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What is Prāṇa? Did you understand the 72,000 nāḍīs and how the prāṇa is distributed throughout the whole body? Did you understand those energy points? In acupressure, what they call it, they find a point on a different part of the fingers, or thumbs, or the toes, or a different part of the body. That is an energy center. To make it again more clear, they call it a meridian. If this point is blocked somehow, it is because the nervous system does not function properly. And why does the nervous system not function properly? Because there is a blockage. What the Chinese described, these are actually the techniques of the ṛṣis from the Himalayas. One side is the Himalaya on the China side, and one is on the India side. The Himalaya is one. There is only one great wall between—it’s called the Great Wall. Yes, it is a historical wall. The Russian and Soviet Union also tried to create a wall, then they stopped. So, Berlin also was half-half, do you know this? And a beautiful wall was between. So in the story, there are great things everywhere. But yoga and these different techniques, all are from the ṛṣis. When the person who knows acupressure or acupuncture touches the energy center with the needle, on the monitor you can see the needle is moving. You all know. Who doesn’t know? So everybody has a problem, no? So everyone is blocked. That’s it. And so that person, or the doctor, is activating that point. Again, it opens the blockage, and immediately the energy flows through the nerve systems. What is that energy? That’s called prāṇa. So, this is a network. The nerves are a network throughout the whole body. There are two things which modern medicine does not acknowledge. They say there is no 72,000 nerves. So this is the first conflict between modern medical science and yogic science. Second, they say Iḍā, Piṅgalā and Suṣumnā do not reach till the Mūlādhāra. So this is also a conflict between yoga and modern medicine. So these 72,000 nāḍīs, how are they functioning? Now we understand how the prāṇa is guiding this energy, this strength, and the functions of the whole body, even the brain’s centers, by the prāṇas. So these three nāḍīs—that’s why at some time there are vikṣepas, there is no coordination of the energy and the centers. So we sing one bhajan, okay, that it will be clear. That bhajan is a very good bhajan. It’s a very good bhajan. It’s a very good bhajan. "Guru caraṇo me yād sat tīrat hai, wo Veda purāṇa me gāte hai." "Guru caraṇo me yād sat tīrat hai, wo Veda purāṇa me gāte hai." Veda purāṇa me gāte hai wo. God bless you. So bhāva pānī hī āte he, voho satya viveka batāte he, Guru caraṇo meṁ ar sata tīrath he, voho veda purāṇo meṁ gāte he. Manabhā citta-ānanda-pāteh, Voh sathya-svarūpa-lākāteh. O Jeevanam Mukta Patate, Pir Janam Amarana Nahi Aate. In all the four realms there is an adornment of the Vedas. In all the four realms there is an adornment of the Vedas.... In all the four realms, there is an adornment of the Vedas. In all the four realms, there is an adornment of the Vedas.... Vedas. In all the four realms, there is... They sing in the Vedas, they sing in the Vedas... Hey, hey... Hey, hey... So, in yogic science, it’s different from medical science. Medical science is more or less on the physical body. But the yogic science is still the Ātmā, that’s the difference. So these three nāḍīs, Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumnā. From these three, one is Suṣumnā, and that receives the cosmic energy through the Sahasrāra Cakra. But, balancing this Suṣumnā and Iḍā Piṅgalā, there is another Nāḍī which is very powerful and important, and that’s called Vajra Nāḍī. The Vajranāḍī in the body controls all the nerves, 72,000, and that functions like earthing for electricity, like lightning from the clouds. When the Vajranāḍī does not function properly, then the Iḍā or the Piṅgalā becomes weaker. And then the prāṇa, which should flow through this Iḍā-Piṅgalā, is slowly, slowly blocking. Now, the prāṇa. This prāṇa, which is cosmic energy received through the Suṣumṇā nāḍī and balances together Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and taking care of this is the Vajrā nāḍī. The controlling junction, or the center, is the Maṇipūra. The Maṇipūra cakra is the center of our consciousness, the center of our body. The first creation begins with our body from the Maṇipūra Cakra, the navel. If the Vajranāḍī is not properly treated or exercised, then it becomes less functional from the Vajranāḍī. Then, Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumnā become weaker. Because there is not enough prāṇa flowing. And so, what we call in the body, in the nerve systems, what nowadays modern medicine says, claustral. That is collecting in the nerve systems, in the arteries. And when this blockage comes slowly, slowly, then