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Nāda rūpa parabrahma, the sound is the supreme, merciful Lord. Bless us with good health, happiness, and harmony. Lead us to good health and liberate us from mortality to immortality. This was the mantra, the meaning of the mantra. Salutation to the cosmic light, Lord of our hearts, omniscient and omnipresent. In his divine presence, good evening. I am very happy to be here and very happy to see you and welcome you. The subject is yoga. I have been in your beautiful country for the last 45 years, so I know a little bit more about it. But always I have only one subject: yoga. Yoga is a science of body, mind, and soul. The science of yoga was given by Lord Śiva. It has existed for millions of years, across the ages we call yugas: Satya Yuga, Dvāpara Yuga, Tretā Yuga, and now we are in Kali Yuga. Well, it is called Svayambhū—He who has manifested Himself. No mother, no father. What do we call that? It was the desire: "I am one, and now I will multiply." That began with the sound, the resonance. After that, the light manifested itself as Śiva. He appears in the posture of meditation, and He gave the science of yoga. Then the creation begins. Well, yoga, first of all, is for our good health. Some philosopher said, "Health is not everything." But everything is nothing without health. We cannot buy health. We cannot exchange health, but we have to gain the health of the self. So there are different ways to be healthy. Out of all this, there are three principles. First is nourishment: what we will eat, how we will eat, how much we will eat. According to that will be our health. Second, movement. Our body needs movement, and those kinds of movements we call in yoga the postures. The third one we know: when we were born for the first time, what did we do first? We inhaled. And what will we do last in our life? We will exhale and will not be able to inhale anymore. So life is so long; it is like an ocean, from one shore to another shore. Between, it is only the waves on the ocean. Similarly, our inhalation and exhalation are just the waves on the ocean. But the breath keeps our life. It is said that for each and every individual, the breath is counted, given. That is how many breaths you will have. Then your credit of the breath is finished. If you believe or not, belief does not change anything. The reality remains always reality. Now, technology: we all have telephones, but there is a battery inside, or if we have a SIM card and we put money inside, when the money is finished, the computer or telephone will not tell us, "Now your money is out, put more money." It just stops. And so, as much breath as we have in our life, that long we will live. Now, in yoga, there is a breath technique. So, how will you breathe in and out, and how slow can you breathe? When we run or do some swimming or different exercises, we are using quick breath. That is also counted. But after doing, let us say, jogging, when you stop, you rest. Breath becomes longer. So it replaces again back that your breath rhythm is now short. So your life will prolong, but in yoga it is a little different. Without running, without doing some strong movements, we control our breath. That prolongs our life. That gives us good health, a good memory, and a healthy and happy life. So nourishment, food. Nowadays, the kind of food which we have, mostly what we call junk food, or a lot of pesticides, is a poison on our vegetables and crops, etc. Also, they are feeding the animals artificial feed, and that we eat. Definitely, it will influence our health. Maybe cancer has existed for many years or a long time, but it was not that much. Now, even the young kids have cancer because the quality of our food is not that which we should eat and remain healthy. In your country, you can still get organic and good food. In your forest, on meadows, you have good herbs. So, there is still food. It is better here than in some other countries. So these three things keep our body healthy. Now you know yoga is declared as international. And around the whole world, where there are humans, there is yoga. And where there is yoga, there are humans. So we have yoga. You can use it or lose it. Yoga does not influence or touch any kind of belief. Any religion you can believe; belief and religion are different. Religion is a philosophy. But yoga is that reality which belongs to our body, individually, to everyone. Yoga is the reality, the reality that concerns each and every one of us. No matter from which religion you are, you need to be healthy. We wish all to be healthy. So if you believe in Christianity, Islam, or some other religion, you want to be healthy. So if you practice, that does not influence or affect your belief. Reality is only one. We are all one human. We are all children of God, and all creatures are children of God, as stated in the Vedas. There is only one God. That is what you call the Holy Father. That is the Universal One. He has no form, but He is with us. Then the Vedas say, do not go against nature. Live in harmony with nature. The Vedas said, "Protect the water. Protect the forest. Protect the environment. Love each and every entity. If not more, then that must be as much as you love thyself." That will make us happy and live in harmony. So, who does not want to be healthy? Even when a person is mentally ill, they still would like to be healthy. So, nowadays many