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How to change the destiny

The path from duality to oneness is our true destination. Humans create separation by claiming their master, god, or path is superior. This is dualism. All paths and masters ultimately lead to the same one. Animals fight for territory, claiming "mine," but humans create more duality through different languages and religions. A story illustrates this: two disciples argued over who best served their master, each pulling the guru's leg, causing suffering. The guru explained the leg belonged to neither disciple but to the one whole being. Another parable tells of a disciple whose nature remained that of a mouse despite being transformed into a tiger; when tasting the guru's blood, it claimed "It is my blood," revealing an unchanged, possessive nature. Humans must be careful, for our inherent nature dictates our actions. Understanding comes from knowing one's origin. Astrological science, or Jyotiṣ, reveals the constellation of one's birth and the lines of destiny in the palm. Only the guru's grace can alter that destined line. The practice turns inward through prāṇāyāma, moving from the physical to the energy body to find unity within.

"All paths and masters ultimately lead to the same one."

"Only the guru's grace can alter that destined line."

Filming location: Auckland, New Zealand

Part 1: The Nature of Duality and the Path to Oneness You know, smiling is something that always opens our heart, opens all our bodies, all nerve systems, everything. Then it feels full of the joy of smiling or laughing more. Thank you very much. Yes, good evening, my dear ones, all. Let us fold our hands and touch both thumbs to our hearts nearby. With your feelings about which God you remember or worship, which religion you follow, what you are doing or not doing—only for yourself, for your own sake—just say within thyself, to thyself or to God, whatever you wish, in a good way, a healthy way: "Peace, harmony, understanding. O Lord, let me be in your holy presence. I am with you." So, mentally, yourself now, say whatever you want to do. It is your knowledge, your beliefs, and that all will become one. We all will be one together with this, because we are all one now. Deep inhale, and we will chant. Oṃ, three times. Deep inhale, and chant this mantra with me: peace, peace... Oṃ, śānti, śānti. Rub your palms and place them on your face, slightly on your eyelids. Massage your eyelids, eyebrows, forehead, cheeks, the whole face. From your hands, divine light, you put on your face. Hari Oṃ. Thank you. Today, we are going from our physical body to the astral body. Where is the astral body? We do not know this, that, but now we will know. The mantra which we are chanting three times is Oṃ, Oṃ, Oṃ. It has many meanings, and it is good that all yogīs, all ṛṣis—meaning yogīs, the great saints—everyone has the rights. What they were giving us is the truth. But we people are creating duality. One master, or your master, or one yogī or ṛṣi is coming from the East. When he is coming from the path of the East, definitely he has different paths, the trees, the forest, etc., and experiences. You meet some other creatures: tigers, goats, buffaloes, elephants, or birds. Those are our experiences on the path. The second one, coming from the west, also has different experiences. As well, one is coming from the south and north; all have different experiences. But finally, all these four come to one place. Our destination was there. We came all the way there. Now, duality. One person said that my master is the best, who comes from the north, that was the best, etc. Another one said from the south, "My master was the best, and this." So this is a dualism. They are telling, "My master is good, my guru is good, my God is good," and there. But finally, all are in one. So one in all and all in one. All the time, Gurudev said that I am all the time in oneness. That is the difference between humans and the animals, the birds, or the fish, etc.—all creatures. Now, there is a dog somewhere. So, one dog is living on another street. Others are coming from other streets, and these dogs are biting or fighting each other. The birds are also fighting. All creatures try to take their territories, and it is mine. But humans should know that animals are different, and we are, but we are more duality than the humans in the different world, different language, different religions, etc. Now, in this, a human is a human. Of course, we were also with the four legs, but how and when, slowly, slowly, the human stands up on both legs. But still, people think, "I am best, I am this," so neither that, right? You think because now you are in dualism, other world. We say this also different, but one is there: there is