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Self-inquiry meditation begins with the question "How am I?" to clear the inner attitude before asking "Who am I?" Sit comfortably with a straight back. Use a mantra or the sound "Oṃ" to block negative thoughts. Close your eyes and withdraw from the external world with a deep breath and chant. After meditating, perform a forward bend to improve circulation to the head, which benefits memory and senses. "Unless we remove this kind of dust from the inner mirror, we cannot have a clear vision of our true Self." "Once, take a deep inhale and chant 'Aum.' During the Aum chanting, withdraw yourself from the external world and be one with your inner world."

Spiritual practice is an immeasurable inner process, not a quantifiable study. It cultivates humility and compassion, guided by the principle of non-violence: do not do to others what you dislike for yourself. Techniques like seeing auras are mere toys compared to this core development. Liberation is the culmination of lifelong practice, realized fully at life's end when no new karma is created. In physical practice, correct breathing is typically through the nostrils, though specific techniques may vary. Maintain total devotion and focus in your practice, as you would when driving. If confronted by overwhelming energy during meditation, you must seek to control it, for instance by opening your eyes and moving. "To see the aura, to do this or that, is all for your contentment. There is an inner process, you know, that you cannot measure." "Practice and practice and practice. Perfect mokṣa will be the last minutes of life. Because then there is no chance to do any karma."

A fine shawl, a sacred motherland, a coach of the body, and a two-day meeting. A bhajan says the body is a fine shawl dyed with God's name, woven on eight lotus chakras; saints keep it spotless. Mother India is like sandalwood, a land of penance and sacred duty. Dawn blows the conch, dusk sings a lullaby, and fortune is shaped by actions. Poets sing sacrifices, wisdom is pure as Ganga, soldiers chant Gita, goal is God-realization. The body is a coach pulled by ten horses, the ten shaktis, controlled by mind and intellect. Knowledge is light; the Atma sits inside with discernment. Five thieves—desire, anger, pride, greed, ego—seized the coach, made horses lose way. Gurudeva's arrow-word made them flee. In the coach are solar systems, five karmendriyas, five jnanendriyas, brahmanas. Through holy worship, joy is enjoyed in this body. Life is a two-day meeting: yesterday, today; tomorrow unknown. It is a play of coming and going; alone we came, are alone, go alone. Only karma, mantra, Gurudeva's light guide. Life flows like unholdable water; at end, no one helps. Meditate on God; dharma, dhairya, mitra, artha must be proved at right time. “The soul of this country, Bhārata, is like chandan, like sandalwood.” “The only thing that will go with us is our karma, our deeds. The power of the mantra and the light of Gurudeva—this will guide us.” Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

The bhajan of the caged bird reflects the soul's entrapment in karmas and qualities. A bird confined in a cave endures great suffering, crying out with pain no one comprehends. This symbolizes the soul still bound. Pain is part of life, yet one day abiding in Sat Chit Ananda is certain. The bird, placed in a cage, lives a life no longer its own. Observers see beauty, but the existence is harsh. Never confine a creature; compassion means letting it remain free. The bhajan conveys unbearable suffering. How to open the cage? Humans are similarly caged, dispersed everywhere yet believing themselves at ease. Preoccupation with money and possessions conceals the inner cage. The bird, if free, would stand in a tree, questioning its placement by God. Another bhajan speaks of a girl locked in a cage for countless lifetimes, seeking her beloved husband. Without shame, she lived as a child unable to walk, unable to find the beloved. Eventually, she found the divine beloved and dissolved into the immortal, unborn one. Through bhajan, liberation is attained. "The bird is held within, and its life is no longer its own." "We too are inside a cage. What is that cage?" Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic