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In meditation, a wealth of theory amounts to nothing against the grain of practice. Theory is theory. Practice is practice. While thinking of eating, thinking and thinking, the stomach will not be full. But if we take one nut, that will also mean something for the intense time. So, as Mohan said something, let us begin with the meditation. Afterward, we will speak further about meditation. And if you have any questions, you are most welcome. Adjust yourself in a comfortable way so that we will not need to move anymore. In yoga we speak, in meditation we speak, of Kāya Sthairyam. Kāya Sthairyam. The motionless body. If the body is motionless, it means not with force, but we feel very comfortable. Meditation. Dhyāna. Dhyāna is meditation. So, during the meditation, I will try to give some instructions. This meditation, according to your yoga in daily life, is called self-enquiry. We inquire about our self. The master said, "Śaṅkarācārya," Ko’ham? Katham idaṁ jātaṁ? Ko vā kartāsya vidyate? Who am I? From where did I come? Where am I going? What is the aim of my going, and where will it lead me? With this, make yourself comfortable, adjust your body to be very comfortable, and try to sit straight. But of course, those who are sitting on the chair, you can lean yourself on the chair to be more comfortable. Index fingers and thumbs together, and palms are open. Touching our thighs or the knees, or you feel comfortable when facing upwards your palms, it is your choice. The thumb represents the Supreme, the highest. The index finger indicates the self. Meditation shall lead us to oneness, which means this individual soul, Jīvātmā, merges into Paramātmā, the Supreme. Like a drop of water falls into the ocean, it becomes one with the ocean. Close your eyes and feel relaxed and comfortable. Withdraw thyself from the external world. Be aware of your being here in this hall of your āśram. We have to feel oneness with the Supreme. The oneness means there is no duality. Neither me nor that one, but oneness. Kāya is steadiness, the motionlessness of the body, but it should be comfortable. Nothing is moving, but nothing is suffering. Everything is comfortable. Relax, relax, relax the whole body. From the toes to the top of the head, and from the top of the head to the toes, relax the whole body and feel comfortable. Any time when you need to change your posture, you can change, but only when it’s needed. Kāya Sthairyam, Kāya Dhyāna, motionlessness of the body, and aware of being your body. Relax, no imagination, no wishes, and no unnecessary thoughts, only reality. That we know we exist in this body, our body is our existence. It’s relaxed. With your closed eyes, with your motionless body, you can feel and you can see, with closed eyes, your energy, the form of your aura. If the body is motionless, you can see your aura like a rainbow. You are sitting in this space here comfortably, and there are different layers of colors with energy. This rainbow around your whole body, like you are sitting in one ball, every direction: front, behind, left, right, above, below. This is seven colors. It is within you and outside of you. One day, very clearly, you will see through this technique. The seven colors represent the seven energy centers, the chakras. If you have heard about kuṇḍalinī and the cakras, the centers, they are seven. Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna, Maṇipūra, Anāhata, Viśuddhi, Ājñā, and Sahasrāra. From the bottom of the spine, the end of the spine, to the top of the head. Sometimes you will see, at the center of the eyebrows with the closed eyes, behind the wall of the forehead, these seven colors like a curtain. There are seven lokas and sapta-dhātu, the seven minerals in our body, in order to balance and keep our body healthy. The astral energy enters into our physical body. Relax and feel comfortable in the whole body, with a feeling of happiness and relaxation. With this, your physical being is like a balloon. Bring the awareness to the breath, the coordination of the breath and body, expansion and contraction. Never feel thyself closed. You are free. Your freedom is endless, your phenomenon endless, expansion and contraction of the body. With that energy, it is your universe, it is your existence, it is your reality, it is your being. Feel the purity, being very pure, the light, energy, and happiness. Relax, whatsoever you see, it is yours; what you feel, it is yours. Everything is yours. But who is that who tells it is mine? That is our aim: to realize the self through inquiry. Who am I? From where do I come? What is the purpose of my coming? What am I doing? And where will I go? Who am I? And what will I do? All that I indicate is mine. It is your decision. Among all this, our aim is, first, freedom; second, happiness; third, light; fourth, peace; fifth, oneness. You are very relaxed and one in that balloon of the seven different colors. Proceed further. If you have a mantra, repeat it mentally. If you don’t have it, search within and wait. It will come. You are the sākṣī of your phenomenon. Sākṣī means you are the witness of your whole being. Your seat is in the navel. Now bring awareness to the navel. At the time of inhalation, it is slightly expanding, and at the time of exhalation, it is contracting. Connect to the heart, the eyebrow center, and the top of the head. Relax. Only and only you can realize, you can get, you can give. You are free. Do not depend on anyone or anything. Everything is within thyself. Self-enquiry, relaxed, from the navel, which is our beginning. The golden light passes through your respiratory system, coming to the center of the eyebrows. And finally, imagine now a beautiful, tiny flame, a very clean flame, a motionless flame, dark blue. Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Karatā. A very clean, transparent crystal, light goes with very high speed into the endless. All the sorrows, all the pain, all the tensions, it will solve, this light. Far and far origin, still you see that light becomes blue. The flame, which was orange, becomes blue. That blueness is your soul, your ātmā. It merges into the horizon. The far distance of your horizon again becomes pure imagination. The dawn, the morning dawn, is rising. Observe the dawn, which is endless. That is your light, which you are. You send this light into that endless universe: peace, harmony, oneness, light, and joy. I give everything now into your hands. What you want to do now, for some time, I let you free. Whatever you want to imagine, feel, do, etc. Now, feel your body again physically. Feel your breath. Feel your being here and become extrovert. All the sounds. Be aware of your being here in this hall, your posture, how you are sitting. Five times deep inhale and exhale. Five times deep inhale and exhale. Now, take a deep inhale, and we will chant "Om" three times. If you are first time, then listen to the chanting from others, then join yourself. Deep inhale, Om. Deep inhale, deep inhale, normal breath. Be aware of your whole body and your breath. And slowly move your fingers, close the fist, open the palms. Om Śānti Om Śānti... First, peace in the vegetation, peace in the water, peace in the air, peace on our earth, and peace in the whole universe. Merciful Lord, let me be the peace. Rub your palms, place them on your face, and gently massage your eyelids and facial muscles. Open your eyes and your palms, and remove your hands. On the knees, for a while, bend as far as you can down. Feel the stretching of the back muscles and neck muscles, and feel the blood circulation flowing towards the head and face muscles, our eyes, and our ears. Then, raise your head up. Adiós.