fall by thinking how great we are. On the other, we can suffer by thinking we are nobody, poor, and bad. Therefore, we must be aware of who we are, but always think we are not the great one. Rāvaṇa is an example; he thought he was great and greater than God. He achieved many things, but one thing in a person's thinking, and things go the wrong way. Similarly, if we constantly think we are not good, bad, like nothing, we slowly become like that. Try to appreciate that we actually live in Līlā Amṛt, that we live such a life, that we have Swāmījī’s presence for nine days, and over the summer for five weeks in such closeness. No matter if we are like a metal spoon into which taste cannot enter, still something will enter. In summer, we had him for five weeks. It does not matter what metal the spoon is made of; something will be left on it. The only problem is that when we return home, we have such strong cleaning agents in our houses that all the honey goes away. That is the only problem. One more interesting thing: when we started organizing bigger seminars, Swāmījī said we should all be together under one roof. Why not find cheaper accommodation outside? Not everything is about money. When we are all together, we are in one kind of aura of that energy. It would not even be nice to go outside to Umag for shopping during this program. Why not? We would help Croatia's economy by spending money. But the moment you go outside in your car, you will see how vṛttis start to work in your head. It is interesting: whenever you are somewhere with Swāmījī, in that area you have one kind of thinking. Then you go a little away, go home, answer phones, see other things, and start thinking in another direction. Things start to change. That is why we call it a retreat—you go somewhere away. What do you think when you hear "retreat"? Before, when you heard "guru," you might have thought of a skinny fellow with a long beard. When we hear "retreat," we think of a remote place with nobody else but us, with special conditions and diet. But it is not a retreat from things of that type; it is a retreat from our worldly ambitions. When we are here with Swāmījī, we have one idea, one thought, one feeling in ourselves, and that is what slowly changes us. Perhaps the most important thing is not what we hear during the lecture or whether we note it down. But be conscious, be present, and be concentrated on what is going on. This is what will change us. Knowing a lot of theory is nothing. I remember when I started yoga, I went to many different lectures in places like libraries. Many intelligent people spoke interesting things, and other clever people asked clever questions. I admired them. I was 15 or 16 years old. Part 2: The Danger of Spiritual Wandering And then, after a few years, it happened that I was giving some lectures in the same places. I saw the same people asking the same questions. So, what happened in those 10–15 years? Except for some mental exercise, there was nothing else. They looked the same, the same unhappy people as before. And, of course, they were running away from any guru, because that’s the place where the change in them would happen. Our ego will always give us the chance to go into spirituality, because there also our ego becomes bigger, for spiritual ego is also something big. But that moment when we have our guru, and he cuts off a little bit of the branches of our ego, then we say, "I need to go on some other path." It’s all the same. It all goes in the same direction. And then what happens? You know the story about the person who spent 40 years going from one guru to another, only to be disappointed at the end. He came back to the first one and said, "It’s all just selling of nothing. All your preaching is just that you can live comfortably." And that guru agreed and said, "Yes, you are right. But in seven days, I will teach you everything." Then every day he gave him a task: to dig a well in a different place. On the seventh day, that man came to him and said, "If I had dug all the time at one place, then I would have come to water. But now you have the whole garden full of holes." And that was the problem. If you were in one place, you would reach your aim. And that is the danger, which is another one that comes when we say everything is the same, but I stay on one path. We should know that it’s all the same, but we should stay at one place. Not in the way that we should lead wars, declaring that only one way is the right way. But we should give everybody a chance, that they have their own way, and this is my own way. Because, you know what is the problem with Swāmījī? When we close our eyes and we want to visualize Swāmījī, which picture? And when you have to visualize Devpurījī, we have only one picture. We all have such an experience. That’s why we should make one film with Swāmijī. And think, if you have five or six mantras, which mantra to repeat? You start with the first, and you finish with the fifth. So, in a moment when you want to call for help, what is the first thing that you will call? Not now, when we are aware and conscious, of course, we would say Mahāprabhujī. But when it’s real danger, what will be the first? And when we have many things, it’s not the problem that