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The Whole Word Is One Family

A morning satsang on the awakening wave of spirituality and the practice of yoga in daily life.

"The young generation has not seen the last century... But this modern technology has brought the youth to the understanding of 'Vāsudeva Kuṭumbakam'—the whole world is one family, one God’s family."

"This economical crisis can only be stopped and improved if people stop eating meat. Then again, the world will be sustainable."

Swami Maheshwarananda (addressed as Guruji) addresses a seminar, reflecting on global suffering and the concurrent rise of spiritual awareness among youth. He details the 44-year humanitarian and environmental work of the Yoga in Daily Life system, emphasizing vegetarianism as crucial for health, ecology, and spirituality. He explains the profound impact of non-violence (ahiṃsā) and describes the Maṇipūra cakra and techniques like Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā for spiritual and physical health, concluding with practical announcements for webcasts.

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

Nārāyaṇa Bhagavad-gītā, Devyāsvar Mahādeva-gītā, Mādhavakṛṣṇa Bhagavad-gītā, Sanātana Dharma-gītā. Good morning to everybody, and many blessings of Gurudeva. Welcome, all of you, and welcome our Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Swāmī Vivekpūrījī, and Yogeśjī, and all other sannyāsīs. We will have this evening another beautiful, special satsaṅg, where people should come, and we will also have some kind of techniques, practicing. But first, I will speak. The world situation among human civilization is seeing a lot of changes. In many countries, unfortunately, there are fights. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes. This means thousands of millions of people are suffering; children are suffering, they are without a home. Many people are victims of different diseases. And we humans have put the animals in very, very terrible situations, slaughtering them and imprisoning them. But inside this, some seeds are sprouting, and this kind of seed is called spirituality. The young generation has not seen the last century, or they have no idea about the so-called Cold War. People were victims of many different cultures, dualities, religions, nationalities, etc. But this modern technology has brought the youth to the understanding of "Vāsudeva Kuṭumbakam"—the whole world is one family, one God’s family. Vāsudeva Kuṭumbakam, az egész világ egyetlen család, Istennek a családja. And so, in the awareness of the youth, spirituality is now awakening. Ezért a fiatalok tudatossága kinyílik, felébred a spiritualitás irányában. A thirst, a search for spirituality. For the last 43 years, 44 years already, I’m constantly giving these instructions, and teaching our beautiful scientific system, yoga in daily life. In the last 43 years, I have been continuously teaching and giving instructions for our wonderful scientific system in the everyday life of yoga. Yesterday, I spoke, and yogīs told that in the last 20 years, nearly 3 million people—poor people—got labor work for surviving, for their families, through our organizations, working in our different ashrams, getting some work, which was very important. And from the very beginning, we began supporting and organizing the social, humanitarian, vegetarian, and also what we call the environmental work in yoga and life. És a kezdetektől fogva elkezdtük, és nagy energiákkal folytatjuk a humanitárius, egészségvédelmi, állatvédelmi és környezetvédelmi munkánkat a yoga mindennapi életben szervezetén belül. It is the quality and success of the yoga in their life, which for 40 years is growing, while many other systems came up for 10 years, 5 years, or a maximum of 15 years and then disappear. And this was a collective work of all our good teachers of yoga and their lives in different countries. So, more than these volunteers who got all the labors, needy people got work from us, and more than that, millions more people have been practicing, training, and teaching yoga further in their lives. But it is natural that when one tree gets apples or cherries, they do not all ripen at once. So many people practice. May they stop? May they continue? May they are teaching around the whole world? So, spirituality—without spirituality, without ethical feelings—there is no achievement in human life. So we shall carry on our beautiful work. So, in the world, the changing came a lot. For example, many people in Europe, when I came, did not even know what vegetarian exactly means. And especially in the time of the other system of government in this part of Europe, what we call the communist regime. They were very health conscious, they had a lot of physical activities, everyone had an approach to everything, and you know that they accepted yoga in their life. And at that time, people were afraid to speak about a vegetarian life. But I spoke, I