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Dawn Meditation

Today's practice is dawn meditation with prāṇāyāma.

Begin by looking up, then bend forward to touch toes, head between knees, and mentally pray for mercy and non-violence. Raise hands, lean back, interlock fingers, and stretch sideways. Press back to chair, chin to chest. Sit with head level as if balancing a glass, perform fifty cycles of inhale and exhale, counting silently. There are two techniques: Kapālabhāti, only exhaling, and Bhastrikā, like a locomotive starting. Now, concentrate on dawn and sunrise. Close eyes, chant Aum, withdraw to the eyebrow center. Visualize the dawn in the dark blue inner space. See yourself in a meadow, the orange horizon growing. The first ray, Uṣā, the ray of immortality, touches the forehead. The sun rises fully; mentally repeat any wish three times. See the astral body folding hands, then feel the physical hands clench. Gaze at the sun with astral eyes, absorbing its energy. Feel the body, let the sun dissolve within. Inhale deeply, whistle three Aums, and chant the Śānti Mantra three times. Rub palms, warm the face, and open eyes in the palms.

“Merciful one, bless me with your divine mercy. Let me practice Ahiṃsā and protect me from Hiṃsā.”

“This ray of the Uṣā is the ray of immortality.”

Filming location: Prague, Czech Republic

Look to the ceiling, beautiful. Not only for foreigners, but you should also see it. And hands come again in front and down. Bend forward and touch your toes. Push your head between the knees. Remain there until I count how many you are. You can think. You can think: “Merciful one, bless me with your divine mercy. Let me practice Ahiṃsā and protect me from Hiṃsā.” It means lead me towards non-violence and protect me from violence, from negative thinking, no criticism, no greed, no jealousy—mercy, and uplift me, Lord, to Thy divine world. Slowly raise the hands up, and lean on the chair. See the pearl on the ceiling. Beautiful pearls. This light is like a pearl. Hands down. Interlock the fingers. Lean towards the left side. I don’t see you in the screen. Can you show us on the screen? Yes. Slowly come up. And right side. Oh. In the middle. In the middle. Hands on the thighs. Press your back to the chair, pull your knees down with your hands, and press your chin towards the chest. Then, lift your head up, relax, and bring your head to the middle. Fifty times: one is inhale, exhale. So that you become warm, you become fresh, and you become more relaxed. I know many of you were sitting. Same level, like this, not like this, not like this, and not like that. Look to me, not like this, also not like this. You can put a water glass on the top, and it will not fall down, so like this, yes? So, you may close your eyes, or you may have your eyes open. This mudrā. Tuto mudrā. And count yourself. When you finish 51, normal breath. And further, I will instruct you. So, one can be a little quicker, one can be a little slow. When you’re finished, I don’t hear you, then I will give you further instructions. Open the eyes. There are two practices. One is called Kapālabhāti, only exhaling. From here, this is Kapālabhāti. Did you ever hear a coal locomotive? How is it starting? Many of you don’t know because now it’s electric or gas. But the best coal from Karlova is for a good locomotive. So, Mr. Vivek Oja, he is sitting on the mines of the coal, and Bhastrikā, like a locomotive, how it begins, goes to the tunnel, up, going down, and when it doesn’t start, the locomotive, then doing like this. This is Kapālabhāti. Comes Bhastrikā. This is a technique, okay? So, now I must use the technique of Mr. Alfred. In the last 10 days, any one of you, did you see either the sunrise or sunset? Hand up. Very good. Velmi dobře. So, we will concentrate on dawn and sunrise. Place your hands either on the thighs like this or like that. And anything you want to see in this hall, do it now. After, don’t open your eyes, because there will be nothing new to see in the same hall. So close your eyes. Deep inhale and exhale. Relax the whole body. We will take a deep inhale and chant Aum once. While chanting Aum, withdraw thyself from the external world and come to your inner space at the eyebrow center. Try to visualize the dawn from the dark night. Feel the whole body from the toes to the tip of the head. Feel relaxed and comfortable. Relax. Relax. Relax the breath. I know that I am inhaling. I know that I am exhaling. Normal, natural breath. Feel the whole body motionless, and bring your awareness to the eyebrow center. Cidākāśa, behind the wall of the forehead, dark blue, dark sky, and how the dawn begins. If you have mantra, Guru Mantra, mentally repeat so that your mind does not move in different directions. Endless space. Nekonečný prostor. Every direction. But you know, you are sitting. And you are gazing in the front with closed eyes in the Cidākāśa. In the far distance, in the horizon, beautiful, dark orange light is rising at the dawn. The light of the horizon is reflecting on your face. You see yourself sitting in your inner space. You can recognize it is you. This is your astral body. You are visualizing in your Cittākāśa. Constantly, the horizon is getting more and more orange. You see yourself sitting in the meadow, gazing towards the east. You see the color of your dress, your hair; the dawn light is transferring through your hair. Open, not physical, beautiful, the first part of the sun is rising up. The first ray of the sun is called Uṣā. This ray of the Uṣā is the ray of immortality. Lucky are you that this light touches your forehead. A quarter of the sun is out. Your inner space is enlightening. Sometimes, from time to time, the birds are flying. Half of the sun is out. The complete sunrise. Any wish you have, mentally repeat three times. You see that your astral body is folding your hands, not the physical. You can see your astral body, or rather your physical body, as you clench your hands. Eyes are open, the astral eyes, and gazing on the sun, like Trāṭak. Feel this dawn time. Uṣā pān. It means your body is taking this energy of immortality. Lucky are they who can wake up before sunrise and get the Puruṣa Pān. Feel your whole physical body. Let the sun dissolve in your body. Feel the whole body from the toes to the head, from the head to the toes. Be aware of the whole body. Feel the breath ascending and descending. Deep inhale and exhale a few times. Deep inhale, and three times whistle chant “Aum,” and three times the Śānti Mantra. Close your fist, open your palms. Stretch your elbows. And fold your hands together. Rub the palms. And place the hands on the face. Warm your face muscles. Open your eyes in the palms, and move your hands. Hari Om. So, that was a little meditation for your everyday.

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