1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,100 You are here basically 2 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:04,886 to enjoy yourselves. 3 00:00:05,178 --> 00:00:08,489 Why should the Universe exist at all? 4 00:00:08,705 --> 00:00:10,607 Have you not seen 5 00:00:10,607 --> 00:00:12,142 Nataraja’s [Shiva’s] dance? 6 00:00:12,388 --> 00:00:14,474 He is merely dancing isn't it? 7 00:00:14,659 --> 00:00:17,003 It is the dance of creation. 8 00:00:17,003 --> 00:00:19,996 He is simply celebrating life. 9 00:00:19,996 --> 00:00:22,372 So each one has to find out 10 00:00:22,372 --> 00:00:24,668 how to celebrate this life. 11 00:00:24,668 --> 00:00:26,546 What comes your way, 12 00:00:26,546 --> 00:00:28,897 accept it and enjoy it. 13 00:00:28,897 --> 00:00:31,862 You have to create what you want. 14 00:00:32,108 --> 00:00:35,347 Life could be divided into 4 phases. 15 00:00:35,347 --> 00:00:37,407 In the first phase of life, 16 00:00:37,407 --> 00:00:38,802 you are expected 17 00:00:38,802 --> 00:00:40,377 to acquire knowledge 18 00:00:40,377 --> 00:00:41,968 and maintain your body 19 00:00:41,968 --> 00:00:43,615 healthy and strong. 20 00:00:43,876 --> 00:00:45,442 In this phase of life, 21 00:00:45,442 --> 00:00:47,867 you must be focused on education, 22 00:00:47,867 --> 00:00:49,207 acquiring skills 23 00:00:49,207 --> 00:00:51,151 and preparing of the future. 24 00:00:51,151 --> 00:00:52,424 In the second phase, 25 00:00:52,424 --> 00:00:54,502 you must acquire wealth, 26 00:00:54,502 --> 00:00:56,197 get married, have children, 27 00:00:56,197 --> 00:00:58,155 perform your responsibilities 28 00:00:58,155 --> 00:01:00,253 towards your family, 29 00:01:00,253 --> 00:01:01,630 enjoy the world 30 00:01:01,630 --> 00:01:04,142 and fulfill your desires. 31 00:01:04,142 --> 00:01:06,044 In the third phase, 32 00:01:06,044 --> 00:01:08,236 if you are really fulfilled in your life, 33 00:01:08,236 --> 00:01:10,559 cravings would have ceased. 34 00:01:10,559 --> 00:01:11,831 In this phase, 35 00:01:11,831 --> 00:01:13,861 you could be with your family, 36 00:01:13,861 --> 00:01:16,927 but should feel detached from your family. 37 00:01:16,927 --> 00:01:19,306 You must serve the world. 38 00:01:19,306 --> 00:01:21,957 You must be concerned about people, 39 00:01:21,957 --> 00:01:25,147 but nothing personal should be there. 40 00:01:25,147 --> 00:01:28,043 In the Last and final phase of your life 41 00:01:28,043 --> 00:01:30,649 you should not be attached to the world. 42 00:01:30,649 --> 00:01:34,556 This is the phase in which you seek liberation. 43 00:01:34,556 --> 00:01:36,772 You cannot just continue 44 00:01:36,772 --> 00:01:39,110 in the first phase of life 45 00:01:39,110 --> 00:01:39,779 because 46 00:01:39,779 --> 00:01:42,051 it will soon become meaningless. 47 00:01:42,067 --> 00:01:44,419 Therefore you must move on 48 00:01:44,419 --> 00:01:46,270 to the second phase 49 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:49,699 and embrace its pleasures and pains. 50 00:01:50,022 --> 00:01:52,224 This too will soon lose meaning 51 00:01:52,224 --> 00:01:54,359 and therefore you move on 52 00:01:54,528 --> 00:01:57,003 to the third phase of serving the people. 53 00:01:57,003 --> 00:01:58,941 This too will ultimately 54 00:01:58,941 --> 00:02:01,012 stop giving satisfaction. 55 00:02:01,012 --> 00:02:03,106 It is then that you move on 56 00:02:03,106 --> 00:02:04,853 to liberation. 