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Part 1: Anāhata Cakra: The Heart of Yoga Ladies and gentlemen, Your Excellency, dear Ambassador of India to the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Rajiv Misra; State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Science and Sports, Dr. Nevio Šetić; State Secretary from the Ministry for Sport and Culture, Science and Culture, Mr. Nevio Šetić; dear guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is my honor, in the name of the organizers of Yoga in Daily Life of Croatia and personally, to announce the lecture of His Holiness and our dear friend, Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda. As you know, in the sequence of lectures about energy centers, chakras, this is the fourth one with the title Anāhata Cakra. Dobro večer. I have to begin with an apology, and that is that, unfortunately, I cannot speak Croatian, but I am learning Croatian, and hopefully in some time I should be able to speak a little. I have a very simple task this evening. I have to convey my appreciation and my grateful thanks to three parties. First of all, to Yoga in Daily Life for organizing this function and for inviting me this evening, and I especially want to thank Mr. Zlamalik and Svāmī Vivek Purī. Secondly, I have to thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for coming here in such large numbers to listen to Svāmījī. Because in so doing, you convey your love and respect for my country, for the culture of my country. And finally, Svāmījī, I have to convey my grateful thanks to you for your message of love, peace, and your teachings of the timeless discipline of yoga in this country, and for being such a wonderful cultural ambassador of India, and for helping people like me, for your contribution to strengthening India’s cultural firmament. Thank you very much. Hvala vam. In the presence of the rich culture of India, we will be introduced to the artist Rādhā Mādhava by performing the Kathak dance with the appropriate text. The classical Indian dance is Kathak. Kathak is a spiritual dance that originates from the northern part of India. It is one of the seven classical dances that were performed in temples in ancient times. It originates from the time when the famous epics of the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa were created, and it is one of the most dynamic dance and drama arts. It is my pleasure to present to you the ancient Indian dance, Kathak, performed by Ines Smiljanić, also known as Rādhā Mādhava Devī. Each Indian dance dancer receives a spiritual or artistic name from their spiritual teacher, which represents certain divine qualities that a dancer should attain. Thus, Rādhā Mādhava presents the one who serves God with his sweetness as the most devoted. In each choreography, the dancer interprets various Indian deities and episodes from Indian mythology. May I invite you, Your Holiness? The stage is yours. I think this mālā goes today to His Excellency because we greet him for the first time. Thank you. Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭi-vardhanam, Urvārukam-iva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā’mṛtāt. Brothers and sisters, today is a very beautiful constellation. According to the moon calendar, we call it Akṣaya Tṛtīyā. Akṣaya means everlasting. It is the third day of the new moon. The crops or the seeds which you put today and tomorrow in your garden, they will grow very nicely. Of course, you have to give them water. Indeed, it is a divine constellation and the most beautiful, divine minutes of our life where we are all together and going to listen to something about the supreme powers within ourselves. I also welcome our dear guest, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Education, Mr. Neviya Šestić. You see, the Indian name is difficult for you, and your name is difficult for Indians. But we have communication with the heart, not with the brain. We always write greetings from the heart. I bless you from the depth of my heart. The hearty greetings from holidays and so on. I never received any greetings: "I bless you with my brain." So the brain is different, and the heart is different. So we are here today to speak something about the heart. Mr. Haye and Mr. Bill from the Embassy of the United Kingdom, I welcome them here also. His Excellency Mr. Rajiv Mishra, His Excellency Mr. Raja Mishra, Ambassador of India to Croatia, Zagreb. We welcome him also again. I am very, very pleased that such a wise person, a great person, is appointed to Croatia as Ambassador, and I’m sure that he will make more beautiful relations and build the bridge between India