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Who am I?

A spiritual discourse on the breath of life, the limits of the body, and destiny.

"Our breath is day and night equally, and it is written how many breaths we will have; then it is finished."

"Even God cannot prolong. That’s it."

The lecturer leads a satsang, exploring the relationship between breath, life, and a predetermined lifespan. He explains that while practices like yoga and prāṇāyāma can make life more comfortable, the ultimate duration is preordained. He illustrates this with an ancient story about a ṛṣi who repeatedly postpones his death to study the Vedas, only to be shown the futility of his endeavor by Dharmarāja. The talk weaves in reflections on the five elements, anecdotes about Czech yogis, and the spiritual nature of the region.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Oṃ Lakpurījī Mahādev kī, Devadev, Deveśwar Mahādev kī, Ārade Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī kī, Sadguru Svāmī Madhavānanjī Bhagavān kī, Satya Sanātana Dharma kī. Blessings to all bhaktas and yogīs, here and everywhere on this globe. Every day is a beautiful day. And the day we have written, we made it day by day. Otherwise, life is constantly, continuously, like our breath. Our breath is day and night equally, and it is written how many breaths we will have; then it is finished. Every creature also has breathing. Even those jīvas, animals in the water. Also, many creatures which are under the earth are also breathing. So the breath is life, and life is the breath. We know that we have all these prāṇas, so breath is also one of those. It is written in some scriptures, very, very ancient, like the Upaniṣads or in other literatures. And it is those who enter into the yoga. Yoga is not only these exercises, what we are doing. The breath is different, and so there are many techniques, and in many ways of living, it is also yoga. This yoga, what we are doing, it is just for physical bodies, exercises. Then comes the breath. That’s also for the body. If we want to go further, then there are other techniques, other yoga. So on the surface, also, good yoga keeps our body. But it is said, if you will practice yoga or not, what God has given, life only that much. But the exercises that we are doing, it keeps our at least comfortable life. Definitely, it’s good in our whole being. But time is given. Now, how we will make our life, how we can make our life longer? So it is with the breath techniques. It is said that life is written. Some who came in the mother’s body and then left inside again. A child, a birth, only one hour. Or, during giving birth to the mother, the child died. Likewise, this is written: life is only until death. And we cannot prolong that. Now, it is said the doctor can give our life longer. Yes, that is true, but it is not written by a doctor. There is a truth that our doctors, medicines, etc., that is because the body is very ill, but still it has to have a breath. So the doctor gives medicine, that, that. We also give. But that which is written on that day is your ātmā, your jīva will go. It doesn’t matter how much medicine you have. How you have trainings, exercises, but only that second. I told one story here in this seminar. Many were here, many were not there. That was a story told, maybe it was in some Upaniṣad or somewhere. So one ṛṣi, and he made sādhanā: as less you will eat, long you will live. And as more you will eat, short will be life. For the humans, because we are not eating for living. We are living for eating. That’s it. And when the ṛṣis also go in such far distance, they have not so much eating. So they drink, eat a handful, some food, any car, and this, this, and we’ll sew long and drink the water. Sometimes you get some trees from trees, leaves or roots. This all. But in our life, we have to keep that energy of the body. Then the life will be longer, but still also, it is said that will be your life. So that one ṛṣi, he was living a few hundred years. Then Dharamrāj said, "Tell the messengers to bring the ṛṣis, for it is time for him." Now, such persons like ṛṣis or anyone very, very divine, They have no power. For example, you are the president of your country, and we give you a lecture. Please talk about something. So we will not say, please, two words for you. So the president will talk. Maybe two minutes, or he likes more. Ten minutes, one hour, who will say finished? Similarly, the Dharmarāj will ask respectfully, anyone male or female, and he said, "No, I have not finished yet my sādhanā." Again, after one year, again a message came. He said, "I need now 50,000 years." Tell the Dharmarāja that Bābājī said, "I will learn and do my sādhanā." Fourth time, when he again went there, He said, "What are you? You are so old, and your bones and your skin are hanging, and this, nothing." He said, "I found some scriptures, Vedas, and I want to first learn to see this." A já nejdřív chci tohle projít, já tohle všechno chci prostudovat. Všechny ty čtyři védy, všechny ty čtyři písma. Tak všechny ty čtyři védy. Jak dlouho chceš? A já nevím, tak jsem říkal, tak jedno sto letí na jednu védu. Now, great Ṛṣi, now you have to come. He said no. I did read everything, but now I have to understand. It took time, many, many years. Dharam Rājī said, Tell him this time, please. Please, Ṛṣi, come. He