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We know there are many different branches of Yoga. But yoga is only one word: yoga. Haṭha Yoga is our subject. But to know there is only one, that's yoga. We said Haṭha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Rāja Yoga, Jñāna Yoga, Kriyā Yoga, etc., etc. So, finally we have to come to one point, that's yoga. Yoga is called Ādi Anādi. Ādi Anādi means the very beginning, endless time. So, the real definition of yoga—of course, there are many, many scholars and many yogīs who will describe it according to their experiences and knowledge. There are certain principles which are not created by humans. No one has created that, so we have to come to this point, and we should know that. For example, this space. This space is not made by anyone. Whatever is there is within the space. Not the space within something. Is there anything out of this space? Is there something bigger than this space? So the first is the space we don't know, which is called Ādi-Anādi. That's eternal. And within now, it is within the space, and that is called the consciousness, that's called cetan. So in the space of the endless, within that is that space, and that's called cetan. That is called cetan. Chetan means awakened. Chetan means conscious. Chetan means the light. So it means still this consciousness, the chetanya, is within the space. Not the space in the consciousness, but they are oneness. We can't separate. So there is between that principle, that power, it's called union. Uniting that space and consciousness. And this is called harmonizing, balancing, and uniting. So uniting and balancing is called yoga. And when these principles, the union and balance, are created in harmony, it means balance. Now, yoga means the balance. Harmonizing, balancing, and uniting. Now, finally, it is the unity or union, which is called the Jīva and Brahma. That Brahman is endless also. Now, in these five principles—space, consciousness, balance, harmony, uniting oneness—and those five together. In this, then, we divide only into two. Ātmā and Paramātmā. Now the purpose of the yoga is coming, that this Jīvātmā, which we are as a soul, Jīvātmā again we are searching, coming to the Paramātmā. And when, through the yoga practice, the knowledge of Haṭha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Nāda Yoga, Karma Yoga, etc., etc. The purpose of that is to unite. Now, Haṭha Yoga is easily achieving something, but in Haṭha Yoga it needs discipline. Atha yogānuśāsanam: Yoga needs discipline. It is called Kāyā Sādhana. The yogī has to first balance the body: dhāraṇā, dhyāna, the concentration, etc. So the haṭha yogī's aim is to turn this jīvātmā into the paramātmā. And then when this haṭha yogī can have different other sādhanā, but that we call as the master, the guru. Nowadays, everyone is calling yoga practicing, yoga teacher. And now this Indian, Āyush yoga Indian, they are calling everyone yoga guru, yoga guru, yoga guru. Now, everyone is a yoga guru. That is nothing. When you cut wood with a saw, the dust that falls out is not useful at all, except for burning or being futile. That is a yoga guru's fallout, to become a guru? Rare. Otherwise, the whole above us in our atmosphere will be like a fog, so many gurus. So, that guru is the one who, through sādhanā, connects ātmā and jīvātmā. With that union to the Paramātmā. Jīvātmā. We are the Jīvātmā. Jīva means the soul, life. What is living is Jīva, and other material which is called dead material. So we are the Jīva, and this Jīva is the soul. And this soul is involved in this mortal world, coming, going, coming, going, and with certain qualities, certain karmas, is connected completely with what we call destiny. In one bhajan, Gurujī has written that this, what we call God, put us into the prapañca, too many activities. It is that we are in the net. In the bandhan, in the tie. But the Satguru came and He cut the tie. So the definition of the Satguru: Śrī Guru. I did not tell you to sing. That's what. So, you know everything. Therefore, that Ātmā, the Jīvātmā, now we come from this all to one path that's called Haṭha Yoga. Haṭha Yoga has its path. So it is said, three: they don't walk on the road, maybe a little bit, a few meters, but they don't walk on the road. They make their own path. The lion, the lion, they don't walk on the road, the highway. It doesn't matter how the jungle is, they will make their path. Second, the best, your son. Who is very intelligent, very good? He will make his own way. He will earn money. He will make a company. He will make many things. That's called saputra, the good child. It may be male or female, there's no difference. And the third one is the yogī. And in this yoga, this haṭha yogī. The Haṭha yogī doesn't walk only on that. It will make its own practice on sādhanā. That's a Haṭha yogī. So, a Haṭha Yogī has his own destination, his own destiny. One yogī had long hair, a little longer than mine. And more hair than me, and the yogī was walking, going somewhere. And the wind was coming from the back side. And always the hair was falling in the front. And again the yogī tried to put his hair back. Again this wind is blowing and going this side. About 100 to 200 meters. The Haṭha yogī said, "What is this hair? It is always coming in the front." This is the wind. Okay, wind, I will go this side. Now he is going opposite to the wind. Nicely, hair is just blowing back side. So, always go that way which is, for you, the clear way. So, this jīvātmā, then ātmā. The jīvātmā is the mixture of the ātmā or jīvātmā. Ātmā, anātmā. And then it comes from ātmā to Paramātmā. That's why this bhajan writes prayer. So this prayer, you know, is very good. So the path is to come there, and so that is how the haṭha yogī comes through this sādhanā to find this way. So it doesn't matter if you are in a household or somewhere else. You need a solid decision. Don't change this way and then this way and then... this way. It means that your consciousness is split. So sometimes you are happy, and sometimes you are unhappy. And for that, what we are practicing in yoga and daily life is called self-inquiry meditation. So these principles of the yoga, so yoga and yoga meeting together, balance Iḍā and Piṅgalā, these two nāḍīs which we are talking about, and we will speak further on the subject of the Haṭha Yogī. So, Haṭha Yogīs have that balance of willpower, and it doesn't care about others, which is troubles and troubles and troubles. You clean up everything. Only I am that Ātmā, and let me go, no purpose, backside. And when you go there far, then you can help others too. So that is called the Paramātmā, the Supreme. Not this Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but beyond that. And that can the Haṭha Yogī achieve. And this Haṭha Yogī needs first purification, purification of your energy. Now, anyone touches you, it goes that energy in you. Of course, your energy is also going there. If the two rivers flow together, electricity flows. If you touch the electricity, the electricity will touch you, and you will touch the Daryom Tatsat. Now, which energy is stronger? Yours or others? You are very humble, very pure, very kind, very innocent. You have no tricks, no anger, no hate, but someone is coming with a wrong thought. And that one is going to give you some negative things to harm, to destroy, and that is a boiling energy inside that person. But how will it behave? Smile. Very innocent, like innocent. But that one touches you. That energy goes into you, like an infection. And that's why the doctors always have the gloves. Even a small child, the doctor will have gloves. And because either you give the infection from that child, or you give the infection to that child, so protection is protection. Therefore, here, not only in India, on the road they are writing to save the accident. So it is written on the road, "Protection is in protection." If you want to protect yourself, then carefully drive and protect others. Don't stress. So protection is in protection. Similarly, therefore, in many traditions, they don't touch hands. Now it's coming so much, shake hand, shake hand. I don't know from where came the second. It was not so much. In England, they don't immediately shake hands. They take time. They talk. And then said, "Oh, nice to see you again," to feel, and even the mistake you should not tell the woman. LMM nowadays they are doing, but a real British lady, if she wants, she will say, "Thank you," but the principle was this: not to get that energy or some kind of illness and so. You know, the whole Asian world, they are greeting like this, but infection spreads very quickly now, especially the Indians get infection so quickly. They are teaching their little child, "Shake hand, shake uncle's hand." They are teaching, "Shake hand, shake hand." And in Hindi language, "shake" means fry your chapati. Anyhow, so there is a call: what you eat, what you drink, what you touched. Many, many things were there, but we've forgotten. And so the energy goes through. You do your meditation and your mala for a few hours, and then you go into the supermarket or the market, shopping, and someone can then hug you. Your whole meditation and prāṇa, our mantras and everything, is receptivity, or how do we say, Kolácska. Or the Hungarians have lecsó. So it is your family, your relatives, etc. But we have to go further, be careful. So this energy is transferring. And this energy is like an infection. And then this suddenly, suddenly infects our brain. And so, it is said, people, I don't know, I was not here between the First and Second World War, that time in Europe, people were eating very nice vegetarian and this and that. Sometimes they were eating meat. But that, between these wars, it is said, "Who is a rich person can eat meat?" And it was a situation. The Americans and these soldiers, Russians, when they were eating in the restaurant, when the soldiers went away, people were looking in the windows and quickly went inside and took everything they could find, what remained on the plates. And alcohol, it was not so much consumed, and when they said if someone is drinking alcohol, they said, "Oh, he's drunken," and now drinking more than water. So what they said? High society. High society is a satsaṅg. Not that kushāṅg. So we are in the high society. But no, they want something different. And so, because they say a rich person can have the meat and alcohol. And everyone wants to do it. Then some persons who are very clever, how to earn the money, and so produce more and more and more meat. Now, so many animals are killed. So much meat is there. Too much more than what the human needs, and the vegetable went expensive, high price, and meat is less price. So even the poor people, they can only eat meat; they cannot have, and then they, another thing, that all pesticides, so it is not only for the vegetable, animals are also polluted, injection, injection. And now we are searching for organic, but everyone cannot buy organic food. It's too expensive. So always we are suppressed and suppressed and suppressed. So energy is in our body too much. So there are many different ways energy comes into your body. So shake your hand, this, that, etc. So, purify. When the different energy is entering in our brain, then our decision suddenly changes. When I go to America, they make me very angry. Always, they say it. Oh, sorry, I changed my mind. I changed my mind; I have to go somewhere. And then they say, "No, Swamiji, I changed my mind, I will come to you." I changed my mind. Okay, I change my mind, I will take this shirt. No, no,... that is not a good color. So I said, "Why do you change your mind always? Why don't you change your body?" The body is not easy to change. But these thoughts, this energy, we are feeling, change quickly. So, haṭha yogī, haṭha yogī doesn't change. If the wind blows from the backside, he will go from the other side. So then you will achieve your higher level. Otherwise, up and down, up and down,... like a fish in the ocean. They try up and down, this big, big fish. What do we call them? Big fish, whales, yeah. Up, this poor creature wants to come up, but there is no way. Again, back. So we are now the whales in this world. We are going up and down, up and down... Let's go up, so let's first levitate your thoughts, your feelings, your everything. So yoga is balance, unite, harmonize to the liberation. Haṭha yoga. So, practice haṭha yoga. Other than this, your little āsanas and prāṇāyāmas, okay, this is good, do it, okay. But if you really want to achieve, then come to that yogī. Haṭha yoga will make you great. So, let's see, tomorrow we will talk about Haṭha Yoga and Sūtra Netī tomorrow. I've forgotten my sutra neti in Vienna. Does someone have sutra dhoti with? Thank you. So, this person, who is that? Madhu, so tomorrow, don't run away. Okay, the Madhu will demonstrate the sūtra netī. That's beautiful. So, Satguru Devakī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Mādhava Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Alak Purījī Mahādevakī Sab Ṛṣi Munī Mahātmā Om Śānti, Śānti, Śānti.