and Croatia in every aspect: culture, traditions, religions, spiritualities, economy—and I’m not a politician, so what more can I say? And many members of my embassy, the Indian embassy, welcome you. Nice to meet you. Also, dear brothers and sisters from the media, I am always happy to see them, and they really bring a good message to the country from India. From my visit, I’m thankful to them. And you all, dear brothers and sisters, we are all VIPs. Within you are many diamonds, all sparkling. I’m very happy to see you. And I thank God for His divine mercy that I could be here. God bless you. Relax and enjoy. Yoga and the Anāhata Cakra is our subject this evening. Many are here for the first time, and many have been following all the lectures about Kuṇḍalinī and chakras. For the first few minutes, I would like to speak about a glimpse of yoga. Many times questions are asked: How old is yoga? What kind of religion is yoga? And so on. Well, we have to begin with the very beginning. First of all, there is the space we call Ākāśa. And Ākāśa is divided into many different parts: Ghaṭākāśa, the space within this pot, this vessel; Matākāśa, the space of the house, room, this hall; Hṛdayākāśa, the space in the heart; Cidākāśa, the space of the consciousness, your own phenomenon; Ākāśa, as far as you can see in the sky; and Mahā Ākāśa, endless space, the infinite space; and Śūnya Ākāśa, the empty space. There is no difference in all this. Only the duality is the matter between. It is said that Śūnya Ākāśa is a space where there was nothing existing. Only three principles: first, as a space. First is space, that’s called the mother’s body, and within that space is the Hiraṇya Garbha, the golden embryo, that means cosmic consciousness. And the third, willpower, the third is the power of will, Icchā Śakti, the power of your desires, your wish; Kriyā Śakti, power of actions. But there was no movement. Empty. Praznina. Now, the space and consciousness. You can’t see the consciousness, and you can’t see the space. You can’t touch the space, and you can’t touch the consciousness. But still, there are two: cosmos and cosmic consciousness. Between these two, there is a balancing principle which is balancing these two perfectly, space and consciousness. That’s called Yoga. Where the balance takes place, there is harmony. And therefore, where there is yoga, there is harmony. A person who is practicing yoga and has no harmony within oneself and with others is not practicing properly. And where there’s harmony, there’s balance. And literally, balance means, again, yoga. And this balance means uniting. Where there is balance, there is harmony. Where there’s harmony, there’s unity, and therefore, yoga means union. Union of the individual consciousness with the cosmic consciousness. That is the purpose of yoga practice. The Kriyā Śakti or Icchā Śakti in this endless universe, that’s called the body of Lord Śiva. The first God is Śiva. First, Puruṣa is Śiva. That’s called Svayambhū. On se zove Svayambhū. No one has created him. He manifested himself, and Śiva means consciousness. Śiva means bliss. Śiva means liberation. Śiva means the truth. Śiva means the beauty. And Śiva means the light. The light destroys the darkness. Where the Śiva consciousness awakes, automatically the darkness of ignorance disappears. The divine will, the Icchā Śakti: "Eko’haṁ Bahu Syāmī"—I am one and now I will multiply myself. And that begins with the awakening of the cosmic kuṇḍalinī, awakening of the cosmic power, and that’s called sound. The Vedas say, "Nāda Rūpa Parabrahma"—the form of the Supreme is resonance. And so, that resonance, yogīs declare OM. And when you chant the OM, then you are all eight chakras. All of your chakras are harmonized, awakened, and the consciousness is directed through the Suṣumnā Nāḍī, which I will speak about after. In 1976 in Prague, in university, and the one professor in Prague in a very big hospital, Mr. Dostálek, if you know him, and his colleague, they wanted to know what happens when a yogī is meditating. And they put a lot of instruments in my hands, here and here and here, everywhere. You know, we always call ourselves immortal. We are immortal. No one can kill me. I am everlasting, unborn, with no fear, but when they put electronic things, I said, "I hope I will come out of the room again." You see, the theory and reality are different. And before going to samādhi, I was chanting Om. And the doctor or the scientist, he said, "What did you chant?" It was a communist time, 1976. Since 1973, I have been traveling in Eastern European countries and teaching yoga. But there was Dr. Bela, his name. He said, "When I was singing