How to live? - Breath to breath.

Who can wake you up? Who can really motivate you if you don't want to be motivated?

One day we are born, and one day we have to leave. When we leave is not known or guaranteed. It can be any day, any time, any moment, any breath.

In this creation, nothing is impossible.

Sad news, hard news you will hear, but not to lose peace. It's possible. We have to pass through, it is not appearing possible to you now, but one day because we all have to grow we will.

Time is a flow. There is a proverb: 'Time and tide wait for no one.' One who respects time becomes respected and honored in the course of time. Wasting time is wasting life.

In India, there is a proverb, especially in Odisha. In Odisha, there is a Lord Jagannath temple where He has no hands. The saying is apna hat Jagannath — He has no hands, but your hand. He has given His hands to all of us.

Happiness is within. Joy is within. Love is within. The kingdom of heaven is within. But we are searching outside.

If you want to be good, no one can stop you. If you want to be not good, no one can stop you either.

I belong to God, God belongs to me. God is with me and within me. There is no separation between my beloved and myself.

Success is in your own hands. If it is God's hand, why can't I do it?

You have to knock. If you don't knock, the door will not be opened.

This creation is a play and we are also in a play, why can't you play? Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - face it. Life is a song - sing it. Life is a dream - enjoy it. Life is beautiful.

Suppose we ate a delicious dessert last night, like payasam (a marvelous Indian dessert made of milk, rice, and sugar). Because it was so tasty and nice, we were very happy. But if we had been served a bland dish without any sugar or spices, we would not have found it so delicious and we would not have been happy. The jnani, however, is happy no matter how it tastes. A jnani is not concerned with the taste of food. The jnani eats something, and he is neither happy nor unhappy. That is the difference. In our case, we experience everything according to our likes and dislikes, our doership; we are attached to the senses. The jnani has the same taste buds as we do, but without attachment to the taste.

BH Gita 3.27 “All good and evil works are done by the qualities of nature, but the egotistical person thinks, ‘I am the doer.’”

Can wave be separated from ocean? No.

Coincidentally, or by God’s will, both women died at the same time, one thinking about the dead cockroach, the other one thinking of God. Now both were taken for judgment before Yama, the lord of death, and Chitragupta, his messenger, where they would be told who would receive what and who would go where.

Suppose a soccer match is played between Germany and the Netherlands. During a soccer match, you can see the excitement from people in both countries. Although it is the karma of twenty-two players, eleven from each team, it affects the lives of millions. One year I happened to be in the Netherlands when a soccer tournament was in progress. I was at the airport wearing my orange monk’s attire. Suddenly two men who worked in the airport restaurant looked at me and shouted, “Holland! Holland!” (Orange is the color of the national soccer team of the Netherlands). I smiled and said, “India…I’m from India.” They both laughed and said, “India has a great orange color.” The karma of a few people can affect many.

Even though the gopis had obeyed, they still had much doubt. How did the river part if what they were saying was not the truth? Indeed, the answer is that it was all a matter of “doership.” If your mind says, “I have done it,” you must receive the result of your action. But remember, it is crucial to understand that “doership” comes from the inside, not by saying it with the mouth. If one has the state of knowledge that all work is being done by the body and the senses, one is free from the consequences.

We are busy playing with the toys of ego. No doubt, this is the life of most people in the world.

So is your thought, so is you. If your thoughts are good, you are good; if they are bad, you are bad.

Your meditation, your practice, is what will truly make Gurudev happy. Not money, not gifts—only your sincere spiritual practice.

Your effort first. Lord's grace next.