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Śāntiḥ! Śāntiḥ!... Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jayā! Blessed Self, dear brothers and sisters, all of you are welcome in this beautiful cultural hall in our beautiful city of Martin. I especially thank the children and their parents here, who taught them the practice of yoga and also these Vedic mantras, which they chanted very nicely. I admire them, and I wish the children a healthy, happy, and long life. Our subject is always yoga, and yoga is not only one posture. Our life is yoga. Yoga begins in our life when, for the first time, this soul enters the mother’s body. That is when yoga begins for us. What does that mean? Yoga means uniting. Yoga means harmonizing, and yoga means balancing. Our manifestation in the mother’s womb: there are three principles to complete this body, to give the divine soul to this body, and to be ready to do good things in this world. Uniting are the five principles, and through these five principles, our body is united. That’s called the elements: the space, the air, the fire, the water, and the earth. These are the five elements. Out of these five elements, our body is created. Then, it’s not only this body. There is what is called the consciousness. Awareness, mind, emotion, and the life-soul in the body. Life begins in the mother’s body with creation through these five elements. At the same time, we are getting old in our mother’s body. Our age begins from the day when this beautiful soul entered the mother’s body. When we are born, we are nine months old. Perfect. Everything is there. This is a cosmic engineer. In our body, there are 72,000 nerves. And these nerves, they are very fine, and these 72,000 nerves in the body are supplying all the... There is a constant connection with the Supreme, like now in this modern technology, there is one center from where they send the, what we call, the news in our telephones, in radios, but connected to the center are... The electricity from the powerhouse is supplied to every house, every hospital, etc. So our life is connected constantly with that supreme power, and each and every nerve in our body is receiving the cosmic energy and supplying it to the whole body, in order for our body to remain complete, perfect, and healthy. Every nerve, every muscle, every gland, every tissue in the body, every organ, all the functions, everything is under the control of that cosmic energy which is supplied through our nervous system. We know that medical science has made immense progress. Our science has developed a lot, but still we can’t make that which God has made. No scientist in this world exists who can make one drop of blood. No scientist can get that honey which the bee creates. No one can bring the soul and put it into the body. So, my dear ones, we are depending on the cosmic power, cosmic energy, or cosmic self, you may call God, whatever you call. The Creator has created 8.4 million different creatures. Out of them, out of them, one is the human. Out of 8.4 million, one is a human; the rest are the other creatures, many, many, and also the vegetations. So, this, our world, our earth, is a living planet. But no one can be permanent here. Who came will go, and who went will come back again. This is a cycle of birth and death. Now, for what did God give human life? What kind of energy, what kind of consciousness, awareness, mind, and desires? What is the purpose of that? In each and every cell of our body, there is immense energy. It is like the core of the atoms. What can humans not do? And what can humans do? Different developments. But the aim of human life is to bring that soul into the body, to get liberation, to become one with Brahman, or you may call it heaven, the everlasting life. If we can’t come there, we have to come back. And so it is a cycle of birth and death. Sometimes we have good health, a happy life, we have no problems, we are safe, and sometimes it’s a very complicated life. And not only the humans, but animals too. The coming again to the birth is not in our hands. This beautiful soul, which is inside the body in every one of us, is waiting, waiting for that day when I will come out of this case of this body. But then, where will I go? Again, lonely, completely alone. No one will go with you. No one will talk to you. All these telephones of ours, they will not function anymore. This soul is going somewhere again, far, far away. When the soul goes out of the body, within no time, it goes far. We are sad, we are sad, we are unhappy. Our dear one died, and we make funerals, we make ceremonies, prayers. We go to the graveyard, we pray there to them, for them. But the soul said, "I am not here. I have gone far with high speed. But where?" There is no bottom, there is no hold. This is a condition of our soul. But not only this, there is always, if we are praying to God, then God will not leave us alone. God will guide every creature. Don’t think that God will only help humans. This is a conflict within our life. We think we humans are the best, and we can do all. But innocent other creatures, they have the same feeling, they feel pain, they are scared, they are afraid, and they don’t know what to do. We humans have some chance to do something, so they are innocent. Our duty is to support them, protect them, lead them, and guide them. But that’s all. How we’ll go, where we’ll go. So it is not sure that when someone dies as a human, we don’t know if we will come again as a human. It’s like from the ocean, the steam comes, goes to the clouds, becomes clouds, and becomes one drop, or the snow, or the hail. Falling down. And we don’t know where this drop will fall, from the ocean to somewhere in the desert. In the mountains, we don’t know. Similarly, where will our soul go again? That means us. I mean, not this body. It’s my body. It’s my mind. It’s my house. But who is that? I, myself. And so is the