Hari Om.
There's something I want you to observe during the prayer. I'm not going to tell you, you must tell me. Observe the energy and you will feel something. It is here already, just enjoy it. If there are those of you want to go during the day to make another visit, you can go and do that. You won’t get this energy there. Just observe for the whole day.
I told you earlier on that the water is here. Take the water home but do not drink the water. At two o'clock I'm going to pour it in the pond. It's very good for the skin. The mercury was submerged in the water for two and a half weeks – since the ninth of April. The water is now purified. I'll show you just now the power of the mercury. These are pure silver vessels. Used for special purposes only. This one had the normal water in it. This had the mercury. See what the mercury has done inside it. Only put your mercury water in plastic, glass or silver. Whatever you do, do not consume that solution. It's not good for the body. You won't die but it's not good for you. You can use one litre with every ten litres of water. I'm scared to tell you there's mercury water in the pond. You'll empty my pond.
One of the greatest factors that is going to affect many of us at this time until 2014, is the energy of Mother Kali. When she comes in the force of Raksha Kali nothing in this universe can withstand that force, no matter how strong your structures are. As Raksha Kali she's the most powerful destroying energy in the universe. And we’re going to see many, many effects of Raksha Kali in the time to come 'till 2014. You'll hear stories that are so unbelievable, impossible, yet so true. So the force of Raksha Kali is here. Kali is not come because you didn't give it life. It comes because you didn't live your life properly. That means we have destroyed, affected, reduced all the natural energies that God has given us: trees, plants, rivers, creatures in the ocean, on the land and everything else God has given us because we have destroyed so much of God. In the process of destroying all the natural elements in the universe we have destroyed God. Because we have destroyed God Raksha Kali is inevitable. For what we have done today, on the ninth, and continuously in the worship of Kali – actually, the Gayathri Peedam, I think, is the only temple that is known to worship kali at every pooja – because at the Gayathri Peedam we understand the energy of Kali through our astral association with masters, sages and saints, and because of that we know that Mother Kali should be invoked first because we have been provoking Mother Kali in all her forms.
When I say 'Mother Kali' don't expect that when you pass on from this life you will see Mother Kali in the way you see her here, somewhere at heaven's gate, with a knife in her hand, waiting to butcher you. The force is called Mother. It is the energy of the Mother. We say 'she', 'Mother Earth', that is how we refer to this energy as Raksha Kali, all-destroying, all-forceful, never-ending energy of the Supreme Mother.
I want you to understand that you might be the protected few in the journey of this life - both material and spiritual. God has granted us all this last opportunity to make better, to make peace with everything that we have done in the past and past lives. We have destroyed gurus, we have destroyed masters, we have destroyed swamis, we have destroyed saints in our process. In our process of total selfishness we have destroyed them. The time has come where the destruction that every individual or human is trying upon these great saints and sages will come with a reverse negative impact to such an extent that you would regret the day you were born.
In the Bhagavad Gita God said when there's a decline of the totality of the religion of Hindu Dharma, I will ascend. But God did not say in the Bhagavad Gita how he would ascend whether in Vishwarupa, Rama, Krishna or human form. Therefore it is our duty to look at all saints and sages in the light as avatars of God - that they have come upon this earth, to us at this time, to save us from destruction, chaos, hate, greed and ego, and take us on this journey of realisation of Self and God. This is the time. It is you who are fortunate. It is not the saint that is fortunate. It is you. The saint is not really fortunate because in this present age he has great obstacles and obstructions holding him back for your progress and those obstructions are you and yourself. No other obstructions. Your mind is your obstruction.
Let's take a simple example today: where are all the once-a-month-devotees who come here once a month to worship Mother Gayathri. Where are they? It was only you. And you were here all day. But where are those that fill this place up during pournami? Once-a-month-devotees, where are they? Selfish worship is no worship, for once a month it is guaranteed that you'll have prosperity so that is why they're not here. Because here there's no guarantee of prosperity. This is just worship. If we miss it in 2011, we'll catch it in 2012. This is the now to seize, capture, keep and enjoy with total divinity and love for God.
When Krishna was giving a discourse to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, God was giving a discourse to you in this life. And you will enjoy that moment, that time, the experience of this oneness with God, unification with God, this Yoga of God. Realising God is in itself a form of yoga. Remembering God is yoga. Speaking to God is yoga. Anything you do with regard to God is yoga. It is the union, the gap that has been filled between you and God. God is not in some distant place away from you. God is right in you. And, because He is in you, you will lose the opportunity to find God because we seek him outside. You would be praying for twenty-four years, wanting to go to Katrigama - you are wide awake, full of energy to see Lord Muruga or Babaji in full form. You walk all the distance and stand right in front of the murthi of Babaji and you close your eyes. Why can't you see God with your eyes open? Why do you have to close your eyes to see God? Very simple: when you draw the curtains to your home you turn the lights on. You don't draw the curtains in the daytime. You turn the lights on so you can see better. You close your eyes so you can see the light within you. That light is the total reflection of God and God alone. You need to enjoy that reflection, that God. Not any other God. Once you know the greater guru within, which is atma, knowing the guru without is very simple. The guru without you will show you the guru within.