people are developing some kind of yoga which is not real yoga. It is like acrobatic, like in the circus. That is also good. But it is only for the young kids. Now, people here sitting, of course, many young also, like me, and many aged people, also like me. We cannot now twist our body. We cannot twist an old tree, but a gentle branch we can twist. So, is yoga only for these young kids? And how will we get the benefit? So this system, Yoga in Daily Life, I actually developed in this country. And we were practicing experiments, everything. And we call it yoga in daily life, everyday life. If you practice, you will gain it. If you do not practice, you will not get it. Always practice slowly, concentrated, and with correct postures. It must not be that you are standing on the head. I had one disciple in 1976 from here, near this part of the Czech Republic, and he was about 75 years old. And he was practicing yoga, and he came to me, and he learned yoga also. But someone put something in his hair, something. That head standing, as long as you do it, is better. Head standing is very good. Who does not have good memory, do the head standing. And for eyes, for ears, for everything. It supplies fresh and enough blood to the brain. And the five senses in the body, the five senses of knowledge, and the five senses of action. And these five senses, which are very important, whatever you have learned in your life, since your birth until now, you have learned only through these five senses. These are the eyes, the smell, the sound, the taste, and touch. These are the five senses through which we learn everything. Now, head standing, maximum you can do five minutes or more, maximum ten minutes. But as you get older, reduce. Two to three minutes is okay. You can repeat it three or four times. You can repeat it two or three times, but do not do it continuously. So when you do the headstand, you supply enough blood to the brain, and these five senses remain very healthy. But too much is not good. So that person, he did the headstand about 40 minutes, then he fell down. His wife called the ambulance. Took him to the hospital. He said, "I wanted to have a one-hour headstand." The doctor said, "I see. But now you should know, standing is with the legs, not the head." So, therefore, many people doing wrong yoga exercises can harm many things. So it should be systematic. Of course, there are many good schools, many perfect teachers, and they are doing very good. So do not do it too quickly. Yoga has three steps. The first is called the body-warming exercises, so that our muscles become more flexible. So, body warming, then dynamical movements. That also you can say, like stretching. Then the third is called posture. And that is then yoga, now energy yoga exercise. If you do it quickly, it has no effect. We will make one experiment now. Would you like to do it? Yeah. Of course, I will not put you on the head standing. But we can do it, experiment. Those who do will experience. Those who do not will have no experience. It is a little operation, needles. And the needle will go automatically now. Do you dare? Ah, no. So, then raise your hand up. Very good. Now, look at your palm. We do one exercise. Close the fist and open. How do you feel? Go like this. So this is too quick, okay? But still, you feel. And now, if we do slowly, and we support a little bit. So, thumb inside, close the fist, tie it. Look to your fist and hold your wrist tightly. Now, open only the palm. Look at your palm. So many photos, what will you do? And now, concentrate on your palm. From the tip of the tongue, no, sorry, the fingers, till the end of the hand, you have to feel it. Release the wrist. Different color, good feelings. The hand is very relaxed and light. We have both hands different, and if we did only like this, it is not the same. But now, the left hand is offended. She said, "I also want to do it." So, you do it consciously, please. So, close your fist, thumb inside. And try to pump your wrist, and now hold the wrist tight. Yes. And now open the palm, look at your whole palm. There are no miracles, okay? We block the blood, that is all. And now release. So the yoga in daily life in the system, it seems very slow. Many students come and say, "Oh, it is boring." Then they go somewhere else. They have two places: first practice, then go to the orthopaedic. Of course, the business for the orthopedist is much better also. So it is body, mind, and your soul in one harmony. So you are not going to run for skiing or ice hockey; that is another sport. Also, very good, nothing wrong, but yoga is completely different. Now, all the sports champions, they practice yoga. Now, after these three exercises, which one? Body warming, dynamic movements, and then postures. After that, you will feel so calm, and what means to be very calm? Not sleepy, but awakened, full of energy. Your immunity begins to improve. Then, after that, meditation. Worldwide, it is a meditation, practicing, and this yoga has the world. The World Health Organization said this is one of the best for our health. Five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour, forty minutes, one hour. According to your time, anytime you can meditate. Except in your office. Then your boss will say, "Please go to the Swamiji, not in my office." But we have the meditation also for the office. And we have exercises for the office. That will help you very much. And