preached, and I told the people to be vegetarian. And other parts of the world, too. So you see, the consciousness is awakened in the people about vegetarianism. Of course, besides this, many people came then, and many are working for that. They realized that vegetarianism is very important for our health, as well as for our environment and for spirituality. Mások is jöttek, segítettek, dolgoztak érte, mert felismerték, hogy a vegetarizmus mennyire fontos az egészségünk érdekében, a környezet érdekében és a spiritualitás céljából. This economical crisis can only be stopped and improved if people stop eating meat. A gazdasági válságot csak akkor lehet megfékezni és akkor lehet megoldani, ha az emberek abba hagyják a húsfogyasztást. Then again, the world will be sustainable. So, now in this century, it awakens the wave of spirituality. And therefore, you should, as always, usually, we’re talking about spirituality, continue. Through this spirituality, you can protect the family. And you can protect yourself, and finally achieve that goal of the human life. A few days ago, we had a visit in our Vienna ashram. One well-known Swami, called Swami Agnivesh. And he also now brings the message of vegetarianism, good for body, mind, soul, and for ecology. And we had about 150 people there sitting. And he asked, "How many of you are vegetarian?" So they were looking to him. So I told him, "Ask how many are not vegetarian." So please raise hands, who is not vegetarian? So no one raised their hand up, so he said, "Do you understand me?" And then he was so surprised that all the people here are vegetarians. So, in every face is a light, a beautiful reflection, and we can see here in our hall, 99%, 99.5%, we are all healthy people. And see your friends and colleagues who are in your age, how they are. So this is a result of a vegetarian diet and the practice of yoga in their life. Definitely, we are not immortal in the body. The body is not immortal, the ātmā is immortal. Many great saints and ṛṣis were bringing the message of yoga and Āyurveda, etc., but they also passed away. Even Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, the creators, the trinities, they also became old and they passed away. So this machine, how long will we hold it, keep it? It has its limitations, but as long as we are alive, let us do good things. Let us awaken the spirituality in their hearts. And help them, those who fall down, help them to stand up. And that is our work and yoga in life. Thanks to all of you. Because around the world, millions of people are helped. And millions of animals are saved. Can you imagine how many people are here? Hundreds of people are here in this seminar. And if you will be non-vegetarian, how many animals will be killed already in this weekend for us? How many chickens, or the pigs, etc. So, in the last forty years, forty-four years, traveling through different parts of the world, awakening the love towards other creatures, and awakening compassion for life and for the health of the people. So, how many millions of animals have we saved? That means something. Great. Their vibration of their life. It comes back to us. And when the millions of animals are just killed without any feelings, the head is chopped, but still other parts of the body are in spasms, in pain. When the doctor just comes and gives us an injection, now we are brave enough, but still we feel the needle, and when it’s finished, we are relaxed. So measure the heartbeat when the doctor comes. With the needle injection and injecting, what is the heartbeat? And when it’s finished, what is the heartbeat? So it is not only for humans, but for other creatures too. You love your house pet, your cat, your dog, or your mouse, rabbits, any house animals. You don’t want that someone kills your animal because you see them. You touch them. You love them. But millions of animals, you don’t see them. And where they’re slaughtering, you don’t see them. They’re screaming, they’re suffering, their blood... some are half cut and still alive. This karma will come back, and that’s why humanity is suffering now, and that’s why mankind is killing each other. Ahiṃsā paramodharma, non-violence. So, it is not only what you eat, but when something comes on your plate, maybe a leg of the chicken, or the tail of the cat, you must know. It is a part, a limb of some animal. And how did it come to your plate? Because it was killed. Because you want to eat. And there are many people who are grilling living animals. Where is the dayā, mercy? Therefore, now the young generation is coming back to the vegetarian life and spirituality. For the last generation, or after the Second World War, the third generation passed; for them, meat was something because they didn’t eat it often. But now the generation of these people is fed up with this and searching for something new. So our spiritual development, our health condition, and many things are depending on the way