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00:00If we can't see God in the people which is around us,
00:06do you think you will see God somewhere else?
00:12First, we have to perceive the Divine,
00:17the real form of God inside of your heart, which is through love.
00:25If you don't have love, the Divine don't reveal Himself.
00:34Danabai said, you know, calling to Krishna,
00:38O Krishna, where are you? Why you can't, I can't hear you?
00:44Why you don't answer to me? I'm calling to you, I'm crying for you.
00:49No matter what I'm doing, you know, my mind is crazy about you.
00:55Why you don't reveal yourself to me?
00:59Danabai said that the mind, you are the mind of all mind.
01:05You are the son of all sound.
01:08You are my everything. Why don't you reveal yourself?
01:16And then Krishna responds that, I am ever with you, Dana.
01:21How can I be ever separate from you?
01:27Seek me deep inside of you first. You will shall see me.
01:33So, the Lord comes in many forms.
01:38For each one, He will come according to their own beliefs firstly.
01:46And He have a multitude of forms.
01:50Like I said, each one is a carrier of that Divine aspect.
01:57So, each one of you are a temple which holds that spark of Divinity within.
02:06And of course, on the Bhakti path, not to indulge our mind through our ego.
02:16Because you see, in other paths they tell you, no, you are God.
02:20But you can't be.
02:22You are a spark of that Divinity.
02:26You are a droplet of that ocean.
02:30You may have all the Divine quality.
02:34But still, there's a big difference between the two.
02:39That's why in the Bhakti path we said we are eternal servant of the Lord.
02:46So, your question is, what is the real form of God?
02:49Like I said, the real form of God, which form you have faith upon,
02:55the Lord will manifest Himself to that.
02:59The real form of the Lord, He has shown to very few of them.
03:04Few lucky ones have had that grace to perceive that magnitude of the Lord cosmic form.
03:16Even when Krishna was alive, Arjun asked the same question.
03:23Chapter 11, you know, verse 4, he asked the same question to Krishna.
03:28And I said, please, I want to see your form in that way.
03:32But please show it to me, if you deem me worthy.
03:38If you see that I can handle that form.
03:42If I can handle that form, then only you show me.
03:52Very often people ask, you know, I've been praying to God.
03:58Why I don't see Him?
04:02Why does it not manifest Himself to me?
04:05I've heard many stories around left, right.
04:09But why can't I see?
04:11I said to them, look, you're lucky.
04:15You're still on the way.
04:18Because very often people think that I can handle that form of God if He showed it to me.
04:24Because you see, in your mind, you have a certain understanding.
04:28Of course, you have embellished it the way you want.
04:31With all your fantasy.
04:35So you want a God according to your fantasy.
04:39Which will please you.
04:41Which will make you happy.
04:44You know, you have read all the Leela in Vrindavan, how Krishna is.
04:48You know.
04:50Which is wonderful.
04:55But like I have said, each one will perceive the divinity according to the stage of spirituality they are.
05:04The gopis or Vrindavan are very high spiritual beings.
05:09For them, there's no question in every cell of their body at each part of themselves is only Krishna.
05:16Krishna.
05:17And of course, Krishna will manifest himself.
05:23Even that, he tested them.
05:25No?
05:27So, like that, you see, first real form of God is when your heart open up.
05:37When there is no doubt or question about your faith.
05:47And then, when that love awake inside of you, you will start to perceive that love everywhere.
05:56Love in everything around you.
06:01Then, through that love grow more and more.
06:08And then, when the Lord sees that you are ready,
06:14He shall reveal according to your faith that divine aspect itself.
06:26So, for each one it will vary.
06:29If you have deep faith in a certain aspect of the Lord,
06:35you have a multitude aspect.
06:39To those who believe in Him as Ram, He will come in the form of Ram.
06:44For those who believed in Him as Krishna, He will come in the form of Krishna.
06:48For those who believe in Him as Narashingedhi, He will come as Narashingedhi.
06:53Even those who believe in Him as Jesus, He will come as Jesus.
06:57You see, it's not our mental understanding of Him that will make that form manifest.
07:05He will manifest according to your power, according to your devotion that you have for Him.
07:13Because without devotion, He will manifest Himself.
07:21So, firstly, like I said, the real form of God is what He has manifest for us all around, you
07:30know.
07:31What He has manifest that we can remember Him.
07:39And who makes us remember Him is when we look around us, we must be grateful.
07:51So, I don't know whether this thing is working or not, but from my side here it appears that it
07:56is crashed completely.
08:12The next question is,
08:18In the Damodhara Leela, Mother Yashoda was needing robes to type Krishna.
08:34She was collecting a lot of robes that she had at home, but still was missing two fingers.
08:47You know the scale, Damodhara Leela.
08:48And then she started to go to all the neighbours' house asking for robes.
08:55And everybody was giving her robes to type Krishna.
09:02This is called Sangha.
09:05When everybody works together to please the Lord.
09:10How can we improve our Sangha and get more robes to type the Lord?
