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With salutations to the Divine Mother, Kuṇḍalinī Śakti, a very good morning and evening to dear brothers and sisters around the world. This blessing comes from Vancouver, Canada. To those celebrating a birthday or any special event, I wish you all the best. Our subject is Kuṇḍalinī and the chakras. We have spoken about the master, awakening, and the journey from śūnyākāś to the human body with its nāḍīs and cakras. How do we understand Kuṇḍalinī? What is it, and what relation do we have with it and each chakra? Today we focus on the maṇipūra chakra, but to understand it completely means you have already discovered your center and are awakening. We often search in different locations, but the location of the chakras is precise, like finding the correct reflex zone in electro-acupuncture. If the proper zone is not found, there is no effect; the needle on the monitor will not move. First, we must locate that particular energy center in the body. The cosmic energy that awoke cosmic consciousness in the endless universe became active. That energy became active, involving consciousness. You could say dormant consciousness is put into action, into awakening form. Otherwise, consciousness is never dormant. It is, and it is there; that is called cetanā. Chetanya means awakened, conscious. Still, it functions in the body only if there is energy. That energy is kuṇḍalinī-śakti, brahmāṇḍīya-śakti, divya-śakti, mūla-prakṛti. There are many beautiful names in yoga terminology. The energy following us from the astral world, and through that energy, this particular consciousness—which is limited to that energy, involved in that energy, and centered at a particular point—is involved in four elements: fire, water, air, and earth. This is the manifestation of the individual body, which will be called the individual soul, that soul which involves in certain vibrations of existence. That vibration is like a wind. In whichever direction the wind blows, in that direction our balloon will fly, or our flag will be flying. That vibration we may call destiny. That cosmic energy, Kuṇḍalinī, is also involved in this consciousness, which is bounded or limited, and that is called the individual. It enters the physical body, and it is that Śakti through which the astral being, that consciousness, that energy, begins to develop as a creature. That creature, it doesn’t matter which one—not only humans but any creature—has a center point, like a seed of any plant. Inside, there is a small, real seed. In that real seed is centered that kind of plant: the shape of the leaves, the color of the leaves, the color of the blossoms, and maybe the thorns, trunk, fruits, and again the seeds. So that seed is the Kuṇḍalinī, and that seed has gone to that particular manifestation, and that inhuman body is in the place of the Mūlādhāra Chakra. The seat of the consciousness, the seat of the soul, and the seat of destiny are in different places. Destiny is that wind which will take the boat in that direction. So it’s a destiny that will take you from here to there and there to here. And what is destiny? Destiny is the fruits of our actions. Where there is action, there is a reaction, and where there is a reaction, there is action. This action-reaction has become a cycle of coming and going, birth and death. This is located at the Kuṇḍalinī Satī, and so there is a kind of circle. Kuṇḍal. Kuṇḍal means a circle. Kuṇḍal means zero. Kuṇḍal means a ring, which has continuity. That’s called kuṇḍal. Because it’s connected to the Shakti, and Shakti is feminine, it is not a kuṇḍal. Kuṇḍal is masculine, and kuṇḍalinī is feminine. Therefore, that became kuṇḍalinī. This is because of the cycle, the turning. That’s why I call it Kuṇḍalinī. When you have earrings, this is a kuṇḍalinī. When you have big earrings, then it’s kuṇḍalinī. This is the seat of unconsciousness, meaning deeds from past lives. Awakening of the kuṇḍalinī means to awake the past destiny and neutralize our destiny to become free, so that we are not victims of our destiny, of what should happen to us in the future. That’s called liberation. That’s called mokṣa. You took credit from the bank, and you have to pay. Perhaps you get money suddenly, a lot of money, so you can pay all your credit back. You are free from that. So kuṇḍalinī is the power of our past, the power of our present existence with steering power, and the power of our future destinations—what we call now GPS, leading us, guiding us. This kuṇḍalinī can be this destiny. It can be best, beautiful, happy, or bad. It doesn’t depend on age, whether one is young or old, or in between. It doesn’t matter whether he is healthy or unhealthy or ill; that has nothing to do with that. The situation, the present situation from birth, or even in the mother’s body, the destiny is the