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Pranayama and chanting OM

A guided meditation on breath, mantra, and the correct pronunciation of Oṁ.

Sit in a relaxed yogic posture with a straight back. Concentrate solely on the inhalation and exhalation. Coordinate a personal mantra with the breath, half on the inhale and half on the exhale. Maintain this focus, returning to it if thoughts arise. The practice then shifts concentration upward through the body's energy centers. The correct chanting of Oṁ is essential. It consists of the sounds A, U, and M. The tongue must remain completely still during pronunciation. Incorrect pronunciation directs the wrong energy into the brain. The sound must flow effortlessly, like a pearl on a silk thread. This precise practice leads to spiritual joy.

"Concentrate on the ascending and descending breath."

"The sound should be like a pearl on a very soft thread, going without any problem."

We sit in Vajrāsana. If you have some difficulties or pain, then do not sit in Vajrāsana. Now, bring your chin towards the heart, shoulders. Inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Keep your shoulders and elbows straight, your back straight, and your neck forward with your chin touching your neck. Deep inhale. Slowly exhale through the mouth, with no sound. Go ahead. Concentrate on the ascending and descending breath. While inhaling, concentrate with your breath. And while exhaling, also be with your breath. Concentrate on the inhalation and the exhalation. If you have difficulty sitting in Vajrāsana, then sit in another yogic āsana, but you have to be very relaxed. While inhaling, [chant] half part of your mantra, and while exhaling, the other half part of your mantra. And now, release your neck. Straighten your neck. Inhale and exhale through the nostrils, but go with your breath in and out. By inhaling your half mantra. And while exhaling, the other half; while inhaling, half the mantra; while exhaling, the other part of the mantra. Remain on your tradition, on your in and out, and mantra. Udahu, izdahu, na dahu i na ponavljanju mantra. If any thoughts come, remain away and again be with inhalation and exhalation. Ako se pojavi bilo koja misao, ostanite u koncentraciji na dahu i ostanite uz mantra. And now, slightly look up to the ceiling. Sada, pogled gore prema stropu. Open your eyes. Inhale through the nose. Exhale through the mouth. Be aware of the breath. Concentrate on the breath. Do not move your head too far back, so that your neck will not be stretched or tense. Inhale through the nostrils and exhale through the mouth in a normal breath. Normal breath. Bring your neck again back straight. Head straight, let go. Normal breath. Keep on your Anahat Mantra. Keep on your Anahat Mantra. And now, change your posture, sit in the normal position, mantra, hands on the thighs. Eleven times our Kriyā Śakti, the Kriyā Meditation, yesterday some of you have heard this, and some also before. Sleep. Inhale and exhale a few times. Relax, relax. Inhale Uddhah, exhale He Isdhah. So we shall concentrate on the navel. Concentration on the navel. Keep your back straight. Keep your back straight. Relax your elbows. Relax your elbows. Straight on the navel. Concentrate on the navel. Concentrate on the Anāhat Chakra. Concentrate on the Anāhat Chakra. Then concentrate on your throat chakra. Concentrate on the Ājñā Cakra. And merge into the Sahasrāra Chakra. Who is here for the first time? They may not do it, but if you can, you can practice. Ascending and descending breath, from navel to the Sahasrāra Chakra on top of the head, and from the Sahasrāra Chakra to the Maṇipūra. Concentrate and deeply inhale, and begin to chant the Oṁ. Your tongue will remain completely relaxed, with no movements from the tongue. Inhale. Many of you were chanting incorrectly. I will chant, and you only listen, eyes closed. There are four letters. A, A, U, M. This you have to chant. First, A, U, M. We speak and chant these four letters. For example, imagine that behind us there is a black curtain, and there are four letters. What I want to teach you, really and truly best, is a kriyā. If you will not do it properly, then it is nothing. But if you don’t pronounce it correctly, then it’s nothing. Those are four words. Say it. When you pronounce it, the tongue doesn’t move, without the tongue. Not even the navel moves. Someone is wrong. Croatian has different vowels, so it may be a little difficult. Just say A, like A, B, C, but you are already going A. So that is going to send the wrong prāṇa into the brain. In this way, the wrong prāṇa enters the brain. A and E are different. So, the difference is between E and A. E, and you are doing E. Instead of E, you are doing A, or E. So, the difference is between E and A. So, you, in your English, you eat away one alphabet. Make a ring from your lips, and when you say it, just beginning, very gentle, "Aum." Likewise, eleven times. And after this, about five to ten minutes, try to understand all these vocal chords, from the navel to the Anāhata, to our Viśuddhi, Ājñā, and so on. Like a musician who can play the piano, harmonium, flute, etc., nicely. And they know the, what we call, one after the other key. And when there is a big conference, or many people are together, And this piano, about 25 people are playing at once. Then your master, who is guiding you, and if one is missing the tune or the key, all who are listening, the audience, they will feel something is wrong. But like me, I don’t know what the piano is. Like many people from here, we have learned the wrong direction of the harmonium. So, all our people who are singing bhajans with our harmonium, completely wrong, because they have one key, and this key is stuck in the hole, so they are singing one thing only at a time. That is wrong. Holi Gurujī said, "When you sing, when you play the instrument, it should be like a pearl on a very soft thread, going without any problem, just this pearl is going along." That powder enters, passes through the thread without any friction, without any effort, without any resistance, very gently. Like, what Gurujī, like a silk thread and pearl. There is no other sound. That we have to learn. A, U, then you will see that your Kriyā techniques will give you spiritual joy. It’s called Ānanda. A, U is different. Tomorrow. Now, tonight, come home and practice. And maybe in sleeping, snoring, you will also wake up. So tomorrow we will begin again. Wish you all the best, and good night. Dīp Nār, Bhagavān, Akī Kriya, Kriya practice, and Kriya learning take a long, long time.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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