and chanting, through the spinal column there was some lightning." He could sing. He could see on the screen, or what you call this television screen, monitor. The doctor said that while I was singing, intoning Om, I could see light through the kichwani stup. And heart and brain waves somehow became slow. So, Om is very scientific. If you have some kind of problem, chant Oṃ a few times a day, 10 times or 20 times or 5 times. Even cures many diseases. Because it’s a frequency, the OM, which penetrates through the whole body. It regenerates the energy in the body again. The immune system will be strong. Now, many people have allergies here at this time of year. Chant Oṁ 108 times every day. You will get rid of energy, so the Oṁ through which everything is created. Then it is said: Anant Brahmāṇḍ Śāstra Sūryas—endless universe and thousands and thousands of sun systems. All created by one, that sound, OṂ. And that sound is still here. Even in the flowers, in the grass leaves, in every sand corn, there is a resonance. Eternal resonance. Now, that resonance is the yoga. And it is that resonance which brings the five elements together again. And it is that resonance that unites the five elements: space, fire, air, water, and earth. Our body and the creatures on this planet are created out of five elements. Again, what is uniting this? That is yoga. Now, we are not only five elements; we have this body, many different systems. We have mind. We have consciousness. We have memories. We have thoughts. Many, many things, all these are functioning perfectly, and that’s called yoga. When disharmony takes place, then we are ill persons. Again, to create the harmony, the balance, we have to practice yoga. And now, the yogī says, though everything is united in yoga, but you are not this. Therefore, I am not this body. I am not this mind, I am not this emotion, I am not these thoughts, but I am the Ātmā. I am not the soul. Many people translate the soul as Ātmā; the soul is not Ātmā. The soul exists as long as your destiny exists. The soul is ordered or put into the individual part. As long as the soul exists, you are an individual. But the day when your soul will be liberated—bude oslobojeno means no more karmas, means the bad karmas—then your soul is liberated, and liberation of the soul means it dissolves into the infinity, and your consciousness merges into the cosmic consciousness, and that’s called samādhi, where the knowledge, the knower, the known, and the object, three merge into oneness. Now, in order to get this realization, or liberation, yoga says you have to become positive. Negative and positive. Negative pulls us to the darkness. That means again reborn, dies, and is reborn. Prayer. Molitva. It means surrender your ego. Believe. There is some supreme power. Repeat the mantra, the name of that Supreme, Pāvanīta Mantra. Be humble. Be good. Help. Be kind. Love all. Feel the pain of others. These are the principles of yoga. Now, it doesn’t matter which religion exists in this world today. If they have these principles—believe there is a God, pray to God, repeat God’s name, be good, help others, be kind—then that religion is connected to yoga. It’s a part of yoga. This is a part of yoga. And not that yoga is a part of some religion. Therefore, yoga is the mother of spirituality. Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, it is very hard for me to say to you, how many years, months, weeks, days, hours, and minutes is yoga old? Now you decide how old it is. Now what will you call this yoga? Is it religion? Is it science? Is it cosmic principles? Your life is yoga, you are yoga, but you don’t know. And for this, there are many, many different techniques, kriyās, given by yogīs. Divided: Bhakti Yoga, the Yoga of Devotion; Karma Yoga, serving, helping. All doctors are the best Karma Yogīs, all nurses are the best Karma Yogīs. For me, a doctor, what he or she can do is the greatest thing, what is the best thing, what is the best... The best thing in this world is to take away the pain of others. Doesn’t matter how, through injections, tablets, anything. Or you have miracle powers; you say, "Bless you," and the pain is gone. Therefore, in English they used to say, "Next to God is the doctor." You know, today I caught a cold, and they are bringing me always warm water. Don’t think that the guru always needs something new. The Croatians are thinking very quickly, Your Excellency. So, they are very nice, but they think immediately something different. Which makes us alert. That’s good. Out of these five elements, on this planet, the Creator has created 8.4 million different creatures: Chaurāsī Lakh Jīvajūn. And these 8.5 