One who does something special is called a genius. One who does something special is called a genius. If everyone does according to their level, then it's considered normal. But one who does something special is called a genius. It doesn't just mean that someone intelligent is a genius. Does something special. I was listening to a discourse, and it had something very good in it. What does genius mean? That one's own 'aukat' (capacity/worth), if you understand Hindi, it means one has their own 'aukat'. One has to cross their 'aukat'. If one just goes according to their 'aukat', they don't become a genius. One has to cross their 'aukat' a little. Just five percent, not much. And if one crosses their 'aukat', meaning they exert a little more pressure than the strength they have, then it works out. There's no problem, one has to exert pressure. Everyone just goes normally, thinking whatever happens, happens. Like an elephant, swaying and walking along. It's not like that. It happens if you press the tail like a dog. Then it runs. So, one should cross their 'aukat' a little more than what it is. And then what else to do? That is to do it for a long time. Many have the potential to become a genius. But it doesn't last long. Five years, ten years, twenty-five years. Maharaj says, 'After many births, one attains the highest state.' So, in our Sampraday, during Maharaj's time, all the Nand Santos were geniuses. If Brahmanand Swami wrote 20,000 verses after seeing Maharaj, then what else would you call him if not a genius? No one else has written anything like that in history until now. 10 to 20,000, 10,000, 10-10,000 and 20-20,000 verses. Written after seeing Maharaj. How much burning desire must he have had in his mind? What to say about 20,000, even 20 verses are not memorized at the right time. And he created 20,000 new verses. So he is called a genius. So, if one does only as much as everyone else does normally, they don't become a genius. His 'aukat' and for how long he must have written, or kept it going. His whole life. Continuously. Continuously. Such verses have been written. So, one either acts according to their capacity, or goes a little beyond their capacity. And if one works hard for five days and then stops, it won't work. If one works hard day and night and then stops. One cannot become a genius like that. Shastriji Maharaj took a vow. I have to chant 35 million mantras. At that time, there wouldn't have been anyone normal among all the ongoing ones, but Swami said he wanted to do that. So what did Swami do? What did he do to complete those chants? He would start when the aarti began. He would wake up at two or three in the morning. And sit for four hours at a time. And how much? He sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → He sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → Continuously. And then, it must have gone far beyond 35 million. And then he performed a yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → So, in a genius, such an influence comes upon a person. Natural power. And in this, it was Maharaj's chanting. And in our field, in the field of sadhus, whatever one does, long-life or beyond one's capacity. Then Maharaj becomes pleased with all that. Otherwise, it's not like that. So, in that, a tremendous surge of power comes. And when that enthusiasm comes, Swami performed a yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → This genius quality. There are very few born geniuses. No one is born a genius. But a person should first rise from within, thinking, 'Let's do something.' We don't do it, but Kothari Swami was 11 years old, so let's say Swami Shastriji Maharaj is considered in the intelligent class. And Kothari Swami was 11 years old when he came with Swami, and he served continuously for 91 years. Continuous service. So the result was that in the end, some became liberated. When going to the village, he would say, 'My cremation is now, you do the 'don' here, do everything,' and then leave. That's how dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Otherwise, nothing new. Not even normal. Never sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → But one focus. Only one focus. And in that, he said, 'hard work'. Beyond capacity and hard work. Hard work means long life. If one does that long life, then they become a genius. They become a genius in any field. It was said in this. That if something happened once, it's very difficult to bring it back to normal. Maharaj also has intellect. That is, Maharaj says that if there's a slight mistake, it's in that form, isn't it? He also has a fault. Those are for making minus into plus. But if someone has no minus points and wants to become a genius, then they should take that same path. It's ready straight away. One who has no minus points. No mistake has been made. Or no fault comes in the intellect. There is nothing like that. And if he does it just like that, he becomes a genius. Hard work and one has to cross their 'aukat' a little. If one exerts a little effort beyond their capacity, it happens, no big deal. One doesn't have to cross their 'aukat' too much. If one crosses their 'aukat' too much, it won't last long. One day, he says. That sutra in the Yoga Sutras is also very good. This Continuity. This continuous, respectful practice leads to a firm foundation. Three or four adjectives are given. Firstly, it requires continuity. With respect. So, it requires interest in it. If there's interest, then one's capacity is crossed. If there's interest, no matter how tired one is, if they find a friend, the tiredness goes away. One needs someone with 'rah' (interest), someone by their side with 'rah'. Then the tiredness immediately goes away. One doesn't feel tired at all. I was listening to Narendra Modi, and he said in it that. Why would one feel tired if they believe it's their own? They won't feel tired. If one