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This meditation and relaxation is to bring our whole energy and concentration into awareness of our self—our body, mind, and soul. We divide it into two parts. Briefly, we speak of a physical body, a mental body, and a subtle body. But when we go deeply, there are five bodies. These are: the physical body, the prāṇa body, the mental body, the astral body, and the body of consciousness. These are connected to the five elements. First is the physical body: the annamaya kośa. Anna means food, physical nourishment. Whatever you eat—I am not telling you what you should eat or not—it is food, nourishment. After annamaya kośa comes prāṇamaya kośa. Whatever we eat develops into strength, into prāṇa, into śakti. When you are hungry and tired, and you eat a fruit or drink juice, it gives you strength. That is prāṇamaya kośa. Kośa means a sheath or layer. We need our food. In our yogic nourishment, it is said: Jaisā khāī annā, vaisā rahe man. What kind of nourishment or food you eat, like that will be your mind. Anna means corn, rice, wheat, different kinds. For us, plus the vegetarian, it is said you should not destroy a complete plant. Eat, but do not pull it out from the tree. Let it dry and drop, and then we shall eat. I think at that time there was a small human population, so there was enough food. Before the First World War, people were eating meat only occasionally. Otherwise, everyone had good food: grains, vegetables, milk. Milk was also taken only as needed; there were no dairies. In India at that time, we would not sell two things: food and milk. "Food" here means children—we do not sell our children—and we do not sell our cow's milk. If you did not have milk, village people would bring it to you. They gave with so much respect, sometimes not taking money. There was an exchange of work and goods. Around 1975, someone made a society where we would not take money, but exchange services. It was very nice, but unfortunately in ten years it faded away. Slowly, tea and coffee shops came, and milk began to be sold. Now nobody gives you a cup of milk freely. Similarly, before the First World War, people were not eating so much meat or slaughtering animals so much. After the war, people became poor. Soldiers from different countries had to eat, and there were no restaurants. I remember in Austria, in the high mountains, farmers had no locks on their houses. On the kitchen table was a basket with a note: "Dear friend, eat, and if something is missing, here is money. Please go and buy what you need." They offered you money. That I have seen with my own eyes. But now it is different. We say the lock is for a good person. A good person sees a lock and goes away. For a thief, there is no lock; he will break it. When soldiers went out, people took what remained. We do not know how it was. Then the Second World War came, and with it came the term "high society." High society meant eat meat, drink alcohol, dance, have money, dress nicely. We lost our traditional costumes. The rich could eat meat, and everyone wanted to. Slaughterhouses sold cheaper meat. People lost the knowledge of cooking proper, good vegetables and nourishment. Now we suffer so much illness. Before, between the wars, people lived more than 100 years. Now, after 30 years, you feel old. Our age is falling down with so many diseases. God always brings change. Now, around the world, a movement began called vegan food. Even on aeroplanes they ask for vegan meals. Shops are full. So again we come to: Jaisā khāye ann, vaisā rahega man. What kind of food you eat, like that will be your mentality. First is physical nourishment, annamaya kośa. We have destroyed it. I do not want to go far now. How it is happening is written in our chakras, and Kuṇḍalinī signs are there. How many diseases came? It is like I lost my trousers. I try to pull them up, and my head falls down. I take one injection, and three diseases appear. I give medicine for treatment, and a fourth one comes. Our body has become a container of chemicals. Pesticide chemicals are in the underground water. In Austria, they researched why there were not many fish in the river flowing to the Black Sea. They found that so many women take tablets not to have children, and their urine goes into the rivers. The fish also cannot give so many eggs or babies. This was told to me by a disciple. So many chemicals are taken. In one way, okay, we do not kill them, at least. So, jaisā khāī anna vaisā rahe man. What kind of nourishment you have, solid or liquid, like that will be your mentality and behavior. This is annamaya kośa. Anna is nourishment, all corns. According to that, our mentality will turn. Now, everybody has so much love for their dog or cat, more than for a spouse. The animal shows so much affection. But at the