one God. So there is a state. The human has two legs and two hands, and everyone is fighting. That is my part, and he is in my part, and the Master said, his Guru said, "Please, please," they said, "No, we are, I will take my leg, others in my leg." And the Master is completely torn by others, by what? The dualism. They do not know, we do not know that my God and your God and their God and no God. How do we know? If we really know, then we will not be like that. Dvalicham, fighting. There was a story, a little story, about one master or a guru. He was going, sometimes, to go and bring something for his food. And others also, and these two disciples. So they come, these two disciples, bringing something, and now the master, in the afternoon, wants to have a little rest. It is said that as old we are getting, we should have more harmony, and harmony is through sleeping. Little, even 20 minutes, even five minutes, that we shall close our eyes and give harmony and peace to our brain. That always needs more and more and more of this. So, one master and two disciples. The master was resting, so one disciple takes one foot, one leg of the master, and they are massaging. On the other side, the other leg, he is massaging the foot. Now both disciples have a difference. He said, "I am the best." And he said, "I am the best." All the times they are fighting. And so this is my, and he said my, and he said my. Now what is happening? The master, he is turning left. He was sleeping and he turned left. So, the one leg was up, one was down. So, that left side, whose leg was down, and his master disciple was massaging, or what, he pulled the leg of the Gurujī out and on him, oh God, and he said, "It is my master, my leg go this side." And Master got up and said, "What are you doing? That is my leg." He said, "My leg." He said, "No, no, sit down again." Again, Gurujī, the next day, again Gurujī is sitting on this side, his leg comes to this side, and one disciple takes Gurujī’s leg and hits the foot of Gurujī’s leg. It is mine. Others hit there. Master said, "It is my leg. Please do not do this." Again, the next day, both had a fire. And when he turned this side, he turned the toes of Gurujī with the fire. I said, "Oh my God, again." So, he said, Gurujī said, "My children, we call disciples children. It is neither your leg nor their leg. It is my leg. And you are torturing my legs, so let me be. No, do not massage, do not come. I am one." Similarly, the one from this country is fighting, another is fighting in another country, and others are fighting in other countries. And so what we are fighting? This is for this religion, this is that religion, and we are suffering. Gurujī is suffering. Come yourself to the peace, okay? Gurujī sent two disciples to other countries. You practice yoga there and everything, and you go there and also do your sādhanās and practice. But other masters come. So there was a disciple, and when a master comes to something, then he tries to disturb him by singing bhajans, screaming, etc. He does not let the master sleep, so the master said, "Be peaceful." He said, "What? You are becoming this animal, what we call the mouse." Gurujī made him a mouse. He said, "Always there." Now, one day, the mouse said, "Gurujī, I am very afraid." He said, "Why? When you go, there is coming a snake and he will eat me." So the master said, "Okay, I will make you a cat." So, the mouse became a cat. Now, when the cat is coming, the snake is coming, and the snake is telling Gurujī, "This snake is not good. Aḍa, aḍa kā, cat." And so, the snake went away. Now, the cat is there, but the dog comes. Oh God! Now, the dog is fighting with the cat. The cat said, "Gurujī, when you go away, a dog comes and he is torturing me, and this and that. I am under your bed, and God said, okay." Gurujī said, "The cat, sorry, he made him a tiger, a big tiger." Now, when the tiger came, no dogs come close. The dogs run away, run away, peaceful. Now, said Gurujī, I am happy. Gurujī, I am in your seva. Gurujī said, "I know your nature is different from the mouth till here. And I try to give you good knowledge, but this is your nature." He said, "Gurujī, give me knowledge and everything of my nature. Move it." He said, "It will take time, peace. Do the guru seva." You know the Seva? You know what? The work and help Gurujī and do this. Gurujī goes, brings the food, he comes and he eats and gives also to the tiger and rests. And when Gurujī is resting, the tiger is sitting and he is licking the foot of the master. And he is sleeping, and he said he is making a seva for the master. Master said, "Are you okay?" He said, "I am good, Master. I will see, master, how it is. But I mean seva, please." He said, "Okay. One day, what happened?" Gurujī had some problem. See, he hit