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Meditation from Prague

A guide to meditation and prāṇāyāma. Sit comfortably upright with a mālā for mantra repetition. Close the eyes, withdraw from the external world, and relax the entire body. Chant Oṁ to center awareness. Feel the body's relaxed, motionless state and the subtle energy within. Observe the natural rhythm of the ascending and descending breath without change. Feel divine blessings and be one with this bliss, beyond all wishes. Concentrate energy moving between the navel and the Sahasrāra Cakra with the breath. Perform alternate nostril prāṇāyāma, focusing on purification. Practice mild bastrika and Jālandhara Bandha. Conclude with physical postures and a forward bend, expressing thankfulness and surrendering.

"Feel the divine energy, the divine blessing, the divine mercy of God."

"Try not to wish anything. Don’t ask for anything. It’s only bliss and bliss."

Filming location: Prague, Czech Republic

Sit in a meditation posture. Take your mālā in your hands to repeat your personal mantra. Adjust yourself into a comfortable posture so you will not feel discomfort during the meditation. Try to sit straight upright, but without tension. Place both hands on your thighs or knees. This is self-inquiry meditation. Meditace sebedotazováním. Now, close your eyes. Feel your whole body and relax it. Be aware of your being here in this hall. For the time being, withdraw thyself from the external world. We will chant Oṁ three times. During the chanting of the Aum, try to withdraw thyself from the external world and become aware of your being here. Take a deep inhale and chant Oṁ. Oṁ... Oṁ... Oṁ... Feel your whole body from the toes to the top of the head, and from the top of the head to the toes. Relax. Try to relax each and every limb of the body. Relax each and every part of the body. Feel yourself comfortable. Repeat your mantra with the mālā and relax. Feel the most relaxed state of the body. I am relaxed. I am comfortable. I feel my whole body relaxed and comfortable. Feel the energy in the whole body, and its most subtle essence. This energy means you feel comfortable, you feel relaxed, you feel harmonized, so that you feel your body comfortable and feel the motionlessness of the body and your breath. Feel the ascending and descending breath. Do not change the breath rhythm. Do not change the length of the breath. Just feel the comfortable feelings. Feel the divine energy, the divine blessing, the divine mercy of God, the divine mercy of Mahāprabhujī. Divine protection, kindness, understanding. Oneness, light, the blessing—all these divine qualities are bestowed on us by our paramparā. Feel in your heart, inwardly, the great happiness, the mercy. Be one with thyself in this ocean of divine blessing and bliss. Just feel this divine blessing. Try not to wish anything. Don’t ask for anything. It’s only bliss and bliss, Mahā Ānanda. All the sorrows and tensions disappear. No wish. You are above the wish. Only and only the bliss. I know that I breathe. I know that I am breathing comfortably. My body is relaxed and motionless. All my indriyas, the senses, and activities of my mind are harmonized. Keep on repeating your mantra. No imagination. If you see some visions, observe them just. Be alert, be aware, be conscious. Now, concentrate and try to guide your energy from the whole body towards the Sahasrāra Cakra. Now, expand your wish or your visions, any pictures, temple, anything, what you mostly like. Control. To bring the energy up and down is good through your breath. With ascending and descending breath from the navel to the Sahasrāra cakra, and back to the navel. Ascending and descending breath of the divine light, mercy, and love. Keep on practicing your mantra. Ascending and descending prāṇa, from navel to Sahasrāra and from Sahasrāra to the navel. Relax. Keep your concentration on the ascending and descending breath, with positive thoughts and energy guiding you towards the Sahasrāra Cakra. Feel your body again and your breath. Place your right fingers at the center of thy brows for prāṇāyāma. Keep your eyes closed. Only with the iḍḍhā nāḍī, inhale and exhale. Feel the breath. Feel the purification. Feel the blessing. Inhale and exhale with the left nostril, and now place the hand on the knee again. Eyes are closed. Again, concentrate on the breath, ascending and descending breath between the navel and Sahasrāra cakra. Feel the blessing, feel the kripa, feel the divine, feel the light, the purification. Once again, place your right hand fingers at the center of thy brows. Close your left nostril with the ring finger and inhale and exhale with the right nostril. From the navel to the Sahasrāra Cakra, from the Sahasrāra Cakra to the navel. Keep on feeling your breath between the navel and Sahasrāra Cakra. Ascending breath through the spinal column, and exhaling the breath to the whole body. Feel the purification of the blessing. Now, place your hand again on the knee. Feel your life and blessing. At the navel, feel your navel. Feel your jāṭharāgni. Feel your pancreas, and feel your solar plexus, and do mild bastrika. Perform the mild bastrika prāṇāyāma. Not too strong, body straight. Go from the navel to the Sahasrāra, to the navel. Continue, continue, and slow, but go ahead. Deep inhale. Retain the breath and perform Jālandhara Bandha. Jālandhara Bandha. Hold as long as you can. Then, raise your head. Exhale. Inhale. And exhale. Jālandhara Bandha. Inhale, normal breath. Open your palms and place your hands on your face. Open your eyes, hands down, and bend forward. Touch your forehead to the ground and feel the circulation towards the head, towards your face muscles, to all the jñānendriyas. Feel the stretching towards your back muscles and feel the thankfulness to the divine. Feel the complete surrendering, and place your hands on the ground. With the help of your hands, slowly come up and sit in Vajrāsana. Slowly stretch your hands up. Lock your thumbs. Stretch your body up. And slowly bend forward into Śaśāṅkāsana. This is the kāṭuparaṇam. Go further. Ah, no place. Ah, okay, once more then. Vajrāsana, hands up. Two, three, four, five. The second version of the Kaṭhopaniṣad, legs on the ground, yes, upper part up, six. Which number is that? Seven. Next, eight, nine, ten. Ten, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen. Nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-four. Twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight. Stretch your legs, hands up, inhale, and while exhaling, Paścimottānāsana. Normal breath, three. Hands up, four. One, two, three. Two, three, four. Very good. Sit in Vajrāsana. Sit on the toes, knees up. Hands on the knees. Legs a little apart to balance yourself. Give the balance, press on your knees, and stand up. Very good. We stand for lunch, okay? Sit down. Adios.

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