very deciding point for our life. That means the karma, the fruits of our karma: do good, get good; do bad, get bad. Our test now here is the playing of the consciousness begins, Kuṇḍalinī, where the sitting is called the seat of the unconsciousness. It means the past, about which we have no knowledge, awakening begins. Subconsciousness is from the Svādhiṣṭhāna Chakra. The just present situation is the Maṇipūra Chakra, which will purify, melt, or make a victim of certain things. The Anāhata Chakra is where the emotion will manifest. From the Svādhiṣṭhāna Cakra, the emotion will manifest in the heart and will connect to the Ājñā Cakra, to the intellect, and then it begins to react. Do we understand, or do we not understand? That’s good. If you don’t understand, I have to come again. So the Kuṇḍalinī is nothing but concentrated energy or power of our past deeds, which will decide and lead or direct our future. That concentrated power we can call destiny. When the Kuṇḍalinī awakes, it means your destiny becomes clear to you. It can be painful emotionally, not physically, or it can be very pleasant and beautiful. Awakening can happen at any time, but through the practice of yoga, we filter that negative energy into the positive. That means the safe way, comfortable, very comfortable, easy, and safe way. It means all negative destiny is neutralized into the positive or into the divine. That is the purpose of practicing Kuṇḍalinī Yoga. In Kuṇḍalinī Yoga practice, first we have to understand the mind. The mind is the messenger between the subconscious and the conscious. The mind is a collector, collecting the information from the senses: the five karma indriyas, five jñāna indriyas, the five senses of knowledge and five senses of action. The mind is the tendency which takes the information of the feelings and takes it to the subconsciousness. In subconsciousness, our feelings are analyzed. What kind of feeling do you have? The mind brought some feelings. Now it goes to the subconscious, it will be analyzed. Yes, it is a desire, but what? Don’t know. So the mind will bring these feelings to the conscious, means the intellect, and the intellect will say, "Yes, this is a desire that..." You would like to go for a walk, so you will take your walking shoes and dress, and you go for a walk. So, the mind is nothing but the messenger between the senses and the intellect. If you would like to control, or to have your mind be more calm and peaceful, then control the senses. So it is said, limit your needs. Limit your... If you are not able to limit your needs, you will never be free from problems. Because any kind of need which you like to fulfill has two effects, two results: the fulfillment, and maybe the troubles waiting in the future. So the joy which you want to enjoy, the joy which you want to enjoy, is a little joy than the suffering of that joy. So, kuṇḍalinī begins to awake, then many beautiful things happen, or many memories come out. That will not awake unless you are strong inside, spiritually strong, to digest and to understand the situation of the world. Yes, we are very strong, yes. But suddenly, when our dear person dies, we are sad, you see. Suddenly, our strength becomes lace, and we melt into that love or that feeling. If we don’t become like that, people will not understand. Even this didn’t feel. Little pity, so we are both sides similarly. When the past destiny brings something to you in your mind in clarity, and you will not be able to master it, then that becomes problem one plus problem more, and therefore, dear God or dear Divine Mother, or whatever we call, do not want to awake those feelings in this conscious state, so the kuṇḍalinī, that Śakti, that entire power, is pulled together in a very tiny, concentrated seed that is somewhere located at the end of... This final question: can we make an operation that would be very easy? Then we operate, will our Kuṇḍalinī awake? No, with operation, with physical, it cannot be solved. That is destiny’s, unfortunately, not a physical. Otherwise, we can lock, close the door. No, and lock the destiny forever. It’s somewhere, and let’s go. So, like from a problem, you cannot run away. Similarly, from the physical postures only, and with physical, some kind of changes, anatomical, your operations, you cannot awake your chakras, or you cannot awaken your Kuṇḍalinī. Now, this is a very clear point for us. Again, these chakras and Kuṇḍalinī, and these energy centers, they are not physical, they are astral. If you remember, we spoke the other day, before yesterday evening, about different bodies, five bodies, and yesterday also: Annamaya Kośa, Prāṇamaya Kośa, Manomaya Kośa, Vijñānamaya Kośa, and Ānandamaya Kośa. So the body of nourishment, the physical body, then comes the energy body. The energy body we cannot operate, but that we can influence