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If you can sit straight, not leaning, just for a little time... inhale, exhale, inhale... Oṁ, Śānti, Śānti... Good evening, dear sisters and brothers. I am very happy to see you again in this city, which I have visited many times over more than 45 years. Your city is getting bigger and bigger, with many highways. It is developing, which is very good. You are at the roots of a beautiful mountain, which creates a very good atmosphere here. I am very happy to see you this evening. My subject is always yoga. Yoga is very wide, very vast. The first point is: where and how does yoga begin, or what is yoga? We begin with this. It is said that before any creation—not even vegetation—there were only the five elements, and all these five elements were separate yet balanced at the same time. This is called the endless space. We do not know how far it is; we can only say it is like a horizon. The nearer we come, the farther it goes, so the space is endless. Second is what we call consciousness. That consciousness is within the whole universe. We do not know what is this or that—the space or the consciousness. Between these two, there has to be a harmonized balance, a harmonizing in oneness. These are three principles, and all three are dwelling in the endless space. This is according to yogic science or the yogī’s consciousness, for ages and ages. This is the first point. Second is how creation begins. Many times in your country, people ask a question which we cannot answer: what was first, the bird or the egg? Perhaps today is the answer for that, or perhaps not. You may not accept it. Therefore, between this question lies creation and origin. At that time, we had the five elements which we all know: space, fire, air, water, and earth. From this comes what we call resonance—the sound. That resonance is the balancing of the entire endless universe. If we want to see God, if we want to see good things, anything, there is only the resonance, the sound. That sound is not only on our earth. There are ten different sounds dwelling in our body. But after the tenth, the eleventh sound is the sound of the eternal, and that is everywhere. Even if we go far to the moon or any planets, the sun... the sun’s sound is Oṁ. Science has given us the sound that is Oṁ, in the sound of the sun. In that, nāda rūpa para brahma. The nāda is the sound, parabrahma is entirely everywhere, and that is the divine for us. In our body and everywhere on this earth, the sound—that sound is God, everywhere. From that sound we call Oṁ. From this comes the sound called light—resonance and light. That light is the fire element. And there it is, what we call in yoga Svayambhū. This one word is Svayambhū. You can also, and you are doing also, manifesting the Svayambhū. I will tell you: Svayambhū means he who has manifested himself—no father, no mother, no other elements—but it is collected all within itself, called Svayambhū. From the Svayambhū, creation begins. That we call Śiva. After beginning all this: the space, the light or fire, the air, the water, and the earth. Yoga is balanced on this from the beginning. The Śiva who appeared from himself has no mother and no father, no brothers, no sisters, no one—only that one. He appeared in meditation, and that is why yoga begins from there. You can read in the Vedas, the very ancient scriptures in Sanskrit language. There were no letters before, and that is coming from what we call yogīs or anybody. Similarly, beginning everything. But he said, "Eko’haṁ bahu syām": "I am one, and now I will multiply." Śiva: only I. And I am multiplying elements and all creations, all vegetations, etc. So it is said, I am still one, and you are also one. We just multiply. So from one father to parents to child to child to child, we are continuing. But we are one. We have the soul, we call it a soul, that you may call consciousness. You can give it perhaps a divine, many things, but we all say, "my soul." But you have one soul? No. You have your ātmā, that consciousness of the living. There are many doctors sitting, and others also. We know that in our body there is not only our soul, but we have millions, billions of lives in our body, with these five elements within us—earth, water, fire, etc. So from this we are bringing that yoga—yoga means union—to come to oneself. In each little drop of the blood, how many cells are in our body? And it can multiply many, many, many. That is the root of yoga. We come down. Health is nothing, but without health there is nothing. We are living, and we want to have good health. So good health is life and the best. The creation again: I am one and multiply many, bringing more and more of what we call the 8.4 million different kinds of species of life—in water, on the earth, and in space. Within this still, we are searching, and that one out of 8.4 million is the human. Only one human—not that Czech and Slovak, Africa, India, etc. Maybe different colors, height or short, but we are still humans. So out of 8.4 million, one is what we call a human, only one. In that, God has given—if you believe in God, please; if you don’t believe, no problem—but God has created us. If you believe or not, some don’t believe and some don’t believe, at least. But they are the best ones because they believe in good things, and not like "my religion and your religion," and "I’m good"—this is duality. Anyhow, we are humans, and humans are for protection. Develop slowly, slowly... slowly. We are protectors, not distractors. We should not destroy others. We are coming to yoga again. We know that we have lost our way of life, and mostly, ill creatures are who? I don’t know. Can you tell me, including myself? Because we do not follow the rules and principles that God has given to us. Slowly, slowly, our age is getting back, slowly, slowly down. Well, we are doing good things; we try to be healthy. Here in your city, there is a very beautiful, big hospital, very good. I also visited that; I had to visit everywhere. And we see, before we did not have so many hospitals because people were not so ill. Now we are ill. Now we know that we are very intelligent; we study and study and study. But I think mostly those who learned, studied at a very high level, but they brought everything down. How much have we brought now? This