million different forms of creatures are divided into three categories. What you have now in modern technology is a divided navy, ground force, and air force. But it was already decided beforehand. You know, 10,000 years ago, the Rāmāyaṇa, it’s called the Rāmāyaṇa era, the time of the Rāmāyaṇa when God Rāma was incarnated. That time, they already had aeroplanes. The king of Sri Lanka, Rāvaṇa, when he came and kidnapped Sītā, he came with his Puṣpaka Vimāna. The name of his aeroplane was the Pushpa Vāhan. A two-seater aeroplane, and the speciality of that aeroplane was it could expand according to your wish. If you have ten thousand people, then that will become bigger. That was a siddhi. At that time, the aeroplane was too. So, the yogīs have already discovered everything. But you call it a galaxy now, which yogīs have already been told thousands of years before. Till now, till today, nothing has been discovered new in this world by any scientist which is not described in the Vedas. Then why don’t you study the Vedas? It will cost you less money. They know the entire universe, the entire universe. And we know only about a few planets. Because they fly with the astral body. And the astral body has a very high speed, like your dream. You are dreaming. Now you are in Japan, and a mosquito bites you. You are here already. How quickly you are coming back, that is the speed of the astral body, that’s it. So, these elements which create the different creatures, out of 8.5 million, one is the human. And the major difference between humans and animals is intellect. The human intellect has more capacity, but it needs proper education. Not education of university, college, high school, and school. But the education of human life. And there, I’m telling you a few points. Please remember. You can do your meditation on these few points. First, always be aware that you are a human. It’s very little, but it’s a very, very powerful thought. I am a human. This is the first thought in your meditation. Second, what does it mean to be a human? What does it mean to be a president? What does it mean to be an engineer? What does it mean to be a doctor? Or what does it mean to be a good cook? So, what does it mean to be a human? These are the questions asked by your brain and answered by your heart. And that’s the heart chakra, the anāhata chakra. Third question: What makes me human? I am human. What does it mean to be a human? And what makes me human? The qualities. What are the human qualities? When you are angry with your wife, that’s not a human quality. That’s why your wife is sad. Go home and tell your wife today, "I will never be angry with you." She will be the happiest woman. But don’t be angry tomorrow. Anger, jealousy, hate, greediness, cruelty—these are all animal qualities. Human qualities are divine qualities. Understand, forgive, love. Protect. Be helpful. Be kind. Be aware of your life mission. Why did God give you human life? What is the purpose of human life? To sleep, eat, drink, and create children—animals are also very active. And how to cultivate the human qualities? These are the thoughts which are called self-inquiry. Who am I? For this, we are practicing yoga. In our body, now I am jumping. We have 72,000 nāḍīs, nerves. And these 72,000 nerves, through which the cosmic energy or cosmic consciousness is flowing, run through the whole body. It is the nerves which bring the consciousness from one point to another point of the body. These are the energy centers, what in acupressure you said, reflex zones, reflex zone, yeah, zone, the point. These are the transmitters in the body. And this transmitter controls the energy. And this is the function and responsibility of the nervous system. And therefore, 72,000 nāḍīs, the nerves, it’s a network around the whole body, and these nāḍīs have three different categories or forms: physical, then the astral or the subtle, and the energy body. On one nerve, there are three different kinds of nerves. There is something, no? Like we have a physical body, a mental body, and a subtle body. These 72,000 nāḍīs are all controlled by one nāḍī. And that’s called Suṣumnā. The Suṣumṇā Nāḍī is connected from the navel to the top of the head, the Sahasrāra Cakra. When our body begins to develop as an embryo, the first chakra point that is developed is our Maṇipūra Chakra. And from there begin all chakras and nāḍīs. The Suṣumnā Nāḍī has two helping nāḍīs. That’s called Iḍā and Piṅgalā. Iḍā Nāḍī controls our left part of the body, and Piṅgalā the right part of the body. Now, left and right must be balanced, and therefore, these nāḍīs are moving like serpentine... Like a snake is moving, and that’s