through the practice of Prāṇāyāma, Prāṇa. Prāṇa is very close to the soul. It’s not the soul itself, but very close. Prāṇa is life force, life energy. Prāṇa is not oxygen. Can you lift it a little? Prāṇa is not the oxygen. Prāṇa is more than that. Prāṇa is a uniting force, uniting the body, mind and consciousness. Prāṇa is like cement between two bricks, uniting them. Our prāṇa is that energy, like between iron and magnet, and this prāṇa, of course, is connected with our nourishment. Therefore, the yogīs are speaking about fresh, organic, vegetarian food. We get energy from our nourishment also. We get energy from the air, we get that energy out of oxygen, and therefore prāṇa is known as life. When someone died, we call, "Isn’t a prāṇa toward?" He has given up the prāṇa, he gave up the life, and so prāṇa ādhāra, God is known as a prāṇa ādhāra, the basis of my life, the foundation of my life, O Lord, you are the source of my life. And so, with the āsanas is connected the prāṇāyāma. Prāṇ vāyam, vāyam means exercise, exercise of the breath. And breath is connected to that prāṇa. It is difficult still to find out what is the prāṇa. There are a lot of conferences going on, speaking, trying to try to prove what is the prāṇa, and they have many conferences, days scientifically they try to prove what a yogī means, the prāṇa, and that it is everywhere, and prāṇa can change the quality according to the situations, so there are ten different kinds of prāṇa qualities in our body. Now, the congest or the content of the prāṇa is that cosmic energy, Kuṇḍalinī. Again, that cosmic energy which is balancing the entire universe. That is prāṇa-śakti, and that śakti is functioning differently in our body. Prāṇa, apāna, samāna, vyāna, udāna, these are called the five prāṇas. And five upa-prāṇa means the subtle prāṇas, which are more functioning in the fine parts of the body. And now, purification of these ten prāṇas through nourishment, environment, and exercise. So for a yogī, four things are very important to observe. Āhār. Āhār means nourishment. Not only that, you eat what you like and you drink what you like, but you should know which kind of energy, prāṇāyāma, is involved in this nourishment. It’s a very interesting subject. Yesterday, Govind Purī saw me when they analyzed, through certain instruments, the radiance, electronic radius, and waves from the microwaves. How far and how harmful is it? Not only what we warm up in the microwave inside, but also outside, and the person who is standing near, plus computers. And one more plus, our cordless phone or mobile phone. I would like this evening, when it will be a little more dark, for Govind Purī to show us this. Then there is one of our disciples, a novice, who has designed it nicely. One is called personal bioprotector, and they tested it here also. There in Europe, in one test, he got a silver medal, and in Hungary, he got a gold medal. And now here also, they tested it, and they are surprised, very impressed, how much he’s protecting this. And these radiances, which we have, for example, from mobile telephones. People who are carrying here in their jeans, in this pocket, it is said these persons will have problems. May the woman can’t get a child. If the child is ill, the man will not be able to give the child, or it can even lead to impotence. Okay, we will not put it in the jean pocket. We will put it here. The cardiologist says it harms your heart. They said, "Okay, we will hang it here." Then the yogī will say, it will destroy your Maṇipūra cakra and your pancreas process. Good, we will put it on our head. We will have an earphone. If you have what they call Bluetooth, there is more concentrated radiance here, and that will harm your brain centers. What to do? We are depending. We become the slaves of these instruments. So somehow we can protect, not 100%, but at least 98%, 95%, or 99%. And that will be the biggest problem for the next generations. If we will not protect, now, normally we don’t see. Where’s the radiance? But they are talking. Nothing we see. Similarly, the prāṇa. The prāṇa is understood exactly like these fine waves: radio waves, televisions, wireless, walkie-talkie. You know, this room is completely filled, like a network, with so many radiances. And we are sitting inside, constantly penetrating. Constantly, can we protect? Very hard. We have to go into the high Himalayas, Rocky Mountains, somewhere deep in a cave. There is no more radiance coming, then perhaps, so how to leave? My dear, protect. Beautiful protection is the yogī’s design, thousands of years before, is called a rudrākṣa mālā. You know this rudrākṣa mālā? Everyone knows. Rudrākṣa is coming from a special tree growing in India, in Indonesia, in Australia, in many countries, and this is the bead seed for repeating mantras. But if you wear Rudrākṣa around your