we should be the members of one party, because one party will be angry with another one because of that. No, we will be confused, and that’s where we are losing. And that is the thing when you say you should have one path and one master for your life. Swamijī often says that a self-realized person is like a tree. If the birds are coming, they are welcome. The tree is neither happy nor sad because of that. And the same way, if they go. But only the birds have the benefit of that. If they, in one moment, don’t know on which tree to land, they will be tired, and they will come down to the ground, and then the cat will come and eat them. And that’s why it is important to have one path, one idea, one thought, and then we will reach our aim. I hope that Swamiji has drunk his tea. And Swamijī will continue with satsaṅg. I would not like to take more of the time, of the precious time that we are here with Swamijī. Say, "Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān, Aki, Jai." Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān, Aki, Jai. Blessings. Blagoslov to all of you. Svima Vama. Blessings of Mahāprabhujī, Devapurījī, Gurujī. Blagoslov Mahāprabhujī, Devapurījī, Gurujī. Today is a very blessed, divine evening. This morning I told you something about what Sunday means, and many people are thinking, "Why is Sunday a holiday?" It’s not that you must go to the temple; it’s a day for family. But actually, what is Sunday? It’s a day of the sun. And it’s coming from the Vedic Dharma, Vedic religion: to believe in the sun god. And that’s why Sunday means believing, praying to the sun god. But God is a question for humans. It’s the human intellect that has created God. And where the human intellect creates something, it’s never equal. It’s always conflict, always fighting. So the God which is born out of the human mind, human intellect, will always be a problem. Because what I think, you don’t think that. And what you think, others don’t think like that. Vivek Purī spoke many things: yoga for beauty, how to be beautiful. But the beauty is also a creation of the human mind. Did you ever hear that rabbits are sitting together and talking about beauty? Are the pigs and cows talking about beauty? So no creature is thinking like that. They are happy, they are content, as they are. That’s most beautiful. But what the human mind has created is complicated. Very complicated, and the problem is that we are never happy, never happy. Every day we try to do different things. So the beauty is a creation of our mind, from human selfishness, for human greed to satisfy, and that can never be. Sooner or later, we will be disappointed. There was one shop, a cosmetic shop, its name was "Ever Beautiful", but it was very expensive, very good, but it’s very expensive, so people think it’s good. There are some names in the same factory manufacturing things, but putting the tag of some company. Someone told me the best surgery instrument, the best quality, is made in Pakistan. But the Germans, they want to put their stamp on it. So, due to the name of Germany, they are expensive salt. And locally, salt is the same instrument, but very cheap. So we are thinking something that is expensive must be exclusive. And, of course, they are exclusive. Sometimes, it is very exclusive. It is said the cheaper one cries always. An expensive one cries only once. But that once is forever. Cheaper one is time to time, so the shop, most beautiful, everlasting beauty. So there was one lady, sorry, ladies. If there will be no women in the world, human, human ladies, the modern economy will collapse. Thanks to ladies, that economy is up, and that’s why everywhere in magazines, newspapers, posters, televisions, everywhere, they are mostly advertising with the women. Because they are beautiful, but men don’t mind. They let the women go first. But the problem is that they are beautiful, but they are still not satisfied. More expensive. They go to more expensive therapy. So one lady, she used to go to that expensive cosmetic shop and tell them, "Which is the best perfume? Please give me. It doesn’t matter how much money it costs. The best shampoo." Every day she used to get something new that came on the market. She would like to be beautiful. Why not? Good husband, good-hearted husband, and rich husband. Lucky woman, but how long? She can make him bankrupt. Doesn’t matter. So, you know, one day that lady went to a beautiful shop. And she said, "Today I am going to a party and I want to have the most beautiful hair. Is there some shampoo which is very exclusive?" So in the shop, there was some salesman who was a new employee; he had no experience, and he said, "Yes, there is one shampoo which is very exclusive for your hair. Before going to a party, one and a half hours before going to the party, you should wash your hair. Or one hour before." The man did not know all about shampoos. So he gave her one bottle, very expensive. If it is cheaper, she would not buy it. Nothing below 5,000 euros. Quantity doesn’t matter. She took the shampoo and went home. And one hour before, she went under the shower, and she took the shampoo and washed her hair, then water. All hair? It was hair removal shampoo. There was a written "hair removal, long-lasting