[Music] [Music] [Music] so someone who came from the war zone came here to ashram and they were saying that we  are so fortunate and lucky to be born in India in Barat we are so fortunate that  we have treasure of great knowledge the Vedic knowledge and we have a line of you  know our ancestors who were great Seers and Rishis and Mahatmas and Tapsvis and who  who taught so beautiful things and such a Divine Treasure of knowledge it's not  just about food, sex, entertainment and sleeping it's not just about that it's much more than that So the fortune of being born in Bharat This is not realized sooner for those whose minds run after money or What they consider happy time or safe country or looking for a golden future - people go to a lot of other places But here I am not talking about money or life, here I am talking about getting rid of your ignorance I am talking about attaining truth and talking about attaining bliss in life So if...if you talk about worldly objects - it is possible that they have better worldly objects than us But how long can an ignorant person be happy with it? If not today then tomorrow or day after tomorrow, mind becomes uninterested Then? Then just one thing is left for them - either they go into drugs or in killing each other So one who is in search of gyana (eternal truth) will meet a gyani (one who has realized the eternal truth) Guru Those who are not looking for gyana will just wander around from here to there um if if life can be seen as a restaurant so whatever you will order you will be served that  right so be watchful and intelligent enough to order clean, clear and you should know what you  are asking for you should know it you should better know it but to know better you have to  know and when you don't know then whatever you might do will be uh like jeopardizing your life  in this way or the that way so our scriptures like Bhagavad Gita like Upanishad the vedantic  knowledge it never condemns the world but it gives everything on a platter that this is  Shreyas this is preyas - Shreyas and preyas what does preyas mean, preyas priya, priya means which you like and shreshtha means the highest things, highest which might not be likable but those are  the the the optimum highest zenith of knowledge, understanding, intelligence and intuition the  scripture says don't look for preyas, look for shreyas - preyas is that you admire like you  admire beauty, you admire great clothes, you admire awards, you admire recognitions, you  admire big houses, big cars, foreign vacations and shopping and and and labeled clothes right  all this will come into category of preyas or shreyas? this is all priya everybody wants that but then  there is another section that is called shreyas, shreyas means the height the height of intelligence,  knowledge, understanding, intuition, perception and realization of your own true self but what  people run for is preyas and they leave the shreyas and they don't even know what is shreshtha, what  is what is actually admirable, what will help you for involution and what will take you away from that - so this understanding come comes from the Brahman Vidya, the Divine knowledge, the Absolute  reality, the absolute knowledge teaches you all about that shreyas or preyas then make right choice, I will never say that the world is bad place or or good food or good clothes are bad  no not at all they have their own place but what should be your yearning, you should be clear about that What are we looking for? What should we be looking for? See today you are young but you will not always remain young Today you have money but you will not always have it Your children are with you today but they won't be tomorrow They might go to a foreign country or go away for work or just got upset with you Husband and wife are together and then they are not One of them might die or just leave, whatever the case is You will not always be happy So there is no guarantee of all these things in life So everything should always be good, we might pray millions of times in Temples and Gurudwaras but everything will not always be good Some ups and downs, some ups and downs will happen in life So what is it that will always keep your strong? It is the concentration of your mind and gyana of your intellect It's the gyana of your intellect and establishment in Self That knowledge of the Absolute Reality, when you stop running after preyas and start working towards shreyas So the truth is that only that person who has gyana can truly and fully enjoy this samsara One who has no gyana, first runs and then parties a little and then runs again And then cries - I don't have this, I don't have this....his list of 'have nots' is very long a lady was telling me she went to a party in Los Angeles so she thought she's very  rich and she is rich, bloody rich, she is rich so she went to a party and she was wearing  these solitaires and very expensive gown and party gown and she went into one of the very  expensive car and she was where the cream of Los Angeles you know all the celebrities and  film stars and uh rich people were there and when she went there whole night she was just  looking at this gown must be costing this much that bag must be costing that much and  she said that she thought she's very rich and beautiful and young and she has the best of  best but when she saw people there she came back so depressed that for next 6 months she had to go  to a psychoanalysis because she couldn't sleep and she felt she has nothing and she yelled at  husband and yelled at father-in-law and father and mother and and my eyes are not even blue so and so she had a blue eyes and I don't have this and I don't have that and she was cringing so all the best of the things cannot give you guarantee that you will be happy  and joyful with all that stuff which you have and if you have the the knowledge if you have  the yogic system in your life if you know how to calm down your mind with your yogic  practices if you know how to enjoy the chanting in the kirtans and and if you know how to sing and  dance singing the name of so many beautiful names of Lord and then going into the deepest  silence and the awakening and realization of the truth now if this is once achieved then  externally you might have some stuff you might not have something that