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Oṃ Bhuvasvaḥ tatsavitur vareṇyam bhargo devasya dhīmahi Dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Devīśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān. Welcome, dear sisters and brothers. It is a beautiful day today, like every day. This blessing is coming to you from the Sunshine Coast, from a beautiful part of Australia. We are having here in our Ashram a Yoga and Daily Life weekend seminar. Here, they call it a retreat. So it is treated, but we will again retreat it. Very nice. There are different thoughts and different questions, and this morning is about meditation. Meditation is not that you just practice. Meditation comes from itself, automatically. Like, in the evening you go to sleep. You just lie down in your bed, you close your eyes, you are saying, "I am going to sleep," and suddenly it is morning. You just sleep. If you say to yourself, "I must sleep now, I have to get up very early in the morning, I have to go to the airport, I hope I packed everything," and then you are turning right, and then you think, "Oh, I already set my alarm," and then again you think of something, then you can’t sleep; your sleep is disturbed. Similarly, in meditation, if we have too many imaginations, then it is not meditation. Meditation, there are two kinds of meditation. One is active meditation, and one is passive meditation. Active meditation is known as karma yoga. You do something where you feel very happy, very content, and you love to do certain work. That’s your meditation. In the West, mostly they like active meditation. Also, where you have many imaginations. That means that our restless mind needs some kind of instruction to occupy itself or to keep busy. And passive meditation is that you become aware of your entire being in this world and begin to make the self-inquiry, which we have meditation techniques in yoga and daily life, self-inquiry. Means not only who am I, but how am I. Sometimes life circumstances and situations are not easy. And then you sit in meditation, and constantly the thoughts come about your company, about your business, about family life, about friends, health, personal, impersonal problems. That’s our life. We are struggling in this life. Now, the meditation should be that which gives you peace. And within 24 hours, we must, or we should. I would not say we must, because it is human rights. You cannot say you must, so we should. We should spend the time in peace. May you go walking with your dog happily, but you feel the peace. In the street, or in the forest, in the park, or on the beach, or you go with your friends, or you sit somewhere and drink a cup of tea, or a nice glass of milk in some restaurant, or a lassi milkshake, or someone calls for coffee, just relax. In passive meditation, you analyze yourself in worldly situations, and now you want to have peace from that. But immediately or constantly, thoughts are coming. Then ask yourself, "What do I think?" Now, analyze your thought. What do I think? Why do I think like this? What did I think, and what is the cause of my thinking? What should I think? Put the question to thyself. What do I think? Why do I think? What did I think? What is the cause of my thinking? And now, what should I think? This is analyzing the restlessness of your mind, which doesn’t let you be at peace. So this is the first level, which means it is very, very clear. Ask these questions to thyself. What do you think now, in this minute? There are two persons who know what you are thinking. You cannot hide. One is yourself. You know very well what you are thinking. And the second person in this room knows what you are thinking. Doesn’t matter if you want or not, that one knows what you are thinking, and that’s God. True? So now, in this relation, there must be some very close connection between myself and God. So my witness is God, and the action of my thinking, the witness is also myself. Then why should I not become one with God’s level, rather than let myself be confused in this hectic world, full of troubles? This is self-inquiry meditation. Now, the next step, the third one: what relation do I have personally with what I am thinking, and must I think now, in this beautiful meditation time, about all this? No. I only want to think that my love and my blessings be for the whole world, that all may live in peace, and I would like to be one with myself. You repeat your mantra, and you dive within thyself. How? Observing your normal, natural breath, I know I am inhaling, I know I am exhaling. So you can do now with me when I am telling, without closing eyes or with open eyes, closed eyes, as you like. You see, you find such a beautiful release from all the tensions and restlessness which are going on within you as soon as you put yourself on the rhythm of the breath. So just feel your breath. Now, please, for a while, close your eyes so that you can better feel it. Feel your breath from the beginning of both nostrils. How the nice prāṇa energy, oxygen, life energy is going in through both nostrils, passing through the throat, the respiratory system, and it fills my diaphragm. My lungs are expanding like a balloon. I exhale, and they are contracting. Expansion and contraction of the trunk of the body with the rhythm of the breath. Just