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Twelve petals of the Anahat Chakra

The Anāhata Cakra is the heart's divine sky, the principle of the limitless self within. The self is like the sky, divine and within, yet perceived as separate, creating duality where reality disappears. The heart unites where the dividing intellect creates mental pollution. Its twelve petals open during the Brahmamuhūrta before sunrise, awakening qualities in consciousness. The first petal is joy, then peace, followed by kindness. Messages from the heart bring peace; from the brain, war. Development requires both heart and discerning intellect. Love here is divine, uniting and liberating, beyond temporary attachments. It brings harmony, while its absence brings conflict from liking and disliking. Clarity discerns the unchanging reality of the immortal self. Compassion and understanding for others' needs follow, leading to forgiveness that forgets grievances. This heart is boundless, the residence of the divine, culminating in bliss.

"Where there is duality, reality disappears. And when duality disappears, unity appears."

"Messages from the heart bring peace. Messages from the brain bring war."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa,... Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Lakṣmī... Nārāyaṇa, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Dīp Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Dīp Nārāyaṇa, Deep Nārāyaṇa, Deep Nārāyaṇa, Deep Nārāyaṇa. Anāhata Cakra is endless, endless in every aspect. The principle of the Anāhata Cakra is the sky. When we come to the sky, we do not see it as blue. But if we see it from far away, it is blue. When we come near, here is also sky, but it is not blue. Similarly, the ātmā, the self, is like the sky—divine, and it is within us. It is within us, yet we do not feel ourselves as divine. But when we think of the divine, we see it somewhere else. This is duality. Where there is duality, reality disappears. And when duality disappears, unity appears. Ekatā. Ekta means oneness. Eko’ham bahu syāmi. I am one, but I am in many. Many in me and I in all. This realization is not in the brain. The brain makes duality; all that we call the mind. The mental pollution divides us through that intellect. But thanks to God, the heart is sitting near and always controls us. But still, out of ignorance, out of jealousy, greed, etc., it is dividing. Yet again, the heart unites us. The twelve petals of the Anāhata Cakra are very beautiful and divine. Early in the morning, during the Brahmamūrti before sunrise, that lotus begins to open. Those who sleep at that time—the lotus is opening, but there is no one there to admire it. We are lost. Therefore, the best is to wake up before sunrise. Whoever cannot get up before sunrise will lose their luck. In the West, they say "golden time," but we say the Brahmamuhūrta, God’s time. This is a difference between thinking in the West and in the East. It is time for Brahman, time for the Supreme. The unfolding of the petals awakens and brings those qualities which go to our consciousness. It awakens the awareness and transfers that quality into each and every atom of the body. Narasi Narayan—from human to God. Whenever God incarnates, He incarnates as a human. Except if God has promised something and He cannot fulfill that one, then still He will fulfill the promise, but in a different form. Like the Nṛsiṁha avatāra, half lion and half human. You see, in Greek mythology there are many, called the goddesses, devas, male and female, half animal and half human. At that time they had Shiva’s triśūla. You see the triśūla in Vienna, you know? There is one park, it is called Summer Residence Schönbrunn. Schönbrunn, yeah. So, Sandbrunn—the tourists say Sandbrunn. I was in the Sandbrunn. Like the Czech people say. Gimize. Not Gimize, Gimize. Not Gimize, Gimize. It is the beauty of the language. So in the Schönbrunn, I think it is called Glorious Gloria. There you will see the triśūlas and those mythological pictures of the Greek philosophy. China, India, Egypt, and Greece—these are the lines, in one line, where these miracles happen. Then, in the different countries also, something. But which has more interesting information? So, the European philosophy is based on the Greek, if I am not wrong. Am I wrong? Thank you. Otherwise, Swāmījī is talking, he does not know. There are twelve qualities of the heart. Early morning, during Brahma Muhūrta, the heart awakes first, not the brain. That heart awakes and gives the signal to the brain: wake up. There is the laziness. That laziness comes from the Svādhiṣṭhāna cakra. Between is Maṇipūra, the fire. But the Anāhata cakra awakens all the sleeping cells in the body. That is after. The alarm rings, then they all awake. So the first petal awakes, opening the heart. And they call the first petal, "My God, joy." Now, wake up to enjoy the day, but be careful. Joy to unite with God. Otherwise, the joy which you want to enjoy in that joy is little enjoyment compared to the problem in that joy. That is why first is the joy, then it is called peace. Take time. Slowly. Do not eat too hot. Morning is a peaceful time. Let peace enter our consciousness, our awareness, and our body. The third petal gives kindness. How kind. Be kind to all. Do not do to others what you do