same time, how many animals are they killing and eating? They care only for their own pet. You spend money on medicine for your pet, but which animals did you kill? Have you not the same love for the other ones? That is why mentality has changed. What you eat? Though you are good and kind, you kill and eat and drink alcohol. I do not want to tell more because many people might attack me. Already I have many attacks, but no problem. O yogī, O humans, be sāttvic, pure, humble, kind. Annamaya kośa. Then comes prāṇamaya kośa. Prāṇa means energy, and this energy comes from annamaya kośa. So your energy becomes according to your food. In our whole body, our energy—how will it be? There are many principles. Anger, hate, jealousy, etc., are in this chakra. It is a hard step to come through. If you try to control one tiger, a lion comes. You try to come out from the lion, a hyena comes. You go there, a red-bellied snake comes. They are like cobras, mostly in Australia. When they are hungry, they know God. We are different animals. So, prāṇamaya kośa: our energy, what comes to our brain to think, how we will be angry. Annamaya kośa, prāṇamaya kośa, then comes manomaya kośa. Man means mind. It is said before: what you eat, like will be your mind. Your nourishment, your energy, then your mentality, the mind. After that comes vijñānamaya kośa. Vijñāna means your knowledge. Now, your knowledge is going which way? How many cows will I need? I want to have 1.8 million cows this year for slaughtering. That is your vijñāna now. This is your science: how to kill, how to breed. Of course, other good science is also a very good thing. But because the mind went that side... You have a good smell in your house; if you open the window, your neighbor gets a good smell. If there is something bad, they will also smell. How is it dividing and going? My Gurujī came to Europe for the first time. The flight took off, and people began to be served alcohol and meat. He said, "I thought the aeroplane is so high up, it is like heaven. And here it is a hell, such a smell." He said, "Do not bring me back to Europe." But my Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī, gave me a duty, and I can do it. He gave me something: I cannot smell anything. I can only smell eucalyptus from the tree. Otherwise, yes, they are eating. We do not eat. That is it. We are separate. So that is vijñāna. I do not want to humiliate anyone; maybe your habit is different. But one follows the other: annamaya kośa (food), prāṇamaya kośa (energy). What kind of energy do you have? Drink a glass of orange juice or a glass of milk or yogurt water—it is very good. Or you drink a glass of vodka. How is this energy now? You drink water or juice, you drive, no problem. But when you drink more... One man who was drunk, just married, was on a nice Harley motorcycle with his wife. He drank one, two, three bottles of alcohol. A big truck was coming from the opposite direction. He said to his wife, "Darling, should I go left or right? No, I will go in the middle. They should go left and right." She said, "As you like, darling." You know what happened? So that prāṇa... How many accidents happen, especially on Friday and Saturday? So prāṇa, annamaya kośa, prāṇamaya kośa. When the prāṇa is going like this, then vijñānamaya kośa, our mental knowledge, is like this. Then comes ānandamaya kośa. Ānanda means blessing, happiness. You come over nicely. Or, this is again desires. The Master said, "Remain on the path, go this way." But saṃsāra says, "No, ānandamaya kośa, I will enjoy something." What will you enjoy? You will fall into that path and not come back. So first, it is said in the svādhiṣṭhāna cakra: annamaya kośa (physical body), prāṇamaya kośa (energy, strength), manomaya kośa (mental). Sometimes you talk opposite. You tell something right, and you say, "No, what is this?" There is one story. One master in a little village had a disciple. The master sent his disciple to Kashi (Banaras) to study Sanskrit and high knowledge. The disciple became a professor, got a diploma, and came back at age 25 or 27. The Gurujī was old with a white beard. It is not easy to get white hair; it takes a long time through many circumstances. The first white hair comes; you say, "God, thank you. Master, when will I get the second?" God said, "It will come." When you are mature, you are on the good way. Nowadays, when we have white or gray hair, we color it. God does not accept this. The disciple came. The master was happy. Village people came and congratulated the boy. The master and disciple were passing by a street where a man was pressing oil from seeds using a big wooden mallet. A bull walks round and round to turn it. So the bull does not get dizzy, they cover its eyes with a veil. Master came. The disciple asked, "Gurujī, why is this bull going round