why it’s called the snake power. That’s why it’s called the serpent power. The left nāḍī represents and controls the emotion. And emotion is connected to the water and the moon. And that is connected to our mind. Māṅkā Devtā, the principle of the mind, is the moon. And the moon never rises equally every day. Every day, the moon is changing. Our mind and our emotions are always changing. Part 2: The Heart Center: Anāhata Cakra and the Path of Love The Piṅgalā nāḍī, associated with the sun, governs our intellect, temperament, and decisions. The Suṣumnā nāḍī, the central channel, controls consciousness. Together with the Iḍā nāḍī, these three govern our physical, astral, and mental bodies, acting as the leading power within us. Our body is like a balloon, an individual phenomenon. Your karma, your destiny, lies dormant within your own phenomenon, nowhere else in the universe. You carry your own rucksack of karmas. That is why sometimes you have so many heavy karmas; as you become old, you go down because the burden is too heavy. So, relax with the karmas. Karma is in your hands, but the fruits of the karma are not. I have this pot in my hand; I can keep it or throw it. But when I throw it, it is gone from my hands. I do not know where it will go. The karma was in your hands, but once you performed it, it becomes destiny. Bhagaya, which has gone out of your hands, Vahibhagya Vāṅgaya—that becomes your destiny. First, destiny is created, and then the body follows. Therefore, it is your destiny that shapes your life. Do not blame anyone. Parents can give us only birth, not destiny. Destiny is your own product. No one can take over your destiny, nor can you take someone else’s. It is a very personal, individual thing. I am thirsty, and I drink this water. You are also thirsty. If I drink, your thirst will not be quenched. It is very personal. Tons of theory are nothing. A gram of practice is what we must do. It is believed, and it is true, that our past life’s karma or destiny lies dormant in the Mūlādhāra Cakra. In this body, there are many, many chakras. Every part of the body contains chakras; every reflex zone is a chakra. Chakras have different levels. The sole of the foot is called the earth chakra. From the ankle joint to the knee is the vegetation chakra. From the knee to the hip joint are the animal chakras. From the base of the spine to the top of the skull is the human chakra. Above this, in the entire head, is the Devī Cakra, the spiritual or divine chakra. These five chakras—Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna, Maṇipūra, Anāhata, and Viśuddhi—are connected with the five elements. To become free from this mortal planet and to liberate your soul, we must first purify these five chakras. In the Mūlādhāra Cakra, the dormant destiny of our past life’s karma is hidden. Now the question arises: if we operate on it, can we get rid of it? No, you cannot operate. Even when you die with this body, the karma will go with you. You can fly on the quickest airplane, but you still have your śarīra, your body. If you want to get rid of your sādhanā, you can get on an airplane and fly to another country. You get out of the airplane, but you cannot get rid of your karma. There is only one way: spirituality and the karma we perform. There are four different ways karma is created: through tan (body), man (mind), and bachan (speech). Actions are done through the body and mind. Thinking, words, and your social position, money, and power—through these, we can do many good or bad things, and this becomes your karma. You can think whatever you want, but you should know that whatever you think will come to you. It is you who can help yourself; nobody else can. In spiritual life, the Svādhiṣṭhāna Cakra, the second chakra, holds the dormant karma or destiny from this life—the subconscious. In modern language, what doctors call psychic problems reside in the Svādhiṣṭhāna Cakra. Then comes Maṇipūra, the third chakra, the energy or fire center, about which we spoke last time. Now we come to Anāhata. This is a very beautiful chakra. Anāhata means "beyond limitations." There is no haṭha, no border. Anāhata is connected to Anāhata Nāda—the endless sound, that resonance which is the original resonance of Oṃ, and that resides in the heart. When your soul enters this body and makes its residence in the heart—which you do not see, but it is there—as stated in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad, when you meditate, you will see inside a beautiful cave. Within the cave, you will see a beautiful, bright, white-blue light. That is the Ātmā. A to je Ātmā. That Ātmā, with the soul, enters your heart and connects