said, "Tell Dharamraj, until all this literature and everything is finished, then I will go." And he said, "Tell Dharamraj that I will go first, and then I will go through all this literature, all these letters, so I will go first. Next time, Dharamraj himself comes." And he said, "Rishi, you yourself are like a Veda, and it is time for you. Please, you will also have all the Vedas with you." He said, "But I want to read, I want to learn." And he said, "I want to read it all, I want to learn it all. When I finish it, I will go. So, how many years? I don’t know." So, this is what Dharmarāja said, Rishirāj, Rishirāj, look at the Himalaya rock, peak of the Himalaya. And with both hands open this. And look to the Himalayas, the whole Himalaya. And look there, Dharamrāj made some miracle. Like now, air comes, and with it came the sand. Dust. And in his hands of the Ṛṣi, the Ṛṣi is very old, getting up slowly, slowly. I want to see the Himalaya. Ṛṣi, I am that Ṛṣi. What would you say to me from my Himalaya? What did he send from those Himalayas? And the sand came. And the wind stopped, and the ṛṣi said, My Himalayas, in my hands. My Vedas. So Dharamudra said, "Ṛṣi Munī, you see this sand? Stones in your hand, this is just nothing. The whole Himalaya, how many Himalaya will you read by stone or by stone, or then dust by dust? And therefore, receive, let’s come with me." Dharamrāj, he said, Rishi said, "Give me some time still." Then I will tell you. And that day, Dharmarāja took this ṛṣi in his hands and went to Brahmaloka. It was written in his destiny how long he would live, but sooner or later, we have to go, my dear. And so, this body—how long will you keep this body? And many times we become old, and we always say, "Better I will die." So who are we? We don’t know. Therefore, this is only torturing your body, twisting our bodies. Yes, it’s very good for our body. Now again, I go in my room for one and a half or two hours. I’m torturing my body also, but not like you are doing. I’m doing this, but many they said, "I cannot, Swāmījī, my holy Swāmījī, toho všechno už." So do in our yoga in the life, Sarvahitāsana. Sarvahitāsana will give us long life. Sarvahitāsana, okay, we are young, and this, we are torturing up and down, and this is okay. So, all you know, it is very nice, and we can practice with our yoga in daily life exercise, but this is what I told you. That will give us long life. But still, I cannot prolong your life. That is written, it is written. With Hatha, if I told one story to you, oh, it was beautiful, this story. Great. So, even God cannot prolong. That’s it. That story is about another very nice... Remind me next program, okay? Today is finished. So, in this way, our life is only that we try to live comfortably. What is comfortable? Not a good bed, not like this. But our body is still very nicely relaxed, this movement, everything. Then comes the breath, the air, earth, fire, water, the sky; all these five are within our body. Všech těchto pět a všech pět máme v našem těle. And because we can’t get it sometimes, so we have, in this earth, in this world, we have all kinds of material ready. And because, to get all of this for us, so in this world we have everything prepared for us. And there, or after the body, the breath. A tak potom po těle je tady, and we know that we are still living. But we can’t feel our heart, but the doctor will say it. It’s a life. We will feel the veins. Yes, there is this bit here, and in the heart it is the same. It is not only in the heart, but you all know that all veins in the body, all nerve systems in the body, well, there is that prāṇa. Therefore, for this, we have that yogic technique, the breath, prāṇāyāma. So prāṇāyāma is more valuable than postures. On the other hand, the body and prāṇa are both equally good for us. Similarly, we all know, and sometimes this doctor or that doctor tells us how many liters or what percentage of water or liquid is in our body. And that prāṇa comes also with the air, but how much breath, the water, and the flesh? Then, further, what we have, like our eyes and fire techniques, our breath, our body, and warm body. How many kinds of fire? What is the heat in the body? It is a fire. Many, many different kinds of fire. I have here something nice for making a fire. So, because you know, many disciples I have near me, and sometimes they are a little bit naughty, it’s called the mosquitoes. Yes? Did you hear? No, yeah, then you must tell something. And who is that? A mosquito. And therefore, the mosquitoes and fire have no friends. But also, we have here this Deepak near our altar of Gurudeva. This is also fire. And when the fire is burning somewhere in the forest, or somewhere, a big fire. Also, there is fire. Fire is in the water. Without fire, water cannot exist, and life cannot exist without fire. So mostly it is in the water, and so we cannot live without water, and that is Brahmājī, Viṣṇu. And he is, after again, he will come next Yuga. He will come from water. Only water can keep him. So many, but our breath, we say, the wind. So after these physical exercises of the āsanas and prāṇāyāmas, it is not only enough as a yoga. After that, we are going to many other kinds of paths. But everyone has to come to one point. We are here in our beautiful ashram, Mahāprabhu Dev Satsaṅg. Deep satsaṅg in a beautiful