not like to do to yourself. This is the message of the heart chakra. It is a heart. It is a life. It is we. When you go on holidays and you write a postcard to your best friend: "Dear friend so and so, I am here and I send you heartfelt greetings. I wish you from my heart, heartfelt greetings. I wish you could be here too." Did you ever get a postcard written? "Brain greetings. Wish you all the best from my heart." When the message comes from the heart, it is peace. And when the message comes from the brain, it is war. This is a difference. Therefore, intellect is very good, but it needs the quality of the heart. That is very important. You know, they say the joke about the brain, the intellect. Everything, the best quality, best knowledge, everything is here. Very important decisions you decide from here. But to say yes or no, a head cannot do. The neck will say yes or no. So this is the husband, and that is the wife. The wife has to say yes or no. And therefore the wife has more quality of the heart. That is why there is Shiva and Shakti, both. In which cakra? Oh yeah, Anāhata Cakra. I was too much in Śiva and Śakti. So, there is what we spoke this morning: Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti. Pravṛtti leads down. Descending energy goes down, and the ascending goes up. So there are crossing cakras. There are two triangles inside. The heart can misguide. The heart can be very, very angry. But there should be the test of the jñāna. The third and fourth petal is that you have to have time to overthink. Patience, patience. Do not be in a hurry. Those who are feeling emotion in the heart and do not give time to it, you are mistaken. So he controls her. She is very soft, but emotions make one blind. Therefore, she has to listen to him. Viveka knowledge, that intellect, so ascending and descending, pendling. From here to there, and from here to there again. So jñānendriyas, the five senses of knowledge, are above the throat. The fifth one is the whole body. That is called tvacā, the skin. So whatever the heart decides has to be proved by the intellect, but pure jñāna, not emotion. A bird has two wings to fly. So our development, achievement, both heart and the knowledge, viveka. To develop and achieve something, we need both, heart and mind. Sixth petal. Fifth, bhakti, devotion, love. Love can melt the rock, and dispirited, and jealous, and disappointed. Love can burn everything, cannot melt the rock, but turns the rock into powder. This is the difference. So love can be divine, liberate us, and disappointed, dispirited, jealousy does not care. It destroys oneself and destroys others. What they call nowadays the self-murder bomb? Suicide bombs. "I will die, but with me I will kill them all." Therefore, take care of your heart. So do not think, "Heart, everything is here. Oh, my heart, my dear heart," and the next day you go with a knife to the dear heart. Anāhata Cakra’s trāsye love. That love turns us into God’s consciousness. Love unites. Love protects. Love saves us. And love liberates us. It is that love which is indescribable. Not a love for the money, for the house, for the job, for the jewelry, for the car, for the partner. This is a temporary living, but love is that God’s love. When that love awakens, then you turn everything into love. Then you have no enemy. There is no liking and disliking. So that petal of the Anāhata Cakra opens to love. Freedom. So gentle feeling. Yes. When love appears, then harmony comes. And when there is no love, there is no harmony. But the harmonium makes many rāgas. Rāga and dveṣa. Rāga means liking, and dveṣa means disliking. Raga means like jealousy. Raga is a negative quality, and dveṣa is jealousy. Dualities, rāga and dveṣa, two come, you are lost. But there is another rāga: melody, resonance, purity. Harmony. When the harmony is there, the birds will come and sit here, but birds do not trust us. The birds go and fly away. Birds dare to sit on the head of the tiger, on the back of the lion, but a bird does not make a mistake to sit anywhere on a human’s body. There is one bird who always comes to meditation here. And every time when I have satsaṅg, he is sitting there. That bird must be from some of your past lives. You will see, when I go, she will fly. Yes, harmony, clarity. Clarity is very important, crystal clear. The knowledge: what is right and what is wrong. What is reality and what is unreality? Everything is changeable. It is not a reality, and what never changes is the reality. Everlasting, unbreakable, unchangeable, immortal. Like this sky. The sky will not change. Like that, there should be clarity within us. Then it is it. No weapons can kill this Ātmā. No elements can destroy it. And no death can take it away. Try to shoot the bullets in the sky, and then take the magnifying glass and look how many holes are there. There is no hole. That is why Ātmā is immortal. And the body is mortal, and that immortality is that clarity in our hearts. Yes, then, when everything is clear, then compassion. Then, is the compassion there? Very beautiful. Mercy. Mercy is towards all, not liking and disliking. Then it is not reality, so compassion. Just open the compassion. Express the compassion. No fighting, no wars, no dividing, nothing. So that is called the call of the soul from your heart. That is