 There are many aspects to the usage of vibhuti or the sacred ash, apart from its energy significance of what it is, apart from its ability to do things to direct and control the energy body, depending upon how it's prepared and how it's used. And apart from it being a great medium to transfer energy or transmit energy, the symbolic significance of vibhuti or the basma is to indicate the mortal nature of life. One who does sadhana uses the ash that comes from the cremation grounds. The Adiyogis stocks always came from the cremation grounds and even today, many yogis only procure their ash that they need for their sadhana from the cremation grounds. One thing is it has a certain quality of its own. Another thing is it's a constant reminder of your own mortality. Always you're wearing mortality on your body. Shiva smeared his body head to toe in the ash from the cremation ground because he does not want to forget for a moment that he's mortal. For one moment if you forget that you're mortal, ignorance will sprout. If you forget for a long time it'll bear fruit. If you start thinking that you're immortal you will wear the crown of ignorance. To ignore mortality is ignorance. So you will see particularly in South India people have their forehead plastered wearing their mortality like a badge. A constant reminder that I am not here for good. A constant reminder that I am only a temporary resident of this place. One who is constantly reminded of his mortality at least has created a fertile ground for his knowing. Maybe he doesn't know yet but he has at least created a fertile ground for knowing to sprout in his life. Just putting soil back to soil very few people can do it gracefully of this billions of people on the planet. Of the billions and billions who pass through this planet, very, very few, extremely few can give back the soil that they picked up from Mother Earth gracefully. Very few. We hope you carry what you have picked up from Mother Earth. You must also carry it gracefully it's very important. You carry it gracefully when it's time to put back you put it back gracefully. Just a scoop of earth nothing more. If you have any other ideas about yourself you'll learn the hard way. So you know wherever you go people are talking about you must be, you must be. All that is telling you is from being an unnecessarily complicated mind you just have to become a being which you are. If you become a being my job it'll be a pleasure not with minds around. If you have great minds around it's good stupidly complicated minds no good. People who know how to complicate every simple situation it's lot of hard work for nothing. Mind is a fantastic gift to humanity but what a horrible thing people may have made out of it. So life and death can be handled gracefully. If you plaster this with the ash to remind this head all the time that I am mortal I am mortal I am mortal I am mortal you will see mind will uncomplicate itself. The simplest tool you know people get transformed if they believe they're going to die tomorrow. If your doctor told you you're going to die tomorrow you can't live more than 24 hours you will see you will transform yourself so rapidly minute to minute you will change. So don't wait for your doctor to tell you something horrible every day when you take the vibhuti and smear it here here you're just reminding yourself I'm mortal I'm mortal I'm mortal I'm mortal I need to do that. If you do that your mind will become uncomplicated an uncomplicated mind is a great mind it can do phenomenal things it will not be a hurdle it will be away by itself and if you become a being a guru's job will become a wonderful thing handling simple minds which are complicated simply they believe they're complicated they're not even complicated it's just such a waste of time and life please don't expect people to die every day you must remind yourself