his toes and blood came out. So Gurujī came here and washed his feet and said, "There is blood because I hit my foot." And the tiger said, "No problem, Gurujī, it will be good." And tigers or cats, these are the animals who are meat eaters. And now the tiger is licking the blood of the Gurujī. And there is a little bit of pain, so Gurujī was half sleeping. So Gurujī was trying to move his leg like this. And the tiger turned from this side, and he began to lick further, and blood is coming more and more. He is enjoying the blood because it is again. And again, Gurujī said, "Oh, it is painful, do not do." So Gurujī wanted to take his foot away, and the tiger said—he held the leg of the master—"It is my blood," he said, the tiger. Gurujī said, "Oh, my mouse, become mouse again." So the tiger became again a mouse, and the mouse then came the cat. And the mouse was suffering, so that is how we are changing our nature. Humans should be different, and animals are different. So we should be very careful. Very careful. There is one real story about three months ago or three years ago. There was one teacher, a woman, and she was about 25 to 30 years old, and her husband died. And so she does not want to marry again, and she respects—she sees a photo of her husband peacefully. But still, she has some feeling, someone at home. So what he bought, got a python, a big python. And she was so happy. He was taking here and there, and the python, you know, this is very peaceful and very good. And she was sleeping under the air, and also in her bed, and like this. Now what? She wanted to put him on one side, and he stretched completely beside her. No problem. He put a blanket real deep. But it happened that for ten days, the snake did not eat anything. He does not eat, and he was only getting straight there. So after, from the school, she came and took this snake to the doctor. Why, my doctor, my snake, python, cannot eat? And he said, "Yes, why? What happened?" He said, "I do not know, he is very good, but always he is lying beside me, and she is looking how long she and how long I am." He said, from the jewels, you know, in jewels there are animals. And that doctor said, "Teacher, you have great luck." She said, "Yes, my dear, look, he is looking to me and turning here." He said, "Now we will not be with you." Why? He said, "Today or tomorrow, you will not be alive anymore." Why? Because when he said that he will be checking how far you are along, he wants to eat you, and you have no power. He will immediately break your knees, hands, bow, everything, so that he takes it and gives it to some Jew. So similarly, there are certain natures of some people toward someone; therefore, it is better not to have someone. But you should know the one who has that nature, and truly, for that. Now I am telling you this in the real stories, or real stories. If you want to know, then first you should know the constellation. And which constellation? Ask your mother. When, mother, you became pregnant, can you think of your father and this life as something? And when you were happy that I am pregnant, number one. Number two that day is that when my father and you married, that is a very important thing, and it is truth. That is why the humans have the science and what we call the astrological thing, and so said when you, you and mother, father. When you married, and then they said, "How their parents, when did see you and spoke that we would like to make you marriage there?" And that marriage consolation, when was it? Look, the life story is going there. I am going to tell you some. A little joke must always be, no, but it is a very good story. And again, you remember, I was learning the German language, yes, and of course I learned. But also that my Māṭājī, that she was—I call her mother, like my... Mother, she is from Austria, I was from there, and I like it. Sometimes, stories are beautiful. So there was a, that time was black-and-white, quad TV, and there is one place, an inspector. And that inspector, what was that? Colombo, yes. And he was a very nice person, but it is how to act; they are actors. And how he comes like this, and like this, and cigar, and so on, you know, I think. And he was telling many, many things, and like this. And he finds out exactly where it is. And there is a video from him. You should buy it, and really, you should learn this. It is not negative there, but it is something. So let us store something like this. So there is one man, and somewhere here. So he had a habit: when he was drinking his alcohol bottle, he opened it, and then with his ring, he made a crest on the bottle. This was automatic. There are some people who have a habit, also a very good habit. You are making a signature, sorry, but everybody can, how to say, copy. But