it. Yes. Harmony, clarity, compassion, and purity. Understanding for others. I ate now. Good dinner. My stomach is full. But you did not eat anything yet. You are hungry. And you are waiting for when Swāmījī will finish the lecture, and we will eat. "He talks too much. We are hungry." But I do not think like you think, because when my stomach is full, I think everyone’s stomach is full. That is ignorance. That is not oneness. Therefore, it is very important that we have an understanding: what I like, others like too, and what I do not like, others do not like. Understand the pain of others. Understand the needs of others. Understand the troubles of others. Understand their suffering. Understand, they all need food. Everyone needs comfort. Everyone needs protection. Understand them. Understand, or misunderstand. This is a bridge. If you understand, you are standing under. You take all over your head, you balance everything. So, stand under others’ needs, others’ feelings, and misunderstandings. You did not stand under; you missed it. Everything you missed, you lost it. You did not care about that. So understanding has a very deep meaning. And if we understand, we will not fight for different religions. We will not fight for different cultures. We will not fight because we understand everyone needs what I need. Yes, when you understand, then you forget forgiveness, you know? Civil war in Yugoslavia. People said, "We will forgive them, but we will not forget them." Not to forget means that the revenge goes deep into the subconsciousness. And blood is boiling in the fire of revenge to take revenge again. So forgiveness is easy, "OK, go. I will see you one day somewhere." Because you did not forget. So forget all and open the love. This is a quality of the human heart. That is the most beautiful thing that we have. It is anāhata, without boundary. You cannot price this. You cannot pay anything. It is the heart. That is the residence of God. That is the residence of your Ātmā, which is in each and every entity. That time, your heart has that quality? Bliss. When the lotus completely opens, then it expresses bliss. Then you are capable of bliss. Bless everyone. Bliss is the highest joy. To get that bliss awakening in our consciousness, we are all praying. We all practice that we attain the bliss: "I am bliss, I am bliss, bliss am I, ānandoham, ānandoham, Ānandam, Brahmanandam, tat." Pravda. Každá čakra earth chakra. Solid. Nourishment. The roots are there. Very past lives are there, ankles till the knees. Vegetative. From ankles and knees till the hip joints is animal quality, and from there till the Viśuddhi Cakra is human quality. When we take a carrot out of the earth, the carrot comes out but takes with it some earth. Similarly, every chakra has good qualities, but still some animal qualities are there. And so, good animals? It must not be. Crocodile? Yes, Svādhiṣṭhāna has a crocodile. And Mūlādhāra? Elephant. And Manipur? The male deer is called Ram. And Anāhata, antelope, is anti-lope. Antelope is a symbol of speed, power, and energy. So this is the feeling of the heart, spreading like an antelope running. Yes, the antelope: vigilance, speed, and sensitivity. Is your heart sensitive? Oh, yeah. Very sensitive. Do not tell anything wrong. Not you cry, the heart cries. And when you are cruel, telling such bad words, the heart is bleeding. We say, "My heart is bleeding," the pain. So that is why all kinds of fear are located in the heart. So from Jñāna Indriya, the one Indriya, this is called the skin, which covers the whole body. And anywhere, any little ant is crawling on, walking on the skin. You know immediately. It is the heart that gives information. The brain said yes, it is the end. But before the brain tells, the heart says there is something. The heart tells, do not analyze. It is too late. Oh God. So, then say, "Oh my God, it was a mosquito. I am sorry, brother mosquito." But I pray for your liberation. So this is the symbol of the animal, the antelope, then divinity. That is a long story; I will not take your time. You are tired, sleepy. That is called Śiva and Śakti, and it is called Śiva and Śakti, consciousness and nature. Shiva is consciousness, Shiva is the sky, Shiva is liberation, Shiva is the ultimate truth. Shiva is the bliss. Satyam Śivam Sundaram. Satyam Śivam. Satyam Śivam Satyam Satyam... Śivam Sundaram Satyam Satyam... Shrī Satya, Satya,... Śrī Satya, Satya, Śrī Satya, Satya, Satya, Satya,... Shrī Satya, Satya,... Shrī Satya, Satya,... Shrī Satya, Satya, Shrī Satya, Satya, Satya, Shrī Satya, Satya,... Shrī Satya, Satya,... Satya, Satya,... Śrī Satya, Satya,... Śrī Satya, Satya,... Satya,... Satya, Śrī Satya, Satya,... The satya, the truth; Śiva, the consciousness; Sundaram, the beauty. So the love and consciousness, the space and ātmā, inseparable, ever one, is always in unity. Very important. So that is the divinity of the Anāhata Cakra. Manipura was Lakṣmī and Viṣṇu. But above Shiva and Shakti, in the new moon, we see the new moon rising and the full moon. What a beauty! But new moon and full moon are not two. It is one. One developing, growing in others. Anāhata Cakra, the symbol, the two triangles. Tomorrow we will come to this. Going up or down like this, descending or ascending. Wish you all the best. Dobrú noc.

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