you with the entire universe. That is called one without second. Constantly, your ātmā is connected with the entire universe. The Anāhata Cakra is the center of devotion, the center of love—the love of a mother and the love of a devotee. These are two everlasting loves. There are some fathers; please, do not be angry. But the love of a mother towards her child cannot be separated. It is said in the Indian language that a mother can never be a bad mother, except for some individual cases, which we call illnesses. You cannot separate the love of mother and father. Similarly, the love of the Master and devotee, or God and devotee, cannot be separated because love is not physical. Love is invisible—a relation, resonance, feeling that resides in the heart. That which is in the heart is expressed in English as "Love is God and God is love." But which love? That eternal love. Koja ljubav? If it is material love, there will be jealousy and disappointment. If it is spiritual love, it will keep increasing, and spirituality will develop. So, awaken this spiritual love. You can awaken this spiritual love towards your wife, your husband. To love your neighbor means all creatures next to you. If there is love, I tell you, there is no war. If there is love, no one will say, "Now throw the bomb." A mother will not tell her child, "Throw the bomb on another child." So, the question of world war has only one answer: love, to attain peace. War does not bring peace, and war does not bring harmony. We spoke today with your president about the situations in the Middle East, and he was very sorry about how bad the situation is there. We need to awaken the love in the heart, the prāṇa in our Anāhata Cakra. I shall now speak more about the Anāhata Cakra. Anāhata is blue; it is called the blue diamond because it is the form of the soul. When Anāhata awakens, you gain two kinds of talents. First, talent as an artist—a singer, painter, or musician. Without Anāhata developing, you cannot be these. Second, you become the best writer or poet. I told our dear journalists today that the pen they hold in their hand is theirs, but how it moves and writes depends on a different power. That power is called Mother Sarasvatī. You saw in the dancing, she was performing as Sarasvatī, playing the sitar. Again, what does the sitar or any instrument signify? Resonance. And what does resonance signify? The origin of the entire universe. That resonance is in our heart. That is called Ajapa Japa. When you receive a mantra from your guru, he or she explains to you what the mantra means and how to practice it—when and how. It is not that your guru gives you the car, and you still do not have a license. He must tell you how to drive; otherwise, you know what happens. This is the case with many Croatians. They take a mantra and do not practice, and they often say to me, "Please, Swamiji, Moksha, please. Please, Swamiji, give mokṣa." Mokṣa is not an apple that I can give you. You must practice, but practice correctly. The mantra is practiced at four different levels. The first is called Likit—writing your mantra. Akṣara Brahma: the supreme is called Akṣara. Akṣara means alphabet and also everlasting. Akṣaya means that which is everlasting and will never be destroyed. So your words, your writings, your thoughts—everyone’s thoughts are everlasting. They are not only for today. The second is Bekrī, which means chanting. This purifies all negative energy from the body, creates new energy, and brings a beautiful environment. The third is Upāṃśu—chanting inside. You listen as you chant, but no sound comes out. Now you touch your Anāhata Cakra; you come to a very high level. Then you come to the fourth level, Mānasika Japa—mental repetition. Whenever you can, day or night, walking or working, repeat your mantra. If you practice these four techniques, the fifth level of the mantra will awaken, called Ajapā. Ajapa means without repetition. The mantra goes constantly within you, whether you are aware of it or not. It is like your blood circulation; the mantra functions within you. You have a pleasurable feeling, not a fixation on "my mantra, my mantra." You become free, and that is the Ajapa level. Ajapa—what do you practice? Without practicing, you will not be successful. In that mantra power, the heart and the brain, these two—Iḍā and Piṅgalā—these two nāḍīs work with your pencil. Many writers in India write in an old way. Dear readers, I am not a scholar or a wise person. Whatever is written in my book, I was only a medium. It was a different power working through my pencil. It is destiny that lets you write. So, Sarasvatī, the wisdom, resides in the Ājñā Cakra but projects