in this signature, there is something which you cannot find out. You cannot, and that is that. And so this person, always, the image was making a scratch on the bottle, it was nothing. And now, second is that he was with either his wife or one lady, and they were talking, and this and that. And he was the one who killed her. And everything was, they do not know when he was there or not, or this. Know Colombo is coming, and he is coming very nicely, and this and people and there, and he was looking at everything. So one happened, it happened. He is checking everything. What is this? And looking there, garbage and this, there is nothing. No blood, nothing, and everybody, they were checking. Part 2: The Inspector, the Dentures, and the Line of Destiny Two inspectors were with him. There was nothing—no knife, nothing. He said, "Okay." Again, he went to the garbage and asked, "Did you find something?" "Sir, nothing." "Okay." Then he himself went in. There was Italian cheese, a hearty cheese you can eat. A little piece of cheese was there. He ate it, threw the wrapper there, took it in a plastic bag or something, and put it in a bag. Now he’s following that man, asking, "Okay, where is he going?" He went to the dentist. The dentist said, "I want to do something with my dentures: this, this, and this." Then he said it once. And how many? What do you call the... no, no, the doctor keeps that. Put it there. An X-ray, but not an X-ray like this, only with the plastic. And this, and then he went. Again, after one week, he comes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, you see, something, I have to see this and that. Can you show me how many are there?" She said, "Inspector, I have no time." She said, "You know, I will sit outside till your passengers are there. After that, we can talk." "Oh, that’s so nice. You are good. Really, you are so good. I go, thank you." She goes. Again, he’s going and asking here where he was going, this, this, this. And then she said, "You know, my tooth is okay. But you know, my wife, my wife is always crying. She needs a good teacher, a dentist, but you know, my wife is so sensitive. She doesn’t want injections and this and that. How can you teach her that she will do it?" She says, "I will try my best." "And how do you have the dentures? What is that?" "No, I don’t. Titling, titling, tell me properly. Speak, tell me what? In print? Thank you. Very good. This is a German, and you are others, so I’m talking German language, more or less." So this, and he said, "Oh, this is very good," and this is. "Very good. Can I see that?" She said, and he said, "I have this here one, something, printed on the toes of my wife." "Can I see if it exactly functions? His wife is not like that." He said, "Can I see this one?" And that was exactly fitting. He said, "Thank you. Can I have this?" He said, "No, no, I cannot." "Doesn’t matter. I will give you back," he said. "I’m the inspector." She said, "Yes, you can take it." Then he went to where the alcohol was, where all these bottles were, where he was drinking, and always where he drank. He always made it with a ring; there is a diamond and go. Similarly, but I want to tell you people, you must have in your signature something that even everybody can do, but what kind of signature? Even if they stick everything, you will not find it. So anyhow, he’s going now to that man. And this, somewhere in the company, in the pub, and there, and there. And he said, "Drinking and this," always, always he was cringing like this. And he said, "Oh, that’s very fine. Your alcohol is good. Always, you have the same color." He said, "Yes, sir." "And like this, sir, open." He said, "No, I don’t drink. My wife doesn’t want. My wife doesn’t want me to drink alcohol. I would like it very much. But you know, my wife is really... I don’t want to talk about my wife." She said, "Oh, she’s a very good one. What’s she like?" "Oh, your bottle is very nice. And can I take one, drink a little?" He said, "Of course." He took the bottle and broke it, and he made like this and that. Very good. Every bottle of alcohol has a sign. So one, second, and the dentures. Like that, he found everything, and then he told you, "Are you that?" So how to find that? It is our own mistake, and our own mistake, when we have a mistake, we are far away from us because it’s my mistake, and I want to be outside. And that’s why many people are meditating, but going outside. Come inside. Come inside. Practice. So, likewise, the mouse, Gurujī makes him a tiger. But that kind of mistake is there. It is said, if you are making mistakes or anything, or you are making negative comments about your Gurujī, one day you will be that mouse in another life. You will not be anywhere, and therefore, because the Sanātana Dharma... So