kind of pesticide in our gardens and parks everywhere. We know we are ill: cancers, problems with the kidneys, the lungs, many things. We don’t want this, that we are ill, but we are making ourselves ill with all that we have put here—poisons in our gardens and everywhere in our forests. Second, very intelligent, learned people. They don’t know what to do, so what do they do? They turn the apple into another fruit. Now, hardly can we find any kind of seeds which are not modified. It means not only the seeds, but humans also. And you know, slowly, slowly, you can’t get more children. You don’t want children, maybe, but this life—I don’t want to talk even more. What is the problem between male and female and getting children? Why? Because we made all these problems. Well, my dear ones, of course we did good things also. When I sit in the aeroplane—I have traveled now 50 times around the world, over the big oceans, nearly 11 hours, 12 hours—I said, "God, bring me on the earth again." But this aeroplane, we did; you did. We did good things, many, many things. Our doctors can give us another heart; before we could not do it. So there are both sides, but something is too negative for what we have created in the world. Yoga is the science of the human body, and still we can live better than anything else through yoga. I am sure we can remain good, healthy people through yoga. Any kind of problems we have, after eight months you will become a very healthy and good person, etc. Some organ problems in the body, various problems with organs—for that, we have our dear doctors. Yes, that is very important. So, in this way, first is physical exercises and our diet. Diet is very, very important. We are killing ourselves from so much eating and what we call junk food. That’s tasteful, maybe, but it’s not healthy. We are thinking healthy, working healthy, but we are not eating healthy. You have in your God, in this your country, God has given such beautiful gardens and parks and forests and everything. You have good food, but we are poisoned. So first, turn yourself to good health through eating. It will be about two weeks; it will be difficult, but then you will be good. Means that what you eat now, take it out and take only 70%. You will see how your health will become good. Now, second, I was talking about this Oṁ. This is not only what we call spiritual hymning, and I didn’t just say it from a spiritual point of view. Here you use a similar expression, Amen. It is the same. But this one, which I want to tell you, is a very, very good exercise through that sound, and that is what we will learn today—something practical. Now, the Sanskrit language is very, very complete. Letters are in the human body. It has 52 alphabets—fifty-two elements of our Sanskrit language. Many of you know this letter alphabet in Sanskrit we call Devanāgarī. If you don’t know, then look in your library or some others. I didn’t think about 27 or 28; I didn’t learn. Well, now I want to give you this: you will heal many, many diseases from this resonance. It is very simple and doesn’t take a long time. We have to do it three times a day. The stress goes away, the headache goes away, health will be good. Many, many things in our body will change positively. Now, these are 52 alphabets. Do you have my book here, someone? About Kuṇḍalinī Yoga? We did, we’ve forgotten today. Anyhow, good. In the body, we call the chakras. You will see centers, and the doctors have the same feelings and knowledge. This is very, very important because the resonance in our body is in the whole body. Oh, thank you. So this is about chakras. Do you know? Some know, and some don’t know. There are many, many chakras. This is the center at the end of the spine. So there are about seven chakras. About that, I will give you the resonance, and something will help us very much. After that, if you learn more, this book, I think, is available somewhere. This is on the vocal cord. Those who have problems with the thyroid gland, this chakra is very good while chanting or vibrating the resonance. So anyhow, this book is—I don’t know—Czech written. It’s my book, but you should tell how it is. Yes. So, the chakra and kuṇḍalinī book. There are fifty-two letters in our body, and this chakra is there. Each chakra has one petal of a flower, and each petal has one alphabet. In the center of it, it is called the one chakra, which is the center chakra. This is in the heart. And there is a... how many chakras in Anāhata? Do you know somebody? Twelve. There are twelve petals, and each has a different sound. In the center is the sound of the chakra. The color, the resonance, and what we call the goddess, but we can call them differently. This is for our heart problems, for someone who is very nervous. Read this book; it will give us more knowledge. Now, 52 letters. Now, if you want to try practically—if not, then just remain seated, no problem. Those who eat will have a full stomach, and those who are always only looking will not. If you only look at the food but do not eat, you will not be satisfied. So for a while, please sit straight and place your hands on your thighs. This is really a remedy for our whole body; stress will go away, many, many things. Our origin is the navel. So our origin is our navel; our soul is from here. Everything is here after developing embryos, as you know. But whatever we do and whatever we speak first comes from here. From where? Navel. So I would like to make a demonstration. Take your left or right hand and put it near your navel. It doesn’t matter if the stomach is bigger or thinner, no problem. But be straight. Now, whatever I will ask you, you should say the same thing. But the sound, the movement will be here. Okay? Okay? Dobrý? Prosím? Gde? Poda? Prosím? Svāmīnī? Yoga? Hospital? Oh, very good. Slovakia? Very good. Whatever we see, very good. Are you moving here or not? So the vibration is going from here. At the same time, this and the tongue are together. So, the tongue is going with? Yes. You, where, etc. Tongue and this are together. But there are four letters that will not use our tongue, and neither from here. There are four centers in the body: navel, heart, vocal cord, and on the top of the head. So, if you want, please put your head here. And we will chant: Oṁ. Is there vibration? So when we have a