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Part 1: The Daily Offering: Becoming God's Instrument This is a spiritual lecture on Yoga in the Indian tradition. It concerns a Sahas Samādhi—a spontaneous, sudden, divine consciousness. At that time, I saw it. The photographer said it was an immense power, such a strong vibration of love and so on. Try to give everything you have. Give everything. Give it all to someone. I do not mean your clothes, your money, or your house. You can give those in measure, yes, not everything. But give your inner feelings. Open them. So, every day, get up and say to yourself: "God, today I give up my doubts. I will never live in doubt. Rather, I will die, but not in doubt." Doubt is like sand in the salad. In a well-made dressing, the salad is good, very good. But nothing grows well if there are stones inside. Oh dear, you cannot enjoy it. The next day you get up and say: "Thank you, God, but I still have something more to give, to resolve. From today onwards, I will never be jealous again." God will one day cough before you and say: "Be careful what you say, so that you do not suffer then, right?" On the third day, stand up and say: "Lord God, I will hate no one, whether they are an enemy or a friend, my countryman or someone else. What hatred is, Lord, take it away forever from my phenomena. There is no hatred." On the fourth day, you fast and say to God: "From today onwards I will give up all my greed. I will not be greedy to eat an ice cream. I will not be greedy in eating carrots. I will not be greedy for anything. No longing. I will be greedy." And on the last day, I stand up and say again: "Oh God, I will see all living beings as your children, as my siblings and brothers, how important they are." And so on, every day letting go of one quality and beautifully singing along, bringing beautiful things into life, carrying them there. Whether it is pain, still trying to reach there. And now we sing a song about Franz, from Assisi, the holy Franz. Okay? And there we will all understand, by the time I arrive. And then, no matter which day you feel sad or have doubts at some point, sing this song. And if you cannot sing that, then sing: "Om Sati Dhananda, Om Sati Dhananda," okay? And if someone asks: "Why are you so happy? From where did you learn this bliss?" Of course, I have learned from my masters, haven't I? "Om Maheshwarananda Om Maheshwarananda..." And so on. Let life enter into the sound. Love for God. So, when God comes to you suddenly and says, "I only want devotion." Who has devotion, who has love, is never lonely. Those who possess devotion are never lonely. And he is never alone and never abandoned. And always in the light. And always in a beautiful assembly hall. And all things flow to where love is. And all negative things flow to where there is darkness, where the heart is closed. The heart is like stone; how could it be soft, like butter? So now we continue. A solemn song by Saint Francis of Assisi. "Om Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhavānatijan." And so it is very important for those who have recognized what life means and who have felt or realized that God offers His life completely to God. That means, "O Lord, take my body, mind, soul, and consciousness and let them be an instrument, your instrument, through which your love and truth shall flow." Those who have not dedicated their life to God, who have not sacrificed it to God, waste their time and their life. So try to embody that within yourself, not just the singing—it was very beautiful, it sounds beautiful, it is beautifully composed, it is incredibly good. That is too little. Try to realize it in your daily life. That is what yoga in daily life means. Try to realize this in your life. Truly strive to be an instrument of God. That reminds me again of this vision. Do you know this story about the bamboo? Yes? Oh yes. So should I tell the faces? No, no. So these faces are like, these faces from the garden of God. Every day, the Lord God rises. Thank God that laughter is possible too. Otherwise, he experiences some kind of pressure. So, every day, he gets up and walks through his garden before breakfast, a little breakfast walk, even barefoot. It is healthy on the green grass. It is a natural acupuncture that Lord God has shown us. And he goes to every flower, to every tree, to every plant and says hello: "I love you, good morning, how wonderful that you are here in the garden." And it happens that all the flowers, all the trees, all plants, grass, and all who also lean in the direction where the Master passes by and say: "Yes God, we love you very much." And so, dear God, he goes daily into his day, into his garden—well, in his garden there is everything, all kinds of flowers and roses and lotus flowers, even cactus, also, what is it called, bamboo and everything, poisonous and non-poisonous. For God, everything is good. God cannot be poisoned. It has no effect on Him. God is like the sun. If someone wants to