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Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudeep Nārāyaṇam. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudeep. In satsaṅg, in prayer, you should open your ears and fill your chest with oxygen. This is how you always cleanse yourself, purifying all negative air from your thoughts, from the air, from the water, and so on. That is why it is said that you will be your own guru, or your god, or your mother, father, or your wife. Tell your wife to sing properly. The husband must be good, but the wife will be even more than that. "Go and bring me vegetables." "Yes, husband. Hajj." Do you know what the Hajj is? Muslims go for the Hajj, yes. And when they come to the Hajj, they are asked, "Which Muslim are you?" They say, "We are Hindu Muslims." Do you know that, yes or no? Oh, you don't know? My God. From India, from China, from Nepal, from all countries here, all India, they go once a year for the prayers at the Hajj, in Makkah. Not a Makkah khānewālā (eater). So when they are asked, "Where do you come from? From there, there, there." "Which Hindu are you?" Or which Muslim are you? "I am a Hindu Muslim." Then they will... they said, "I don't know what they tell." They have to drink a little cow's blood. Then they will let them in. Because Hindus will not drink the milk or the blood of cows. Anyhow, there are many things. So, Hajj. And what I want to say, what was it? Hajj band. Do you know what a band is? What is a band? Yes. So you are Haṭha baddha. Therefore, there are many, many things we can speak about. Every religion has good things. Every religion speaks according to its own perspective, and Sanātana Dharma is from the beginning of Śiva. In this last Tretā Yuga, coming more and more, what we call the different religions is a good thing, that they have made this name of God, and this is okay. But the reality is that it is from Śiva. Anyhow, so everyone should learn, they should know. And so, when you come to the āśram, to the temple, to the mandir, etc., when they come for the prayers, then everybody should pray. They should ring the bells, and afterwards, they should also sing the bhajan. Voice, open thyself. Then all the pressures from the whole day, you are relaxed. And your lungs become very clear, and oxygen is full in the body. Then you say, "I was in an āśram." So, we should learn. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. ... Haṁsabhādas Prabhuśaraṇ Parāyaṇam. ... Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhuśaraṇ Nārāyaṇam. Om Namah Siri Prabhu Dīpana Dīpadhāra Bhagavānakī. So when we speak, then our lungs open, our heart opens. Our third... from this whole night, I was working day and night also. So then, Singh Vajan, oh, I was all very good, happy, everything. And the whole day you were working like this, awesome work, and this and that. And if they are talking, two or three workers beside, then the boss said, "You can go home." Yes. So you know that there are three stories I want to tell you now. But now, one story I've forgotten. The third is there. The fourth, we're waiting. And so, that is the workers and the owner of the company, or whatever work. So they are working with the stones, sand, cement, etc. So people are bringing with the refiner, mill beller. And one day he goes to his boss and says, "Boss, this wheelbarrow is making a sound. Should we give it some oil or something?" He said, "Yes. What kind of sound is that?" He said, "Tuck, tuck." Then he said, "You can go home." He said, "Why?" Because the sound is wrong. He said, "Yes, sir, that's why give me the oil on it." "No, no, no. Tell me once more how it is. It is going, tack, tack. You are not workers. You can go to other companies." "No, please, please." "Then why don't you give the sound properly?" He said, "That's what I want, sir, boss." He said, "No, the sound is not right." So he said, "What should be the right sound?" He said, "Sound should not be like this: tack, tack. That is not good. Then, which sound should be served?" He said, "Tak, tak,... tak." So, because you are working not properly, you are working very slowly. Work, run, quickly, tak, tak,... Then I can give you some oil or something inside. Similarly, the bhaktas, who are coming to the temples, to the mandirs, to the āśrams, to the prayers, all are sitting. One is looking like this, another one is like that. Is that an āśram? Do you know what is that āśram which works? This is an āśram. Understand āśram, please come. And sāram means work, and if you are not making sāram, then it is, we said sāram. So the sāram and sāram, they are due to words. So when we come to the satsaṅg, to the bhajans, to anywhere, you see that you... See, sometimes in a Christian temple, that time always temple after comes the, what is that? Church. So, church. You got a button? Yeah, that is a church. That's it. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇam. Om Namah Shri Prabhu Deepanarayanam. So today we have one of our brothers, and he is from Hungary. For years, he has been our bhakta, a disciple, and he was with me for many years practicing yoga, doing everything, performing much service whenever I was there. Then he came to Europe, to India, and he was also in Germany, Delhi, and also in the Jaipur Āśram. Also, in our Kelas Āśram, where our Swami Arsapurī, Bharipurījī, and in Jardhan, in Khaṭṭū, in Nepal, and now he is in Nepal, he is waiting, he is waiting for getting Sannyāsa, and we will give him Sannyāsa at a very best time that we will have. Many people and many things, so when and how? It will take time because the corona is here. So I will wait for him, and he will think over if he wants to become a sannyāsī or not. Maybe he will run away, then it's... Okay, no problem. That's it. Yes, there are sometimes people like this. They think, "My whole life I will be good. I will be like that, Gurujī." I said, "Everything, I am your Gurujī," and like this. And he also tells Gurujī everything. And then there is somebody coming. And somebody has walking, you know that, yes. In such a walk, in five minutes he changes everything, and then said, "I will go to Europe," and then said, "This, I think I am in Europe," and so like many, many run away and run. Away means, where? Said run away from the Brahmalokas to the Narakalokas, Narakalokas. But I will not say, "Don't." If I will say no, then I will be troubled. Yes, say yes. So yes, once to the Gurujī, then it is a yes millions. Changing, then it's always gone. So that one standing beside, I don't want to tell his name because he will also lose the name. Yes. So I don't know. I'm waiting to see how long he will be dead. And he said, "Swamījī, I'm sure you are." And that's nothing better, Swamiji. I know everything. You have done so many things, but now, Gurudev, I am yours. Guruji, don't worry, I will be yours. Oh my God, then I will say, "Oh, very good, you are... your voice is getting nice." Yes, that's okay, but where do you fall down again? Yes, so that's why Gurujī said the ṛṣi said it's not easy, the two ones. Otherwise, so many will be. So because Satyuga's place is a little place, there are so many, yes. So you see, ask the Tārporījī. He knows every mantra. He knows everything. He's doing everything. He knows he will do it. He's going on the path. That's it. So there is something, God. I understood. I got one word which I want to tell you something about. It came to my mind. Should I do it? I should tell one story. You like that story? Yeah. Which story? How many stories do you have from the White House? Many, many stories. What is it? Many, many stories. Yes, there are stories. There are steps. We call the steps, we call the stories in Hindi. So what happened? One man fell down into a deep hole. And there was a road beside. Something had broken his hand or something. So he's thinking, nobody pulls me out. Nobody pulls me out. Oh, and he was crying. One man came and he said, "Oh, what happens? Who is there?" He said, "Please, can you take me out? I fell down in the hole." "Okay, but why did you not tell us?" He said, "I thought somebody will see me, and they will pull me out." "No, no, even God will come. Even when God, we should please God, God. Please, God. So it is said, yes. Please, please, okay. Please call me clear. Please call me, bring me, yes." "Why don't you take me out?" they said. "But you should hand up, so that we can pull your hands out. Otherwise, nobody will be." Then he said, "Hands like..." This is said now: your hand is there, but you don't say how. Then everybody said, "Hand, only hands." Will it call you? Your voice will say it. So it is said, "Tell, please, hands up and call me. Call me, please." Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇa. Om Namah Śrī Prabhu Dīpanārāyaṇa. Haṁsabh Dās Prabhu. So you fall down in the hole, and you are silent. There is a lift. So, therefore, Brahmaloka or Narakaloka? Where you want to go depends on yourself. God said, or our Mahāprabhujī, Gurujī said, you've lost many times. You've broken completely. So anyhow, our dear brother, his name is Chandrapurī, my God, Chandra. You know the Chandra? Very nice. And of course, one of the beautiful countries is called Hungary. And many people don't know where Hungarian is coming from. Only they get the hunger in Jandarasram garden. Yes? What? Hunger? Sabzi? Hungary, so I would like to... I'm very happy. That's why I'm making a little bit of a joke for him. He's very nice, very nice. He's working very hard, and you see only one, and there is a big āśram and living there. He's a foreigner, but he's very raw. He's like a, what you call, like a warrior. Yes, he was running when I was there, and one girl and boys were coming there to go behind somewhere, and he was running. Then he said, "Come within half minute," they ran so quickly and went out. Yes, the police were also there, etc. So our Chandra Purījī, Chandra, is now awakened. Come on, Jai Jai... Thank you, Viśvagurujī, for the kind words and also the very true and honest words about my different, different qualities, the changing qualities of the moon. It was very much true, and actually, I've never done anything like this. Gurujī gave me the task to talk to you today, so we will see how it will be. It's the first experience. Hari Purījī put the standard pretty high yesterday, that he gave such a beautiful lecture about small āśrams, that it was nice to hear, and actually I was sitting there observing how everybody was attentive, everybody was present, everybody was enjoying his speech. So I will somehow follow his footsteps and talk about that topic a little bit further. As Guruji mentioned, I had a chance to be in different āśrams, so I have experience being here in Jhadan for three or four years. But