feel your breath inwardly. Even you feel the touch of your breath through the whole respiratory system. How the breath is flowing in and out. What beautiful feelings. And again, this feeling that you have now, only two know: thyself and God. So thyself is very close in union with what we call God. He has no form; we can’t see with physical eyes, we can’t smell, we can’t touch, but we know that He is with me. You are feeling your breath, very beautiful, going through the center of the chest, down, and coming up. The touch of the very gentle breath in the center of the chest, the ascending and descending vibration or touch of the breath, awakens a peace, certainty, and relaxation which opens the petal of the heart, and that petal opens the contentment. I know that I am inhaling, and I know peace, peace. What do I think? Why do I think this now? What did I think? What should I think? Do I allow these thoughts to disturb me and disturb my inner peace? Is this thought or subject personal or impersonal? If it is my personal, I will dissolve in the presence of my inner self. If it is impersonal, then I will bless and send my love to have peace. Now, imagine your whole body and feel the motionlessness of the body, and become aware of the presence of that divine which you always have in your heart and in your consciousness. It is not only within you, but it is also outside of you. Every time you inhale, the trunk of the body expands; the expansion is in the whole body. That time your gentle skin comes in touch with the divine energy, and when you exhale, you take in, that energy comes in, expansion and contraction. Be relaxed and tell thyself, "Relax, my friend." Let us be one, let us be, means myself and that divine Self. Who cares about me, who gave me life, protects my life, who lives within me and outside of me. I am one in that divine. You know that you cannot be one as long as you do not develop those qualities. Developing those qualities means clearing your heart and your intellect, or your mind, from worldly disturbances. You feel the presence, I feel the presence of Mahāprabhujī or Devpurījī with us, and further carry on without any imagination, just the reality. And that means be aware of your being here, physically, mentally, intellectually. Peace, peace, I am peace. You just have your mantra, and you just be in peace. When I go from my natural breath to using mantra, I find that it’s challenging for me to keep the breath easy, so it gets quite jagged at times. There was one more suggestion in our first beginning talk about health. Many people had these problems: knees, heaviness in the body, drowsiness, and little energy or weakness. And there is a very nice practice which helps 99.5% sure, and half percent because you are not disciplined. Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā Mahāprabhujī kī Karatā... Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Purījī, Purījī... Śrī Śrī... Eat as much as you can, don’t be hungry, but eat fruits and vegetables, and boiled, cooked soup, hot things. When you have the feeling of biting something, then cut the carrots long, make some sauce dip, and eat. Sit at home, a friend of the candle, and with your friends, and enjoy. Here you will enjoy. You can have a little tofu, or you can use a little soy milk. But don’t eat half a kilo of tofu in the morning and half a kilo at noon, and then... yes, yes. Nuts you can have per day, one handful. No chickpeas, no chana, no moong, no soya, boiled or like this. Tofu okay, and soya milk okay. Yes. Sprout seeds. You can eat as much as you like. Eggs? Not at all. No eggs, no fish, no meat, nothing. You will see how you feel. After doing this for 20 days or 4 weeks, you will feel 10 years younger. Everybody will say, "What happened? You look different now." Yes, you can do it at the same time, but reduce it. Śrī Śrī... Like, for example, this is a boy, Swami Gopāl Purī. When he does this, then his search will go through. Another thing, one more, then we are finished. We spoke about turmeric powder. You should take one and a half teaspoons or two teaspoons. Teaspoons are always different sizes; the powder varies every day. I am taking, but I have, I get this soya, place it in empty capsules, and I feel that fresh, ground turmeric powder inside, and after eating, I take it two or three times a day. All your knee problems, joint problems, and those who are always typing in office and work, it is all gone. It is a turmeric powder, it is very, very, very good. It is antiseptic. Or you can get it in the market. No, no, but you can buy it in the food store shop. They have them in health food stores and everywhere, you have, yes. Children are not good. But if the children are on weight watch, then it is okay. Otherwise, for children, they need more, what we call, yes, you can have one cup of yogurt from the, how do you call it, not fat milk, but because you need a little calcium, a little bit. But this diet will replace everything, yes? No, no, no. Dry one, buy one kilo, and then for 200 grams, grind it, make powder, and fill it. When that is finished, then again grind it and fill it. Wish you all the best, God’s blessing, good health, and a lot of peace, love, harmony, and all blessings of the divine. Ardhanām, Orvarukam Eva Vandanaāt, Mṛtyur Mokṣir Mamṛtāt, Oṃ Śānti Śānti...