shampoo." She was very happy. She was crying. Long, long,... because it took time to grow the hair. So, beauty or not beauty is in our mind. She couldn’t go to the party because the market was closed, so she couldn’t buy the peruke. Only one option: turban. So God is created out of the human’s mind. And that God will ever bring the fighting, conflict. My God, your God, their God, our God. God is not that one which we define as a God. God is that which has only love, understanding, and everlasting beauty of nature. So, if you ask somebody, "Do you believe in God?" "Yes." "Which God do you believe?" "The living God." "Which living God?" "The one who is living now. Where? Everywhere. In you, in me, in ants, in elephants, in everyone." O God, beautiful, O God, beautiful, O God, beautiful. In the mountains and the forest, In the meadows and the desert, O God, beautiful. In the ocean and the lakes, In the rivers, And in the rain, O God, beautiful. In the flowers and the fruits, In the corn. And the juice in the birds and animals, in humans, O God, beautiful. On the earth, in the sky, and the moon and sun and the stars, O God, beautiful. That is a living God. And the day when the human will realize this one God, the universal God, that Brahman, then there will be no fighting; otherwise, we will always have a problem. So that’s why it is said the man-made world is perfect only for a time being, but the God-made world is ever perfect. We live now more in the man-made world. And the man-made world is not everlasting. And that’s why humans are suffering. Humans always have some change. They like to change. When they have nothing to change, then they begin to change in nature. So they manipulated the fruits, the grains, the seeds, where it was necessary, so that all the seeds are manipulated. The farmers had their own seeds for the field. There was no need to buy the seeds, but now you have to buy the seeds. Animals are also manipulated. And humans, long ago, everything was manipulated. And so, man-made world, man-made thoughts, man-made God, man-made religion, they are all subject to conflict. So we should not let ourselves be manipulated, but we should believe there is God. And if then God is here, not somewhere else, all other planets, they are dry. What will God do there? There are no flowers, no water, no people. Boring. Why should he sit on the moon? What should he do there? Not even their glass of beer there. The poor God. So God is on our planet. God is living with us. And we are with Him. That is the beauty. So beautiful or ugly, it is our thoughts that we think like that. But other creatures don’t think that way. So what God has created is beautiful itself. Only we are so selfish, and we are so changeable; always we try to look at different things. That’s why you don’t get Self-Realization now. If you get Self-Realization today, tomorrow, you will say, "I don’t want this." You will search for something different. What will happen then? God knows what to do. He doesn’t give you Self-Realization so quickly. God put the honey on the elbows. Honey of self-realization. So, if you want, you can taste your honey here. So, imagine you have honey on your elbows. Please, lick your honey. Lifelong try, no realization. At the end, it will be, "That’s it." Therefore, we are changing, we are fighting. You are sitting and praying to God and say, after prayer, we will go in a restaurant and eat chicken. Where is your prayer? Do you think God will bless you? You are waiting, and for you a chicken is killed? Forget it. God, he listens and hears more to the animals’ suffering than to the humans’ prayers. 99.5% of we humans are praying selfishly. Always, we are praying, "Forgive me, forgive me." Again, we make a mistake, and forgive me. Again, we make a mistake, forgive me. So God thinks, "This is a disc. Let it run in the chorāsī circle, rebirth and death." Forgive me. God says, "Go." You make a mistake again. You come. Forgive me. He says, "Go." So go and come in, go and come in, go and come in. How many mistakes do humans make per day? See the life of a rabbit. A life of a deer, a life of a crow, a life of a cow. Observe the whole day. How many mistakes does this deer make? And now see the human. How many mistakes is a human doing, and then put God in the middle? Which side will God be on? And that’s why humans are suffering. That’s why humans are unhealthy. That’s why humans are fighting. And that’s why humans are dreaming of peace. And that’s why humans are not even content with themselves. So, of course, we have to maintain our social life, we have to respect our culture, we have to respect our country, our society, and of course we have to be with our fellow humans. It means not that you, if everyone falls into the hole, that you also fall into the hole. So God gave you free thinking. God said, "My son, my child, my daughter. I gave you intellect. I gave you mind. And I gave you freedom. Think what you want to think. Make a decision about what you want to do, but the fruits you will get back. Do good, get good. Do bad, get bad." Therefore, it is said, be nice to your neighbor. In Āyurveda and in Vedānta we say, first, happiness is a healthy body. The second happiness is that at home you have a