I always felt, and my wish was that I would like, wanted to go to a smaller āśram. God knows why, I always wanted to be in Kailāś, Kāṭhū, wherever. So actually Gurujī gave me the chance in around 2009, that from Jādan after the Kumbha Melā, I was in the Bolāgūḍā āśram, which is one of the most beautiful of our āśrams. As you know, there is the Gufā of Maṅgyālājī, there are different samādhis in the āśram. Mahāprabhujī spent a long, long time there, so it's a very beautiful and very special place. I was there a short time, but I was really touched by the tattva of that place. One afternoon, we were there with Arjun Purī from Croatia, and then a phone rang, and Mānṣā Devī was on the phone. That Vishwa Gurujī's wish that you should go to Kāṭhū, because in Kāṭhū, in the Bāgīcī, they made a new āśram outside of the village. It's called Seva Āśram, which is a tube well, and they made a subject garden, and that person who was taking care of the āśram had to go back to his country, so it was May. It was hot, the vegetable was there. You know how it is yourself, that in the summer you have to daily give water. So the phone came, and Mānsā Devījī told me that Viśvagurujī's wish was that you go to Kāṭhū for two weeks. So somehow we have a little bit of experience about these two weeks. So I thought it's better I prepare a big backpack. You never know how long those two weeks will be. And that was actually 11 or 12 years ago. Those two weeks lasted. Since I'm in Kāṭhū, it took already 11 years. Meanwhile, I was a little bit in Kailāś āśram and Nipal āśram, as Gurujī described, but mostly, let's say 9–10 years, basically I am in Kāṭhū. And I'm very thankful to be here. The last couple of days in Jadām, I'm enjoying very much being in the nature. Walking around, somehow it's a little bit more comfortable than the smaller āśram, because one just needs to go there on the eating veranda and somebody prepares the food. In the small āśram, it's different. One has to do everything on his own. So somehow, as Hari Purījī was telling yesterday. So I went to Kāṭhū and started to live there with Māṭājī. Most of you know Matajī. First, her name before her sannyās dīkṣā was Jayādevī. And in 2006, 2007, at the Kumbha Melā, Viśvagurujī gave the name, not Māyāśakti, Yogamāyā, Sādhvī Yogamāyā Purī, when she got her sannyās dīkṣā. And I would say three, four years ago, Vishwa Gurujī gave another name on Guru Pūrṇimā Day, and Māṭājī's last name was Mayok Śaktipurī. But actually, nobody knew these names; nobody called these names. We all addressed her as Matajī because she was a Matajī. She was a Matajī for all of us. She was a matajī for the people in the village, in Kāṭhū, and whoever came to her, she was ready to serve, she was ready to give, she was ready to give her love, food, and whatever was necessary. If I want to be honest, there were several years when we were like, you know, the cartoon Tom and Jerry, or the cat and the dog, because she was from Switzerland. Switzerland is a very strict, regimented country, following the rules. And I was somehow a little bit of a silly boy at that time. Still I am, and not so much following the rules, and a little bit going here and there and playing around. So we were very different, and we had a lot of fights and clashes because of that. Sometimes Matajī was telling to Gurujī, "I have enough of this, Chandra. Please give me somebody who is better than him. I have really enough." And I didn't say to Gurujī, but I had the same thing. About Mataji, this is just really too much. This Mataji, for me, you know how it is, we have clashes, we have debates, we have problems with each other. But the main issue in the small āśram here, when you are here, you have a fight with somebody, then you can go away a little bit, then you talk to others, then you don't talk to that person, so somehow it cools down. But in Bāgīcī, it's a limited space, it's a limited area, and there is only Matajī and Chandra, so there is nowhere to go away from these conflicts. If you have the fight, then the next morning you have to face that person. So it's challenging, actually. But it is very useful, and one learns a lot about himself or herself. And actually, this is what I would like to share with you, because Matajī was a great jñāna yogī. She was a great bhakti yogī. She told Swamiji that somehow, in this system of yoga in daily life, I am not so good with āsanas and prāṇāyāmas and such things. Most of us, we practice this daily. Matajī was not so much on the Rāja Yoga path or the Haṭha Yoga path, and Viśva Gurujī's answer was: Mataji don't worry, looking after an āśram itself is a sādhanā, so that's what Matajī did. She was serving in Kāṭhū for 17 years before she was in Delhi, before she was in Kailash Āśram. So actually she did a lot of service and a lot of seva in these āśrams. Many times we had discussions with Matajī about her understanding of yoga. And I would say, although she was not practicing so much āsanas and prāṇāyāma and these techniques, she knew the essence of the yoga with her jñāna yoga. She was working with her mind. She was discovering how the mind works. And many times she told me that she was missing from us, that she was missing observing us, how we are, that basically we always differentiate between ourselves and others. So we always think that there is me and there is the other one. And this is what we, in our