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Only one is Brahman

A satsang discourse using the allegory of horse riding to explain mind control and spiritual practice.

"The brain is the most powerful thing, but it is something like birds that fly away. So, early in the morning or at any time when we do something, we are putting something good into the brain."

"This is similar to our brain. It should follow according to our feeling, what we wanted. Many times we want this, and our brain goes to the other side."

He connects this to the importance of morning mantras, the symbolism of the horse as a holy and complete male, and the elephant of the Mūlādhāra cakra. The talk expands to include teachings on the seven elements (saptadhātu), the principle of oneness (Eko Brahma), seasonal eating, and concludes with a context about Rakṣabandhan and community activities.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

We always begin with good mantras. You can speak these mantras in German, Czech, Hungarian, Afrikaans, or Indian languages. Good is always good; words are good words. Therefore, we must impress upon our brain that we shall do this. In truth, the entire body is very, very good and beautiful, containing both negative and positive aspects. But in the brain, it can become completely destructive. The brain is the most powerful thing, but it is something like birds that fly away. So, early in the morning or at any time when we do something, we are putting something good into the brain. When you want to go horse riding, you know what you are preparing for. The horse is also ready, and then we have to control the horse. You all know this very well. Have you been riding a horse or not? Hands up, who has not ridden? That's very good. Next year we will bring some horses. First, you should know which kind of horse you want to have, how this horse was trained, and then you have to become the friend of that horse. Then the horse will be our friend. You stop, he will just stop. He will not go further. You are standing, he is standing. If there is grass, he may try to bite it. And when you want to sit on the horse, the horse should stand, not going left or right away. There are so many kinds of horses. We want to jump, but he goes back. But the rider knows exactly. When you sit on the horse, he is happy. Who is enjoying? The horse. And we are, too. Then we have to feel his body's movements. Then he is happy, and you are also happy. Then you want to ride, running. Then you should leave him relaxed. Do not try to push him back, or he will become nervous. When we are riding, running, and we want to stop, but he is running, then you become nervous, thinking, "Oh God," and you are pushing back. Of course, the horse will stand. But when the horse is running and you are sitting and moving with his body... Now, you want to stop. We say, "On his shoulder," okay? We give a signal with our hand on the shoulder of the horse, and you know the language of that horse because every horse has its master and its country. They learn some language, the same language, so that horse will come to a stop slowly. And you make a sound, something like this; we say, "Good, he stands and breathes," and you get off. Then he will walk with you. This is similar to our brain. It should follow according to our feeling, what we wanted. Many times we want this, and our brain goes to the other side. You know the horse. You know everybody, yes? Very good. Now, do you know something more about the horse? Of course. But we know that horse, how it came to be, is like the ocean churning. At that time, when the ocean was churned, a horse also came out of it. But there is one thing which I want to tell you. All animals, all animals which have four legs—anything, maybe the dog, maybe the horse, tigers, etc.—they are all male and female. And humans are also male and female. Of course, you know; I need not tell you. But there is something to know, and that is the difference, and in that, who can be your best friend. And so it's called the holy. And who is that holy? Very, very best. It's a horse. I told you once, and many of you don't know. So whom can we worship, really? For us, the cow is holy; the cow is mother. And for us, love is for us. Even a mouse, little children are also nice. But it is said, "I'm finished." So we said nṛ and nārī. Nar is male. Nari is female. But the man is not a complete male. What does that mean? And the horse is a complete male. What does that mean? Many times I told you; I know some of you, and many we don't know. So the female, it doesn't matter, animals, female or the human female, maybe dog, maybe buffalo, maybe cow, etc. But we have the birds; they are not included. It means all who are flying. So now, the female, she has the chest for drinking milk by the child, but the human and these animals also have breasts. The male doesn't give milk, but the male can come. It is a feeling, love for the child, or this; there are different things, all. Therefore, this human is not a complete Puruṣottama. And every animal, they are milking, and they have milk, but they are not giving milk. Even a little mouse has. I am completely looking, checking everywhere. But the horse does not. The female, she has milk. But you will know that her breast, the cow or the horse, is not hanging long. And cows and buffaloes and cats, and what we call sheep, and this and so on. So that is pure male, the horse. And the horse is very holy, and you know, sometimes half horse and half other body. So, you know, somewhere in your, in your big, like building like this, there