take a handful of dust and throw it at the sun, he says, throw the dust at the sun. What happens? It flows back to your head. And so it is. Also, in the garden caretaker, there is a bamboo standing there, and the bamboo had the feeling that something was perhaps not quite right. At some point, I will have to leave the garden. So, Bambu said: "Master, I love you very much." The Master said: "Yes, I love my little Bambulein." But Master, I have a wish. I said, what does it mean to have a wish? Can you have multiple desires? He said: "I have only one wish, that I love you so dearly. And please, my wish is always to be in your garden here." The master said: "Yes. Every day, good morning, dear little Bambulein." He says: "Yes, good morning, master, please let me be there," and so on. But God once said, whoever thinks thoughts beforehand, those thoughts will be realized. Where does this thought come from, that you always say, "let me be in your garden"? What are you afraid of? Should I take your fear away once? And so one day, Lord God came, his hands behind his back, and walked through a garden. "Good morning, good morning,... the Sanderer, good morning," and so on. And now, the heart of the General, the Bambu, trembles. And the Master comes closer to Bambu and says: "Good morning, my dear little Bambu." Say: "Yes, good morning, Master, why do you have your hands behind your back today?" Say: "Bambu, I have to tell you something. Today I will hurt you." "Why, Master? What have I done to you? What mistakes have I made against you? And if I have made any wrong mistakes, then only you as God can forgive us. And especially you wanting to hurt me like a bomb, I do not understand that." Most of the time he says: "Yes, I don’t understand it either. But it has to be." "But if you say it must be, then please explain it to me once. And then I will tell you, be grateful. Because you will do it anyway, whether I want it or not. But it would be easier for me to endure if I could bear the pain, to go through pain more easily, because I know what it is." Most of the time he said: "Bambu. You have made no mistakes at all. You have made no mistakes anymore." "Then why must you suffer me? Then you say, what is this?" "Please listen. Patience. It is like this: the hearts of people have become as hard as stone. I would like your help to soften the hearts of people once again, making them as tender as butter." You said: "Master, I do not understand that at all. Please don’t hurt me here. You can do that without me." You said it cannot be done without you. "I need your help." "So, you mean I don’t understand at all what you are saying. Please explain it to me in more detail." Also, God said: "Spambu, I will cut off your arm. And from this arm, I will make a flute. And then within you, through you, I will breathe my prāṇa, my śakti, my power, and you will help me to let what I simply breathe in as air flow beautifully onward, so that all will hear it, hearts like pain." Thus has become the flute of God Kṛṣṇa. Because Kṛṣṇa played his flute, not only humans but also plants. And even they have begun to bloom in a season. And the birds flew there, whole wild animals went there. It was such a sweet sound, that was Kṛṣṇa. So try to be Zipambu. Try to be that through which God flows. So Nāhaṁ Kartā gives a mantra. "I am not the doer. I am not the doer. O Lord, only You are the Doer. So, Lord, make me an instrument of Your love." How beautiful. Be so grateful that God has chosen you right now. Millions of people are perhaps waiting and praying day and night: "Lord, give me a small sign of yours, just once to me, so that I can pass on you, your love." Everyone can work selfishly—for children, for their own house, for their own friends, partner; everyone works. Every bird seeks nourishment for its own little chick. The yogi, the God-realized person, transcends this boundary and brings forth the prose of God. And I already knew what I wanted when I was two, three years old. Although I have not heard, our Franz von Massis, the first time I came to Europe, I heard there is a Saint Warz and so on. And I also felt that I wanted to be a bridge, I am a bridge between India and Europe, right? And many have also traveled to India and back. And I am also the one with devotion and love, where people are in doubt, where they are one-sided like infants, where they are afraid. How many people here are afraid? Ninety-nine percent of the people here living in Europe live in uncertainty, in fear. Constantly in fear. But why? It is unnecessary to be afraid. Think of it this way, very beautiful: one dies once in life, not twice. So why fear? And it will happen anyway. So, love God in all living beings, love God in everyone, and love God and strive to be His instrument. Then through the flute, your spine, the divine prāṇa will flow, and your kuṇḍalinī will be thoroughly washed and purified. And only your cakra, only divine power will flow forth. Open yourself. Give. Give when there is something