everyday life, make this mistake. If we have a problem, an issue with someone, then we would say that he or she was angry. He or she was not right. He or she is jealous. He or she is behaving badly. He or she was shouting at me, and Mother told me, "Who is this he or she?" This is basically we are just projecting something out there that we don't want to see in ourselves. So when there is a clash, when there is a debate, she always told... This is a golden opportunity to look at ourselves, to see our qualities. And even now, I remember these words very much: that if I have a problem with someone, that I'm blaming someone, I'm saying that he or she is like that, then actually, sometimes I remember that. Maybe I should see what these words are, what I'm projecting out, what I'm blaming her or him, and these qualities are actually part of me, and I should look at that. So that was Māṭājī's basic thing. And she was practicing this in her everyday life, so in such a way, I was very fortunate to be with her. It was not easy when you live with a sannyāsin, especially with such a person like Māṭājī was. She was very tough, she was very tight, she was very strict, but if one wants to progress on the spiritual path, if you live with such a person, that is the most beneficial because there is nowhere to run away. She told me, "In an āśram, basically, you are forced to face yourself every day." You are also going through this experience. There are other people out there. Triggering situations, there is a clash, there is a fight. Look at them, it's good. Look at it, what does it bring up in you? Mataji used to say, or actually, this I wanted to tell you, once they asked Ramana Maharṣi how we should, on the spiritual path, how we should treat others, and then the answer was, Ramana Maharṣi's answer was, "There are no others. Whatever you see outside." That's part of you, work with that. So, this is what I wanted to say, basically, about Māṭājī. I mean, there are many, many things. There are many, many things. I don't know if I'm allowed to say that. Throughout all these years, in her seva, she... I had some powers, so I was actually witnessing that Matajī always knew what I was thinking. She always knew, and if I was having some thoughts which were not so useful, even harmful or negative or whatever, then she would give me a notice. In some day, you know, to wake me up, that this is not the right thought. When you live with such a person, then your mind becomes, because she's so silent inside, then my inner thoughts, my inner feelings, became very loud in her presence. So I became very much aware of my own thoughts. You can experience this near to Viśva Gurujī, or there are a few other quite developed souls with us. You can experience this, and this is very good because you can work with that. Do I need this thought, do I? Don't need this thought. You can sort it out, or shall I believe this thought, or shall I not believe this? This thought? Thoughts are creating emotions. Emotions are creating situations, and then many times you are actually carried away in this. And then we are in a debate, we are in the fight, we are in the... and then it's hard to solve, but it is useful because that's the way how we learn about ourselves. Gurujī says that these clashes are necessary because the two stones are coming together and slowly, slowly they are becoming more smooth, and they are becoming pebbles, you know, the pebbles which are running in the river. You see these stones here, they are like... There's a lot of edge, you know. Kota stone or this Jodhpur stone, very edgy. But those stones which you see in Europe, in the small creek or the river, they are so smooth. Or in the Gaṅgā, they are so beautiful because, for many, many thousands of years, they were polished. And actually, throughout the fights or the debates, slowly, slowly, we are polished. And through the grace of Viśva Gurujī, we can work on these qualities to become more aware, to become a better person. Basically, what Matajī taught me, I thought when I was here in Jhadan, I thought I was a great yogī, that I'm practicing every morning, doing my āsanas, my prāṇāyāms, my haṭha yoga kriyās. But when I went to Kāṭhū, and Matajī once made me aware that there was a marriage procession passing by, and I was working up there, and she came up just for me to tell me something, to come up to Māpurījī's apartment, to the room, to the second floor. And she said, "Chandra, there was a procession, a marriage procession, and you didn't hear that they were passing?" So Matajī said, "No, I wasn't aware. And why wasn't I aware?" Because I was so much lost in my thoughts. My hand was working, but the mind was somewhere else. The body was there, but the false self, what Haripūrjī was telling, of the mind, this inner vision, was somewhere outside there. And Mātājī made me aware. What's the difference? What's the difference to be in the present moment, and how can you practice that? And what is the difference of being lost and analyzing the past, the mistakes of the past, or projecting the future? So basically, that was her main teaching: to just be present. Sometimes I would say, "What will be tomorrow? The group is coming now. What's happening now?" You don't have to plan it. Everything will be provided, and it was provided, it is provided. No need to worry about that. They have the better plans.