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Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Śrī Dev Purīṣa Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai, Bhārata Mātā Kī Jai. Bhagavān Kī Jai. Good morning to everybody. Wish you a beautiful day. Prāṇāyāma. Yesterday we explored the subject of prāṇāyāma, the prāṇas. O prāṇāc, you should look in our yoga book. What does prāṇa mean for our eyes? We don’t know the value of our eyes; only the blind know. If we lose our eyesight, all your dear friends who sit beside you and speak nicely are gone. So there is prāṇa for the jñānendriyas and prāṇa for the rest of the body. Nature or God has separate, special prāṇa for special organs of the body. For example, there is a special prāṇa for the heart, and that belongs to the upa-prāṇas. If that prāṇa is healthy—meaning there is no obstacle—then our heart is healthy. For the eyes especially, the prāṇa for our eyes is sitting in the eyelids. It is important for our eyes; it sits on our eyelids. And they are visions. Do you know how fast our eyelids are? Very quickly, because they protect the eyes. These eyelids go down, but if that prāṇa becomes weaker, then we can’t close the eyes. And sometimes we need more energy to open the eyelids. Now we don’t know, because everything is functioning very nicely. Also, the prāṇas are functioning in the liver. And I think we all generally know, we call the liver a factory, which is producing immense amounts of different hormones. So these are the two major prāṇas. They are called prāṇa and apāna. Prāṇa is that which comes into the body, putting all good qualities into our body. That is nourishment for the whole body. Apāna is the pushing out of all the used energy. For example, if our apāna śakti, the apāna energy, is weaker—here you are—so we search for a hospital. Otherwise, we don’t know how to do it, or we cannot pass the stool. Many people have constipation, and you use strong power to pass the stool. That is because of a lack of prāṇa and apāna. But still you may have a strong prāṇa and apāna for elimination. There are a few principles for why you have constipation. You eat good food, you drink enough, but still there is constipation. That is due to the weakness of the apāna, the energy in the stomach, where prāṇa and apāna work together. They both unite in the center of the navel. There are many, many things. It is said that when you have diabetes, you have constipation, but it must not be so. Second, the greedy person. Greedy persons are those who do not give further. That’s what they call a person who doesn’t give—a miser. We have the word “konjus.” Some grandmothers keep all kinds of papers in the drawer—Christmas greetings, birthday greetings—all cards are there in the drawers. That’s okay, but you don’t give your money further. You keep it always. When I get, for example, good cherries, I will give everyone one. The rest I keep. That’s it. So such a thought in the body creates a lack of some prāṇa, and it creates constipation. So there are many differences. The angry person either has constipation or diarrhea. There are always different causes, and all these different causes are the energy, the prāṇa. So the best is, of course, a vegetarian diet. You have to have more vegetables, more salad; that will help you. Eat 50% of your meal as salad. Then you will see that your constipation will be normal. So, prāṇāyāma. Read in the yogic books. Our book is very nicely written, and then understand the prāṇas. Theoretically, the names are not enough. Understand these prāṇas and what you can do for these prāṇas. All the different kinds of illnesses that we have—that means there are some obstacles or blockages or not a proper flow of the prāṇas. For the eyes, which prāṇa, and now you should look in Āyurveda, all in yoga: what is good for eyesight, yes, and what is not good for eyesight. Maybe something is good for your liver, but for your eyes, it is not good. Now, like in allopathic medicine, we get medicine. It helps one thing and damages five things. That’s it. When you lose your shirt, you hold your shirt; you lose your trousers, you get the trousers, and they fall down over your head. And when you hold the head, your headbag is lost. So this is the situation of the person who is also speaking now. How many medicines are we taking? And so it is a story. One man imported a cow from Europe—cows that give milk, ten, twenty liters. And if you feed it well, sometimes forty liters. Poor cow, they can’t walk, they cannot sit, and if they sit, they can’t get up. They are torturing them. But people try to develop these things. Well, so it is said, the Mahārāja of Udaipur brought this cow and gave very nice praise for the cow. Every day, cleaning, washing, air conditioning, because it’s a cold climate here, good feeding, everything. And so he had one person who takes care of the cow and milks it. The one who was milking drank two glasses of milk. Two big glasses, nearly half a liter. Someone complained to the king: “The caretaker who is milking is drinking two glasses of milk.” He said, “Okay, put someone to observe.” So one person is sitting there while this man is milking. This man said to the one who was milking, “How is the taste of the European cow? Can I also drink?” He said, “Of course, one big glass.” Oh, nice. So every day he is also getting one glass of milk. Someone again complained. The king said, “Put another one for observing them.” So the third person said, “Well, you both are drinking. Please, you can give me also.” They said, “No problem. Go and give the fodder to the cow, and there is one glass of milk; you should drink it.” Again, a complaint came, so they put those two together to go and observe. Those two were strict, very loyal persons, very close to the king. For a few days they were not drinking, and then he said to both of them, “It’s very healthy milk, but you have to go to Europe to drink such milk. Do you have some disease?” He said, “Yes, I have back pain.” “Oh, drink this milk.” The other said, “I always have a headache.” “This milk is nectar for that.” So two and two, four and one, five persons. Everyone was drinking one glass, and the one who was milking was drinking two glasses. Well, again a complaint came to the king. The king said, “Send all away. It was only two glasses of milk that were gone. Now there are four or five glasses going more, so it is better to have only one.” And remove all. So this is allopathic medicine. This is what we take: one tablet. It requires a different one because it has side effects. We take that medicine. That