to give, because God said: "If you give 1%, then I will give you 2%. And if you give 2, then I will give you 4. And if you give 4, then I will give you 8. And if you give 8, then I will give you 16. And if you give 16, then I will give you 32." You always receive more. And when you reach 100, I give you 1,000. And when you reach 1,000, I give you 100,000. And when you reach 100,000, then I will give you millions. Also abundantly gifted by God. Those who are inwardly content and possess devotion and love are truly rich. And this in the arm, like a dry tree, a corpse without a soul, lost, lonely, without devotion, without love for God, and the gathering after suffering, in doubt, the healing. So my friends, enjoy life. Okay? Yes. Don’t worry. It will be all right. In the name of God. So always sing: "I am, ich bin, bliss, I am the light, consciousness, and the highest light. God is always with me, I always think, in every respect, and wait for His time." It was beautifully sung earlier in this song by the holy Yogananda, day and night, day and night. "Oh Lord, I wait for You day and night." And how beautiful it is to wait for someone. And day and night, that is nothing at all. But how long he has already been waiting, that is nothing. So wait as well. Learn to wait, patience. Keep your door wide open. Do not close it. If a mouse comes in once, do not be afraid. Or if a cat comes, do not let it come. A bird in your rock, you do not know. Perhaps he took the form of a bird and flew in to see whether you truly leave the door open or not. And then he enters, then he moves into another form. Then you say: "I do not want you to be here." He came unannounced, he has come. Once a yogi meditated and he heard absolutely nothing. He is sitting on a riverbank, and next to the riverbank was a cemetery. And in the middle of the night, where the cemetery was, during the day they burned a corpse, and there were many glowing embers inside. And now the yogi makes his zapati, a zapati, that is, bread, and now he places his zapati on the embers where the corpse was burned. The corpse is a path, everything is purified, only fire remains. But Lord Śiva and Pārvatī, their whole life begins to unfold together. And Pārvatī was so angry, dear ladies, she said: "Lord Śiva, I do not understand you at all now. The people who do bad business, who do bad business and earn so much money and have such a nice life, Amitābha Amitābha..." Well, he does not want to. She said: "That is very easy to say. He does not want anything. Don’t tell me like that, he does not want anything. He wants, but you do not want. Give to him. And I will see how he can take nothing." Śiva said: "Yes, I will process it. I have often tried to give him something, but he has no interest. He is desireless, desirelessly content." She said: "I stand here, I insist that you go and give him something, a blessing, so that he may have a happy and beautiful life." He said he is happy. She said no. So please, a man must do what the woman says, so that the eternal conflict ceases. And a woman must do what is said, so that the eternal drama comes to an end. Śiva also said: "Pārvatī, you stay here in the darkness behind the bush, and I will go there and give something to Śiva, that is, to the yogi." So now the Yogi sits there, attentive to his tapas and his death, and God Śiva comes and stands behind him, giving him blessing, his blessing, he gives his word. "Be blessed, so shall God be, God is with you." The Yogi continues, it is not, so to speak, surprised or startled. Again Śiva says: "Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya, I am Śiva. Next." He said: "I am satisfied," Śiva says. "I am pleased with you." In English, "I am pleased with you." Then Śiva says: "The God Śiva is here." So, the yogi did not agree. And he chatted on for a few more days and said: "Aha, and why has he come here? Why has he come here? To give you something. When have I ever prayed to you? When did I pray to you to give something?" Śiva said: "In whatever difficulty, Pārvatī sent me into it." And Pārvatī listens to everything. So God said: "Yes, you have not asked me for anything, but now I am here and I do not want to leave without giving something. Because always, because it is my principle, it is divine law, because God appears, then something happens." "What do you want to give?" He said: "Well God, since You are truly merciful and want to give me something, then give me peace." That means, do not disappear either. He has said, it shall be. Oh my God, she has gone away. And he went to Pārvatī. Did you all listen? She said: "Yes truly, he is so content. Truly, he is so happy. Such happiness, contentment." Oh God, prosperity does not mean all luxury, but inner contentment. Wherever you are, open yourself, unfold, and go happily, without fear. Feel God within you. Tomorrow we will begin early. What time? Four or five o’clock? Jan, when, please? Half past seven. Half past seven is too early, isn’t it? Would you like to