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Understand your Atma
A spontaneous spiritual discourse on ancestry, karma, and yogic practice.
"Similarly, also the plants and the trees. They are in seed, and branches will go like that with one little seed, but we cut the branch and we put some other plant on it. That is confused."
"So, the human should understand animals, understand the trees, understand even the water. It has its path."
The lecturer addresses a morning gathering, speaking extemporaneously on themes of ancestral lineage, spiritual confusion in the modern age, and the law of karma. He uses analogies from nature, such as migrating birds and grafted plants, to illustrate the importance of balance and following one's true path. The talk transitions into a detailed explanation of prāṇāyāma techniques—Nāḍī Vedanā, Nāḍī Śodhana, and Anulom Vilom—for purifying the body's energy channels and achieving inner union. He concludes by discussing the omnipresent divine consciousness, referencing a prayer to the Guru.
Filming location: Slovakia
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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