is a side effect on the kidney. We take medicine for kidney protection that affects the heart, so we take it for the heart. And that’s how systematically we damage our organs, our nervous system, and also our concentration. So the best is to practice prāṇāyāma, āsanas, and take something natural, like medicine or herbs. But if you stop—if you are taking many medicines and you stop them, that’s the best thing. You die immediately on the third day. So on the third day, you can announce your funeral. Systematically, when we do the prāṇāyāmas and āsanas, then meditation must be, because many things are affected by the reactions of the brain centers. And so the stress, the restless stress, lack of concentration—many things going from the brain—and meditation is the father of the brain, or best husband. If he doesn’t control, then the best meditation is that woman. She controls her husband, children, house, pets, and herself is the boss. You boys know very well how your wife is. Lucky are you that your wife holds you between the scissors—psychologically, not reality, so the real is easy. But psychologically, that’s painful. So it’s better to follow your wife. And then it’s better to follow your husband. You know the difference between a wife’s and a husband’s reaction? A goldsmith who is working with the gold—when he is making some chain or a ring or something, he has a hammer, slowly. Yes? So a hundred times hitting the hammer on the gold, slowly, slowly. That is a woman. Artistic. Very nice. Even you don’t hear. That is slow torturing, and the husband is a blacksmith. The blacksmith is the one who is working with the iron. So, a hundred beats of the goldsmith and one beat of the iron man. When he brings his hammer out, then all is gone. Therefore, both husband and wife should not have a hammer in their hands. But they should go hand in hand, anyhow. So, but at the same time, allopathic medicine is very important and is highly researched and developed. In emergencies, it saves our life: accidents, operations, many things. But when we are depending continuously on this kind of chemicals, it is killing us slowly, slowly, slowly. And even at the end, you lose your memory and everything. But he who is practicing prāṇāyāma, eating organic and vegetarian, practicing yoga, prāṇāyāma, etc., and doing your everyday duty with a relaxed body and mind—that is the prāṇāyāma. So when your prāṇa is polluted, then you are angry. And so through that, we call sattva, rajas, and tamas—the guṇas develop. And in Āyurveda, there are also vikāras, and what they call the three doṣas: Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha. So it’s going parallel, and it tells the quality of the person. Immediately, Āyurveda experts will tell you, “You are a Pitta. You have Kapha.” And then they tell you what you should eat and what you should not eat. This is coming from Yoga—that is sattva, rajas, and tamas. So these are the same, more or less. What we call Ṣaṭ Kṛiyā, that is our Haṭha Yoga’s kriyā, six kriyās, and Pañca Karma, what they call in Āyurveda, one is missing. Yoga has six and Āyurveda has five. So the sixth one is what we call the Trāṭak. So again, the prāṇa. First, study all your ten prāṇas. And these are prāṇa and upa-prāṇa, like the ten indriyas. So, Jñānendriyas and Karmendriyas. Now, for the karmendriyas, we need other prāṇa. And for jñānendriyas, we need other prāṇas. This you will understand when you practice one or two years of your prāṇāyāma systematically. And in our study and our practice, we will come back to these techniques of prāṇāyāma. You have to learn that. Then there is a subtle energy. The subtle energy is around our body, which always gives us a kind of signal when you should eat, drink, sleep, wake up, when to bathe, etc. That is also energy in the body. So just as you awake the fire in the body and then take a cold bath—it’s completely opposite. Elements are very strong. Every element has energy, immense strength, but water is much stronger. Water has the power to kill the fire. That’s it. So it depends. There are many, many principles in yoga. That is called the science of yoga. Then you will realize, “Yes, for what I am practicing yoga.” So understand in which kind of food what kind of prāṇa is. And also, according to yoga and Āyurveda, when you should drink water. After eating, okay, you clean your mouth, take a sip of water, that’s all. But for two and a half hours, don’t drink anything after eating. And we, after eating, in two and a half hours, we already drank one and a half liters of water—ice cream, then coffee, and then a cold drink, cola, and mineral water, soda water. In two and a half hours, you drank everything. And that harms our digestion. So read about when to eat and when to drink, and what to drink. That’s very important. Then automatically our body will get what we call Kāya Kalpa. So we have to understand our body. And sometimes, ask your body also. Again, I’m coming to the husband and wife. Man does something and decides something, and he didn’t tell the wife. Because he invited ten friends, and he forgot to tell his wife. So, of course, she is not angry, but she would say, “My dear husband, at least you could have informed me so I would have prepared well.” Similarly, ask your body sometimes. Ask your body, “Do you like this or not?” Do not ask your gums and tongue. This game is only till the vocal cord. After bitter, hot, cold, salty, or sour, there is no taste. You will know the reaction after. That’s it. Prāṇa. So that’s what we call Prāṇāt. Nāt means God. My prāṇa is my God. That’s it. There is a lot written about prāṇāyāma. You can read nowadays on computers, but then you must ask me. Some are writing something: “Kuṇḍalinī goes up and consciousness goes down, awareness exploded, the vṛttis are confused.” So, such commentary, read with your viveka, and then ask me or one whose expertise. So you will, or we will, enjoy life. We will be happy. And we will eat such healthy food. Your eyes will become good and clean again. So let’s try again, okay? We are beginners now. You practice yoga in daily life for 25 years. And I declare you today as a beginner. “Swamiji, this is not fair.” It is because you did not listen. Or you listened, but you did not fulfill. So you have tons of knowledge, but intellectual, not practical. So now we begin practical. Okay? Okay, with this, I wish you all the best, and we will see when the next webcast will be. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Śrī Śrī Devpurīṣa Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Satyaśanātana Dharma Kī Jai.