into the Anāhata Cakra. When the Anāhata Cakra awakens, then Saṅkalpa Śakti is developed. Saṅkalpa: whatever you wish, you will realize. I asked my Master, "That is not good. Whatever I wish will be realized. What about negative wishes?" The Master said that as long as you have negative wishes, Anāhata will not open. You will remain somewhere in Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna, or Maṇipūra. When you come to Anāhata, automatically, all negative wishes and thoughts disappear. How? Like bringing light into a dark room; the darkness is gone. Only good wishes remain. The seat of Anāhata is in the center of the chest. You always feel yourself there mostly. Anything that happens, you feel it in the heart. Its color is blue, and the prāṇa, vāyu prāṇa, is connected to movement. Emotion means you are in motion. Emotion. Mahāprabhujī, our Grand Master, said, "Do not dive to search for pearls when the waves are too high." So, when you are under high emotion, do not make any judgments. Wait. Pričekajte. Time will bring a clear answer. A disciple came to the Master and said, "Master, I am very often angry. How do I get rid of anger? I am suffering." The Master said, "When you are angry, go and look in the mirror. How do you look? You are not that person." When one is angry, it completely changes you. Therefore, when you are very emotional, do not make any decision. The mantra of the Anāhata Cakra is Yam. But not the "Yam, Yam" you say to children; this is different. This yam mantra indicates to the self that "I am the divine." It has twelve petals. The twelve petals of the Anāhata Cakra represent twelve qualities that reside in the heart, and these are cosmic qualities. No one has a copyright for this; everyone has an equal right. You have a birthright to these qualities. The first is joy. There are two kinds of joy: material joy and divine joy. Regarding material joy, I often say that the joy of the joy is less than the sorrows of that joy. Material joy lasts for a very little time, but the sorrows linger. Therefore, all that is connected to the five elements—this joy is not permanent. But the joy of God, love—that is called bliss, ānanda, everlasting. We are all searching for that, and that is God itself: peace, śānti. Nowhere else is śānti found; only within you. If you are not peaceful, others cannot be peaceful. In a schoolroom, children were making a lot of noise. The teacher was very restless and said, "Kids, be peaceful." One child said, "Why, sir? Because there is a lot of restlessness? Do not disturb yourself. You have peace within you, sir. If you have peace within you, it does not matter how much noise there is." Therefore, Mahatma Gandhi said peace begins in one’s own heart. And charity begins from your own home. Be the change you want to see. How you want to see the world is how you must change. Jesi drasti vesi srasti: how you will see the world, like that it will be for you. The qualities are: kindness, ability to wait, love, harmony, clarity, compassion, purity, understanding, forgiveness, and bliss. All these you have; these are the twelve qualities. These are the twelve petals of the lotus, representing the twelve qualities hidden within us. The animal symbol is the antelope, signifying gentleness, feeling, and quickness. A very gentle feeling in the heart, very quick. The antelope is a very sensitive creature. Śiva and Śakti are both there. Puruṣa means consciousness, and Prakṛti means nature. Śiva is consciousness, and Prakṛti, Śakti, is nature. That consciousness, Śiva, resides here in the Anāhata Cakra. The symbol is the new moon, the moon growing from the half-moon to the full moon—the path to perfection: half-moon, day by day, becomes full moon. Two triangles are crossed. You can go from here up, or you go down. Awakening this chakra is not so easy. Therefore, you must utilize your Ājñā Cakra in the Anāhata Cakra. Jīvan Jyoti, the flame of life, is in your heart. The seed of the living light: Ātmā, Bhakti, Bhāva, and Samādhi. Ātmā is the Self. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam, urvārukam iva bandhanān, mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt. Everyone, chant the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra. It will be quick. Okay. