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Śānti. Śānti. Alak Purījī Mahā Devakī. Dev Purīśamahādeva, Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī, Satguru Svāmīmādhavānandajī Bhagavān kī, Bhārat Mātā kī, Jai. Welcome. Today's subject begins with Prāṇa. Over the last two weeks, 16 days, we have spoken about prāṇa. First, we must bring our prāṇa into balance within the body. Of course, the best way is through diet—je dieta, strava—diet, Alpahar, or Sattvic. A Sattvic, vegetarian diet. Either Alpahar or Sattvic. Alpahar means a light diet. Do not increase your quantity, but eat Sattvic food. There is a kind of food which contains immense prāṇa and is very pure. It gives proper nutrition to our blood, blood circulation, digestion, nerves, muscles, bones, and so on. When we are born, more or less 90.5% of our body is perfect. As soon as we begin to have milk from our mother, we become 100% complete. It is very important for every person, for every child. If it were more, it would be good. Nothing can be compared with mother's milk. This is written under the title of the Vedic diet. Because Ayurveda sometimes causes a certain imbalance or confusion. In very ancient times, Ayurveda was more perfect. Now, Ayurveda is manipulated according to the place where people are living. Those living near the coast advise fish and fish oil, and so on. It is not necessary. There are many different kinds of oils and seeds that are a thousand times better than this oil. Anyhow, we are not going in that direction. We are coming to the Vedic diet. The Vedic diet means the development of the brain. And development of the brain does not mean that your brain is big enough, but that brain which possesses brilliant knowledge. You read one book and then you know everything by heart. That development happens in the mother's body. Everything is developed there, and then it is supported by the father after we are born. Also after birth, the mother should feed the child—so-called mother breastfeeding. Therefore, there is a diet for the mother during pregnancy, also one year before, when they think they do not want to have a child, and as long as the child is nourishing from the mother. There is some diet some days before the birth. Also, when she comes to know she is pregnant, there is a different kind of diet. This means the mother does not become weaker—her bones, energy, blood, everything. And after the birth, for one month intensively and carefully, the best chosen diet is given. It is the duty of the mother-in-law and father-in-law, and then the young mother knows, and their husband knows. So what kind of diet is it exactly? I had no mother-in-law; I cannot tell you. But there is the diet. Especially, it is very, very important. We call it ajwain. This is some kind of anise. It is a hot anise, like chili. It is very, very good, and sugar cane—Google sugar cane sugar. It is not manipulated, not purified in different chemicals. In English they call it jaggery. Jaggery, yes, jaggery. But we call it gūḍ. That is a very good one. That sugar is a healthy sugar. But now even that kind of sugar is also manipulated. I do not know what happened to these modern scientists. Their brain is manipulated. It is really, sometimes I think they have no knowledge. Anyhow, scientists are scientists; I am not a scientist. That is why all the time between a yogī and a scientist, there is a little bit of conflict. So that mother has to eat a nice preparation. She has to eat every day at least 30 to 50 grams. After preparation, one day you can eat and it is tasteful. The second day, for the mother, the taste is horrible. It is a very good taste, but you cannot have the same thing every day. But it is very healthy for the child, and for her milk—she gives enough milk—and for her nervous system, for everything, recovering again. And then there is a particular tree gum. Tree gum. We call it bubble, or maybe here you call it acacia. They also have very good gum. So, that tree gum, you must know properly which one. That is also a very good preparation. It is fried in cow butter, ghee; it is popped up like popcorn. And then there is old sugar, and inside is also ginger powder, not fresh. There are certain things. I forgot what my mother was eating. But that is a test. It is very tasty. And then there is another diet, and then another diet. The best diet is that she has harmony and respect. The husband must respect mothers and parents-in-law. You know, women have, like, a queen life. Nowadays, I do not know how queens are. But at the time of marriage, everyone is a queen and everyone is a king. But afterward, they cannot maintain the life of the king and queen. So again, I come to the point: if women are treated in a proper way, and also women themselves, that child becomes a great, wise child, and the mother remains ever healthy and good. And nowadays, what do they give? Allopathic tablets, some vitamins, and some of this and some of that. The tablets