of our life, and we have nourishment, and we have movements. So try to save the humans. It means to bring them to the spiritual consciousness. In the last century, people were afraid to speak about spirituality. I said, that’s very good. They should laugh at you, not cry. You see? So only because of your hair, you are suffering in your body. Only because people will look at you with a different look. You know, in the world there is a fashion: many girls have very short hair, and men are shaving nearly every day. It’s very good. You need little shampoo for one year; it lasts. Two drops of the shampoo are more than enough for the bald head. So, to live healthy, and if someone is laughing, no problem. So, such kind of thinking we have to give up. But the problem is there that we are lazy. We don’t want to do, and we give the mistake on someone as a self-excusing. So with this kind of change, what is coming in the world is reflecting on the whole planet. And this is your work, which comes as feedback to you. And therefore, develop more and more your spiritual energy, your spirituality. And for that, these are the techniques which we will practice. The Maṇipūra cakra, the navel, that is the most powerful one. And you know that our life began with the Maṇipūra Cakra, with the navel. And it developed, it connected with very fine energy and built like a little, fine film with the mother’s body. And all this energy of the mother’s body was transmitted into you through that one center, and that is called the navel. And that is Maṇipūra. And so, the Maṇipūra Cakra is a very, very powerful center, and we should activate and concentrate on it and practice something for that. Of course, everything in the body that God gave us is precious and important. God gave us nothing unnecessary or nonsensical. Everything, everything he taught, the cosmic engineer taught everything. What a creation, what a wonder. He gave us eyes, and we see everything. What a system that God created! No one can give this eye. Make a model of plastic and design an eyeball and put it in and say, "Do you see something?" No answer. So, every single cell in the body, as you know, my dear, is given to us by God. But one thing I don’t agree with God. What he gave us, and I’m constantly struggling with him, illness. Why did he put or give that, which becomes a cancer in the body, or different things? So when I ask him by consultation or by dialogue, he’s looking like this. And when I talk about this point, then he looks like that. And he said, "I didn’t give. You created it. That’s all." God doesn’t talk too much, only a few words. Mahāprabhujī was coming, sitting, and was not talking too much. His appearance was a language. Giving. Everyone, though they didn’t understand language or anything, even he didn’t speak a lot. But all eyes were looking to him. Why? Because we are getting from that. So when you come to the forest, you get good air. But the tree doesn’t lose that. When you come in the sun, you feel warm and light. But the sun doesn’t lose. Similarly, in the presence of Gurudeva, as near you come, as near you go, and have a darśana, it is our benefit. And he doesn’t lose. That is the specialty. It gives us. But if you go into some other big, big supermarket or some big buildings, all the windows are closed, you can’t open them, and there is what they call electronic clouds. It sucks your energy. When you come out, oh God, you are like that. Exhausted. This is the difference. Between a spiritual person and a relaxed person. A happy person, a healthy person, a positive person, or the saint or Gurudev—you come out full of energy. And they don’t lose. Just we get it. The sun is saying, "Utilize my energy." You have it. Use it or lose it. And that’s why we are creating the solar panels. Now, in the world, many, many countries have very big solar projects. And look with the telescope into the sun. Did the sun lose some energy? Did he become a little smaller? No. Similarly, if it’s one person or a thousand, they receive equally that energy of the Gurudeva. So Mahāprabhujī spoke little, but each word constantly dwelled in our heart and in our consciousness. So this soul... which enters into the mother’s body, and thanks to God that He created a mother. Can you imagine without a mother? You are hanging somewhere and drying. Do you know the value of your mother? Don’t be angry with the mother. So all this energy which is coming, it goes through one center point. And that is the Maṇipūra Cakra, and the Maṇipūra Cakra has to be activated. And that is Amṛtasāgara. Amṛtasāgara means the ocean of the nectar. So some of you have the name Amṛtasāgara, no? And then it becomes Amṛtabindu. Amṛta Bindu. That is then the Bindu Cakra. So that energy, that nectar, which is in the navel in Maṇipūra Cakra, you cannot utilize. That is like a raw material, and from that, the essence has to come. That transfers to the bindu. And from the bindu, what you receive, that