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Blessings of Gurudeva, blessings of our Siddhapeeth Paramparā. It is beautiful to be with you as usual, on this very beautiful evening. Mother Nature is very blessed and merciful to us, and we feel we are in her lap. It is as we say: the sky is a roof over our head, the Earth is our bed, and all these creatures are our family members. We came to do something, and we cannot take anything with us. We must do something that will go with us. That means something permanent, something that will be yours forever. What can be yours? Only that which is everlasting. And what will not be yours? That which is temporary. There is one beautiful story, a true story. This story can be yours, too. Many of you have experienced it, many have not, and many will experience it once. This story also means: do not rely, do not depend on anyone. No one can breathe in and out for you; you have to breathe for yourself. True? No one can eat for you; you have to eat. No one’s heart beats for you; it is your life. It is your heart that beats only for you. We know this very well, but we do not think, realize, or notice it. And that is why this problem has come into the world today. What kind of problem is the world facing, especially humanity? Humans have lost their self-confidence. They have lost reality and are running behind unreality. We can explain as much as we want, but the human mental state is such that they will not understand, will not accept, and will declare you as one who has a screw loose. You can read the holy book all night in front of a donkey, and in the morning, if you ask, "Donkey, did you understand?" its big ears will just flap. Like this, if you tell the truth, modern civilization will not agree with you. But it does not matter if it agrees or not. It was like that, it is like that, and it will be like that. There was a king from the dynasty of Jodhpur. Holi Guruji said, "The successful king is one who is a king as well as a yogī." Therefore, in history, many, many kings were great holy saints. They practiced. Without spiritual power, you cannot rule for long. There was such a king. He was a king as well as a good yogī. He attained, realized, and became perfect. He had a perfection in samādhi—the highest level of consciousness one can achieve in this life. That is the aim of all of us. If you have not realized that, you have done little in life. In the Patañjali Yoga Sūtra, in the Samādhi Pāda, a lot is explained about samādhi, and also in many other yogic literatures. These samādhis are of two kinds: sabīja samādhi and nirbīja samādhi. Sabīja samādhi means "with the seed." The seed means you are aware of what is happening around you, but your body looks as if you are dead. The brain function is minimized, and the heart rhythm is very minimized. Your pulse is hardly measurable, but you can see and hear. The jñāna-indriyas are active. Nirbīja samādhi means there is no other knowledge about the body and surroundings. Yet, you still have the consciousness or intellect to know you are in samādhi and that you will come back. At that time, you can travel with your astral being, with the jñānendriyas, into the endless universe, to any planet. That is how the great ṛṣis, the great saints, discovered everything about the universe and different planets, even beyond this solar system. But it requires a disciplined life, disciplined diet, disciplined behavior, few desires, no negative thoughts and feelings, and practice. And where are we? Please do not ask us. We do not want to know. We want everything, but we do not want to know about ourselves. So, this king came to his hall, where he held audience. He wore a lot of jewelry, a very expensive crown, rings, a necklace, and so on. He called his closest workers. They said, "Everything is due to your help, Your Highness." The king replied, "No, it is your mercy. We are ready to do anything. Give the order. Our life is for you." The king said, "Well, your life God has given to you, for you. But it is nice of you. I have one wish." "Yes, yes, Your Highness, yes, our lord." The king continued, "You know, sooner or later, everyone has to die one day. So I have one wish, and I wish that you will fulfill it. When I die—one day I have to die—then donate a lot of money, and so on, for the welfare of humans and animals, for the cows, for the animals, for the sādhus, for the temples. If you cannot do more, then at least I have one wish: at the time of my death, whatever jewelry I have on my body, donate it for well-being, for charity." All stood up. "Our Lord, do not say such things. We do not want to hear these words that you will die. We wish you thousands of Diwalis, that you celebrate thousands of new years, and that we die in your presence." The king said, "Thousands of new years means thousands of years of life. None of my ancestors lived so long, but it is nice of you. My order, and my wish, please do this." The head of all, the ADC in charge of his treasure, said, "Lord, your wish, your order is on our head. We will follow." The king said, "Thank you. Meeting finished." After some years, the king thought, "Today is the time to test how loyal my people are, if they will follow my words." So the king said, "Oh, I have pain in my stomach. Oh, I do not feel good. I have pain here in my heart." They called the doctor, an Ayurvedic doctor (at that time, there was no allopathy). The Ayurvedic doctor came, checked