purpose of leading a spiritual life. Tolerance, respect, love, harmony, support. Helping hands have more value than folded hands. This will make a human life perfect. God is only one. And that God has no name. God has no form. We can’t touch. We can’t smell. We can’t see. But He is there. Similarly, you cannot touch your soul. Let’s say God is very far, but how big is your soul? In which part of the body is our soul? Where does it live? Even we don’t know ourselves. When he comes in, nobody knows, and how it goes out, nobody knows. Nobody can hold it. We can’t catch the soul, and inhale again. That’s not in our power. So, how is that one? That we can only understand when we go through that path, what God gave us as a human life. Humans create karma. Not the animals. Animals have enough karmas from past lives. So they are here to get rid of their karmas. And we are also here to clean our past karmas and get beautiful, new, good karmas. What is karma? If you tell someone, "Hello, sir, how are you?" You did good karma. You were kind, you were humble, you were respectful. So this counted as your good karma, and if you said, "Hey, stupid one," there, you create negative karma. So, to cause someone discomfort through words or behavior, those are not killed. Do not give someone troubles. Pray for mercy. You know, the Christian people, some pray with one mantra: "I pray for thy mercy, O Holy Mother Mary." It’s a very powerful mantra. Maybe you are doing, or some of your priests have taught you, "I pray for thy mercy, O Holy Mother." Yes, she will. She is a mother of mercy. She has nothing else. Mercy. She is showering mercy on us, but we don’t understand. What does it mean to get mercy? To give mercy further. The kindness to others. So, Christians call that, the Hindus call Kṛṣṇa, or the Buddha, or Rāma, or Satgurudev, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar, gave us the path to Allāh. Who has seen Allah? Allah is exactly like Brahman, no form. No pictures. Allah is the highest one that is realized within ourself. So all holy incarnations, holy saints, in the whole world, there are many. So we can take that light, that energy within us, so our senses will lead us to positive work. So, in this body, that divine light, that divine soul is here. How many of us are sitting here in this hall? Behind me, many people are also sitting. Balcony also. Now, each one has one soul. In one body, there cannot be two souls, except temporarily in a mother’s body. But as many, how many hundreds of you are here, so many beautiful souls are here. We can do many things. But these 72,000 nerves are constantly receiving that cosmic energy, coming and going, coming and going. So in yoga, there is one beautiful technique, and that’s very, very important: that our nervous system should be very clean and pure. As a fresh child is born, with such pure systems in the body, God’s light is flowing through, and that’s called prāṇāyāma. Prāṇa. Prāṇa is life, and life is prāṇa. When prāṇa is gone from the body, the body is finished. When prāṇa is gone, then the soul is gone. Or when the soul goes, prāṇa goes. And because this nerve system, through the practicing of yoga, and especially powerful techniques like prāṇāyāma, these postures which our young generation was doing, postures, āsanas, they are very good for our muscles, for the organs, for the circulation, etc. But all can only function when the nerves are okay. And so, the pollution which we inhale, some remains in the body, some we exhale back, and that pollution collects on certain parts of the body, and that is called an illness. So there are many different kinds of illnesses in the body. We are human. We are intelligent. We are the best. We are clever. We can do everything. But within us, what we have, we can’t remove, for example, cancer. We have to go to the doctor. The doctor tries very hard. We are giving a lot of poison to the body to kill this cancer or some other disease, so we are not mighty. We are hopeless. It is in, but we can’t take it out. So if we can’t take out or do something ourselves in the body, how can we do it for others? So in the beginning, first is the nourishment. First is breath, second is breath, third is behavior, and practicing our exercises. So, the prāṇāyāma which I will show you today, and many of you know that in your country you have one book called Yoga and Daily Life, and that is a very, very good one. Many of you have, and those who don’t, should. And there is a prāṇāyāma. Every posture should be done with the prāṇāyāma. When you go walking in the mountains or somewhere out of the city, you breathe fresh air. That is also prāṇāyāma. But somehow we cannot go all into the mountains. We have to live in such a big city. There is a different kind of pollution. But it would be very good to go outside of the city from time to time. Now, prāṇāyāma. So prāṇa is life. When you go high into the mountains, you have many mountains here. And he said, "Oh, good prayer. What is that?" Prāṇa. So it’s not a miracle. God has given us five elements. God didn’t ask for any money, and still he doesn’t ask for anything. At the same time, God gave us freedom. Happiness, joy, kindness, freedom, the feeling of being free, the joy—all God gave us for free. Be happy. God says, "I gave you. Why are you not happy?" You claimed somebody else said, "I’m unhappy." Others said, "Well, I wish you will be happy." But my friend, I am also unhappy. How to help? So help thyself, God gave you the freedom. Prāṇāyāma. So, now there are many different kinds of techniques of prāṇāyāma. So don’t think that I will now do many, many prāṇāyāmas. No, no, that you can harm. There is a nice tonic. You should take two spoons every day. But you said, "I will drink all one litre today." That tonic will become poison in your body, but a little, but quality. Don’t run to the quantity. Prāṇāyāma means breathing in and out. So, the first prāṇāyāma