sleep a little longer? Because everyone wants to sleep and enjoy the weekend. Right? Otherwise, you will come completely tired. Last time, you came home completely tired. Yes? So, āsanas start here at 8 o’clock. Agreed? Part 2: Schedule, Practice, and the Path of Discipline The test piece is scheduled for half past eight, but we can do that later. So, from 8 to 9 there will be āsanas here. Earlier, at 7 o’clock, from 7 to 8, there will be meditation. This generally means individual meditation. Everyone can come here, sit, and meditate. From 8 o’clock, there will be āsana. But please do not come in and then go out and come in and go out. That would be a horror for the one who comes here to meditate. So come before 8 ready, so that you do not have to go out again like a teabag. Sit here and meditate. And if you wish... It should be that you come in at 7:55, and at 8 o’clock the āsanas for physical development begin here. Who performs āsanas? Yes, who does āsanas? I do not know this time. This time, I would like to do it. Right. But if someone guides me, even better. And perhaps Markus will do the āsanas this morning, alright? Yes. Markus continues with the āsanas. And then until nine. That is forty minutes of āsanas and twenty minutes of prāṇāyāma. You do not need relaxation because there is rest throughout the entire night. At nine, nine-fifteen, ten—so that means quarter past nine—you can start breakfast. And we have breakfast until ten o’clock, or quarter past ten. Amitābha, Amitābha, Amitābha, Amitābha... The seminar will also continue at quarter to one. Seminar live. And one more thing: I believe we have to check out of the room by eleven o’clock. So this time it won’t be so fast; we can easily go until noon. We can go in front of the guests, right? So there, also in the inn. And with you, I ask... Yes, and I mean, from 10 o’clock to 1, I’m here anyway. So, whenever it’s okay, then it’s okay. Otherwise I have to... I mean, I’m here, so I’m not going there. When I come at 10, here, until 1, it doesn’t make sense. At 1 is eating, and after eating, we will say goodbye and leave anyway, okay? Because Mataji has to ride tomorrow, fly away, and I don’t want Mataji to fly into madness... 3:30 PM, 5:30 PM, 5:20 PM, 5:20 PM. The people from Hamburg also have to be on the train at 3 o’clock. At 3 o’clock? So I have a request: someone who might drive us to the train station. We have to leave at 2 o’clock. Or is there a bus here at the post office? This is 2:50. 2? Is that not possible? It doesn’t work. Doesn’t it? Mahāprabhudīpa Karatā Mahāprabhudīpa Karatā... Oh, I could lie about who I am, and then I wouldn’t be speaking to you. Is it prepared already? No. Is that good, engineers? I am not here this morning. I have not carried it either, but I have seen for far too long that it becomes hot. But I think that is also okay. And you always say that during the Ati practices one should wear something around the neck. I would somehow click on the justification here. Because I am repeatedly asked in this course, why should we do this? I can only ever say what I think, but that can be said of you. First, tell me what you think. I believe it has to do with the fact that this is a prāṇa exercise, that one practically charges the body with prāṇa, and so this cloak protects it. Otherwise, one would lose the prāṇa immediately again. How is it going today at this moment? Good. Good, I am very glad to hear that. What did you do for the ingrown nail? So yesterday Markus gave me Akub. Please, again today. It was not yet time. Yes, please. And the second? Everything. Very well said. It is like that, indeed. During the breath exercise, the body becomes warmer through breath control, yes, and one begins to sweat more easily, very lightly, or a lot. It depends on whether it is in India or here. And after the prāṇāyāma, one should meditate for an hour, an hour and a half, or so. With prāṇāyāma, the thoughts calm down, the nerves calm down; overall, it is a very first phase of calming after prāṇāyāma. And that means one has a meditative feeling, and then one should sit for a long time and meditate. So that means, after you have finished the Prāṇāyāma, you should not change your seat, not move back and forth, but rather keep your body upright, remain still, and draw deeply into the intention. And then it happens again, the blood pressure goes down again, and now it becomes a bit cooler. There is also a possibility of catching a cold. And in such situations, when one catches a cold, it may linger for a long time. It is not suitable for cooling, so one experiences a kind of... for a few hours one feels very cold, then very hot, and then cold again, and so on. For meditation, Tuxal is always very important. And then you have a feeling that your own energy field is denser all around you. Would it then actually be more important in meditation than in Hanayama? Yes, but Prāṇāyāma should also be draped beforehand, it should be draped before, not afterwards. Not Prāṇāyāma