and round?" He said he is working to squeeze the seeds for oil. "Then, Gurujī, why does this bull have the veil?" He said, "His eyes are closed." "But why should the bell be ringing all the time?" He said, "The master went for eating, and he does not want the bull to stop. When the bell rings, the bull is going. The bull does not know whether the master is here or not. If he stopped, the master would hit him with a stick." The disciple said, "But if the bull stops and just moves his head, the bell will ring, and the owner will think the bull is walking." The master said, "You learned in Kashi, but that knowledge will not work here with the bull. Your knowledge is only like this, my son. Let's go." So disciples should never argue with the master or teacher. If you argue, you will fail. In university, if a student argues all the time, the professor will say, "Go home, and your father will give you the answer." In spirituality, the real way, do not argue. If you argue, you will be pulled outside. Then it is said: na gharaka, na ghaṭaka. There is a donkey who brings laundry to wash in the river. His master loads clean clothes on the donkey, takes it to the river, then brings it back home. It loads and unloads day and night. That donkey has no rest, neither at the river nor at the house. It is always going left and right. Therefore, no argument; argument has no result. All the time one by one, going round and round, like a blind person who wants to go out. His hand is on the wall, walking and walking. When the door comes, he scratches his head. He has a stick in his hand. Walking, the door is behind. He goes and goes, then has an itch under the armpit. After 10-20 minutes, the blind man says, "My God, how big is this hall?" A man observing said, "The hall is very little, but when the right time comes, you have an itch somewhere." So when you argue, you will not be successful; you are lost. Therefore, let that knowledge guide you and follow it. If you argue, it is because you are not proper in your vṛttis. So this is annamaya kośa, prāṇamaya kośa, manomaya kośa, vijñānamaya kośa, and ānandamaya kośa. Ānanda means either your desires are enjoyed and finished, or you come to the supreme happiness, the joy that you achieve. That is the aim of the human. If you miss this, you will come the other way, because the soul is the same, but the qualities take you that way. This is the Svādhiṣṭhāna Cakra. The Svādhiṣṭhāna Cakra is here, with a beautiful, very nice crocodile. One day this crocodile will kill you. In Australia, from Sydney to Sunshine Coast, there was a lake where a man fought crocodiles. He jumped on them. People came to see his game. But one day, the crocodile killed him. So argument is your crocodile, and sooner or later it is gone. Therefore, listen. Listen, listen, listen to my heart. I will never forget you. I will never forsake you. Listen, listen, listen to my Master Lord. Listen to the Master, and it will come for all of you. The Svādhiṣṭhāna chakra is so strong. All our base qualities come with us: passion, desires, anger, hate, jealousy, greed, etc. It has no end; it will come more and more. The crocodile says, "I will not let you come." But luckily, Brahmā and Sarasvatī are coming. Thanks to God, Sarasvatī means wisdom. She is pulling us all, bhaktas and the crocodiles. I give you a story. There was a big ferry going from Wellington to America. There were two pools: one with 10 or 20 crocodiles behind an iron net, and another with 10 or 20 crocodiles with no net. People asked the keeper, "Why does this pool have a net and that one does not? Are Indian crocodiles less aggressive?" He said, "No, Indian crocodiles are more aggressive; they can eat you completely." "Then why no net?" He said, "They have one special quality more. When one crocodile tries to go up, the other one will pull him down. It will not let anyone go through." So there are people who do not let you come high up. Therefore, listen to my heart. "I will never forget you. I will never forsake you, my master." Hari Om. In the evening, afternoon, we will come again to this subject of the Svādhiṣṭhāna. My watch is very exact. Why do you not remain for a while? He said, "No, okay." Because if you make a sober vow, I will vow. Then he said, "Goodbye, my crocodile." And he said, "What is the next one?" Oh, yes. My pride. I go for a while, crocodile, and then in the wild, what is that one? Elephant, yeah, and that is here. Okay, thank you. Hari Om. Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jaya. Mādhav Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān kī jaya. Sat Deśanā Tāṇḍa Dharma kī jaya. Om Asatoma Sadgamaya. Tamasomā jyotirgamaya, mṛtyormā amṛtam. Sarveśām svasti bhavatu, sarveśām śāntir bhavatu, sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu, mā kaścid duḥkhabhāg bhavet.