either one gets a heart attack, or brain attack. Why does it happen? Or there is some different damage in the body. When the blockage begins in these two nāḍīs, three nāḍīs, then our entire organs begin to suffer. So, in yogic science, it is the prāṇāyāma that through the prāṇa, you can open all the blockages. And therefore, the prāṇāyāma technique is very important. When the prāṇa begins to circulate in the whole body, then it begins from the navel, the Maṇipūra Cakra. The Prāṇa and Apāna both begin to guide the process. The Apāna has two functions. One is to reject all harmful things from the body. And second, it strengthens the Vajranāḍī. Strengthen the Vajranāḍī, and when Vajranāḍī is strong, then the circulation of the prāṇa is very proper and no blockage takes place. This is the message given the last three nights by Mahāprabhujī and Devapurījī. So, day by day. What it is, Gurudev is speaking in me, not me. Like that, my Satguru Dev is speaking within me. So, this is a very rare yogī who knows the function of the Vajranāḍī. Yeah, Vajranāḍī or Vajrāsana. So people say Vajrāsana is good. To sit in Vajrāsana after eating for five to ten minutes is very good for the digestion system. No gastric problems, no constipation, and no diarrhea. Everything is regulated in the intense tides because of the Vajranāḍī. And Vajranāḍī is responsible for our body’s immunity. So Vajranāḍī is the root for the trees, and so it’s beginning from our big, big toe and second toe. So the ṛṣis used to have, yogīs used to have the wooden sandals we call karau, and you can say the shoes. So the immunity in the body is very important. Immunity is that which kills all the germs in the body, filters the prāṇa, and gives the prāṇa strength. So the navel is the seat of our consciousness, our soul, our nāda, the sound. After it came to the brain, but before, or originally, it was rooted from the navel. And it’s a very, very interesting subject in yoga, or you can say Āyurveda too. Many, many diseases, and especially when our immunity is weak. Then, every day before you’re going to sleep, take nice, pure ghee, the cow ghee. Not from goats, not from sheep, not from buffaloes, not from donkeys, and not from pigs. Because many people in many countries mix all kinds of milk and send it to the dairy. And so, that butter is also mixed in certain countries. It is said, the food control, but how much food control is there, we don’t know. And food control is that, mostly nowadays, that it should be organic, that’s the food control. All should be pesticide-free. This is a food control. Healthy food is not available now. This is the knowledge of our doctors. Thank you, doctors. You study a lot, and what you did? You study so much that you spoil our nourishment. Organic food, all these pollutions, what they want? They will be killing us. So this immunity, this food, the sound, everything begins from the navel. And the navel is the center of the nectar, amṛta, ambrosia in the navel. And from here, the prāṇa transfers this process of the ambrosia into the Bindu Cakra. And Bindu Cakra supplies this nectar to the whole brain and to other organs. The seat of the sound is in the navel, and everything comes through sound. Our creation begins through the sound. All mechanisms in our body, all nerves and tissues, all are created and balanced through the sound. And that sound is guided by Prāṇa. So when we chant Om, or when we inhale and exhale, the resonance immediately ascends from the navel to the Sahasrāra Cakra. And from there you will see this Nāḍī, Iḍā Nāḍī goes from the right side and to the left enters into the heart. In our "Yoga and Daily Life" book, and "The Hidden Powers in Humans: Chakras and Kundalini," off of this book, there is one chart. And that chart is the chart about the nervous system. And this nerve system is the channels through which prāṇa is circulating in the whole body, and that prāṇa is life. That prāṇa, you can say, in some way, it is the soul. The prāṇa is gone—died, so what is the soul? The soul is a bundle of the prāṇa, and in that bundle, the prāṇa is like a ball. All kinds of energy, negative and positive, are stored in that. When it will be pure energy only, then is liberation. The soul dissolves, the jīva dissolves into the soul, so it is very interesting. When you see the chart, you will see how these three nāḍīs from the Sahasrāra Cakra go to very important points of the body. And then you see the Vajranāḍī. And Vajranāḍī is like the roots of the tree. It balances the trees; it holds the trees. So the tree can stand and remain there. So the prāṇa begins through those cosmic energies. When the pure cosmic energy enters into the Sahasrāra Cakra, we will die immediately, like a bulb gets fused. In the bulb, we have a 100-volt capacity. And it is a 10,000 volt; it directly goes to the 100 volt bulb. Immediately, it