will never replace the vitamins. The prāṇa is in natural food, but we have none of this. We are getting many, many medicines. That is why many women have problems with back pain, the lower back. After giving birth, some women have lifelong problems. There are many different things. So this prāṇa, this energy, goes into the development of the embryo and the brain too. So, prāṇa. We need that kind of prāṇa. Everyone loves their child. Therefore, husband and wife should decide, "How should our child be?" Yes, and in that way, you give good nourishment. Sometimes the woman goes after 14 days, working after 2 days from the hospital, goes home. In India, still in those families who are like farmers, they preserve this culture and diet. So they are one, two weeks only in their room, and then comes the ceremony on a particular day. So that when the sun comes, then they are coming in the sun. The child sees the sun, sunlight. There is a mantra, ceremonies. Yes, it has a meaning. So that poor man is very happy, and they do not give her work to do for one or two months. You should take care of the child. Do not go walking somewhere so far. No lifting heavy things. There are many principles. So if we decide to marry, we will make these principles. Let us make this model, a healthy model. And let us present this model to the world. That is how humans can be peaceful, can be very strong, and have good knowledge, everything. Prāṇa. So this all depends on the prāṇa. And prāṇa depends on the nourishment, the environment. And also, the harmony in the family with the husband and wife during the pregnancy time. The husband should not go anywhere alone, drinking in a pub or club, coming at midnight or two o'clock in the morning, drinking, while the wife is alone at home. And sometimes the husband is not reachable. Now we have many mobile phones. But sometimes the women have no happy life. Many are suffering. They have psychic problems, tensions. And that reflects on the child, so the father should know. Does he want to have a child? Then be a right father. And do you know what it means to be a right father, a good husband? A good husband can make the whole family happy. And your wife will be so great. Finally, to maintain peace, harmony, and good health depends on the wife, the housewife. But she is sitting the whole day in the office, somewhere else, in a different atmosphere. And, of course, the owner of the company asks them to work very hard. You must finish this work by evening. So this is a completely modern way of living. It is without energy. And whatever we have, this energy is sucked out by our employers. So let us be a happy wife. We should be proud husbands. And that you can prove how we are a happy family. So this energy, this health—the physical health, mental health, emotional health—all begins from childhood. Then the prāṇa is touching our way of thinking. So when we are angry, nervous, fearful, constantly anxious inside, that destroys many, many healthy symptoms of the body. And what we call self-suggestion means, "Oh God, my grandmother had cancer." And I have a little pressure and pain here on the lower stomach. And exactly, my grandmother also had this problem there. And you are only 20, 30 years old, but this self-suggestion creates the disease. So with willpower, even if it is there, you will say, "No, it will be finished." Take healthy food, healthy exercise, healthy work, healthy thinking, and a harmonious family; it will be good. Why do you think that, oh God, it will be? Like that story you know: the ghost will come, the ghost will come. And midnight, moonlight is shining. And you look through the window. It is said, at midnight, a full moon ghost comes. And in a far distance, "Oh God, now it is here." And then there is one tree. We have many trees there. The leaves are backside white, so a slight wind is blowing. And from where the moonlight is coming, you see this little tree plant white and moving like this. This white ghost—so this is our own thinking. That is what Śaṅkarācārya said in the book Aprokṣa Anubhūti. You walk on the road and you see some stick lying on the road. And you see that stick on the road and you say, "Is it a snake?" and you are afraid. But when you come closer, you are scared, and suddenly you see that it is only a piece of wood. The fear disappears. Remove the fear. Fear kills our healthy prāṇa. So as soon as the fear appears, you lose your energy, your power. Then it is very bad, very bad. So to maintain prāṇa in our body, we should not believe in certain stories of the ghost and this. Yes, we have to be very careful. Not of the ghost, but different wild animals can harm you, so that is okay. But why do you go into the dark forest at night? That is a time for sleeping at home. So it is the fear, the anxiety, that kills our strength. So, good food, good quality. Even if you eat little—your diet is, let us say, 80 grams, and you get only 40 grams—it is okay. But quality. Do not feed your intestine with junk food. You see, our yoga people, they are very healthy. 