is, in many countries now, so... The horse is that which, if you are becoming the friend of that horse, that horse is not pulling you here and there. He will lead you to the best place again. All the time in the war, it was horse and horse. They were very intelligent, and who was riding on the horse? The horse was more powerful, more relaxed, and comfortable, the horse. So that horse is ours, that we have to... Whenever you see the horse, you should look a little. Maybe just look and go. There is a horse standing. Just sit there. So that we call Dev. Dev means God, holy. And therefore, it is also one bhajan from Maṅgīlāljī, I think, about the hearts. So similarly, in our thoughts, in our soul, that is always in the past. All kings and everywhere, they were fighting where they had horses. Or in India, also the hawk, the elephant. The elephant is very, very nice and healthy, but the person who is there, your horse, will not let anybody come near to beat or do anything to the elephant. And elephants are beautiful, loving creatures, but the horse also does not allow anyone to harm this beautiful creature. So, similarly, you know that elephant, and when his brain is a little bit wrong, you put something wrong, he will take you and throw you, or you will be put under his foot. And the horse will also, if you are not friendly, stand like this to throw you off. So this is the mind. Therefore, you have to be careful with the mind, the brain. So when you come to your horse, then on his shoulder, you give like this. Then the horse knows very well. Yes. So similarly, in this way, what we do morning, evening, when you go to satsaṅg, bhajans, prayers, etc., this first we have to give some mantra. And that we have first is Gaṇeśa. You know Bhagavān Gaṇeśa, and you know in our hidden powers in book, that in Mūlādhāra cakra is the center place of Gaṇeśjī. And we know, we are telling, it's Mūlādhāra cakra near our body. And there is the last part of the spinal column. And when that is going down, there is what we call the anus. But the anus has nothing to do with it at all. It is that of our spinal column. And our spinal column is, you know, now humans have no tail. And that's Gaṇeśjī. And you can go and see what it is. And so in our Mūlādhāra Chakra there is one elephant. And elephant, that elephant has seven trunks. A white one. But I saw the elephant with only one trunk. Not even two. But why seven? And that was also from the ocean, dirt. Now, what are these seven trunks? What does it mean now? So, all these symbols, from where to where and what? So, mūlādhāra: mūlādhāra, mūl is the roots. Ādhāra is balanced. All roots are balanced in this tree. And those roots are giving the nutrition and water. If these roots have no water and are already getting old, roots dry, or some bugs will destroy us. Then the whole tree is finished. And for all this, there is a very great amount of energy from the roots for the trees. And so, Gaṇeśa, he has seven trunks; these are like seven roots, you can say. And these seven roots are the trunks of the Ganesha, or elephant. That's called Saptadhātu. Read, please, in Hidden Powers in Humans. And read the Mūlādhāra. So saptadhātu means seven minerals. So, different kinds of minerals, and when all that is proper, we have—we are healthy. Something is missing, or we are doing wrong things inside, then we are becoming ill. So that's why the seven elements in the body and Gaṇeśa's seven roots are his trunk. And so, if you can see the elephant, a white elephant, it is great. See him one day, all your luck is there, all negativity gone. But very rare, very, very rare, white elephant. And so that elephant is Brahma. And so on the Brahma, if you can sit, that Brahma is the best of the best. He is God. So if you can ride on the white elephant, you are Brahmalokas, or you see it come near and touch a little. So this is in our kuṇḍalinī sādhanā. So, you should be very conscious to know sometimes. And so, Gaṇeśjī and Aśva: Aśva is the horse, elephant, and aśva. What you think, everything will be. For the elephant or for the horse, it doesn't matter, but if it is white, it is definitely good. And so this horse, he has only one, not two. He has only one destination. And so, oneness, and that is the one we have told you about before. And that is the unity we were talking about before. So white, and in his, there are not two, what we call the ears. It is between this and that one, one of the ways. And that is very, very rare to see. We all have two ears, and right between those ears is something that is very rare to see. So this elephant and this horse, so many symbols there. And in these symbols, if you have a house, it's very, very great. And that's why we said, "Elephant or Gaṇeśa in front of our door," we said it's good luck and this and that. But when the elephant is standing in front of your door, who dares to go in? Yes, and so that prāṇa, that energy, and you have to practice that seeing, that otherwise you are lost. Practice it, you have to do sādhanā. There is something: how we can make different dhātus in different things. So that is what, in our yoga and our kriyānusṭhān, you know, what is happening. But if you would have done before, and in that mind, don't put anything else, but there is all garbage there, and you think, "This is good. I put in my mind this is okay." And then we go and say, "This is good, this is good," and we accept everything in ourselves. It is said, Eko Brahma Dvitīya Nāsti, but only one. This is said: there is only one. Eko, what is it? Eko Brahma. That the Brahman is only one. Eko Brahma Dvitīya