is called feedback, recycling. That will help our health and our spiritual development. But if the source is drying out, then the consumer here cannot have anything. So that is a supplier. Bindu Cakra is the supplier. And we are again the consumer, though we are the manufacturers of the Maṇipūra. So in yoga, you see in Yoga and Daily Life book, one āsana is called Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā. Viparītakaraṇī Mudrā is a very powerful technique. Because the Maṇipūra cakra is the center, the border, where both forces are coming together. The prāṇa and apāna. Prāṇa is that kind of energy or strength in our body which is capable of getting energy from outward. If our lungs have no strength, we cannot breathe. These lungs have to move. And when one died, you touch. If there is a breath, so expansion of the lungs or the diaphragm, the muscles which have the strength to expand, that we call prāṇa. But if it has no strength to contract again, you cannot exhale. So that prāṇa which is helping the muscles to move back is apāna. So the whole body constantly sends the used energy or toxins out through the apāna śakti. After 45 or 50 years of age, we must train our apāna śakti. If the apāna-śakti is strong, then you have no problem with urinating or going to the toilet. You will not be able to pass the cold and urine if the apāna is not there. And this both prāṇa and apāna are coming together at the Maṇipūra cakra. Now from this, we lose a lot of amṛta from the amṛta sāgara of the Maṇipūra towards the lower cakras. So, viparītakaraṇī mudrā means, viparīta means opposite, recycling, revising. And so this energy, this amṛta, which goes more downwards and gets lost, it comes towards our other cakras, Anāhata, Viśuddhi, Ājñā, Bindu, and Sahasrāra. Now, if we practice the exact techniques from the authentic, ancient yogic instructions and postures, yes, then we can gain this benefit. But if you are modifying or doing different techniques with this, you lose it. When we get vegetables and if we cook them as they are, without any spices, or eat them raw, then you have the taste of that vegetable. But if we add a lot of spices, like chilies, or salt, or this and that, then, 90% we have other taste, only 10% of that vegetable. So from other things, we have 90% effect; from the original, it’s only 10%. Similarly, you see in the world, everyone is writing a yoga book. Everyone is creating some postures, and the market is full of such books. But it’s not that book which gives you exactly yogic principles. So one of those is Viparītakaraṇī mudrā. So another part we call Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma Jālandhara Bandha. Because when we do the Viparītakarāṇī Mudrā, when recycling back, the force is going back. Then some things should be blocking again. What you call in the water, when we open, it comes out. And when the other side goes back, it’s klapa. What do you call? Valve. So by Viparīta Karaṇī Mudrā, immense Amṛta flows towards the Bindu Cakra. But that can be very dangerous. The balloon has a maximum limit of 3 liters of air. But you put in 15 liters. You will not see any more balloon. Blast it. Similarly, if we are greedy and overdue. Then the Bindu Cakra is out of control. And therefore there is an automatic ventilator, that’s called Jālandhara Bandha. So that Amṛtā purifies the viṣa in Viśuddhi Cakra. So these are the techniques, yogic techniques, that will help us to develop our health and our spirituality and achieve our aim. So be sure, you cannot inspire your yoga students with only some postures. Standing on one hand or legs up, hands down, this will not give us liberation and that energy. Yes, it’s a body work, strong muscles, balance. It’s good. But as long as you are young, you can do this. You are doing lifelong, but now you are 98 years old. And we said, "Grandfather, please, can you stand and show us on one hand?" He said, "I cannot stand even on two legs now. I have four now, the walker: two legs and four legs of that walker, six legs. But the wisdom will never be paralyzed. Spirituality will not be paralyzed." And so that is yoga, that life is designed, and there are the kriyās which we are doing. So, I wish you all the best. Especially all our dear brothers and sisters who are on the website. And now we will have some practice, so in practice we cannot move the camera here and there, therefore the next webcast will be in the evening. Round, round, or exact? Let’s say Austrian, Hungarian time, 8 o’clock, okay? Webcast. And tomorrow the webcast will be announced, so most probably at 10:30, because our other group is here and they missed the lectures. When is the Kriyānusthān finished? Morning. What time? 10:30. So tomorrow morning will be 10:30 webcast. Okay? So all who are here in other Kriyānusthān and Kriya practices, they can also attend. Hari Om. All the best. Hari Om. Deep Naya Bhagwān. Akī. Akī.

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