95% of you are all in good shape. Others, they do not practice. And because they live vegetarian, so what do they eat mostly? Butter, bread, and cheese, and potatoes, and banana. All this puts your body heavy. Otherwise, generally, when people are looking at all of you, you are very fit, very good. So, what I am telling you is the subject of the prāṇa. And any time we can change our way of thinking, and you begin to again meditate with the junk food. And there are some people who give up practice and begin to drink alcohol and eat meat and everything, and then they have problems with cancer. So, prāṇa. Prāṇa se odvíjí. So, did you understand me? Now, what we call in our body, immunity. This immunity in our body, we cannot get a permanent solution if we take these modern, manipulated capsules with different kinds of irons and vitamins, etc. And do not think that food gives you results in one or two days. The difference between allopathic medicine and naturopathy or Ayurveda is that allopathic medicine effects immediately, but side effects are more. If we take artificial vitamins, then we will dissolve many problems? We will not dissolve many problems. Have a little time, about one month. Then you will see the result, and that will last long. So everything is with the food. The capsules are also food, but this is artificial. So change your diet. Immediately, you will have everything. Many have problems with iron, but you know, eat some nuts, eat the root vegetables; there is a lot of iron and other nutrients. So, those who are victims of the medicine, that is difficult. There is one kind of mouse, a little long. And when the snake catches that, the mouse immediately knows that the snake knows: if I swallow, I will be poisoned; if I let it free from my mouth, that mouse will make urine. And that smell immediately, the gases of this mouse—the snake will become blind. So if you give up, you will be blind. If you swallow, you will die. What to do? That time, the snake, searching for water, goes and dives in the water and then leaves the mouse out. So there is one poem on this. That poem I know only half. So maybe I will find out, and then next time I will tell you. So, the allopathic medicine is like that. We are the snake, and the medicine is that mouse. We swallow; we will die. We give up, we will be blind, and we will die. So maybe we have to find that kind of water. Stay in one place, do all exercises, change the diet, and dive into your meditations, and slowly, slowly give up this medicine. So in that, there is no energy, no prāṇa. And in other nourishment is prāṇa. Temporarily, chemically, it will affect your body; you feel good and healthy and okay. But look to nature. So, prāṇa. So first, prāṇa depends on our diet. Then, family atmosphere, society atmosphere, workplace atmosphere. Then also the forest. So whenever you can, we should go for a walk somewhere where the trees are, like a park. And in Europe and many other countries, the parks are well maintained. That is very good. In some countries, they have beautiful parks, but some people occupy them, or someone makes the storage of the garbage. It is horrible. So these are about prāṇa. Now, how the prāṇa is working in the body and in our nerve systems, on our joints. Our joints are exactly the same, like joints of mechanical tools—like cars, tractors, buses, etc.—where they used to give, from time to time, grease in the joints. So it goes good, and it does not get older or broken. Now, what are you supplying to your joints? Then you will have no problem with your joints. And if you do not take that kind of food, then you will have a problem with every joint: the fingers, the hand, the wrist, the elbows, the shoulders, the back, the neck, the hip joints, knees, ankle joints. So it means every joint is affected. Why not? That we do something, and that is a very good one diet. You should do, but again there is a problem. If I take one day a little butter like this, one on my bread or chapati, my doctor says, "No, no, Swamiji, do not eat this fat and this." So we need that kind of diet: different oil, butter, this, that. And our joints will remain good. But I will tell you this when Dr. Vera is not here. So, you know, all yogīs who are practicing and taking care of their health and nourishment have no joint problems. If an accident happens, that is different. So tomorrow, do you want to give the grease to your joints? Why is there a lot of calcium stuck in your joints? Like we call calcium, and not only in the joints—on the brain. Slowly, slowly, the brain becomes like concrete. Cement, that is evidence. Very clear evidence. That person was not leading a yogic life and nourishment. So tomorrow, we will do, and we will touch the point of the immunity. That is very important. This is very important. Satguru Swāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Om Śānti Śānti...