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Go back to Nature

The body is a sacred abode composed of five elements, housing mind, awareness, and soul. Fear of death warns to take care. The soul fears departure because it feels comfortable here; we do not know if happiness awaits after death. So love and care for this body. Feed it healthy food, pure water, good milk. Quit alcohol except for medicinal use, as somarasa from the ocean churning is acceptable. Prāṇa nourishes through breath and consumption. Nature offers prāṇa; trees give oxygen. Come to nature, do not destroy it. Practice prāṇāyāma: feel the breath, relax, become one with nature. Consciously expand the lungs. The body is the true house; keep it clean and natural. Youth clubs should avoid alcohol and meat, offering positive songs and activities. Meditate on the So’ham mantra. The self is indescribable, pure, beyond space. Serve that divine self.

"Do not think of dying. Do not think of leaving this beautiful world and this body."

"The body is our house. Keep your body nice, keep it clean, and nicely decorated, so that inside and outside you feel pleasant."

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

Hari Om, Alakhpurījī. Mahādev kī Devadhī Dev, Deveśwar Mahādev, Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī, Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma kī. Prāṇāyāma and life. If we look around this place, what would you describe? What could be more beautiful, more pleasant, more comfortable? Fresh air, a good environment—it inspires us and motivates us to seek more prāṇa, to draw in increasingly wholesome prāṇa, and to purify this body of the five elements. This body holds our mind, awareness, consciousness, our feelings, our wisdom, our knowledge, our jīvātmā, and so forth. One element alone cannot create and sustain a body; it requires all five: space, air, fire, water, and earth. Each of these five elements is profoundly important for our body, for our spiritual development, our achievements, and our happiness. The jīvā—the soul, as we know it—is in our body. Right now, together with our jīvā, we experience happiness. But we do not know whether the jīvā is happy once it leaves the body. That is why every creature fears departure from the body. God has given fear, and fear is very important for living life. Fear gives warning: take care. We do not wish to experience fear or pain. This is evidence that the jīvātmā feels comfortable in this body. We create difficulties for ourselves, so much so that some people think, “I don’t want to live anymore.” Some even commit suicide. It is not easy, and that one is not happy. Yet there must have been troubles, some deep pain, that led them to decide to end their life. But that soul is not happy. It is just a naked soul roaming in space, with no hold at all—no one says, “Hello, friend, how are you? Come, sit with us, have a cup of coffee,” or anything. We simply do not know. We can only believe what the great seers, the great saints, tell us. Though we know that the body is ultimately nothing, that we are ātmā, and we think, “I am the ātmā,” it is not easy to leave the body. So we love our body more than our ātmā. We love our soul because of the body. Therefore, let us experience and live life in such great happiness, because we do not know if there will be happiness afterward. In certain beliefs and religions, there is enough frightening talk that the soul will suffer, that it will go to hell, that it will remain permanently in terrible situations due to sin and so on. We can only believe, we can only trust what they have said, but we do not know exactly if it is reality. And if you want to see the reality, you have to die. When you die and you do not see that promised reality, you might say, “No, I want to go back; I was happy in my body.” But you cannot come back. Therefore, do not think of dying. Do not think of leaving this beautiful world and this body. This is a beautiful body. This body has everything—all kinds of facilities, comfort, everything. Enjoy happiness, peace, the divine, relaxation, comfort, and many, many things. We love each and every limb of our body. We love each and every organ. We love each and every function of the body. We love our eyes, our ears, our mouth, tongue, fingers, and hands. What a beautiful body! So realize, feel your body, love your body, take care of your body—that is the beauty of the body. What do you do with this body? Eat healthy food. Drink pure, good water. Drink