your boss will be very happy that you work so well. So, let us say, in the office, what can you do? Now, mostly you are doing like this. It is a very good exercise, but sometimes hands are hurting. And all the times we are looking at the screen now, many people have problems working on the computer screen. So, there is one exercise you can do, and it does not take time, maybe one and a half minutes for our eyes. So, that is a very good exercise, and it is called self-healing power. But do not think now, today, that I do the miracles. Yes, I do one miracle: that I do not have miracles. Only practical. Okay? So should we do it? It is good for your eyes, or when you have pain somewhere in the body. Healing. Self-healing. No miracles. It is energy dormant in our body. And we activate. That is all. Like we are sleeping, and now we wake up. So, should we do this? Yes. Good, then again with the hands. Look to your hands. Beautiful. Hand lines, they are very beautiful. Your whole destiny is written on your palms. Next time I will read to you. Now, fold your hands. And what I used to say, the helping hands are more than folded hands. If someone asks you, "Please, can you help me?" No, I have no time. So when to fold the hands and when not, this is another subject. So now you hold your palms like this. Yeah, you feel a little warm. It is energy, but now I would like that you feel 500 times more than now. Hands down. Relax. So this is what yoga you can do in the office or anywhere, to help your fingers again. So fold your hands. And this will be very, very helpful now in winter. When your hands are very cold, now we will rub our palms. Strong. Pressure. I want to see the fire falling down. Yes, come on. I want you to be sweating. And now, hold it like this. And it is about two centimeters far, two, three centimeters. And move like this. It is like needles moving, no? You feel the resistance between the palms, and you can say to the energy, "Stop." Close your fist, hands down, come back again. It is not anymore. So once more, we do like this, and then we place our hands like this on our face. Close your eyes for half a minute, and then open the eyes in the palms for ten seconds. And finished. So let us do once more. And put it on the palms, on the face. Open your eyes. And hands away, the vision will be more clear. And the tiredness of the eyes will be removed. Other exercises, they are all for the office today. Okay? So you are tired. Writing, telephoning. So, do one exercise sitting on the chair. Interlock the fingers. Hands up. Stretch up, and down. Down, once more, and slowly, slowly,... as far as you can, in the middle, hands on the down, once more, and right side, your right side, and back. Then, hands touching the fingers at the shoulder. Sit on the chair and press your elbows behind. Then touch your elbows. And three rounds like this. And three rounds, other side. And your boss comes and says, "What are you doing?" You say, "It is a toxin." Not toxin, tonic. Tonic for better work. You should also do. He was stupid, but the next day, again you do, the boss will go away, and he will try. He said, "Wow, from where did you learn?" Now, I, Chin, yoga in daily life. This is this. Now, meditation. Instead of going to drink coffee, you can do these few exercises and a little meditation. That we will do. Well, dear friends, the world situation is day by day getting worse. We need education. That is called social education. How were your parents educating you? How were your grandparents educated by your grandparents? And what is now the situation in the world with our youth? Youth is the future of tomorrow, the culture of tomorrow. In which direction will youth go? In that direction will go our society, our country, and our world. What kind of education can we give to our children, which understands ethics and spirituality, respecting each other? You have here more education about the Bible. It is said, "Thou shalt not kill." And once I had a multi-religious conference, and one imam came, and he was talking very beautifully, very nicely, and he said, "If you read properly the Qur’ān, if you kill one human, you have killed the whole humanity." So the knowledge there in holy books is for our learning and living in harmony and peace. The best knowledge, the best training, the best education begins from the mother’s womb. When the mother came to know that she was pregnant, at that time, she begins to speak to her child. And she speaks, she touches the belly. She feels the movement. She talks to her husband. Also, the father is mentally talking with the child. So, because we got old in our mother’s body, we are born nine months old. So this nine months’ education, which that child gets, will be a lifelong help to him or her. So when the mother is pregnant, then the father’s duty is 100% to pay attention to his wife. Try in every aspect to make her happy. Never bring the heart of the mother to disharmony. Do not just go on the pub. Wife is alone at home, and you come up at 12 o’clock in the night. Wife is not happy, so you have to make her happy. And that will make that child happy. And that child will be a very special human. Because God, the love in these nine months, that love, that harmony, that understanding, that peace creates the best quality and best thoughts and best behavior for that child. Then the second education is in the lap of the parents. So you know, when a child