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam, urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam, urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam, ūrvarū kāmya vandanāt mṛtyur mokṣīrma mśan, mśan, mśan. It is okay; everything is okay, do not worry. Jīvan jyoti, the light of life, the seat of the living light in our heart. Ātmā Bhakti—the love and devotion to the Ātmā—that is the supreme Bhāva Samādhi. You are in the Samādhi of devotion. Saṅkalpa Śakti: you awaken the Śakti of Saṅkalpa. Your wishes will be fulfilled. Mantra Śakti: you will have Mantra Śakti. Everything you can realize through the Mantra. Ajapājap: the mantra you need not practice anymore; it goes by itself. It is the seat of feelings and devotion, artistic talent, creativity, writing. Pisca Kreativnosti: the qualities, awakening of divine love. Negative qualities, negative emotions, changing emotions, and developing in different directions. To awaken the Anāhata Cakra: mantra and chanting. Now we will conduct an experiment you can feel. Place your right hand on your heart. Your left hand, you can either place on your thigh or, if your brother, sister, friend, or husband is sitting next to you, place it on their heart. When the hand is placed, you can hold the hand. Close your eyes and feel the breath going into the heart. You are breathing; it is a wonderful feeling. Now we will chant a mantra, and I will tell you the translation. It means: Ānandoham, Ānandoham, Ānandam Brahmanandam. "I am happy, I am happy. I am very happy, the happy, the supreme. I am the bliss." While chanting this, experience the peace and divine bliss in your heart. You can sit with open or closed eyes. If you close your eyes, you will feel more. Feel the vibration on your chest, on your heart. When you chant, there is a vibration, a divine vibration. Go ahead; do not be so relaxed. With all your heart, send the best wishes to the world. Merciful Lord, bless the whole world with peace and harmony, mutual understanding, and love. May all be happy. No one should suffer. May all creatures, all beings, be happy. Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ, sarve santu nirāmayāḥ, sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu, mā kaścid duḥkha bhāg bhavet. Śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. You can put your hand down. Now, feel in your heart. How do you feel? No answer is also an answer. Do you feel good? Okay. Then you have to chant longer. You felt when your hand was on your chest and you spoke, there was a vibration. This vibration influences our heart. When there are positive words, kind words, and prayers, this vibration supports your heart. When the Anāhata Cakra opens, a light shines on your face—an aura. And there is a smile on your face. Try to smile at least once an hour. If you cannot smile all the time, then smile once an hour. When you laugh, it makes you happy. The whole body is like a bloodstream opening into a flower. Therefore, smiling does not come only from the lips; it comes from the heart. If you do not smile, your whole body is in tension. If you smile, only a few muscles are in tension, but the entire body is relaxed. Therefore, it is said: be happy. Happiness is hidden in the Anāhata Cakra. So, every day, place your hand on your chest and send a positive message to your heart: your mantra, your prayers, good wishes for family and children. That will awaken your Anāhata Cakra. The Anāhata Cakra is the bhakti center, devotion. When there is love, everything is good. God Kṛṣṇa said, "There is no power in this universe which can hold me, but there is only one power, and that is love, bhakti." Where there is love, everything is good. When the Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumnā are purified—the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and central channels—from Mūlādhāra through Svādhiṣṭhāna to Maṇipūra, in Maṇipūra the Prāṇa and Apāna Śakti enter into the Suṣumnā Nāḍī. Please understand: nerve nāḍīs. The Suṣumnā Nāḍī goes directly to the top of the head. From there, one stream of energy flows through the right side, through the Sūrya Nāḍī, to the heart. This is actually the awakening of the kuṇḍalinī and samādhi. The rest we will discuss in Ummag. You have your book where you can read more and practice your Ajapa Mantra. Vyazbayte Vashu Ajapa Mantru. These four levels of mantra will awaken the heart. The exercise: remember, I am human. What makes me human? What does it mean to be human? What are the qualities of a human? How to awaken and cultivate human qualities? What is my dharma? My mission in this life, and what is my prime aim in this life? These questions will help you purify and awaken your Anāhata Cakra. Remember: I am human. What makes me human? What does it mean to be human? What are human qualities? How to develop human qualities? What is my dharma? And what is the prime aim of human life? Self-realization, God-realization. Dear brothers and sisters, with this, I wish you all the best: God’s blessing, good health, long life, and spiritual development. Thank you.