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We have to become one
The path beyond attachment leads to realizing the Ātmā through kuṇḍalinī and cakra.
Attachment is very hard to give up; it creates conditions around body, comfort, money. As long as attachment remains, one cannot cross the border. Detachment means nothing belongs to you, yet everything belongs. The soul is like space, eternal, without duality. The inner crocodile of desire pulls down every attempt to rise. True renunciation means constantly building and dismantling, never settling. The Ātmā is not the mind, intellect, ego, or memory. The Ātmā is not the five elements or the senses. The Ātmā is not the five prāṇas or the five kośas. The Ātmā is not hatred, attachment, greed, arrogance, or anger. The Ātmā is blissful consciousness, Śiva, pure space everywhere and nowhere. The Svādhiṣṭhāna Chakra is the seat of desire, water, and emotion. It has six petals; the crocodile symbolizes anger and jealousy. The moon governs the tides of emotion, pulling the mind. To balance, ground the body on earth and connect with moonlight. All chakras are energy stations within the subtle body. Rise above duality, seeing one God beyond all names.
"I am neither mind, intellect, ego, nor memory. I am none of the five elements or the senses. I am the blissful consciousness, Śivo’ham."
"Until we are free of attachment, we cannot cross the border, we cannot go further."
Filming location: Auckland, New Zealand
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