very good milk. Quit the alcohol. Alcohol is not for this body. Yes, if there is a wound and because of infection you need to use alcohol, that is also acceptable. Alcohol, this also came out of the churning of the ocean. That’s called somarasa. That’s very nice. So, what are you doing with your body? How much care do you take of it? And how much do you allow your body to fall into someone else’s hands, someone who tortures you, shouts at you, misuses you, and makes you walk day and night—while your soul remains unhappy inside? God gave you all abilities. How can you say you are poor? We are not poor. Our viveka, our knowledge, is immense. So, to take care of our body, there is one essential thing: healthy food. It is also prāṇa. Movement is nourishment. Inhalation is nourishment. Drinking water is nourishment—both solid and liquid. Thus, it is prāṇa that keeps us healthy. Look at these trees where we are sitting. We are sitting in the lap of Mother Nature. And how happy these trees are, you see. What did we say? Oh, it’s a good, healthy tree, with nice leaves. And this tree is giving us so much oxygen through every leaf. Every leaf of the tree is a means for our life, and so is prāṇāyāma. So it is said, “vihar” means to go, to travel somewhere, to walk somewhere. Come to nature. We have enough, enough nature. I don’t know why we destroy nature and build all those concrete houses where humans want to go further. So, let’s feel the prāṇa. Let’s feel the prāṇa. Close your eyes and just feel the inhalation and exhalation. Yes, close the eyes. Relax your body, relax the body. No other concentration, no imagination. Just the reality. Feel this beautiful fresh air on your skin. Feel it in your nostrils. Feel it in your respiratory system and your lungs. Oh, very nice air flowing, blowing the air to your hair, to your nose and nostrils, and your ears. Because you have a natural material, pure cotton, and that’s also breathing, relaxing, and feeling inhalation and exhalation. Consciously expand your lungs and let your diaphragm gain more and more capacity to take the breath, the oxygen. Don’t think about money. Don’t think about your house. Don’t think about your work. This minute is only to become one with nature, peace and peace and peace. Just inhale and exhale. Be aware of your inhalation. Keep your body straight. Be aware that you are sitting under these beautiful trees, on this meadow, with the beautiful, beautiful sound of the birds. I know that I’m inhaling, and I know that I’m exhaling. Be comfortable, be relaxed. Don’t think of eating, drinking, walking, or running. Just be thyself, one with nature. Feel the fresh air through the nostrils, and now exhale slowly through the mouth, without making a sound. Feel the warmth of the exhaled breath on the lower lip. Feel the freshness of the breath on the lower lip. Relax. Breathe through the nostrils. Feel the freshness in the nostrils, and exhale through the mouth. Feel the warmth of the breath on the lower lip. Purījī, Purījī... Become one with the breath. Inhale gently and exhale gently out of the mouth. Relax. Be aware of your brothers and sisters sitting beside you, also enjoying the prāṇāyāma. Be in the consciousness of your brothers and sisters who sit next to you, also enjoying the prāṇāyāma. Feel the prāṇa in the whole body, and outside the body. It is the life of all of us. Now, a little deeper inhalation. Inhale a little deeper than a normal breath. Now inhale a little deeper than a normal breath, through both nostrils, and listen to the sound of Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma. Exhale a little longer than before through the mouth. Breathe out a little bit longer than before, through the throat. Place the palms on the face, warm your face muscles, and open the eyes. Touch your palms to the earth, and bend forward, touching your forehead to the ground also. Feel the energy of the Mother Earth, and feel the circulation throughout the whole body, but especially towards the head, and slowly sit up. So, this one week, eight days, or two weeks, you come here to recharge that energy, which lasts the whole year. During the summer, try to go for a walk in the park. If possible, spend some time under a tree. Or if you are working in an office, at lunchtime, go out and search for a tree and just relax under it. It gives energy. The body is our house. The body is our apartment, and we, as ātmā, as a soul, are residing here from the mother’s womb until the end of life. You can sell your