believes in interest, if interest comes, then one doesn't feel tired. No matter how much one does, they don't get tired. All those who are geniuses never feel tired. A genius doesn't have anything like tiredness. So, in this, it is said that if one wants to please again, they have to do something like a genius. And if someone is pleased and there's no problem, and suppose they want to please again and they keep doing it, then they become a genius. Long-term. This long-term, continuous, respectful practice leads to a firm foundation. That is the sutra. Long-term, continuous, respectful practice leads to a firm foundation. So that sutra is the definition of a genius. That any person, even the most dull-witted. He told a very good story about this. That a person in America had no job, so in his mind, he would get many ideas. He would read newspapers and see cartoons in them. So he would get many inspirations, thinking, 'If I made a cartoon like this, and a cartoon like that, and a cartoon like this,' he would get many inspirations and many ideas. So he went to a newspaper owner; he had no job. So he went to the newspaper owner. That I get many such ideas. I don't have any degree. So will you give me a job? So the editor said, 'Will you give me a job?' So he said, 'You present your ideas.' Show us. Then we'll see. So he said, 'I'm like this, like this,' and he presented his ideas, so the other person hired him. One or two months passed, and they folded their hands, saying, 'We don't need you anymore.' You are a burden to us; we have to carry your burden. He didn't do anything, and there was no result. So now you go. He was fired in two months. Then he went to another place, and in that way, he was fired from seven or eight places. He didn't succeed anywhere. Then he went to his in-laws' house. He wasn't eating or drinking anything, so his in-laws' house is considered a big refuge. There, in America, it's true that it happens. But even there, such a father-in-law's house would be common. So, a few years ago, there was a little bit of family system there, so he went to his in-laws' house. And even there, he wouldn't do anything; he would just sit at home, quiet and subdued. He started thinking in his mind that many such cartoons are coming to his mind. But no one is keeping me. And it seems like I am unable to express myself. As he was sitting there, a broken table was there, and a mouse came on it. A mouse comes. Some food was stuck on the wall, but it was a little high. So he started looking there. Then he climbed. He climbed, but still couldn't reach. So he stood on three legs, and then propped one leg and tried, but still couldn't reach. Then he jumped. And caught it. And from that, he got an idea. And he showed a cartoon, saying, 'I will show everyone the play that this mouse performed.' And he gave the cartoon. And that was Mickey Mouse's. And that Walt Disney. He was not kept anywhere for seven or eight times, that Walt Disney. He changed the whole world. That Walt Disney. So he is called a genius. It's not that all geniuses are experts. They might be dull, not moving anywhere. But still, he had full faith that he could do something. I want to do something. If everyone just goes with the flow, following everyone else, there's no value in that. We should do something new. So, and that which is new, it suppresses one's own capacity a little. And one has to do it in their own field. Otherwise, what others do is called imitation; they can never become a genius. If someone imitates someone else or competes by looking at someone else. Or if someone burns with envy by looking at someone else, they can never become a genius. Whatever is in him, he takes it beyond his capacity. And focuses for a long life. So then, even the smallest thing becomes a genius. The smallest thing. Kothari Swami didn't do anything else. Swami didn't focus on Kothari Swami's skill or anything like that. It's not that he focused on any novelty. He did it generally. But now, he focused for 90 years on doing only one service. Focus on service for 90 years. So he becomes a genius. So, to please. How to please? Then one must wage war against their inner enemies. And if there are no inner enemies, then do this. There is only one way: to fill the minus. He has to make this a plus. Then Vedantanand Swami has asked a question. If someone has initially behaved poorly, what remedy should they adopt to please God and God's saint? Then Narayan Das Swami was completely uneducated. Shastriji Maharaj used to say that Swami would sign, and he was the Kothari, wasn't he? For 40 years, he remained the Mahant of Junagadh. Gunatitanand Swami stayed for 40 years, and Narayan Das Swami stayed for 40 years. No other 40, no one like that. When Narayan Das Swami had to sign, he would write Narayan Da. He didn't know how to write 'sa' in the old days, so he would write 'Narayan Da'. Now, he served the Satsang Satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → So he became a double God. Only one focus. That Maharaj should be pleased, and one should serve Maharaj. Maharaj becomes pleased. Now, there isn't just one type of service; Swami's responsibility is for the entire temple. There isn't just one type of service, like Kothari Swami focused on only one service, saying, 'Let's do this according to this.' So it's not like that. He served continuously for 40 years. So what kind of influence would Narayan Das Swami have? He is considered a saint like God. One focus is needed. One should do a little beyond their capacity. One should do it for a long life. So, long-term, continuous, respectful practice means that if there is interest, it happens, so respect is included in that. If one has interest in doing this, then only it can be done, otherwise it cannot be done. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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