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Hari Om and good morning. We are on the subject of Patañjali. You understood the Jalaneti? But you have to learn from your yoga teacher. After practicing one or two days, you will know how to do it. Then we had the Kuñjalkriyā, and this also we know, Sūtradhāti. We have learned this also, and the Bhastī. So, basti, we have two different techniques. Nowadays, it was that time the water was very pure, and nowadays, unfortunately, very much water is not so clean, not pure water, and therefore we do that. That’s what we are doing is the Basti. Instead of the Basti, the Śaṅkha Prakṣālana, we have learned the Śaṅkha Prakṣālana also. Now we are coming to the nābhi, the navel, and that is mostly what we are doing as prāṇāyāmas. But when we do this kriyā morning in the bathroom, what do we call this? Agni? Agni Kriyā, Agni Sāra. So this is for the awakening and balancing of the solar plexus. It is the fire center. There are many different kinds of fire. It is not only the fire that we see, the burning fire. There are many different kinds of fires. So, let’s say first this fire, which is burning. And this is, we are concentrating or looking to the fire in which way? First, if we can say, on the fire we are cooking our food. We are also making vegetables, or this, we are cooking the vegetables. Vegetables, we are also using the grains, boiling the grains. It’s very, very good for our food, or we are making our bread, or rotī, or chapātī. It was, and many people are still doing it in India and some other countries, maybe Agnidev. Agnidev means the fire is God. Everything is God. Water is God, air is God, everything. If you don’t believe, don’t believe. Such a big fire, Agnidev, so we should respect it anyhow. So this is the fire which we are using, and so mostly, going to the kitchen, only the wife. Or the women, they take more care of the purity in the kitchen. And they know what to do and how to do it. There are some men who are good at learning and cooking, okay. But Agni Deva alone can control the women. That’s why it is called the Annapūrṇā Devī. So Annapūrṇā Devī, only she can enter the kitchen. It is her temple. In Nepal, there is a big mountain, a very big mountain. And that we call Annapūrṇā Temple, mountain. We all worship that Devī. Even Śiva himself went for bhikṣā to Annāpūrṇī, the Annāpūrṇī. So ānā is the seeds, what we are eating. The wheat, the corn, many, many others, all seeds. And the seed is life. The seed is giving further. So we shall respect this seed. Now what have we humans done? We destroy, we kill the seeds. They can only grow once. And then gone. Now, they have this kind of system that we always have to buy the seed for our food. Also, many fruits, many, many things are destroyed. But some people in Czech, I have heard, and in Germany also, and some other countries maybe also, they are collecting. It’s called the seed bank. It doesn’t matter what kind of seed, but the original is what we need. We will bring, we will bring back, but something we lost. So similarly, we humans too. What we eat, which kind of seed, we are also only giving one or two children, that’s all. That’s a pity. Many would like to have three, four, five children. The children are the wealth of the house. The children are the temple of God. So how nice when you have two, three children. How nice it is. But all is lost. And it is said there are too many humans now. Yes, you must have a discipline. Yes, that’s it. So these seeds are getting lost, but the mother, Annapūrṇā, she is the goddess of nourishment. All the forest, all the trees, all the grass, everything, she is giving us the food. So, Annapūrṇā, where there is, we have everything. And she is the mother. So when you come to the kitchen, you are entering the temple of the mother Annapūrṇā. And when you enter your kitchen, don’t go with shoes. But it also depends on the country. Some are very cold, so you can put a carpet, or you have your wooden shoes. Only for the, or other shoes, only for the kitchen. Only say, "Mother, forgive us." But these shoes are only for the kitchen. It’s very important because she, or she means all feminine. They need purity; they need very clean purity. And when there is purity there, then your thoughts are pure, your energy is pure, your thinking is pure, your behavior is pure. Everything is according to that. So in your kitchen, it is very pure, very good, and you give your children good nourishment. It is said, do not eat food which is more than four hours old. Sometimes only one hour. Well, there is also, we have to take that where there is a hot climate, then we should eat it as soon as possible, otherwise it will get spoiled. The climate, like here, is a cold climate, so we can keep it longer. But we should not eat what you cook in the evening and eat tomorrow. Even if it is in the fridge, it is dead nourishment. That’s very, very important for our solar plexus, for our purities in our body. That’s for Haṭha Yoga. This is one fire where it’s cooking, and when we begin to make a fire, this is Annapūrṇā. And now, when we are making bread, or rotī, or chapātīs, or something, with the flour of any seeds. So, the woman who