good life. Wealth. That wealth that you can give someone eating, a hungry one comes or something. And tṛtīya sukha, third happiness, is an obedient husband or wife. Means mutual understanding between husband and wife. And another happiness is obedient children. Then, good neighbors. And then, your own milk animal—cow, or buffalo, or goat. And then, your own field or garden for your vegetables and fruits. All humans, you will be happy and make your heart a temple of God. He is within you. That’s it. And no one can tell you to believe this and that, because he is already here. That’s it. So life is mysterious, life. Happiness or unhappiness, it depends on your thinking. That’s all. And you know how we are thinking? There was a football match between Croatians and... Who was that? Turīyān. And it was very interesting. All Croatians were thinking of Croatia. And when they lost one, they said, "Oh God, this is Turkish." You see, in thinking, how much we are selfish. We should play with them in thinking, admire the players, how hard they are working. Observe neutrally, but sometimes we cannot. We are very selfish. When Croatia wins, then Croatians are happy. And when they hear the Turkish win, Croatians are unhappy. So this is the thinking. Our life is depending on the thinking. So you think negatively about others. Liking and disliking. I like that person, I am nice to that person. I don’t like that person, so I neglect that person. Where is your spirituality? Where is the balance? Where is the equality? Humans should be exactly very correct. Not this bura which is coming air here, you know, in Croatia, bura, no? Yes, in Hindi, bura means bad, so this bura is also bad, no? The German said, "I went to see the bad people, Burā Milā Koī? I didn’t find anyone. When I searched my heart, Musī Burā Koī, nobody is better than me." So good or bad is in our thinking and in our heart. Mine and yours and theirs, these are the divisions, and that is a problem. So, humans have intellect, but they do not use it in a better way, and that’s what we learn. We should learn. It is not easy; it is a lifelong process. Our brain is lost so much, so much. We cannot accept others. We may say, "Yes, aha, interesting, very good. Aha, nice." But we are Croatian. Again it comes, "But." Very quickly comes, "But," that’s it. Nobody will say that you are a Japanese. You need not to say, "We are Croatian." You are a Croatian. But for how long? For how long? Fifty years, sixty years, seventy years, eighty years, one hundred maximum, one hundred ten. Then what will happen with your Croatia? We will take our passport with us and go to heaven. They will say your ID. I forgot it at home. Your religion? I’m Christian. Where is the certificate? I didn’t get that. Then go back and bring it. Everything will remain here. How many years will you be Croatian? How many years will you be Indian? You are a citizen of the entire planet. And then you are a member of the entire universe. Your home, its present, is temporary. This planet, and forever and ever, the entire universe is yours. No one can stop you anywhere. All is yours. Enjoy. So imagine, every morning get up and say, "I am very rich. All banks are mine. All companies are mine. All people are my employed ones. I am rich." Let’s go to sleep again. Happy, don’t cry. I am happy. I am poor? I am poor? How can you say you are poor? God gave you two legs, two hands, eyes, nose, beautiful body. Healthy? What is the poor? Nothing is poor. Rich and poor is thinking. But there are life situations, that is a different life situation, again created by humans. A human has created it, or there is a life situation according to the seasons, that is. Another thing, of course: hurricane, flood, earthquake, fire. These are different situations also. But generally, the situation is created by humans. And that’s why humans are suffering. So, just be happy. I am bliss, I am bliss,... I am supreme bliss, and that is the reality. So don’t dream from self-realization, don’t dream about levitation. If you want to levitate, then work hard, earn money, sit in an aeroplane, and come to me to be an aviator. That’s easier. So, self-realization will come the last minute of life. And that realization is that you remove the duality. My God. Their God. Our God. I don’t believe in this God. This is your phobias in you. That is a fear. Only one God. That God has no name. No form. Only the universal. You can say father, holy father. Did you see that, holy father? It has no form. Īśvara is everywhere. But from time to time, some divine energy incarnates in someone. And we need some guide, and so that we have the master, the whole gospel, whole Bible, nothing but dialogue between master and disciple, that’s it, that’s Guru Vākya. Anyhow, but tomorrow will be a different day, so today... It was a most beautiful day, and tomorrow will be a divine day because today was Sunday, but tomorrow will be Monday. I will show you tomorrow is Monday. Tomorrow will not be Sunday, and the Monday vibe is most beautiful, and then that will be Tuesday. And I don’t know why Germans say "Dienstag," that is the same day: "Dienst," service, the service to the master, "Služenje učitelju."

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