house, you can change your apartment, you can go anywhere, but the real house of ours is our body. Keep your body nice, keep it clean, and nicely decorated, so that inside and outside you feel pleasant. Try to supply, apply, and give natural things to your body. Come back to nature. And so our yoga in life, youth—they begin in Hungary, with that kind of youth club, where there are only positive things: no alcohol, no meat, and good things. Singing bhajans, singing folk songs from different countries, etc. And sometimes, beautiful, nice videos that are good for nature, about nature, about what we should do more, how people are destroying nature—that will inspire us not to destroy, as well as beautiful videos, yoga videos, and lectures. Many young children and youth have no choice but to go into some clubs where there is alcohol and this and that. So, everyone can become a member to support that club. And compulsorily, if they like, they should become a member of your club in your country. Also, in different villages, give a positive and good chance to our youth. So now they have started; they made some kind of plan in Budapest, and at the end of this week, they will talk about these satsaṅgs and, of course, your folk songs, your folk dance, your culture, everything. Concentrate on your culture too, and festivals. That’s very good. What do you think of it? Good. Ācārya ātmā naba rūpa vyāpaka satyapara vimala cetana yātmā prabhu vimala cetana dhun dhyāna yāge āgama jāge nigama se nitya yātmā śrī se nitya yātmā śrī guru mā paramātmā ho mā ātmā puruṣa sakala jaga ke yantra jānī cara cakra prabhu cara cakra ātmā para se parvāna āge pratīta ho adhyātma pratīta ho adhyātma. Niradhār ho ādhār ho, esā ho avichal yātmā. Sakal jag ke yantra jami, charāchar kī ātmā, Prabhu. Charāchar kī ātmā, alak deva yajab sevā. Brahma beva ātmā, Prabhu. Brahma beva sun se ho par, Prabhujī. Sākṣī śudayātmā, Prabhu. Sākṣī śudayātmā, Śrī Guru ātmā paramātmā. Om ātmā puruṣa. Sakal jag ke antra jami, charā charā kī ād, Prabhu. Charā charā kī ād. Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Alakh Deva Ajab Sevā. Alakh, the word Alakh means indescribable. Alakh Deva, that God, indescribable; Alakh Purījī, indescribable. Leirhatatlan Alakh means indescribable, and Nirañjan means pure. So indescribable, that divine self. Ajab Sevā, what a wonderful our service, our Sevā, to that divine one who is a Brahma Bhava Ātmā, that Ātmā which is one with the Brahman. So Brahman is serving the Brahman. Mahāprabhujī said, “Main Mera Nij Aap Hoon, Tatva Masi Nirmoy Karta Hoon. Main Vandana Meri Mujhko Hoy, Main Mera Nij Aap Hoon.” I am Myself, that Ātmā, Tatvamasi, Nirmoy. Nirmoy means without any attachment, without any ignorance. Mahāprabhujī asked, “I am that Ātmā, without any connection.” Without any ignorance, I adore. My adoration to myself, to that Ātmā. Alaka Deva Ajab Seva Brahma Bhiva Ātmā Sunyase Ho Par Prabhujī Sākṣī Sudhā Ātmā. And that one, Sunyase Par, beyond the Śūnyākāśa, we can’t see so far. So beyond this Śūnyākāśa, Sunyase Ho Par Prabhujī, O Mahāprabhujī. You are beyond this śūnyākāśa, this space. Śakṣī Sudātmā, and you are the knower of that pure Ātmā. Dhar Dhyāna Soham Muni Mohan Sukha Rūp Sejā Dhyātmā Prabhu Sukha Rūp Sejā Dhyātmā Gurudeep Ho Paranam Sayar Āp Hī Paramātmā Prabhu Āp Hī Śrī Guru Ātmā Paramātmā Ho Mātmā Puruṣottam Sakal Jag Ke Antra Jāmī, Chara Chara Kī Ātmā, Prabhu Chara Chara Kī Ātmā. Dhar Dhyan Shoham. Meditate, meditate on that, Shoham, the mantra, Shoham, that I am, I am that. Dharadhyana Soham Muni Mohan. Muni means that saint. Keep the mauna and repeat the mantra, Om Soham, Om Soham. That is Mohan. Mohan means two things. One is the name of Kṛṣṇa. And one is Mohan, which means “who attracts your mind and everything.” And Mohan means also attachment, so it depends where and how you use this word. Sukha Rūpa Sejā Dhyātmā, and thyself is the form of the pleasure-ness. And you are residing in that beautiful place, which is above everything, just in the Nirakāra. There you meditate, Dhyān Ātmā. Gurū Dīp Ho Praṇām Sayār, O Gurudev Mahāprabhujīdīp, My Salutations to Thee, O Lord. You are that Paramātmā. Mahā Māta Puruṣottama, sakala jaga ke yantra jāmī, cāracara kī ātmā, Prabhu cāracara kī ātmā, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān, Devapurīśa Mahādeva, Alakhpurījī Mahādeva, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavānakī. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ...

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