will cook, you can say the mother or your wife, or still not born, not married, doesn’t matter, but you should be capable to cook. So, make a fire. And when you make fire for cooking, do not use kerosene; you can put some oil or ghee. And make the fire. Do not blow with your mouth. Why? Because when we say, we are spitting something. And she doesn’t like this. So, therefore, we should do something like this. This is a purity. If you believe or don’t believe, but you are that one, it is really a divine Śakti, a divine mother. After that, she will take a little of the flower and put it in the fire. This means we are offering to the Agni Dev. So the Annapūrṇā offering to the fire, to the Agni Dev. Then the mother is cooking, making chapatis. We are talking about my Indian tradition. Yeah, so the first chapati is for the cow or any animal. The second is for the dog, because we have street dogs. So everyone is giving them, but they should not come in; they are not coming in. But first is a cow, second is the dog, and third is your child or your husband. This is how there is ceremony offering. So we are eating something we have offered. In that house, there will be harmony, peace, understanding, and there will always be good nourishment everywhere. So this is first, the Agni Dev, the fire. This is the first, let us say, fire. The second fire is in our body. When we are born, we come with the fire, and we are growing and developing through the fire. If our temperature goes down, then it seems that something is wrong. So this machine will not function. It will die, so immediately we go to the doctor or this and that. Agni Dev, fire. We live through fire. Without fire, we can’t. These are the five elements. And one of these, after we call these five indriyas and five signified bodies. So we have this all, Agnidev, Jaldev, Vāyudev, Ardev, and space. And that is in our body. Endless is within us. And our world is so wide, you can’t imagine. O men, follow the path of all elements. The second fire is Yajña, so we are making ceremony, Yajña, and that is also Agni Dev, Yajña Deva. And now this yajña fire, how we are doing the yajña, or we have the candle or the light, or we are making the agarbatti, or we have like a google, which you have also at the on the church, then it goes this smoke, no? That is from ancient times, so we are all coming together. So this is Yajña Devatā. Yajña Devatā means purify, protect us, give us nourishment, everything, happiness, joy, peace, harmony. Then another Agni Dev, that is when someone dies and we go to the crematory and we burn the dead body. And that fire, when we begin this fire, it first does his first older son or daughter. Generally, they only let go of the male. And that was a tradition they took, because women are too emotional. And sometimes her husband, young, and he died, and she sees so much emotion, she would fall into the fire to die with him. So we stopped that, so they don’t allow women to go there. Otherwise, someone was dying or running there afterward and burning the fire. They used to call it Shakti. And this is a Shakti Devī who offers herself to her, with her husband. That’s called Satī Devī. And now, by the law in India, they don’t allow any women to burn with the dead body of the husband. So when someone is going, the police come there, and they are observing that women are not running and falling in the papaya. But this is also Agni Dev, and to that we make praṇām. That soul, that ātmā, this is in the crematorium. Agni Dev. Only the Agni Dev can purify this. That is very, very important. So there are different ceremonies for this fire. Another fire is that burning in the forest. We also praṇām, we say, "Hey Agnidev, please be merciful." All millions and trillions of creatures are burning with you. Hey Agnidev, please be calm. And then we take a little water and throw it like this, far distance. And this Agnidāve will go back. But nobody does these ceremonies. Every year, the Australians are burning. And when the big, big fire, the whole forest is burning. And Australians said that’s the best thing. Now the new grass will come, new trees will come. But that is not like that. We shall control with humbleness. We cannot control with guns. Another fire, this other fire is that, the Krodha, and Krodha means anger. So who has jealousy? It doesn’t matter which kind of jealousy. Towards your husband or to your wife, or to your brother, your little brother, or your wife, or your neighbors, or your colleagues, etc. You know how quickly you are jealous. You will say, "Aha, yes. Come to some party," and you will go, "Yes, hello," that’s only, but inside is a fire. "Why is she here? Why is that man there?" Jealous, jealous, we are burning inside. Best is that we should have some Adriatic coast, jump in the water, and come calm down. If you go to the other ocean, especially to Australia, then your fire will be completely finished. Because there are so many sharks, don’t go. Maximum, you should go only 5 meters, sometimes 10 meters, but there are such high waves. In Australia, the east part of Australia, that is called the Indian Ocean. So the Indian Ocean is coming, touching New Zealand and Australia. There is