afterwards, when you take your cloth and then drape it, and then take your handkerchief and tie it on your nose and change your seat, then it is... Again, that subtle preparation through Prāṇāyāma that you did is long gone. And it is always important to be able to continue sitting motionless. Our journey always lasts 10 minutes. We are waiting to see whether we should really change our sitting posture or not. Where are 3 hours of meditation and where are 10 minutes? That is indeed a difference. But practice makes perfect. Sit one minute longer every day. Not too much. Do not strain the body. Just one minute more each day. So today one minute longer, tomorrow two minutes longer. So tomorrow, just three minutes longer. So in one year, how many minutes do we already have? 65. And how many hours will that be? Six. Six? Six hours. Six hours? Congratulations, because next time I will come after two. Then I will just say, meditate, please sit, and then I will go for a walk. Then I come back and only pull Opera on the top. So, just one minute, right? One minute. And if someone now says, please sit for six hours, oh God, would you do that? That’s impossible. But this way, you take one, one, drop, feel the entire pressure. So, continue, keep practicing, you know. So, we still have a few, yes. Beautiful days. To become aware of the Mūlā-cakra, you say, contract the anal muscles. Is that the anal muscles or the perineum? Perineum. What do you call perineum in German? Dham, Dham,... D. It is better to do it every two breaths like that. That means the mind is not yet trained. The horse wants to gallop, but you do not want it to gallop; you want the other one to do so. At breakfast, the question arose about how to observe the fast, specifically on a full moon day—whether one should not eat at all, or eat very little throughout the day, or have something in the evening. More, whether one should approach it individually according to one’s own needs, or if one can really see clearly, so to speak, how it is actually done? All the people who have received a mantra from me, I clearly explained it to you during the mantra initiation. I have explained to you five techniques, various techniques of the mantra, plus fasting, once a week and before Monday. And then some will achieve true success. And those who do not follow the instructions properly will not experience true rest. And then you don’t always have to repeat it every time, like, “Watch out, the full moon is coming again. Do not forget to fast.” So automatically enter all my students into the daily calendar, noting when the full moon occurs, and occasionally there will also be some free time here. This way, one can almost see when the full moon is, look into the daily calendar, and be aware. Second, that would have been work, the task of the organizers, their coordination and here in organizing the kitchen. And now, because we are not eating, and they have prepared food for us, it rained, they will be upset that we ordered food, now the food will be, how do you say, destroyed, thrown away. And that is why I did not say a single word yesterday. Composing means taking time for oneself once. Either only breakfast, then no lunch and dinner. Or only evening and no noon or morning. Or only noon and no evening and morning and so on. Just take time for yourself once. One can drink liquids, tea, lassi, water, juice, coffee, cocoa, whisky, lassi, and so on. This is very important. It is very important for an aspirant to establish a certain discipline. The very first fasting for me means, first and foremost, a discipline. And the word disciple, in English disciple means, comes from discipline. And whoever lacks discipline is not a disciple, a student. And student means a period of learning, where one is supposed to learn. And if one wants to achieve success, then it is definitely a matter of discipline. Yoga is not the modern computer system, but rather an ancient wisdom that is thousands or millions of years old, not concocted here by the human brain, like a rotary phone or something similar. It is the combination of cosmic elements, cosmic forces, so that a human being, no matter from which corner of the Earth they come—back then there were no religions as we have today, religions, cultures, all that—and thus how a human being can reunite with God. Why? Because there were two great difficulties. The first great difficulty was the environment, that is, wild animals and the weather—sometimes very cold, but also flooding, or very hot and dry, and illness, infections in the forests, and so on. I did not have hospitals; they were not so civilized back then. And so, well, every living being has its own way of possessing itself, as far as possible. But the second problem is then, how can I pass through these cosmic elements? Because these are very strong, great obstacles. And these obstacles, as long as one does not overcome or remove them, one has little success. There is everything in Zade to do something that one cannot do