will get fused. So Vajranāḍī is like an earth thing, and it controls automatically. And that is also prāṇa, which is in our eyesight. So prāṇas and upaprāṇas. So upa-prāṇa is that very fine energy. It is sub-prāṇa. And sub-prāṇa is designed with the highest quality. And that is mostly for the heart, so our heartbeat is from this sub-prāṇa. And when in that prāṇa there is a little bit of disturbance, it means our Vajranāḍī is weak. Therefore, our heartbeat is not balanced. Sometimes the heart beats very high or low, and when one is old, there is no strength. So nowadays, modern medicine makes what they call the pacemaker, pacemaker, that supports that prāṇa. So, my dear ones, all of you who are above 40 years, because life is forty years, that you grow forty years, and now what will you do? You have to go down. Forty and forty is eighty. So from where you began, you came to the peak, and now you are going down. Forty-five years, then ninety years of age, fifty years, a hundred years, and can we imagine our hundred years, how it will be? Everything is rattling in the body. Yes. So, enjoy what? Life, which? Spiritual. Then you will have one decade, two decades, a longer life. And you will die a little healthy, happy. So practice. Especially for Vajra Vajranāḍī. All movement for the toes, Tāḍāsana, crow walk, and this power of the, what you call, Saravitasana, moving our toes, stretching the ankle joints. So there is this prāṇa, it’s called the Vajra, that is, the Vajra energy. Our knees, our joints, why are they hurting? Because we can’t practice. If we practice, and we have good nourishment, we don’t need the replacing of the hips and heels, and knees, because you did not move enough. So Vajranāḍī was not supporting their energy. But still, it is not too late. Do it. This we all must do. So the Vajra Nāḍī is supporting the first joints, and second, keeping clean the nāḍīs. And so that’s called the Nāḍī Śodhana Prāṇāyāma. Śuddhikaraṇa, purification. Caṇḍra Bhedana, Sūrya Bhedana, Prāṇāyāma. Chandra Vedan is the left nostril, and Surya Vedan is the right nostril. So we shall at least practice three months only Chandra Vedanā and Sūrya Vedanā. Don’t go immediately to Anulom Vilom or Chandra Bhedan, Surya Bhedan; it can also be Nadi Śodhan. It’s a very clear language: purification of the nerves. And people say, "The modern doctor’s expertise, what a yogi is stupid. Clean the nerves? Dear God. How to clean the nerves?" If you pump air inside, you will die. You will have a hemorrhage. How do you clean the nerves? How also can you not clean outside? You will damage the nerves. But the yogī said, "No, I will show you how to clean the nerves, doctor." Come on, sit straight and hold your nose. Close your right nostril and inhale and exhale through the left nostril. And then, through the right nostril. Oh, the doctor said, I feel relaxed. My head feels relaxed. Why? Because of this prāṇa that purifies the nerve systems. So, something we don’t agree with from allopathic medicine, and something they don’t accept, are our thoughts and our living. But it doesn’t matter if it is yogic, allopathic, homeopathic, or naturopathic. The main thing is that we are healthy. So in yoga, there is no competition, because yoga, they said, anyhow, the yogic exercises will always win. Lifelong, healthy long life. So, immunity in the body to improve is the Tāḍāsana. Crow walk, Vīrāsana, Vajrāsana and Ghaṭu Praṇām, Paścimottānāsana, these postures, do this three months, every day. You will see how much you will feel your body becoming very light, relaxed, and more healthy. Tāḍāsana, Vajrāsana, Vīrāsana, Crow Walk, Paścimottānāsana, and Kaṭhuparaṇa. Write down, and begin tomorrow. Tomorrow morning in the hall, everybody will stand on their toes, not only one or two times. Like a ballerina, you have to walk, stand on your toes, and not go down quickly, stand. Oh my God, you will look so good, and all these joints will relax and open, all the stiffness will release. Everything is prana. Our memory, why is our memory not there? Because prāṇa is not inside. The brain is completely filled with calcium, like cement. Concrete. And this is mostly meat consumers. Those who are vegetarian, till the last minute of their life, have brilliant memory. And those who consume the meat, eggs, and, on top of it, alcohol, no wonder what will be the condition of our health. So prāṇa, he prāṇāt, we say he prāṇāt. Oh God, you are the source of my life. You are the Lord of my prāṇas. You are my God of my prāṇas. You are my life. So, tomorrow you will experience these few exercises. Vajrāsana, Marjariyāsana is also very good. Yes. So, 72,000 nāḍīs. We will talk more tomorrow. And now, I wish you all the best. And very good evening. Don’t ask me any questions because I spoke more than questions and answers, but of course you can make a dialogue, okay?