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This is called Svara Yoga. It is a very easy sādhanā for those who truly want to do it. For others who merely try, it is very hard. It is like jumping into wild water; even if you can swim, the current is very strong. The distance may only be 150 meters, but it is not so easy. However, one who is determined to survive, who truly wants to cross this wild water, will come out very easily if they swim with purpose. Svara Yoga gives indications about your whole life. It provides information about your past and what is happening in the present, and it offers information about the future—past, present, and future. There are advanced Svara Yoginīs who can tell a few years in advance on which day and at what time one will pass away. The exact manner is not known, but generally, it will be a healthy passing. You know you are going, and it renounces this life. This is not suicide. Forget that. Suicide is not good. Then the soul has to suffer for a long time, asking, "Why did you commit suicide?" Certainly, there are problems, and with your thinking, you feel you cannot live anymore and see no other option. But this very idea of suicide is already a weakness and a path into darkness. Life is there, moving towards difficulties or good things. It is said that those who commit suicide will suffer more from the injustice. Now, it is possible some of your relatives or close family members have committed suicide. I am sorry, as you will feel very sad, and I did not want to make you sad. But consider: destiny, or God, or Dharmarāja—who gave us this human life? My dear, it is not easy to get a human life. We are the luckiest of the lucky. We are the fortunate ones. Our destiny, or God, whatever you believe, gave you this human life. We have to face all difficulties and good things. Our own thinking, our attachments, create sorrow, weakness, and desires. Attachment is not easy. As long as you are with that attachment, it is happy and good, but when you separate, it is painful. For example, you marry happily, and then one of the couple wants to separate. That person thinks, "I am sure I am stepping into my future happiness." But that means you are jumping into darkness. In darkness you are jumping; you do not know how deep the water is. And the other person is also in the darkness of attachment and suffering. Because of this, one becomes so sad, and problems arise. Someone loses their appetite. Someone feels a little pressure in the chest and cannot eat. This is very common, so your doctor will say it is anxiety. You say, "No, I have no anxieties. I just have no appetite." You want to eat, but you think you have high blood pressure there. I am sure many of you know this problem, and the doctor is right. He will give some tablets and say it will be okay, that slowly you will overcome it. Then what happens? You lost gold, but now you find a diamond. How happy you are! You have diamonds, so the gold has no value. But the other person was thinking, "I am getting gold," while you are getting aluminum. That is our human weakness. Therefore, in such a situation, a person who is not strong enough, who has no vivekā (discrimination), takes such a step. It is said that destiny, or God, gave this person life as a human. Humans are very emotional and also very brave. You should not be attached and dependent. To be attached and dependent is a very big problem; it is not easy. All the nervousness, the lack of appetite, the inability to sleep, the heartbeats sometimes quickening and slowing—if we practice Svara Yoga, then suddenly your inner reality will emerge, and your life will be very happy and good. Svara Yoga gives us a very clear indication. But it is not that you practice for only one or two years and then know what to do. It is a sādhanā. This practice is based on the two nāḍīs, Iḍā and Piṅgalā, and the Suṣumṇā. One must know when the Iḍā nāḍī should flow, when the Suṣumṇā should flow, and when the Piṅgalā flows. Now, at this time when the sun sets, we are going to see the new moon. You may remember once we were observing this; we looked at silver, though many have done it and many have forgotten. It was good if you had a silver coin. Someone from Hungary brought very nice silver coins. In Hungary, it was a little cheaper than in Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Austria. So, of course, they bought the expensive ones. People said, "Oh yes, I also got one coin." Some people were from Australia and bought a few. After two years, they said, "Swamiji, can we sell it to you, or give it to you?" If they had practiced until today, their Svara Yoga sādhanā would be on the right path. When we see the new moon—some people do not believe, and that is your choice—but you know that in Islam, the new moon has great meaning. Twice a year they have a festival, and they only eat or drink when they see the new moon. The whole day they will not drink at all; they will not even swallow their own saliva. There was an elderly woman, nearly 100 years old, a Muslim from Pāli near Jārdan. She was very old and weak. Something happened, and they brought her to the hospital. She said to the doctor, "Do not give me any liquid, even insulin or any injection, until this time," because it was her sādhanā. The moon is silver, silver is connected to the moon, the moon is connected to emotion, and emotion is connected to water. So it is not merely silver; it has its meaning. And this meaning is not blind belief; it has been experienced by great people. Now, we want to see the new moon, but there are clouds. What should we do? At least we will stand there. We know when the moon will be visible, even with clouds, and at that time you must look at the silver and look to the sky. Sometimes it happens that you see the moon when nobody else will. It is your awareness, your consciousness, your