Know You, Know Everything | Success Sadhana | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 17 Apr 2026

There's a story my teacher told about a person. In this case it is a man, Scott. Poor Scott, he put his money in the wrong bank account. He was investing over many years. He was 37 years old, and had been investing since he was seven. He got a US Treasury bond and he invested that when he was a kid—he got it for his birthday, and he kept saving his whole life. When he went to make a withdrawal, he realized he had been putting his money in the wrong bank account his whole life, and there was nothing in it. Knowing the difference between reality and illusion is really important because if you invest in illusion, first of all, there’s no compound interest. Second of all, there’s nothing there to draw upon. So, what’s the practicality of knowing the difference between yourself and your life situation? Well, that’s indicated in the next slide—'the money slide': Take time to invest in Sat. If you're doing an experiment with this and you're setting goals, find out what’s eternal, what is always existing, and what will be there after this body is finished. I set a five-year goal that culminates in 2026, and I’m working on it right now to make sure that it happens. Those five years went by so fast; I don’t even know where they went. It’s just, all of a sudden, 2026, and I say, "Okay, this is the year." If everyone set a five-year goal, it would go by really fast. But what if you set a 125-year goal? JM, why don’t you write down a goal that you’d like to see come to fruition in 125 years? Manu, why are you smiling when I say that? Why does that seem so funny? Manu: "I think it just makes me think that I can write some impossible goals, also, which I think is impossible. Well, it does bring your mind to the question: Where will I be in 125 years? Doesn’t it? It’s possible to live to 125, but okay, stretch it out to 150. Where will you be 150 years from now? For that matter, where will you be100 years from now? Where were you 100 years ago? (None of you are 100 years old now.) So this is a consideration. We don’t know, but what the Bhagavad-gītā is telling us is that you were somewhere. You—the person you are now—you were somewhere. Not the body 'you'. Not the American, Canadian, man, woman... or for any cats listening to this program today. We do have a few cat fans that tune in; Chuck’s looking for the cat. Yeah, they listen too! But you might not have been a cat in your last life, cats who are listening today. You could have been a dog. I hate to freak any of the cats out here today, but that’s a fact. It's because we are Sat and the body is not sat. So, invest in Sat. That’s the idea. That’s satisfying. You’re putting the money in the right bank account. There are a couple of excuses there. Somebody did a graffiti down there at the bottom; it must have been with a spray can. It says: "But I'm too busy." And then somebody else came along with another spray paint can and said: "Busy doing what?" That’s the big question.We're always busy. This is something..(41:32) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://vaisesikadasayatra.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://thefourquestionsbook.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025