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The Path to Direct Self-Realization
The path to direct self-realization is not an easy attainment. Great seers undertook immense effort and austerity to research the universe and the layers of existence within the body. Through systematic meditation and kriyā, one ascends through energy centers to perceive a light of knowledge and transparency, witnessing the body's functions clearly. This direct perception reveals the microcosm within the macrocosm: as in the universe, so in the body. The inquiry proceeds from the physical body to the energetic, mental, and causal bodies. The mind, governed by fluctuation, is the source of pollution that disturbs energy and health. The ultimate knowledge is realizing the all-pervading Supreme Cause, the source of endless cosmic energy that guides all life. Without purifying the heart and overcoming personal likes and dislikes, nothing remains. One is bound by self-created attachments, like a spider trapped in its own web. Performance of one's sincere duty within their stage of life, coupled with dispassion, is essential.
"Half-knowledge is the most dangerous knowledge."
"The most terrible, dangerous pollution is mental pollution."
Filming location: Fiji Islands
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
