 Pranam, Sadhguru, I wanted to know what's so special about the Mahabilva leaf that we offer to Dhyanalingam. We have also been thinking of doing this, but in certain parts of the country, some people have tried to preserve all those leaves and flowers which are considered sacred. Why are they considered sacred? Why is one flower more sacred than the other? What is this nonsense all about? Is it some kind of a prejudice? See right now, there are two trees here. This is Pumbumaram and this is a… what? This is one of the common street side trees, I don't know what name they have for it. You must spend time on all these things. You need to spend time. If you spend time with this tree and this tree, you will see if you become meditative, you will naturally move towards this, not towards that. Why is this so? After all, everything comes from the soil. The neem tree, the neem fruit and the mango fruit come from the same soil, but they taste very different, isn't it? Same soil, right here they're going side by side, but they taste very different. So, how this particular life processes the same soil and how that life processes the same soil is different. Or if you want to look at it that way, between a worm and an insect and yourself and one more other human being, what is the difference? All the same stuff. But still what we make out of it is different, isn't it? So in every society, it doesn't matter in how many ways you try to level societies and people, people will stick out. People with certain kinds of talents will stick out. People with certain kinds of capability will stick out. You can't put them down, isn't it? Do what you want. Some people will stand out, some people will become part of the scenery. This is bound to happen. Similarly, among other lives, also which is true, so with the plant life, so people who are spiritually oriented, who are constantly looking for support in every possible way. Because when you're… when you're on a… a long journey and particularly if the terrain is unknown to you, the terrain is absolutely new to you, you would like to use every little support on the way. You will see if you're going up a mountain, if you're climbing Mount Everest, suppose you're carrying one little thread, you don't want to lose the thread, you want to keep it because you don't know when this little thread will become useful. If you're in a city, you can throw it and go. But you're on that kind of terrain which is unknown to you, you don't want to throw away a single piece of thread because you don't know how it'll be useful tomorrow. So when you're on the spiritual path, the same goes because it's an unknown terrain. Every little thing that could support you, people identified. So they did not leave even the flowers and roots and leaf, all the things that can support you. So always it is said, Vilva is dear to Shiva. What does he care? It's not that it is dear to Shiva. When we say it's dear to Shiva, in some way its reverberance is closest to that we refer to as Shiva. It is closer, it is in the direction. Like this we have identified many things, not just one particular leaf. We have identified many things and only those things are offered because they become your means to get in touch. You're not going to leave the leaf with him. You put it there and then you take it with you, isn't it? Because this particular leaf has the highest capability to absorb that reverberance and it's for you to pick it up and go. There are many, many materials like this which are all recognized sacred tools that people are using. You need to understand this. This is not about gods. This is about you and your ability to access something. Suppose you can try this, you experiment like this. Go into Dhyanalinga, okay? Let's say with... like this organic cotton and sit there, see how it feels. Go sit with raw silk and see how it feels. Go sit there with some nylon cloth, see how it feels. Wear a plastic wrap around you, go sit there, see how it feels. Don't believe anything. Just experiment three, three days, you wear one kind of clothing and sit there. You will... if you're little... have little sensitivity you will know the difference. Then you will naturally choose the right thing. So the important thing is when you go sit there, everything that you have should help you to absorb and nourish yourself, that's the idea. So the Vilva leaf has such a capability, if you place it on the linga and then take it, it's ability to retain that reverberation for a long period of time. It stays with you. If you keep it for a few days with you, it makes a difference. You can try this. You... Vilva leaf can be offered and you put it in your pouch's pocket and walk around. It will make a difference for you in terms of your health, well-being, mental state, everything. So people identified these things with observation, with meditativeness, not... you know, in this forest there are so many trees, so many varieties of trees. This is part of the western gods. It is the second oldest mountain on the planet and it is the oldest mountain on the planet in the tropical region on this planet. So in terms of variety of vegetation, there is no match for this western god. This is only a small finger which has come inland, otherwise it runs along the coast. In all this variety of trees and leaves, why they choose one leaf, somebody recognized it and he stands out. You can't ignore him. You can also try this. You can go and pluck ten different varieties of leaf, place all of them near the linger and take all of them and keep it with you. You will see the difference yourself. It'll take a certain level of sensitivity for you to see that, but there's no question those who are sensitive will feel the difference. With their eyes closed, if their eyes are open, they may be prejudiced. You take a bunch of ten different kinds of leaves, tie it up in a cloth like this so that you can't see what leaf it is, place it there, I will recognize the leaf for you. Other things I may not be able to recognize. You keep Vilva there, I'll say this is Vilva. You don't have to call me for that. You take your Rudraksha and hold it, it will tell you. It's a little more intelligent than you, you know.