neck, it will protect you from many different radiations, whether they come from outside or inside your body. Or you take one rudrākṣa and hang it here as a medallion, mantra. Now, this rudrākṣa is also beautiful scientifically. It’s called one mukhī rudrākṣa, which is a very, very... Rare to get it. If you get one mukhi rudrākṣa, then you are the luckiest one. You have no health problem, you have no money problem, and you have... That’s one Mukhi Rudrākṣa. Then there is two Mukhi Rudrākṣa. Then three Mukhī, four Mukhī, and mostly have the five Mukhīs. And then it goes to fifteen, sixteen, twenty-one, and every seed has a different radiance for our body, mind, and consciousness. So, those who have a problem with the thyroid, those who have a problem with this part of the body, please wear a good Rudrākṣa Mālā. Good Rudrākṣa, you can put three times around your neck and let it touch here. If you have some problem, you will see in one month how you feel and how it is like this. Anyhow, prāṇa. And therefore, Manipūra Chakra, where the solar plexus, where is jāṭharāgni, where is fire, digestive fire, and the center point of our life, beginning of our life, seed of our life, and it’s called amṛta. Nābhi, and nābhi is amṛta. Amṛta means the immortality, and this point is which keeps our life, and therefore, Manipūra Chakra is very important. So, prāṇa. Again, prāṇa and apāna. Prāṇa is that power, that śakti, which takes the energy in the capacity. Ability to receive the energy. Apāna is that śakti which pulls or pushes out everything again. It means used cells in the body. Used energy in the body, which is rejected from this body, is the work of the apāna. And apāna is strong, meaning your immunity. If your immunity is strong, it means your apānaśakti is very strong. And those who do not have strong immunity are allergic to many, many things and become ill very quickly. How to improve the immunity in the body. That is the work of the Maṇipūra Chakra. And that is what we designed the Khatu Pranam posture exercise. And we will do now Khāṭu Praṇām in order to improve the immunity in the body with a kind of mantra and meditation with that, which will direct that energy to our Maṇipūra Cakra. Maṇipūra Chakra is here, where the navel is. All exercises Gajānanda has explained to you all. Also, he said, "What is Maṇipūra and where is it?" So, you know. Now we will do the Khāṭū Praṇām, and it will be meditative, a meditation. So, how many of you know the Khatu Praṇām? Thank you. Khatu is the place, a holy place, where Mā Prabhujī lived. And I think those who are searching for the spiritual meaning of our life, or the meaning of our life to be spiritual, and the Master, the life of the Master, you should read this one book, Līlā Amṛt. Who doesn’t have this book? So many of you do not have this book. What am I doing here? Līlā Amṛt. I would suggest you read the Līlā Amṛt. Those who have no money, don’t worry. Because we cannot do everything only with money. We can do without. Just take it. Have a book, and tell Gajanan to send the bill to me. Okay? That’s it. Clear, boys? Because that is something which will awaken you. Clarity, anyhow. Let’s come. Sukkotu is a place where Mahāprabhujī lived. Praṇām means salutation, adoration, like Sūrya Namaskār, the salutation to the Sun. So, Sūrya Namaskār, and this has a great difference, anyhow. Vajrāsana, please sit in vajrāsana, and I will give the benefit, talking about this at the same time you... have to meditate on this. I need one demonstrator who can come here and demonstrate khatupranām very correctly. Is there anyone here from practitioners who knows khatupranām? There are three different kinds of meditation. One meditation is called active meditation, creative meditation. Second is called passive meditation in nothingness, going to the emptiness, and the third is mental or inner creativity. This means meditation with visualization. All these three meditations have equal effect on your spiritual development. So first, we come to this point in Govind Purī. Can you come closer? Bring your mat here, nearer. Very good, thank you. So, this is called Vajrāsana. Vajra means strong, beautiful, and there is one nāḍī going from the big toe and second toe through, coming up, leading towards our central nerves, which are automatically connecting all nerves, are connecting, and especially our brain centers, to relax, tranquilize our thoughts. And this is a very good posture if someone has depression or anxiety, or is very tired, exhausted, restless, or sleepless. This posture is very, very good. So he will show you this posture again. Please stand up. Focus camera on him, please, facing this side. Now slowly, you will see that he’s sitting first on the knees. Sit down now, touching both big toes together. And heels apart, and sitting between the heels. Now you can turn