How should one perform all the Mansi Puja? One should organize it. Don't we organize how to perform that other puja, like where to spread my seat? And to do this much. We organize it like that, if we want to do it properly. If one doesn't want to do it properly, then whatever comes and however it comes, they just do it. But for those who want to increase their love for God, they should also organize the Pratyaksh Puja, meaning it should be fixed. Like, we must perform at least this much puja in the morning. We must do it this way. If they do that much with devotion, then their love for God increases. Similarly, Mansi Puja should also be organized. Yes. Like, if I want to offer food to Maharaj, I should offer it using this method, offering these specific items. In this, Maharaj mentioned three categories: what one likes and what one does not like. Then, they should be different in all three seasons. Then, one should also maintain a general awareness. Maharaj said that too. Whatever is needed, like the lamp and Aarti, perform all that is required. Do not forget that. So, that is called Shastranusandhan. Therefore, just as Mansi Puja is a means to increase inner love, it is also a means to see how our love is for Maharaj. Therefore, in Mansi Puja, what Shastranusandhan should I maintain? What seasonal awareness should I maintain? And what awareness of likes and dislikes should I maintain? After deciding all that, then perform Mansi Puja according to the rules. Many times we don't even know what we like and what we don't like. When it is time for Mansi Puja, we close our eyes for a moment. We don't do anything. Because they haven't decided what they like and what they don't. Or else, whatever comes to mind, we offer it to Maharaj. Offer only what you like, like that. So, Shastranusandhan should be kept permanently or together. Should it be together? Huh? That mostly remains the same. And the other one changes according to the season. That awareness, meaning it is called Dehanubhav. Dehanusandhan. If we are feeling hot and we offer Maharaj something, thinking it is cold, and we observe that season, then that is not right. Because it is said, 'As is the body, so is the deity,' right? So, with that feeling. And suppose in summer, everyone likes cold things. So, what Maharaj called 'liked' here is not in the context of that liking. One's permanent choice, write that, Maharaj. There should be a permanent choice. In wearing, sleeping, sitting, eating, there is a permanent choice that one likes this thing much more. So, offer that to Maharaj first. Then, it's not that you only offer that much, then Maharaj said, as per the scriptures, do other things as required. It's about eating, like, suppose someone really likes pizza now, so they offer pizza. There is no scriptural objection to that. You said earlier, right, that one dresses Him in pants and shirt. And if one offers pizza, then Maharaj's status as Rajadhiraj is not devalued by offering pizza. So, offer pizza, but then it's not that you don't offer anything else at all. Offer the choice first, and then offer everything according to the scriptures. Maintain the rituals. So, according to the scriptures or customs, not just strictly scriptures. Generally, if we eat lunch, then whatever is there, like dal, rice, vegetables, everything should be offered. In dal and rice, there is no choice like, 'I only like this dal and rice, so I will offer dal and rice to Maharaj first.' That is done according to the rituals or customs. Maharaj might eat dal, curd, this, or that. So, offer dal and rice. But offer the choice first. So, what do you say? Ice cream too. Yes, ice cream, yes, offer ice cream, no problem with that. Offer it at all three times too. Where is the expense? It's a different matter if you want to make it and offer it. So, what is liked keeps changing every day. It keeps changing. The other one changes according to the season mostly, and so, 'liked' includes both. For example, liked according to the season and permanent choice. For example, if someone likes Magaj's Laddu among sweets, or say, Mohanthal, then that is their permanent choice. And you can offer that in summer, in monsoon, and in winter. So, that became a permanent choice. Someone likes eggplant curry and someone likes okra curry. So, that is said to be a permanent choice. Still, if they remember that it is hot, they might not offer it, otherwise, if it is a permanent choice, they can offer it, no problem with that. Offer okra, offer okra. So, in vegetables, this, that, everyone has their choices. So, offer that first, then if needed, offer others too. So, if it is summer and we offer eggplant curry, then there are others too, and Maharaj will eat whatever is appropriate. But we should offer it, since we like it, we should offer it even in summer. Even if Maharaj feels hot, Maharaj said, even if Maharaj doesn't like it, offer it. Even if God doesn't like it, contemplate Maharaj with things that you like, Maharaj said so. Such is the word. To oneself, even if Maharaj doesn't like it. To Maharaj, huh? We want to love Him, Maharaj doesn't need to. When we give something we like very much to someone, love is also expressed in that, we don't just give it away. And that is a great surrender. Similarly, if we like something very much and we have obtained it with great difficulty, and we give it to someone, someone respectable, then we feel more love for them because of that. It increases more than the usual. Love increases. Similarly, if we are devoted to Maharaj and then offer something we like very much to Maharaj, then our love for Maharaj increases. Therefore, just as Mansi Puja is a means to increase inner love, it is also a means to see how our love is for Maharaj. We prepare all the items and close our eyes. But now we haven't decided what we like in this and with how much love we are offering it to Maharaj, we need to see that. We need to see how well or poorly the Mansi Puja is performed, how much disturbance occurs. If there is disturbance, it means we have less love for Maharaj. That is also a test. And if it goes well, then Maharaj's puja is performed well. If the mind wanders elsewhere during Mansi Puja, huh? If the mind wanders elsewhere during Mansi Puja, then love is that much less. Decide on the organization. They should decide on the organization. Everyone's mind tends to wander. It's not that Maharaj said only those whose minds remain steady should perform Mansi Puja and others shouldn't. Everyone's mind wanders. If the organization is done properly, it won't wander. Just as we organize that other formal puja, if we organize Mansi Puja such that, 'I want to offer this to Maharaj at this time,' and if it is liked, then 50% of the time it won't wander. 50% it won't wander. And still, many times a person is confused about their own likes. They might like two or three things. Now, among those two or three things, they haven't categorized which ones they like. So, if it is very accurate, then they can offer that accurately to Maharaj. If they can offer it, then their soul will also be drawn to it. So, people don't have the habit of self-analysis first. So, what I like or what I don't like, that is a big problem. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details