the pulse, gave some tablets and herbal juices. But the king went into sabīja samādhi, and everyone began to cry. "Oh God, our golden sun has gone! The ocean of happiness is dried! Our Lord is gone!" There is a very old Vedic tradition that when someone is dying or has died, you take the body, place it straight on the ground, clean it, plaster it with cow dung, and put a ghee lamp. Afterward, they wash it, put on fresh new clothes, and prepare for the funeral. They had not yet announced the king's death; only this small group knew. Before washing him, they began to take the jewelry off. One man said to the secretary of the king's minister, "Sir, do you know the wish of His Highness?" He said, "Yes, I know. Shut up. Kings, they are like donkeys—stupid donkeys. The kingdom is ruled by us. How stupid he is. He dies, and some expensive jewelry worth millions—just give it away? What does he think? To ruin the kingdom? But what about his words and wish? We gave our word, said, 'Yes, we will do.' That means it. Call the goldsmith. Make artificial jewelry like this, and then we will donate that. So people will know we gave the jewelry. The rest remains with us, here and there, left and right in the pocket." The king was listening to everything. They called the jeweler, but before the jeweler came, the king inhaled deeply, and our Lord came back—a golden sunrise, an ocean of joy and happiness. Everyone exclaimed, "Oh, we shall donate so much feed for the cows, so much land for the animals and temples, and so on!" The king said, "Shut up, stupid. Kings are like stupid donkeys. And you are the agents of intellect, of knowledge. You are slaves, that is why you follow our words and orders from Agnya." He dismissed that minister and sent him out of the kingdom. The king wrote every day in his diary. At last, he wrote a beautiful poem in Rajasthani: "Khāyāso khogāliyā, dīnāso’i sat, jashvanta dharpadāviya, mālaparāye hath." Is it clear? "Khāyāso to khogāliyā"—whatever you have eaten is gone. And whatever you gave, you could give with your own hands—that is true. Otherwise, "Jashvant Dharaparadabhya" (his name was Jashvant). When they will put you on the ground, lay you on the earth, all your property will be in the hands of others. You cannot do anything, and you have no more rights. True? After death, can you say this house is for my daughter and that house is for my son? And this is for that? No. And you know how they will fight? Can you come and say, "Do not fight, it is mine?" You cannot come; they put so much earth on you. You cannot get up. Or it is just finished. Within no time, the body turns into ash. This means that what you think you create—your property, money, and so on—you think you will take it with you. This is the biggest ignorance. In the present time, what we call the people, the economy, they are doing and suffering. That is the biggest problem people have now, what they call economics, and for this they suffer. Many people have committed suicide. How stupid. They could go into the field, grow potatoes to eat, and live happily. But that knowledge is missing: that nothing will go with you. It will go out of your hands, finished. Therefore, do something which will go with you, and that is your karma. Your good karma, which you give to people, will support you and go forever with you. So, rich are they who do not desire anything material and who day and night repeat God’s names. That is it. Therefore, it is said in the bhajan: "Śrī Prabhu Upādhāryo Hari Jag Mein Jīvan Ke Pratipa... Andar bahar hai paripūrṇa, tar bahar jyoti hai param viśāl. Bhajo re manvā, śrī Prabhu dī padhāyā. Bhajo re manvā, śrī pāra brahma pura sotama svāmī, pāra karadeva najara nihāra. Jore manuvā śrī-prābhūdī jāna dhare nija-manase, bhāge bharma janjā. Harvaage bharma janja, janm maran vav bandhan chute, Ajore manva Shri Prabhu deepa daya. Hevajyore manvashrī vedit padhāyā, Tāraṇ kāraṇ āye param kripāl. Jīvāyu varan tāraṇ kar āye param kripāl. Brahma Puruṣottam Swami Par Brahma Kar Deve Najar Niham Bhajore Manuva Shri Prabhu Bhajore Manuva Shri Prabhu Deepa Daya Bhagavan Deepanarayan Bhopan Ke Bhopa Śrī Bhoja Bhagavān Dīpanārāyaṇ Bhopan Ke Bhopā Lahariyā Bhopan Ke Bhopā Pār Kaimādhavānanda Jī Hamāre Tai Śīraparahe Rakavāl Bhājore Manuā Śrī Prabhūdī Padayā Bhājore Manuā Śrī Prabhūdī Par Brahma kardeve najaraniya, Pajore prabhu ipadaya, Deep Narayan Bhagwan ki." Therefore, it is said there was one ṛṣi. Even a sādhu is a master. Anyone who came to him, he gave a very big lecture—a long talk of only two sentences. People traveled for three, four, five days to reach him and said, "Gurudev, please tell something, teach something." And he said only two sentences. What was the other word? Yes. "Break and join." That is all. They asked, "Please, can you explain? We did not understand." He said, "Break your attachment to this world and attach yourself to God." That is all. To do: Jo do, Jau, Go. No disturb. So think. Do something which you will take with you, and that only you can do—nobody else. So today is enough. Tomorrow again, the webcast will be at 11 o'clock, 5 o'clock p.m.? It is too hot, so please, 5:30 p.m. Czech Republic time, Strelky, and again in the evening. At eight o'clock begins, so between 8 and 9:15 will be bhajans and some lecture. Until then, I wish you all the best, all our dear friends and bhaktas. Blessings of Lord Śiva, Alak Purījī, Dev Purījī, Mahāprabhujī, Gurujī. I wish you good night.