this big city called Perth, and you can’t imagine how beautiful the white sand beach is. It’s so nice. You can sit and walk, and there are coming Indian waves, and there are... Indian white shark, and they said, "Come on." So please, when you go, don’t go more than your navel. When you can’t touch the ground in the ocean, then you are okay, because it is the shark that has been dinner. Already for lunch already? And it’s how, my dear, Jealousy is in the fire. The fire is a jealous one. Face to face is a jealous one. Animals, too. So this is a fire, and we make āratī, and we worship this fire, Jātāgni. This is Jātā Agni, the fire of our digestion. And then Vulkan. You know what kind of is the Vulkan. We have seen all many times on television. And when this fire comes out, we should see it from half a kilometer away. The stones are flowing like iron flowing like water. So be there. And then there is another fire, and that is a very strong fire. That is the fire of the coldness. In the winter, no summer, winter very cold, very cold, and this cold air comes from the north side, and it burns all leaves of the trees, you see. In whole Europe, the tree looks like it’s burned. That is also many, many agnīs. But the most powerful and very negative thing is jealousy. Anger, hate, these are the fires. Then another fire. Another fire, first you love that fire. Yes? How? First, you take something, then you make the fire. You love how you are loving your cigar. Then, after, you put this fire down, and with your shoes, that’s disrespect of the fire. First here, and then you are kicking the fire. Agni is the sky. Agni is in the water. Agni is in the ocean. Agni cannot live without ocean, fire, or water. Water has so much energy, and that’s why even the God Viṣṇu, he is residing in the ocean. It’s called a milk ocean. He also cannot stay without that, so fire is in the water also. So these are the elements, and we should respect every element. We respect the fire. We are suffering from the fire. Or the water. So water and fire, they are friends. That’s how, don’t worry if you put water on the fire. Okay, the fire will go calm, but that is not that one. So, nabi nabi kamal. So, this is our Haṭha Yoga. Haṭha is the fire, and fire can be so strong. It was in Australia, in Melbourne. Once, fire came so quickly, about a few kilometers in the hill. A strong fire came. One of my disciples went into his house and brought the camera. He just ran in and brought the camera, but by then the fire was already in the garden. So the fire and petrol, how far it is, but how good friends they are. The fire and petrol are such good friends. "Oh, my dear darling, come, I hug you." This is the fire, fire, Agni Dev, and so the Annapūrṇā. We worship, we pray to that Devī, Anādevatā. Annapurna, on the Himalayas, in the snow. There is a beautiful temple. So the yogī controls that fire through our navel, and there we are Agni Sāṅkriyā. How is that? But breath, hold. But do morning Nīti, Dauti, and then Agnisāra. Every morning, it takes you ten minutes, seven minutes. One minute Agnisara, enough. So what does Agnisara mean? Awakening Agni, purifying Agni, calming down the Agni, and so I think we all should take the Agni Śādhakrīyā. Yes. And it doesn’t take more than one minute. In your bathroom, take a shower. Or first take the shower and then do Agni Sārakri, you know. Finished. How it will digest, the system in the whole body will be very good because the fire element is active in the body. Eighty percent of our diseases are because our agni is not active. Our digestion is not enough, and our blood circulation is not good. In the heart beats less. Everything needs the fire, fire,... fire. But sit on the fire, and nothing will happen. And what is that, sitting on the fire? Sit in your meditation posture. And you will see your āsana becomes warm. Beautiful. So, this is also Haṭha Yoga Kriyā. Then it comes Nauli. Oh my God, that is very good. So this evening we will do. So Hatha Yoga is very great. We cannot achieve our aim without Haṭha Yoga. Rest is of Guru Kṛpā, prayers, mantras, etc. But our body is our everything. You can say your body is your god, your body is your mother, your body is divine, your body is all goddess. In my body is everything. I am, but no krodha. Don’t become krodha. When you become angry, then it’s called rākṣasa. That’s it. Who has the rākṣasic vṛtti? It doesn’t matter if you are a wise one. As wise, you are more with the krodha. Therefore, peace and bliss. Gurujī said, "Peace is the result of satsaṅga." So, satsaṅg is the best. So Agni, they, how many, there are more, many, many things, Agni inside. We can awaken the fire now in our body. Yes, should we do this? Make the fire in your body? Okay. Then take care, because some people said, "I don’t like this yellow dress, it will go in the fire now." So, yes, come. So we see the fire in our palms. It is your fire. Very strong. Is that fire or not? Yes? Very good. Thank you. Yes, that’s very, very, very good. So there is one beautiful bhajan from Holī Gurujī, but I have forgotten also from Mahāprabhujī and others also. So, wish you all the best, and we sing the bhajan. Which bhajan? About Hatha Yoga. Om Śānti Śānti.