your mother is your mother. You can have many women, and you can tell them "mother" or something like this. But mother is a mother, and so, that is what I am coming to. What I want to say, you know what I am talking about? Astrology. So you know, that is how sometimes Swāmījī or yogīs or someone makes you confused, and you don’t know what he is talking about, and the program is finished in Hariyam. And then again, what this Gurujī gave the lecture here today said, yeah, something, but it was everything is salad, but it is that the master. If it is the master, that is heart in the master and mother. Always he, Gurudev, may be a male or... Female, female also guru, you see, because guru is not a, how to be called, a gender, it doesn’t matter, you are male or female, but that is a knowledge, and so I was talking about physical body, and now we are going to the other body, and that will go through the prāṇa of the prāṇāyāma well. So, okay, so from there, and who is the mother of my husband’s mother’s mother? Yeah, they are looking all through and through, so the third generation from that side. And some generation from that side, and then they go to the astrologer, and the astrologer will tell you, "Nowadays, nobody learns about this. All you see is a beautiful boy or a beautiful girl, and you go, but he’s the wrong way, you are." Wrong way fighting this, this and not going away. And that’s why the women are suffering and the man is also completely destroyed. Why? Because we don’t know that constellation from where to where your life is coming. And so, in this, after it comes, then the parents will see the couples. And in that, one will say, "What kind of nature has this girl, or what kind of nature has that boy?" And ask them now, from their childhood, school, and this and that, what is the habit? And how is that, girls? Yes, then they come, go to Colin, and then he will say, "What is in your hand, written?" That boy will be so angry. "I don’t want this girl." Why? You are looking here and there. He said, "You told me, look, my astrologist, or see, and there is written in every one of you." Now, what is in your palm only? Yes, from here till your hand, here after that, that which day, which month they can do, or one is both are good. But there is one constellation that is not good. It is why that you will say, "Of course, it’s okay, you can do this and this." Wait, wait for two years, then the constellation will come good then. You can marry. They said, "I don’t want this." Then it’s okay. Or, if you want to marry now, it doesn’t matter. Then, the astrologer will tell you that for so many years, or days, or months, or this, what will be the problems between both, or one will be ill, or this and that. So this is really, this is a science. And the science, and therefore it is said. The four Vedas, and the fifth is Jyotiṣ, and Jyotiṣ, Jyoti means Prakāśa, the light, that is, and so Jyotiṣ, and this Jyotiṣ in this light is the third eye, the third eye, this is that, and that we call the kismat. So this is jyotiṣ, and this is science. If you want to learn this, you should learn. You can learn it. But there are ṛṣis, many ṛṣis, and certain ṛṣis are there who have, from the ages, the knowledge in them. And that is the blood from that ṛṣi that he can have. Others may try and try, but it will not be. And so, is that how these should know that all human is a human? But every human has a little different nature. Now, let’s say there is a German leopard, the German dog, shepherds, no? And this dog has that kind of knowledge. But there are other dogs that have more than him. That is different. There are some dogs that are always telling, "That dog will come, be careful." Yes? So every animal, but it is a dog. Similarly, I talked yesterday about a horse. Horse? Did you tell them a horse for the king? You’ve forgotten. Yes. Now, I told you. Otherwise, you know, in one week I will finish all my knowledge and go. Even if I have five years or months here, every day I will have that knowledge. You will say, Swamiji, all the time such knowledge. Why? It is guru-kṛpāhi kevalam. It means the blessing of the Gurudeva is that knowledge. So, the knowledge in the books and the knowledge taught by a teacher is very good. But the science of the guru and the guru science of that jyotiṣ, you have to follow. Otherwise, your daughter is very good, but she is restless. Restless, she’s so restless, you can’t do anything, yes. And why? Because that father and mother, it was not the constellation for them. This is, this many, many things. So now, how? What to do? We are born already. Our mother and father did everything, but though. It is my mother and father, but there is someone there. You remember the video day before yesterday about Śiva and Pārvatī, yeah? And