won't mean anything at all When you have the real thing then other things don't hold so much value Umm...a woman says to her husband - my life has become useless after marrying you He asked - why? She said - my friend Sarita's husband's picture is published in the newspaper He asked - why? He has become the president of his neighborhood association So his picture is published in the newspaper column He said - show me the newspaper So in one corner of the newspaper, such a small picture You couldn't even see it It was such a small picture and two lines were written It's not a big news is he was chosen the president of the neighborhood association So the husband got very angry He said - so what should I do? She said - do something He said - OK, so I will go and hit our neighbors on the head And I will go to the police station myself and they will publish a picture that this man started the fight and That's why he is put behind bars But keep in mind, the newspaper that published your photo and people become very happy They become very happy in the morning and then they show everyone - oh my picture is there, my picture is there By evening, people are selling food in the same newspaper with sauce Bhel puri (Indian street food), right? That woman who went there all pretty in expensive clothes, there is sauce on her picture it's it's it's strange thing, people get joy out of just this also like I know one gentleman  he said that um not directly but he he he was saying that now my turnover is of 10,000 crores and the day it will touch 40 that is when my name will come into the top businessmen of India I said then so what so what he said I'm working for that and seeing his health I  said you should be working on your health not on your wealth because the day your heart poops  meaning you have a stroke or something your all wealth will be of no use because doctors can only  fix up till you know a point and after a point then they'll say oh it's so difficult so many complications shreyas and preyas so getting publicity in being famous is something which these days everybody is dying for, I was I was seeing the...see the initially the phones the story of  phones there was a a time when the mobile phone was just a mobile phone right initially it was  very expensive and then slowly it became very affordable and now um our Indian companies have introduced so so cheap plans that everybody has a phone, I think so India is maybe second  largest country maybe first I don't know maybe should be first because these days Indians are  toppers maybe I'm not sure but every has a phone, when the phone was just phone it was  fine then the then the phone changed and phone came with the camera from here the  things started going wrong but then people were just clicking photo photo photo photo  photo okay creating memory saving it then oh I went there I went there but the hell broke  loose the day camera came on the this side also right first it was we clicking photos  of people right now the camera now everybody is a self-obsessed maniac airports, trains, shops toilets - I saw a photo somebody was clicking a  selfie with a dead person my last selfie with my grandfather he died, grandfather smile right people have gone crazy now this is called self-obsession first yes there was obsession initial also but now it  is a proclaimed self-obsession and the American mental mind Association the lobby of psychiatrists  and psychologists they have termed this as as an addiction and they have now programs  where you go and you stay in a facility and you do the de-addiction of mobile phone and  people are cringing over there give me back my phone give me back my phone I want to see  what's happening on my friends and I want to see my and they say no phone and you pop this  pill and go to sleep or go for walk or go for swim or do exercise and the phone will  not be given and people are fighting and they have paid money to go into that how crazy It's a lack of understanding It's a lack of knowledge The body for which you are dying for, this will die anyway But before it dies Attain the Shreshtha And if you lose this Then you lose everything Ahh...this This chanting of Devi's names which happens everyday Give some time and read this carefully It's English meaning is given in our video So actually the qualities of Devi are in you and you just need to awaken them Strength, knowledge, intelligence, perseverance, memory Education, courage Competence Truthfulness, gentleness, love, bliss All these are qualities of Devi May it arises in you That's why it is read so that these come in my life One that is eternal One who knows her beginning that is Aadhya One who knows her strength, is embodiment of strength One who realized the Absolute Existence in the substratum of this universe That is Jagdamba One that is the substratum of this universe is Jagdamba The external idol is just an excuse In reality, one must realize that formless form in this body so somebody was asking me that you people worship statues I said no we don't worship  statues we use the statue as a prop and then we use the avaahan and that is invocation and  that is giving the prana to that the life to that to that statue and in that statue now  it is no more just a piece of stone now it is filled with the love, adulation, affection, devotion, love and dedication and then we use this to invoke all these attributes in us so we place the beautiful flowers because flower is sign of two - one beauty yes but the  second and the most important thing is everything is what you place flowernow  in few hours it is dead then evening you have to bring new flowers and your body  is like a flower and life is like a flower, it won't remain bloom all the time before it  goes away look who is in it the param satya, the ultimate truth so the external statue or the idol is the prop through which we train our mind mind in attentiveness and concentration making it one-pointed and we successfully groom our mind and make it strong right? So using the external idol as an excuse We are trying to awaken the qualities of divine in this idol-like body Through austerities, we are trying to awaken those qualities of the Divine So these topics are very deep But they are difficult to understand Alright?
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