09:18This is from Prithu.
09:21So, in the Shritashwada Upanishad,
09:27it is said,
09:29the importance of all Vedic knowledge is revealed within the heart of those who engage
09:35with unfliquing faith in devotion towards Guru and God.
09:42So, Sangha have these two things,
09:49unflickering faith towards Guru and God.
09:55Why is Sangha important?
09:59You see, very often one want always to do one spiritual practice by oneself.
10:09And one want to be alone.
10:12But you are not yogis who live in caves.
10:17Because in this world nowadays, one is easily deviated from one path.
10:27And what makes one stronger is when one comes together.
10:32When one has satsang together.
10:36When one starts to share one's spiritual practice.
10:43When that happens, one becomes more strong.
10:49And the sharing of knowledge is important.
10:53Huh?
10:54This is what keep the mind on track.
10:58Because otherwise we get deviated by so many things around.
11:02We will find many excuse.
11:07So, for that mind not to run around, for that mind not to be going left-right,
11:15we have to keep it in bundle.
11:19To keep it strong.
11:21Because more you come together, more you are strong.
11:25Like this beautiful story that I always say.
11:29One master called all his disciples.
11:34And he said to his disciples,
11:37It is time for me to leave soon.
11:40And I would like all of you to do one thing.
11:44Go around, collect a certain length of wood, stick, and bring it to me.
11:53And the one who, when you come back, then we will choose who will be my, how say,
12:04the one which will take my place later on.
12:09So, everyone run into the forest and collect the wood, the stick, and brought.
12:16And when they brought it to the master,
12:18the master took one by one and started breaking.
12:21Very easily.
12:25And then he told everyone, please come.
12:29He was handing over the stick.
12:31Each one can break the stick very easily.
12:35Then he took the left, the rest.
12:39He tied them all together into a bundle.
12:44And he handed that bundle to everybody.
12:47He said, now try to break it.
12:49And they tried.
12:51It was very strong and very hard.
12:55So, then the master said, this is what I would like you all to be.
13:03All being together.
13:05Being together doesn't mean it's an easy thing, you know.
13:09Because you have to handle the mental state of many people, firstly.
13:15You have to handle the mindset of many people, secondly.
13:19Which is very often people, each one want to be heard.
13:24They don't want to hear things.
13:28So, in the Sangha, it's very important, you know, like I said.
13:33Learn to listen.
13:34Because you will learn much more by listening than by talking.
13:41If you listen,
13:45you know,
13:46doesn't mean that you have to take everything.
13:48Of course, you have to be reasonable.
13:51You have to use your reason also.
13:54You have to use your intellect also.
13:56But in a Sangha, you are more stronger.
14:01Like the question said,
14:04how can we improve our Sangha, you know,
14:08and get more ropes to tie the Lord?
14:11So, in a Sangha, firstly,
14:14you have to be clear,
14:16whoever is leading the Sangha,
14:17have to be clear, what are you teaching to the people?
14:21What are you giving to the people?
14:23And one has not to deviate from one path.
14:29When you are teaching something to the people,
14:33you have to be really educated and knows what you are talking about.
14:39Not just random stories, not just fables and so on.
14:43No.
14:46So, the Sangha must not deviate from the Guru's teaching, firstly.
14:52It should not be,
14:55when, if you are having a Satsang, be about something else.
15:01It has to be in accordance to the teaching of the Guru.
15:05What your Guru teach you is far most,
15:09more better than any books or any stories from anyone else.
15:15So, when that is clear for the person which is leading the Sangha,
15:23then the Sangha will base upon that.
15:26Like I said earlier, hearing is very important.
15:30What you are listening, what the, the, the, the,
15:33you know, Sangha, you share things together.
15:36And the sharing is not to gossip about everybody else.
15:40Because very often I have noticed something in many Sanghas,
15:44after they finish their spiritual practice,
15:45Kirtan, Bhajana, Abhishekam and all those, then there's gossip part.
15:50They, this is not good.
15:52And this is what break the Sangha,
15:55by taking the stories of X, Y, Z and trying to fill it into the ears of people.
16:06That's what I said. The moment you start your Sangha,
16:09it should not be a gossip place.
16:11It should be only what is being taught by the Guru.
16:17You can meditate upon that. You can discuss about that.
16:21And everybody can add their point of view on that.
16:24You can be agreeing with the person which is teaching it,
16:27or not agreeing with the person which is teaching it.
16:29It's fine.
16:30Discussion is important, but it should not go out of subject.
16:35When it goes out of subject, then it is problematic.
16:39So to tithe the Lord, the subject that the Guru has given,
16:44the mind must surrender to that point only.
16:47That's what will make you more stronger.
16:49The more you become stronger,
16:50the more your devotion and love also will grow strong itself.
16:57Because if you have a Sangha,
17:00and yet one doesn't have love and devotion into that, you know,
17:08it becomes difficult.
17:09Difficult.
17:12And then everybody will stop to, to, to, to, to.