Pārvatī, and not Śiva, about their mālā, garland from the skull. Yes, and why is there? How is it going? Where is the destiny of one who is hanging here? That will be further coming into there, and so that Śiva brought, but she could not come again there. This is that, so this is the destiny, and only the master can clear it up, otherwise. You will see, now what has happened is that Heaven is heaven. But now you should know that my destiny varies. And this one destiny, I told you, I think I was in Wellington. In Wellington, I told this story about, you know, this one boy and the king. And that he will marry his mother, which he does not want and his mother does not want, but destiny. So that destiny, only Rekh par, make Gurudev hi kar sakte hai. So now my Gurujī always telling, "Rekh, Rekhā," meaning the lines in our palm, Rekhā. And now we have this, which is not a good constellation. It will happen. You can cut your hand, but it will be there. How to do? So, Rekh pe make. Make means the needle. And only Gurudev can put the needle on that line. So now this is changed one hundred percent back. But the Guru makes it so that it is not painful; it is gone then. And you said, "Gurujī, yesterday was good, and today I’m much better and much better and much…" Your needle is already there. What is that kind of thing? Blessing. Blessing. And therefore it says, Gurudev, śaraṇa hamārī, śānta merī miṭāde, Gurudev, tuma śānta miṭāde, Karke dayā dayālu bedā tu par laga, karke dayā teḍā tu par laga de. Take your this mantra and bhajan will sing, our dear. You have your flute, okay? He will... There’s a flute, and you sail about 25 times, inhale and exhale only through the left nostril. Two fingers at the between the forehead, close with the thumb, right nostril. Be straight, and now inhale and exhale. One inhale, exhale. Third inhale slowly. Relax your shoulders, your chest. And exhale, fourth, inhale, exhale, and fifth, inhale, exhale, yourself. And if someone has extra somewhere, an āyam stick that one person needs. Close, become one with thyself, be. Be humble, be peaceful. What I was talking about this, all for you. Now withdraw from the external world, and you are one with thyself. Prāṇa, prāṇa, inhale and exhale. Be within thyself, not extrovert, not anywhere. Annamaya kośa and now is prāṇamaya kośa, prāṇa through the iḍā and piṅgalā, with resonance of the flute of the madhu. Madhu means this, the sweet that is from the bee, that’s what we call that sweetness with your prāṇa, your breath, your energy, with this resonance in the body, completely in the body, each and every cell of your body, the prāṇa, and exhaling all the toxins out of the body through this region, and we’re... Counting, I hope after 25, place your hand on the thigh and for a while inhale and exhale with both nostrils. Go ahead, is your hand on the tongue and feel your... Breathe until I give you an instruction. Finger goes to your left nostril and inhale. And exhale through the right nostril. Deep inhale and exhale is one. Likewise, 25 rounds. Then place your hand again on the left. Place your hand again on your thigh. Close your eyes and feel the breath, very relaxed, with both nostrils. Now, twenty-five times we do. Bhastrika Prāṇāyāma. Count till 25. Inhale out a little. Go ahead. Inhale deep and exhale. It will clean our lungs. All our prānāyāmas will clean the lungs, everything. And this technique, which you got from yoga and daily life, is for the whole world to give to humans, to remain without this infection. This prānāyāma is very powerful. Once more, 25 times, Bhastrika Prānāyāma. Deep inhale and exhale. All the toxins will go out through this prāṇāyāma. All these techniques, what we did today, were from the Yoga in Daily Life: "Save Our Life, Good Health, and Long Life, Peace, Harmony." The first was annamaya kośa for the last four days, and now we are coming to the prāṇamaya kośa. Prāṇa, the prāṇa is life; life is the prāṇa. Just feel being thyself within thyself. Don’t think about outside anything. All within thyself, you as yourself, relax, relax. No tensions. Don’t be full of the fear. No stretch. Peace, peace... Relax, relax, and now, deep inhale, and three times prāṇāyāma with this, what we call this, Oṁ. Deep inhale, om, which we are doing only half techniques. During these few days, I hope that we will continue to come to that Yajña, the Rūpa of Parabrahman. It will come. Fold your hands, rub your palms, and place them on your face. Open your eyes and look in your palms. And adió. Place both hands on the ground, Mother Earth, and touch the forehead to the Divine Father. Worship, peace, harmony, love, understanding, divine, and slowly, slowly raise your head up and place your hands on the earth.

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