Raksha Kali has come because of the wrongdoings of every one of you, and every human in this universe. I still say you are the most fortunate ones who will say, 'I am saved'. When you say that, you'll say, 'I've realised God. I'm enjoying and experiencing this unification, union and love with God'. Make God your lover. And why am I saying, 'make God your lover'? Many of you seated here have boyfriends and girlfriends and that is the only thing on your mind. Turn that around and make God your lover and you will find that you will remember God twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Because you will remember anything that you love. Unfortunately, you have not attained the ability to make that contact with God, but that will come in time. You do not plant a seed and expect it to bear fruit tomorrow. It's the same with unification with God. Enjoy this God. Enjoy every moment with God.
Today was the most beautiful experience - after twelve years. Twelve years ago, I had this experience in the small top temple. While we sang bhajan, Mother Gayathri walked out of the statue and danced in front of me. Twelve years ago we had that experience and we never had it again. This morning she walked out of the statue and danced where the white lines are drawn, with the total ecstasy of love, beauty and peace - an indication to me that she is still with us: every moment, every minute she is present here.
I want all of you to have and enjoy that ecstasy of knowing the beautiful, powerful, extraordinary Mother Gayathri. When she dances, she only brings tears to my eyes. She came out of the murthi and danced the Tandava Shiva dance of Kali, and she danced and danced 'till she sat in the spot that is marked. And when we marked the area some of you walked there. So you can all enjoy the beatitude of that Supreme Mother, the most Beloved Mother. The only Mother, beyond the sun – tat savitur - that can give you any light in this time, in this age. Every other form is just a representation of Gayathri, including Kali. So there again, we are most fortunate that we recite the Gayathri Mantra continuously and listen to it continuously.
Many of us like to watch TV programmes. Get the Gayathri CD, the mantra, and play it continuously. Let it be secondary to your nature. If you know of anyone who is expecting a baby ask them to listen only to the Gayathri Mantra. No other mantra. Then we'll have another Raja, another Sujana. Because those two were born out of the sound 'Gayathri, Gayathri, Gayathri'. And I pray all of you believe in this God, this Energy, this Cosmic Field called Gayathri and enjoy every moment and bliss that I enjoy in Gayathri.
You all know me as Swami Shankarananda, and many of you seated here, when you tell people you go to the Gayathri Peedam, they will give you a long negative history of the Gayathri Peedam. Let me tell you this: here I stand with each one of you still strong as ever. Nothing in this universe can stop me now from being one with the Mother. And I pray that each one of you enjoy this journey and become one with the mother. I can quote you examples here and proof of what the Mother can do. But I know what will happen as soon as I walk out. Some of you will come and tell me that it was my ego, that I boasted. How else can you praise the success of the Mother, the achievements of the mother, if you don't give examples? That you need to know.
So with that I say on this day – and this might reflect on you later some time, and you might be wondering this is why I said that, and it will reflect on you some time in your recent future, and your strength will be tested then. Just be one with Mother Gayathri and enjoy the beatitude, love, peace, oneness of being with that Mother Gayathri. For, I have to be blunt and to the point, ‘guru bhakti yoga’ are only words to many of you here. We talk and you discuss. But bhakti is lacking. It is really lacking. We've seen it in the recent few days, and I know that weakness also exists in the Gayathri Peedam. Again I tell you: find your guru and hold him for dear life. I don't have to be your guru. Find a guru to take you to where you want to go. I might be doing my job very, very slowly. If you want, find yourself a guru and he'll take you there and you can enjoy the bliss. There's no objection to who your guru is. Don't think you come here stuck with me. I'm no guru. I'm just a perfect idiot. Whatever I tell you now, in this moment today, I don't know tomorrow because I have no mind. I think nothing. Everything is thought for me from the astral plane. You'll find in the middle of pooja I get up and do something because that's the instruction we get. Believe that. I'm sure you don't want an idiot for a guru. Get a guru that's totally intellectual. Get a guru that can teach you. I can't teach you. My guru didn't teach me. He taught me how to transfer energy to the mind: gnanagni. That is the only way I know because you don't have the time to sit and learn and listen. So this is the time I'm telling you on the Good Friday of 2011, really, find yourself a guru and hold onto him for dear life. Do not let go of your guru for anything, even if your guru is called a murderer, do not let go of him for anything. Then you are a devotee, or a disciple. And don't be as fortunate as some of the devotees who could let two gurus down in the same lifetime – don't ever be those ones. Find your guru. Hold him for dear life. Grab him. He will kick you, smack you, throw you. Run back and grab your guru's feet.
I told you how I and my family were attracted to my guru Narayansami Gurudeva, and how he chased us at our first four visits, and swore at us with really bad words, and then said 'you are the disciple'. Gurus do that: scream at you, shout at you. Gurus will do the worst things to you. You must have the energy and the strength, the beatitude, the love, peace, surrender, faith and devotion for your guru. Then you can stand by your guru one hundred percent. And once you stand by your guru one hundred percent, this journey will be the best journey in all lifetimes. Many of you seated here have enjoyed some lifetimes with me, but I am not prepared to take you in this life time. Find a guru. and when you find a guru, make the best of it. Enjoy every moment with your guru. He must be able to make you laugh when you want to cry, and cry when you want to laugh. Don't follow blindly.
You people made me a guru. They're sitting here. I was an ordinary layman like you all – they made me a guru. Find your guru and hold onto him for dear life. Enjoy the beatitude of being with your guru, moment by moment. And everything reflects on now, and now reflects on a moment ago. It cannot reflect on a moment to be, but on a moment ago. Enjoy your Easter. Drive carefully. All of you must go for the last few rounds. We finish at seven. Then we can come back for service.
Hari Om.
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