to my side. Thank you. You all, please sit. Close your eyes and chant once "Oṃ" with me. While chanting "Oṃ," withdraw yourself from the external world. Come to your body deep. Inhale and imagine the endless universe. As you chanted Aum, you were the center of the universe. The awakening from your navel was expanding into the entire universe, and then again, that energy turned towards your body, to your Maṇipūra chakra, very nicely, beautiful. From the top of the head till the navel, Maṇipūra. From the tip of the fingers till the navel, and from the tip of the toes till the navel. Your entire body was connected to this divine energy in the presence of the divine master Mahāprabhujī. So once more, deep inhale, keep your eyes closed. Imagine yourself connected to the entire... deep inhale for the sake of your... The body is charged by this cosmic energy, what we call Kuṇḍalinī. The entire body is filled with that divine vibration, and energy is charging. The used prāṇa, the used energy, is neutralized or exhaled from the body. Now feel in your body that energy which is improving your immune system. The prāṇa, and open your eyes and look to the demonstrator, and you will see the hands going from the front up while chanting, "Oh." Go ahead, oh, fold your palms now, stretching the side muscles, and you feel your kidneys, you feel your... The second kidneys stretch your body up, and now you are centering with your tip of the fingers to that cosmic energy, like a pyramid. Its radiance flows this energy in your body to the center point. Cosmic light is radiating so. So again, chant Aum, one with the universe. And open your palms facing forward, and now feel the surrendering. Now feel the surrendering. Inhale the cosmic energy, the Kuṇḍalinī, center to your navel, and now, while chanting Oṃ, you will slowly, slowly bend forward until your palms touch the ground. Your forehead and elbows will also touch the ground. Deep inhale, touch your forehead to the ground, remain seated on your heels, elbows on the ground, forehead on the ground, palms touching the ground, and feel this transcendental process of the cosmic light, cosmic energy, completely surrendering to that cosmic energy now. The energy is flowing through the spinal column from the mūlādhāra till the top of the head. You feel the flow of the cosmic energy, and that divine sound, nāda, divine resonance, is Cakra Bhedan. Chakra Bhedan is penetrating through all the chakras. What a beautiful, strong energy. Beautiful. Now, by remaining in this posture, it’s like a meditation. You are in a meditation. You may call this cosmic dance. Send again Aum in this posture. Deep inhale and feel that you are awakening, and you would like to come out of this egg of the individual phenomenon to infinity. Chant Aum. Deep inhale, slowly slide your body to the front. Let your hands be there. Just the trunk of the body slides to the front. Your knees, your chest, your elbows, and your chin are on the ground: your knees, your chest, your hands, and your chin. Touching the ground now, feel something is moving, something is progressing, something is proceeding. And your Maṇipūra Chakra is completely relaxed, your stomach muscle is relaxed. So chant Aum, and while chanting Aum, raise the front part of your body up and let your thighs touch the ground. Chant Aum and rise up like a Bhujaṅgāsana. Deep inhale, have a look in the far, far distance, in the origin, like a beautiful dawn is rising. Yes, raise your consciousness up into the origin, divine energy, awakening of the consciousness, the sunrise, the dawn light, and it flows the light through your spine down. Feel your back muscles contracting and front muscles expanding. Now, your toes standing and sent home by chanting over again, surrendering, and raise the back up like he sent home. Oh, touching ground. Walk a little bit towards your hands with both legs. Walk towards your hands a little bit, so that your knees are stretched. Beautiful. Now, make a step. Means, fold your left knee. Let your knee touch your chest and place it between both hands. Again, that eternal sound, rise your consciousness higher and higher, hands up and fold your palms, look into the high sky, meaning freedom, meaning the one with infinity. Your palms are closed. Balance your body and look to the ceiling, or look into the empty sky, and let this light energy enter your body with the chanting of Oṁ. And again, surrendering. Put your hands near your right foot, and now feel the prāṇa. Feel the breath. Whenever you are ready to proceed. Your steps are always to proceed forward. Look up to our highest destination, that cosmic consciousness. And now, bring your left foot near the right foot. Khaṣṭapādāsana. Feel the circulation of the energy beautifully from the earth element, from the mother earth element. We rise up into the cosmic