57 00:02:04,853 --> 00:02:06,648 Hopefully if you are awakened, 58 00:02:06,648 --> 00:02:09,219 the same mountains, the same stars 59 00:02:09,219 --> 00:02:11,123 you saw earlier 60 00:02:11,123 --> 00:02:12,546 would look very different. 61 00:02:12,546 --> 00:02:14,584 You could enjoy the world 62 00:02:14,584 --> 00:02:17,406 and simply pass away from this world. 63 00:02:17,406 --> 00:02:19,893 This is the game of life. 64 00:02:20,185 --> 00:02:22,265 But on the other hand, 65 00:02:22,265 --> 00:02:24,446 you are taking it very seriously. 66 00:02:24,446 --> 00:02:27,298 There must be liberation from work. 67 00:02:27,298 --> 00:02:29,772 It does not mean not doing work, 68 00:02:29,772 --> 00:02:32,325 You don't see it as work anymore. 69 00:02:32,325 --> 00:02:34,454 You see it as play. 70 00:02:34,454 --> 00:02:36,322 So you must see everything 71 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,966 as a game, 72 00:02:38,243 --> 00:02:39,489 you must know 73 00:02:39,489 --> 00:02:41,646 everything is a passing phase, 74 00:02:41,646 --> 00:02:44,525 everything will come to an end soon 75 00:02:44,525 --> 00:02:47,452 because there is nothing permanent. 76 00:02:47,452 --> 00:02:49,981 Order will move into disorder, 77 00:02:49,981 --> 00:02:53,288 disorder will move into order. 78 00:02:53,288 --> 00:02:55,471 Weak man may become strong, 79 00:02:55,471 --> 00:02:57,827 strong man could become weak. 80 00:02:57,827 --> 00:03:00,595 Intelligent people may become unintelligent, 81 00:03:00,595 --> 00:03:04,340 unintelligent may become intelligent. 82 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:06,509 Love could become hate, 83 00:03:06,509 --> 00:03:08,353 hate could become love. 84 00:03:08,353 --> 00:03:10,828 This is the law of the Universe. 85 00:03:10,828 --> 00:03:13,105 You cannot stop these things. 86 00:03:13,105 --> 00:03:15,132 So, you have to accept them. 87 00:03:15,132 --> 00:03:16,945 If you accept them, 88 00:03:16,945 --> 00:03:19,225 you will start enjoying life. 89 00:03:19,225 --> 00:03:20,879 You will be playing with it. 90 00:03:20,879 --> 00:03:23,320 That is the thrill of living. 91 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,063 Everything ultimately 92 00:03:25,063 --> 00:03:26,680 is like the onion, 93 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,510 if you go on peeling the onion, 94 00:03:28,510 --> 00:03:31,152 you'll find there is nothing in the end. 95 00:03:31,152 --> 00:03:32,345 Similarly, 96 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:34,929 if you go on peeling life's experiences, 97 00:03:34,929 --> 00:03:37,855 consciousness, God, or anything, 98 00:03:37,855 --> 00:03:39,590 in the end, you would feel 99 00:03:39,590 --> 00:03:42,398 there is nothing but silence. 100 00:03:42,398 --> 00:03:45,100 Life is a mystery to be lived, 101 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:49,063 not a riddle to be solved or understood. 102 00:03:49,063 --> 00:03:51,234 That is all there is to it. 103 00:03:51,234 --> 00:03:54,466 All things emerge from that silence, 104 00:03:54,466 --> 00:03:57,065 and return to that silence. 105 00:03:57,065 --> 00:03:59,386 You too will eventually 106 00:03:59,386 --> 00:04:01,242 merge into that silence, 107 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:03,559 from which you emerged 108 00:04:03,559 --> 99:59:59,999 in the first instance.