is called Nāḍī Śodhana. What is the nāḍī? The nerve. Śodhana means purification. Now there are two systems. The left nostril has a different system. Right ones have different. This is a lunar system, and this is the sun system. The left one is connected to our emotions. The right one connects with our activities. Left and right, these two hemispheres in our brain, so the left one is taking care of this, and the right one is taking care of this. But they have to be harmonized. The left helps the right one, and the right helps the left one. It is said about both hemispheres; they should work equally. If there is some disturbance, then disease begins. Then our balance is gone. So it’s called Chandra Bhedan and Surya Bhedan. These are two nāḍīs. Chandra Śodhana and Sūrya Śodhana. Śodhana means purification. Inhale and exhale with one nostril. Practicing prāṇāyāma, these two fingers, the index and middle finger, we place at the center of the eyebrows so that we keep our head straight, and it gives beautiful feelings. With the right thumb from the side, we press slightly our right nostril. And the ring finger we use to close the left nostril. Two fingers there. So first we shall begin with the left nostril. Left nostril prāṇāyāma will make us balanced. It will remove our sorrows, balancing the nervous system. So we inhale slowly, deeper than normal, and exhale through the same nostril. Now, try to breathe here from the belly. Breathe always from the stomach, so it helps support our diaphragm. So, what does that mean? That the breath goes deep in. Our diaphragm is expanding, which means the whole lungs. So we breathe from here, and it comes up. So then we can chant long. Those who are learning singing have to train their abdominal muscles. Then we can say long, slowly, slowly, go on, long. So, do it twenty times. Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, only through the left nostril. Then, with the index finger, close the left nostril from the side. And do it twenty times with the right one. That will create warmth in the body. It will make clear consciousness. It will give you clear thoughts. It will balance your activities. Don’t think that this little breathing, 20 times here and there, can make a miracle. It can. It’s very gentle. So, for three months, only do what I told you. Then called Śodhan. This was a Śodhan. Then called Vedan. Inhale through the left, exhale through the right. Inhale through the left, exhale through the right. You are penetrating through from the left nostril to the right nostril. Twenty times. Then inhale through the right, exhale through the left. Is one. Inhale through right, exhale through left, two. Inhale through the right, exhale through the left, three. Likewise, twenty times. Then, the index finger and thumb touch together, and the three fingers are separate. Three fingers are indicating Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, the three guṇas. Sattva is pure quality, balanced. Rajas is more active; you can be aggressive, etc., and tamas is lazy, drowsiness, not liking work, sleeping too much. These three qualities depend on our nourishment. But yogīs are above these three qualities. Then you touch your brain center. These are two thumbs and this index finger. It balances both of your hemispheres. Then it comes Anuloma Viloma. Now the third month begins. Now this is a very interesting balancing. Inhale through the left nostril. Exhale through the right nostril. Inhale through the right nostril, and exhale through the left nostril. It’s so beautiful. Twenty rounds. Then relax or meditate. You will feel immense inner happiness. Many doubts, thoughts, and aggressivities will go away. Then there are different yoga techniques to breathe, advanced. That will tell your yoga and sad life teacher. In your countries, there are hundreds of yoga and death life teachers. Everywhere, in every part of Slovakia, we practice simple exercises. I am not telling you to twist the whole body. If you like, you can do it. You will do it two times: first time and last time. That’s it. So, human life is divine. Humans can do so many good things, or they can do many bad things. So, God gave human life as a protector, not as a distractor. So, begin your life with yoga practice. Live happily with your family. Love your mother and father. Love your brothers and sisters. And love your partners. Don’t search for new partners. All are the same. Yes, you are running in a cycle, so create harmony and beauty within thyself, not in others. We don’t know how long life we have, so let’s begin to be happy. Ask thyself, O my mind, you did so many things. Now, come back into the home of the heart and see the divine light. Within you is the ocean of the nectar. Within you is a fountain of joy. And within you, the immortal Ātmā. Kill these old doubts and lead a divine life. It is said by Swami Śivadatta. So yoga is very ancient. Yoga is a science, and everyone can practice. And everyone can gain that energy, so nerves, 72,000. You have to take care of that, our eyesight. Only an eye doctor knows how gentle, how small a nerve is there, and if that one is disturbed, we become blind. So prāṇāyāma can help to purify all nerves, the heart, the liver, kidneys, etc. So, we are not doctors, I am not a doctor. If there is some doctor sitting, they can tell more tomorrow, but I can tell you, yoga is a cosmic, spiritual, divine medicine. With this, all dear ones, I wish you all the best. I was very happy to see you. I wish you happiness, health, a happy and long life, and I pray to God to bless you. In the name of God, in the name of Alakhpurījī, Siddha Pīṭha, I bless you. Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ, Sarve Santu Nirmāyāḥ, Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu, Mā Kacchid Duhkhabhāg Bhavet, Om Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ,... Dīp Nār Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hari Om.