consciousness while chanting Oṃ. Come up. And stretch your hands up, and then fold the palms. Look slightly up into the endless śūnyakāś. Feel the energy from that cosmic point where the resonance began, the original resonance. You are pointing exactly to that point, the center of the universe, and this energy is radiating in your body, making a beautiful circle, and it comes as a kuṇḍalinī śakti, divine power in your body, and you are at the maṇipūra cakra. Again, the feeling of giving, the descending of consciousness towards all the divine creatures of the one God. So, ascending and descending, the consciousness resonates itself, chained home and bent forward again, hands down on the ground. Feel the Mother Earth. Feel the touch of the Mother Earth. Feel the contact to every creature. Feel each and every plant, gentle, very gentle, all divine herbs. And water flows slowly while chanting. Home. Bring the right leg back side. Oh. Beautiful, beautiful. Maintain the balance slowly while chanting. Home again. Raise hands up high. Up, Lord, let me be thy divine instrument of your love and light, that I can serve thy divine creation. Give me that light and strength. Let me be the amṛt in mine. Maṇipūra Chakra, Amṛta Sāgara. Let me be the ocean of immortality. My prāṇa in my Maṇipūra Chakra. There is no energy and power in this universe which can destroy the immortality of my Maṇipūra Chakra. And I surrender as Thy divine instrument, my Lord. With this cosmic sound, bring the hands beside the left foot, heal the whole body. Feel connected to the entire planet, connected to all creatures. Slowly bring the left foot near the right foot. For the divine energy, the awakening of the kuṇḍalinī energy towards the head, Sahasrāra Cakra. How beautiful that Amṛtā from the Maṇipūra joins the Bindu Amṛtā in Bindu Chakra. So, chanting Om, bend the knees, put the knees on the ground, touch the ground with the knees, and a little bit bend forward and bring your stomach on the ground. Raise up. Let me enter into everyone’s heart as a light. Lord, let me be in entire existence as the source of the light, life, amṛta. Let me be in this atmosphere as a pure prāṇa. Let me be with all, and touch your chin to the ground, and raise your buttocks up a little, stomach up. And so, finally, I am one with all, and all one with me: one in all, and all in one. Let me unite everyone. Come back, sliding the chin. Sitting in satsaṅg, kashen, and then chant "Om." Oh, just relax. Feel the circulating of this cosmic energy from maṇipūra into the whole body. Merciful Lord, oh Divine Mother, let all my limbs be healthy, let my prāṇa be healthy. O Lord of Khattu, let my thoughts be healthy. Let my thoughts be healthy. Let my thoughts be that kind of thoughts which unite all. Let my mind be healthy. I am Aum, I am Aum, Aum I am, in the Ānanda, bliss, I am bliss, I am bliss, bliss, I am, eternal, immortal, divine, bliss, I am. With this, while saying Aum, raise your hands up and head up. Come up, Aum. Fold the palms, Divine Mother, be connected with me forever and ever. My Mother, Cosmic Mother, I am ever and ever in your protective, divine, safe, pleasant, beautiful lap. Let me be thine. And now, slowly descend your hands onto the knees and feel your being, one with the divine. Three times chanting Aum. Repeat after me. If you wish, you may change your posture. If you like to sit as it is, you sit. So the prāṇa, everything is controlled, guided, and existing through and in. If there is no prāṇa, we can’t move, we can’t wake up, we can’t think, we can’t walk, we can’t eat. We cannot digest, and there will be no circulation in the body, and no organs in the body will function. We cannot see, we cannot hear, we cannot smell and taste, and we cannot speak without prāṇa. And that prāṇa is centered in our Maṇipūra Chakra. Every day, practice the Khāṭū Praṇām with meditation, like this mantra which I explained to you now with Aum, because this mantra is a universal resonance. It’s connecting, purifying, awakening, and recharging. Each cell of the body means to improve and have a good or a strong immunity system in the body, and the healing process begins in the body if you do Khatu Praṇām with this mantra as a meditation. It doesn’t matter in half an hour you do. Only one round has more benefit than you do in two minutes or one minute, one round. In a hurry, it’s never good. So, more mental energy. I’m sure you will master this, and you will feel completely different. With this, we need some extra prāṇa. Outside, and that’s called inspiration, motivation through reading. Through observing, looking, through hearing. And not only this, we need a stronger power of them. Without that, we can’t read, can’t look, and can’t hear, and that is our healthy, good eating. So I wish you a good appetite. Enjoy your lunch. Enjoy your rest. Enjoy the afternoon.