country, and beautiful when the trees, the hills, the water, in the beautiful park we have here, beautiful mountains, beautiful fishponds. It is beautiful, and the Czech government and their beauty, their everything. And you know that many, of course you know, and many you don’t know, because you are not from here. And if you are somebody here, many young generation, they don’t know, maybe. You know that many Croatians, Slovakians, and people in many other countries hear. So, the Czech. What did they say? This is a country of honey and milk. Yes or no? Yes. So who is this who knew? Very good. Thank you. And who did not know? Hand up, please. Yes, thank you. So now we have to come always to the Czech government. Czech land, but you must check first. With the mask, like this. So we have many things. Another thing, the Czech people, they are more spiritual, different kinds of spiritualities. And you know, Prague is a very beautiful, beautiful, and good city. But there are miracles, yogīs. We can see the yogīs or some people, you know. There was one man who was the very best photographer, and he was practicing from India, but not in āsanas or prāṇāyāmas, okay? More, something more. I got his picture and everything. I don’t know where it is. I didn’t see him, and he had one disciple, and he, that disciple, was a professor and for all kinds of footballs and this and that. And he was a disciple of that man. And you know what his name is? Dṛṭikol. Yes. And that other one who was from Ostrava, my disciple also, what was his name? Milinsky, so you see, I don’t tell wrong. Even if Swamiji is making some tāmālik, diḍuk, dāḍā, diḍuk, dāḍā, dāḍā, dāḍā,... dāḍā. He went to that other person, and he was cutting grass in his garden. And suddenly, what happened? Something he heard from some instrument, blood came, very big blood, and what you call the wound, a very big wound. And he’s cutting still grass. The other one, who was it? Mr. Mliński, he said, what happened? Please, can I put some bandage or something? He said, "OK, if you want, then I will do it." And he makes it like this, just half a minute. And takes hand away, there is no blood and nothing, completely good. That other person fell down. It is true. So he made many, many great things before. And there were also many, many yogīs from India, many, many years ago. So it is not only like Maheśvarānanda is here moving. My dear, this country, we do respect. Similarly, we have neighboring countries, Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia... It’s all so great. And they are only one, because all Europeans want to be the king. And so they spread all many things: "I am king, I am king, I am king." But you know Slovakia? They said, "We don’t need any king." Kings can come to me. And so, you know, in Czechoslovakia there were many things. Austria was sometimes, Hungary was sometimes. But these are, what we call, Europe completely. The London Britannia. London and so on. It had been a good life, a good place, very spiritual. But now we changed, and now they try to do something which is not good. So let’s come again further. So these five tattvas, five tattvas beyond five tattvas, yoga begins, and practical, not like this. Then we will go somewhere, but call to the Brahmalokas. Therefore, we are trying very hard, and you have very much, or very. Good confidence, and you want to practice? Do. Our Holī Gurujī gave me everything. And our Holī Gurujī got everything from Mahāprabhujī. And Mahāprabhujī from Devpurījī. Devpurījī is Alakpurījī. What is this? Even one drop, not so big, like a fog, so that just a little feeling—oh, there is water—that is enough with us. You know, there is one water tank, a big water tank. We are connecting the water, and it is like, it is called desert land, so there are little trees, big trees, and then some, like... Banyan trees, big trees, and they are mostly, they have more roots than branches. And we know also about these many big, big trees, they have roots very far. So you can go to our Kathu. In Kailash, in Nepal, in Jadan, everywhere, some big trees have very big roots. We have a water tank with cement and everything, and the big tree is asking the roots to go and search for water. And so the roots are going about one meter deep. Then slowly, slowly, one meter, two meters, they can go deep. And the roots, they are not blind. So they have, and they are smelling the water. Yes, there is a tanker, constructed by stones and cement, and so. And now this root is going like a snake goes, looking somewhere for it. And the root feels a much cooler feeling. And then he sees somewhere, like one of our hairs, and that slowly, slowly is going through the rock, the wall, and comes to the water deck. And then from here, drinking, drinking, it becomes long and so thick like our thigh, and from that, he gives again power, bringing the water back. That is so. Even all living creatures, they are living. And similarly, we also live in our five tattvas. And from this, after the five tattvas, then we have to go further to search. And what will you search now? How will you search for something? That we will come to next time. So, it was a great life, and we have this life, only that, but we have a long, long life in our ātmā. We will go and come, go and come. We will come and go.

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