properly. And here as well, as long as one does not properly pass the exam, one does not get a driver’s license. It doesn’t matter, you can go through it 20 times, but you have made mistakes. And as long as the Master does not see that you have truly done well now and answered all the questions well, that you know them by heart, then okay, you will receive a driving license. And when the driver’s license is not just for you, but so that you can guide yourself and others. Imagine there are 50 people on the street, and now he doesn’t know which is the clutch and which is the brake. So, which gas coupling is it? Start, brake, then give gas again. So it is very important to have discipline, a system; this system has absolutely nothing to do with culture or religion. What people think today, the culture here, the culture and religion as they relate to the Earth, is very limited. This culture is as limited as our intellect. When one dies, heaven is not greeted. Welcome, Doctor, Engineer, Policeman, Inspector, President. There is only one law in the Real, and that is only one gate. And through this door, everyone must enter, no matter who—whether a king, or a packer, an ant, or a cow, or a pig, or a hare, everyone must go through this door; there are no different doors to enter there, and this door is called death. Who dies means having passed through this door. And when you enter, well, which path will remain open for you will then be guided by your destinies. And we have spoken here about destinies. And these destinies guide us. So in divine consciousnesses, astral planes, these two things do not exist, contrary to what we believe today. Cultures, religion, intellect, and well-being, education, these are only here. And that is why the yogi strives to discover such principles, the invisible elements and principles of the cosmos, so that an individual who succeeds in this can progress through this reason and self-discipline. And I can tell you, a day will come in life for everyone. Each one of us here will experience a day and say, oh God, what a pity, I have wasted all my time. It was a program, on television there was a program, titled "Theme," what was it, workaholism, alcoholism, and so on. And then, when I also participated, I was part of this program discussion and so on. In short, the very next day I traveled straight to Germany and in Düsseldorf I met someone, a woman. She said, yes, that is very interesting. She knows a therapist; I believe she was in Thailand, but in America. And he also provides therapies for people who are burned out, workaholics. And workaholic means that they work very well. Not just working, working,... breakfast, lunch, work, everything, eating at the work desk, and so on. Puri Ji, Siddha Puri Ji, Siddha... Puri Ji said, alright, where is the work, where is the office? He said, here and there. Yes, closer to the cemetery, he said, yes, good. Then he said, take a conscious walk for an hour every day in the cemetery. He was given therapy to walk in the cemetery for an hour every day. He said, well, what do I have in mind? He said we will discuss that later in Modus, until the next session. Or take a book and something to write with, sit there and read, or do some work, whatever you want, but go to the cemetery. And he actually went to the cemetery every day for an hour, reading all the names, or sometimes he experienced certain things there in the vicinity, and so on. And slowly, slowly he returned to his thoughts, what are, what have I received from you? Now, the general director of this company, the director of this company, all are already beneath the earth here. And what did they take with them? And then I read, aha, it has happened, then, and it happens so quickly, so quickly. Most directors die very quickly. So this cemetery has once again given him a reflection of himself, that he has ended his life once more. One day will come when we will all say, I have little medicine, or I have prayed little. And the end for everyone is more certain, because we say, tomorrow I will do everything. But why don’t we think like that? In India, it is always thought this way; we are taught in our actions, do not think that you will do it tomorrow when you have enough time, but think that if you want to start tomorrow, it means you have already lost one day. And perhaps especially at your farewell from this world, you are almost at perfection, only one day is missing. And if one day is missing, that means you must return in the next life to regain that one day again, to win it back. But with what consciousness and feeling you have become again, that is another matter altogether. There is a joke about four farmers who went to heaven. A choir came down from heaven and then took them, saying, "Where are you going? Take us with you." They said, "Dear God, come to heaven, and we will take you directly to heaven." So the farmers were very happy and came very close during Bimbel’s tour. And a farmer said, hold my beer, Guru-figuration.