Bhajan about Yoga Nidra - yogic sleep
Yoga Nidrā is a state of conscious rest distinct from ordinary sleep. A story illustrates this. Sādhus once criticized a master for apparent daytime sleep. The master explained he was practicing yoga nidrā, a conscious sleep where one remains inwardly awake. In this state, awareness is fully alert while the body rests deeply, rejuvenating more than ordinary sleep. It is a practice for rare yogis. The practitioner's awareness turns inward, ascending beyond the physical. Chakras open like blossoms in this state. One perceives past, present, and future, connected to pure consciousness without physical base. The experience is of limitless light and bliss within the astral space. The mantra guides and sustains this awareness. True understanding of this technique comes only through the guru's guidance.
"Listen, sādhus, I was not sleeping, I was in Yoga Nidrā."
"In that sleep of yoga nidrā, you are completely awakened."
Filming location: Cherkassy, Ukraine
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"As long as you are not doing anything, it is still under your control."
"The awakening of the Kuṇḍalinī means wisdom. You become very wise, you become self-confident."
Filming location: Croatia
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The wisdom of the bhajans
The essence of a bhajan is understood by learning the meaning of each word. Singing is beautiful, but true value comes from comprehension. The bhajan describes the Guru bestowing the herb of immortality, filling the devotee's being. This gift brings supreme happiness and liberation from the cycle of birth and death. It is a great fortune to meet the Guru, for without this grace one is lost. The devotee is freed from attachments and becomes realized. One should always remain at the Satguru's luminous feet.
"Gurujī Merā, my Gurū Dev. He gave me the Amara, which means the immortality."
"I was delivered from the wheel of birth and death."
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
The Inner Kingdom and the Path of Meditation
Meditation is the path to realizing the inner kingdom. Every individual possesses an inner kingdom ruled by the Self, the ātmā. This kingdom requires the discipline of Rāja Yoga, the eightfold path. All eight limbs must be practiced daily; they are not sequential stages. Meditation means to be one with, achieved through prior concentration. Concentration is a singular focus undisturbed by worldly thoughts, like a dancer balanced on a rope. Meditation is a state of complete conscious relaxation, deeper than sleep, where mental waves calm. In this depth, one is undisturbed like the still bottom of a turbulent ocean. The practice leads to merging individual consciousness with the cosmic.
"Tumman Indriyoka Raja Atam Antaryami." O my inner self, you are the king of your mind and senses.
"Jab lag handī khaḍ bade, tab tak tab lag sījī naye." As long as the contents in the pot are dancing, they are not yet cooked.
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
The Traveler's Path: From Worldly Change to Divine Constancy
The outer world is perpetual change, leading to suffering through expectation and disappointment. We seek constant happiness, peace, and love, but these cannot be found in external, changing phenomena. Turning inward through the guidance of the guru reveals the divine nectar within. This is not mere intellectual knowledge but a state of being achieved through daily practice, clearing away all that changes to find the divine constancy inside. The world, or Māyā, is a cheater; it cannot provide what the soul truly seeks. The practice involves mantra, sādhanā, and living a sattvic life to purify consciousness, realizing the immortal, unchanging Ātmā that one truly is. This realization brings protection and allows one to experience the world's beauty without being submerged by its changes.
"Māyā is a big cheater."
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