belief. Even with very thick clouds, the vision may disappear. You close your eyes, and there is the crescent moon. From then until the full moon, this energy is growing and gives you many good things. Every day has meaning regarding the decreasing or increasing of the moon. From the morning when you awake, which svara, which nāḍī, should be flowing? If you are practicing, you have an automatic feeling. If not, then breathe out onto your hand. You will see where the air is flowing more onto your hand. You should cover yourself on that side and get up. Get up in the direction where the Iḍā or Piṅgalā is flowing, and then step out from your bed. At that time, which foot should first touch the floor or ground? According to which nāḍī—Iḍā or Piṅgalā—is flowing. Iḍā is the left foot, and Piṅgalā is the right foot. Furthermore, even when you first take water in your mouth to clean it, you should take water with the hand on the side that is flowing, left or right. As soon as you come close to water and hear its sound, automatically the Iḍā will flow. Similarly, when you should eat, the flow should be with the Sūrya nāḍī (Piṅgalā). It will change automatically when you are training; then you have the training automatically. Likewise, when you wash your body, put on your dress, eat, and go to your work or office, you take your first step out of your door according to which nāḍī is flowing. If it is the right one, step with your right foot. If the left is flowing, step with your left foot. You must not just stand and go out. You will develop feelings. After one week or ten days, it happens automatically. There is one technique given to you in your Kriyā Anuṣṭhān. I do not know if you are still doing it. It involves breathing in and out through the left nostril or the right nostril without closing the other. Yes, you have it, and you feel it. This is a practice, and so automatically it will happen. Now, let us say you have to go to a very important meeting, or to court, or school, or for an examination. What to do? Try to go with the right nostril flowing. If it is not, then put the foot forward that corresponds to the nostril which is flowing. And when you enter the office door, or wherever, inhale and exhale. What will happen? Your anxiety disappears. Otherwise, you are so nervous. Questions arise. Why? Because you did not learn. You were looking more at the telephone or television, or going to discos and many things. You did not think, "I have to study." If you had studied, you would not have to be nervous. Your answers would be so clear that your master, the examiner giving you questions, becomes nervous. He asks a question, and you give a double "yes." Why? This is because of your Svara Yoga. This is your Svara Yoga here, and it is very, very powerful. Svara Yoga is one part of yoga. When you want to see the moon, you should see it. The breath must flow through the right and left nostril. What to do if it is not? You cannot say, "Moon, stop for a while; I will open my eyes then." Time does not wait for anyone. I was often observing Gurujī. The shawl that Gurujī had, he would come immediately and put it like that, on the right side. Immediately, this nostril is flowing. These are the techniques. Do you remember we were doing an exercise where we put all the objects like this and looked at a golden coin or a silver coin? One person did not have one and said, "Please, can I see also?" Everyone can see. I have a silver ring. So Svara Yoga is very important. When you drink water, let the left nostril flow. Wait for one minute, or half a minute. You can change because you are practiced. Eat when the right nostril is flowing. We will begin to do more training about Svara Yoga. It is a very big subject, and I think I will find that one book. To be honest, I do not know exactly what is written in that book. My practice goes automatically. Also, when you sleep, you should sleep on the left side so that the right nostril flows. Some people think, "Do not sleep on the left side because you press your heart." No. Our God was very clever. The heart is under the ribs, so it cannot be pressed when you sleep like this. Even if somebody steps on your ribs, the heart will not be pressed. Even if someone steps on you with one foot like this, the ribs may break, but the heart will not. But please do not try. So, sleep on the left side. It is said, "Your son is moving." So, live the night with the sun and the day with the moon, because the moon is for night and the sun is for day. Thus, it is said the yogī is awakened at night and sleeps during the day. This does not mean literally sleeping. Do not go home and say to your husband or wife, "Now in the daytime I will sleep." She will say, "I believe Swamiji about everything," but this I cannot do. It is different; it is about the flowing of our nostrils, the svara. It is said we cannot see a plant growing, but the next day we see it is already bigger. We cannot see it moving incrementally. Similarly, we cannot see the sun moving, though it is the earth that moves; we cannot see the sun progressing like this, but we see the sun rising and setting. The process is like that. If the sun rises at 6 o'clock in the morning and sets at 8 o'clock, you cannot change that today. You cannot demand that the sun rise at 5 o'clock and set at 6 o'clock. The sun will not follow. But one thing we can do is fly in an airplane in that direction, and then you can see the sun setting at this time or from the other side in another country. Svara Yoga prolongs our health and life. Our life will be prolonged. Many things will become clear for you, and you will not be sad anymore. You will have your own energy and your own willpower. So next time we will again begin with Svara Yoga. That is all today. Hari Om. Deep Nama Bhagwan Dev Purusha Mahadeva Satguru Swami Madhavananji Bhagwan. Om Shanti Shanti...