is born, the mother is already talking, and the father also says, "Can I also speak?" Of course, how happy. And the child is happy. So the best education is in parents’ lap. In schools and universities, the education is for our stomach. That is it, for our money, and that is all. But we are born as human, and we need that human quality. To have brotherhood in the whole world, when your child goes to kindergarten and comes home with a completely different vibration, after a few days or a month, the child has a completely different language. Because, though it is a very good kindergarten, very good school, very good university, college, but not that language. It is called the language of love: understanding, and be kind. That makes the human a real human. When we wake up in the morning, what do we say? God, our mother, our friend. And then you say to yourself mentally, "I am human." This one word, that I am human, whole day you will be very relaxed and happy. What makes me human? Not only this body. In the body, there are different qualities. What makes me human? That human quality. What is a human quality? Kindness, humbleness, helpfulness, spirituality, etc. These all positive principles make us human. I told you before, "Thou shalt not kill." We cannot see that you killed someone. Even blood we cannot see. That is not our education. It is not education for the humans. Animals, to the animals, we cannot say. So always the mother or parents will tell the child, "Come home again, good. Take care. Cross the road very carefully. Twice, look left and right." Parents care, they do care for their children. That we see our young generation, that it will be completely different again. And that is what we try to bring now, to educate all the people, to educate the children more in their home. Not writing and reading, but giving love. That is very important. Our children do not need toys, they need love. And our children do not need pocket money, they need knowledge. And that knowledge, pure knowledge, is with you. You are parents, and if you are not capable, do not give birth to the child. Do not marry, do not live together. Live alone. When you feel, "Yes, now I want to be a father," then you can bring a beautiful human soul. So this is that second step of yoga, and the third step is spirituality. Spirituality is not religion. Spirituality means purity: pure thoughts, pure consciousness. Feel everyone. Feel the pain of others. So, spirituality is for God realization. That we will talk next time. Now comes the meditation. What I told you was only a glimpse of yoga. Furthermore, you have here a school: yoga in the life of this city. In nearly every second village, you have yoga in life. Yoga in life is at home. So practice. Utilize it. Use it or lose it. Now we make a meditation. All right? Yes, because we have to go. So if you can take your shoes out, it will be more relaxed. If you cannot, then leave them. It is winter, so your feet were present. Now, move your toes. Toes. And stretch your feet. Very good. Sit comfortably. Place your hands on the thighs. Palms either upwards or touching the thighs. Index finger and thumb touching together, or hands on the lap. How you feel comfortable. If you can, try to sit straight. And whatever you want to see in this hall, see now. If you still want to look at something here in this hall, then look here. Because then we will close our eyes, and then do not open them anymore. Why? Because nothing new will be here. So close your eyes and relax. Just gently close your eyelids. Once, deep inhale and exhale. We will chant Oṁ three times and feel that, while relaxing the whole body, each and every cell of the body is recharging energy with the vibration of the chanting. Once, deep inhale and exhale. Inhale. Relax your breath. Withdraw the self from the external world. Be aware of your being here. And relax the whole body from the toes to the head, and from the head to the toes. Relax each and every muscle. Just be one with thyself. Be one with thyself. Say mentally, "Relax, my friend." Relax. Just for the time being, relax. Relax your jaw. Relax your tongue. Do not press the tongue to the palate. Relax the eyelids. Relax your eyebrows. Just relax. Feel your whole body from the toes to the top of the head and from the top of the head to the toes. Relax, relax, let your thoughts be free. Thoughts come, thoughts go. Still, if you want to think, then think that I am healthy. My body is healthy. All the limbs of my body be healthy. All the organs be healthy. I wish good health to all creatures and vegetation. I am healthy. My meditation is healing all my organs, or anything where there is disharmony, it creates harmony. If I feel pain or some disease, my meditation will heal. That is my willpower. Relax. Feel the energy from the toes to the top of the head. And from the top of the head to the toes. And three times mentally say, "I am healthy, physically, mentally, spiritually. I am healthy." I am healthy. We send our positive harmonies, peace, and health to the whole world. For that, we chant Oṁ three times again. Deep inhale. Hold your hands. And three times we say, "Peace, peace, peace," mīr, mīr, mīr. Three times we will say Mīr. Oṁ, Śānti, Śānti. Rub your palms and place the palms on the face. Open your eyes. Gently massage your eyelids. And open the eyes. Hands down. So that is all for today. The rest is tomorrow. Thank you, and God bless you.