headache, problems, restlessness, many things, we can from here release it. It’s not a miracle, nothing, but it is from our body, a yogic practice. So this sound goes from the navel. It is not movement here, and the tongue is relaxed here. First alphabet: A... A... U. So, what we are happening to do is from the navel. Whatever is happening in our life, whether you are aware or not, it always heats in our spine, in the navel. Someone has depression, someone gets diarrhea, constipation, many things. Someone is swallowing down. Let’s say the husband is all the time shouting or telling something wrong. Husband, wife is so nice, but inside she’s angry too. But some, they don’t want to fight against, but they are swallowing down. Psychologically, in this gland—not only because of this, there are many different things. Similarly, someone has problems that are, nowadays, we call cancer. So for male and female it is different, and it is attacking them. This chanting of Oṁ after eight months will really say, "Yes, Swāmījī, it was good." There are many things we can highlight, but many things we cannot highlight; the doctor will do. Our medical science is very high, so we should not say that medicine is not good. But Āyurveda is also very good. Yoga is the best. So, once more: A, A, U, M. A, A, U—navel, the heart, the throat, vocal cord, and on the heart. So, can we go do it like this, please? It is a practice, nothing else, easy for you. Otherwise, I will say it is very good, and thank you, bye-bye. All who are practicing yoga did wrong. Only first letter—27% was good. They were sitting here; it was good. Yoga practitioners, they went again like a frog into the water. Then, the second letter will also be L-A, vocal cord. Thyroid gland, that is very, very effective for our thyroid gland, but we have to make a round mouth so it goes automatically. After that, you close your lips, and it goes about 60%. Resonance is in the brain; 40% is going out. And here, this is balanced. Now, close your eyes and place your hands on your thighs. Sit relaxed, and we will chant eleven times. Those who want to learn this further, bring good in your body, a healthy body, or if you have tensions, etc. Then three times a day, eleven, eleven, eleven times. With an empty stomach, before your lunch, you can do it. So, deep inhale... Oṁ. Be relaxed. You will feel these centers, especially in your whole brain. Thank you. Open your eyes, please. So, this you can do three times a day. Otherwise, at least morning and going to sleep evening. We have five bodies. The first body is called the body of nourishment—our physical body, what we are eating, etc., I told before. Then it’s called the body of energy, the energy body. We know that what we eat, what we do, we need energy—pure energy, good energy. Otherwise, we are aggressive, shouting, angry, or very dull, because there is no pure energy. And you know all how you will get energy. There are many, many ways to give good energy to our body, including washing our body, etc. So first is the nourishment. You should know what you are eating, and we should come to organic eating. When I first came to Slovakia in 1975, hardly anyone was talking about organic food. We were all very healthy, and now it’s terrible around the whole world. So we shall try to do something to change our diet and gain good energies. So we are turning to our energy, and we know all how we can retreat our energy: walking, swimming, working, yoga, etc.—good energy. Third is called mind, and mind is very, very active, and mind is very quick. For example, I can bring you somewhere within a second, and you will be there, but mentally. So I tell you now: Jupiter brain is there, the brain mind is there. So mind is very difficult to control. Mind is ours, and we should take care of our mind. After is called the knowledge, and the knowledge which you have from birth. The best knowledge is from mother, father, friends, teachers, and your spiritual master, and thyself. So what we have learned: society, with whom you are, there are two. There is one seed we put in the earth; it sprouts and has two leaves. Now, these two are paths for us, and one path is called the developing, the other is going down. So, negative thoughts, negative society, negative living with someone, then going down. Many people, drugs, alcohol, etc., they are destroying themselves. Others, like you all, you have a good society, good family, good husband, good wife, good parents. So this is where we are. That’s all. So, uttān and pātān. They are two words. Uttān means going up, and Patañ means going down. It depends on you, my dear. So, knowledge. So, physical body, energy, mind, and our knowledge. When these four principles are balanced, then our consciousness grows up to where you want to go—heaven, or we go to the cosmic self. So, yoga is also about what kind of community you are with, or with whom you are. Physical exercise, breathing exercise, meditation exercise, and furthermore, yoga is for humans. This is the science for humans. So practice yoga, you will get everything. But don’t think that only yoga—no, no, we have everything. We have our life and everything we have to do. So, here in this city, I have had many lectures, and this time now I give instructions, all my yoga teachers here, to give yoga instructions for the elderly people. Young can walk on the mountains, can run, can swim, but aged people cannot. So we have developed exercises for the elderly people, only sitting on the chair. We give them such good exercises, and after a few months or one year, the elderly people will be very healthy and very happy. In Slovakia, there are so many places for Yoga in Daily Life. I don’t know how many places. And you know what? Once, your yoga and your life were in your schools. So there are many, many things. So please come to practice yoga. And for the elderly people, I told the organizers, "Please don’t take any fees. Free day, once a week, free exercise." Or, I think we will also do once a week free for all others. And who have money, give us more. Why not? So, we shall keep the balance. Yoga in Daily Life means this in everyday life: the society, the nourishment, the energy, the mind, knowledge, and liberation. With this, my dear sisters and brothers, I wish you very good yoga practices and a good evening. God bless you.