In the home of the soul
Space builds beings, and beings build space.
A true ashram is a space for retreat and contemplation, enabling renewal of physical, mental, and social health. It fosters balance and leads toward self-realization. Yoga is the paramount method for this, requiring only the body, breath, and consciousness. It is the science of conscious movement and stillness, a road to original wholeness. A Guru is one who has cognized oneness, from which all arises and returns. Such beings live for others. The relationship between guru and disciple is supreme, pure, and meaningful. The guru's essence is what he is—Sat Chit Ānanda—and he serves to cure the disease of ignorance, which divides us from ourselves, others, and the divine. Sādhanā, the practice of yoga, is the source of strength to help others and ourselves. Liberation comes through knowledge and the Guru's grace.
"Yoga is the science and art of conscious movement. It is the science and art of conscious stillness."
"The essence of a guru is not what he says, not even what he does. The essence of a guru is what he is."
Filming locations: Jadan Ashram, Rajasthan, India.
DVD 171
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Family life
The moon governs the mind, and its cycles of saṅkalpa and vikalpa—decision and doubt—create pressure that disrupts family and spiritual harmony. Ancient wisdom worshipped the pure elements within the body as divine, for they sustain life. True spirituality is not renunciation but maintaining purity and positive thought within family life. This path harmonizes with nature, for going against it brings harsh consequences. Modern consumption, especially of poisoned food, is a slow death that disrupts this harmony. Yoga’s divine principles are designed for householders to pass wisdom through generations, balancing work and devotion without judgment or negative thought. A spiritual life unites the family like two wings of one bird, requiring only the shift from negative to positive thinking.
"Spirituality means purity, crystal clear, transparent, with our thoughts and our feelings positive."
"Yoga means union, uniting the family, harmonizing the family."
Filming location: Brisbane, Australia
Questions to Gurudev
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."
Bhajan singing in the presence of the Master
The sacred syllable Om is the primal vibration from which this three-qualitied illusion of the world is projected. From Om, all knowledge and the Vedas themselves emerged. The true knower, realizing this, finds bliss. The Guru's grace is essential for this realization. Without the Guru's guidance, one remains lost, not knowing what to do with worldly or spiritual wealth. The Guru's feet are the ultimate pilgrimage, praised by the Vedas and Purāṇas. The divine sound, Śabda, is the ultimate power; it does not kill but slays limitation. Through the Guru's arrival at the eternal door, the soul finds liberation.
"From Om, the three-qualitied Maya created this world."
"The Vedas and Purāṇas sing, 'Guru’s feet are the sacred pilgrimage.'"
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
Guru bhakta jagata me na rahe
The teaching is about indescribable oneness.
Listen, all doing serious sādhanā. Rāma lives in every heart. Rāma means God or Guru. Inside and outside, everything is one. It is a vast oneness. You sit in all moving and non-moving. The whole world resides in you. Looking up or down, only your darśan is seen. There is no need to go anywhere. You are not born, nor do you die. You are completely fearless. You have no fort or village. You are indescribable nothingness, like śūnyākāśa. You are Alakh, the indescribable one. You are beyond name, so you have no name, because you are everything. Without the Guru, you cannot understand this.
"Inside and outside, everything is one."
"Listen, everybody, without the Guru you cannot understand this."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