Nāsti. And when there are two things, they are distracted. So you will be there, and you will be there. Then, that is called, you know, that you have this animal that eats everything, the pigs. And they will eat everything. And that other one, if you bring it to the horse, near that smell, they will go away. So those who are on the ones here, ones there, there, it is called garbage. Ekobrahma, only that one is the Brahman; the rest is gone. We are living with all, we see everybody, everything. But what is that, that we have to remain? So there is, you know, there are so many gurus, and many gurus greater than me. I am a little one. Even the mouse is bigger than me. Oh, my God! Ganesha. Ganesha. And you know why Ganesha is resting with the mouse? Because the mouse is known as a rāgasūtra. They are not a goddess, but they are, and they are with us not as gods, but as rākṣasas. And therefore, Gaṇeśa has controlled them. And that's why Gaṇeśa took this mouse, and now the mouse became great. So he is also everywhere where Ganesha is. There is he, that is Ekobrahma, the tenacity, therefore one into the one. And so the horse, that is the holiest of the holiest, and your horse. And any other horse, they will not destroy you, they will help you. You will come, you see, so that only the horse is the male; others are like females. The human man is not a complete man. And that's why they are sometimes mixing, and they will destroy because that is destruction to them. So therefore, in our sādhanā, when we are saying, we come first. Time we should have some mantras. Every mantra is a good mantra, so it doesn't matter which, your guru or their guru or no guru. But mantra is always the best. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudeepa Nārāyaṇa. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudeepa Nārāyaṇa.... I came to your feet. Or to you, I came to you. Ham sab. Ham means all. Ham sab. We all. Ham sab. Yes? We came to you in your holiness. All, please give us your blessing. So in Mūlādhāra, and that is all seven elements. And that will keep our whole body healthy. The roots, this tree, is a beautiful, strong tree because the roots are strong and healthy, very good. And these roots are getting all elements from the earth, and therefore this Ganesha, Mūlādhāra: "Mūla" means the roots, and "Ādhāra" means balance, that's called Mūlādhāra Chakra. And "chakra" means that all direction of this earth is that prāṇa coming with us. So don't think the chakra is like what we have made it, chakras. But of course, we made some kind of pictures, and we saw what is how this, aha, this, this... this. And lam, there is also, mantra is lam. Yes, and this limb is that very strong and blood-bringing to the whole body. So this is many, many in our, according to our Kriyānushṭhāna. And this Kriyānushṭāna, which you do the whole year, the roots of our practice will be very nice. This tree, you see, this tree is very nice. But if you will insert some plastic and something like this, this will go away. And so it is, we should take according to the season. And we should also eat according to the seasons. Once I was walking in a Vienna street, and there was some little shop, little, and there was snow everywhere. It may be about 20 years or something. And I looked in the windows, glass windows, and very nice cherries. Of course, when we see our tongue and our mouth, then we don't think it's the summer or the winter. Our tongue is good. And taste is taste. It is only the tongue that does not have taste. You can touch nothing, but in the whole gum in the mouth, there is the taste. And from there, what is called the vocal cord, hardly there is a taste anymore. What goes in the stomach, we don't know. So, the tongue—the tongue story I told you day before yesterday. So that is one tongue; only one word can destroy everything. Everything. Anyhow, therefore, yogīs said, "Live according to that time, season, everything according to that time." We have the mangoes in India, and here in Strylky or here, no mangoes. Of course, we can buy. But not like this tree. So we should not eat those things which are not growing. And the most terrible thing is the freeze. Therefore, we are ill, and we are healed. Eat the season. And then there are dry fruits and some kinds of vegetables that we can keep in winter. The white sugar, people say it, I don't know, please. White sugar and this thinking: what is eating not according to the reason, season? And the combination of white sugar and the fact that we do not eat what is produced in that given period of time is alcohol. So not only that, but more so, it is also cancer. And so many things, pesticides, and we don't know what is everything putting in. Some tablets, so it will, it will come slowly, slowly. The human will be also very little. Now it is said that is called the end of the Kali Yuga. So what we are practicing? Our Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna. But read, see, feel the chakras there. And which kind of practice, mantra, prāṇas, birth, the inhalation, exhalation, how much, this we have put it exactly, and that if you practice, it is good for us. If you do too much, then there is not anything. You know, some dentist doctor who has a little needle and gives an injection. Not very much, and it becomes that he doesn't feel pain and the doctor can work nicely. And when you have very much pain at home, and it is very painful, and perhaps you bring an anesthesia from the doctor from somewhere, and you give the whole inside—I don't know if it will be life or not—then we have to tell our doctor. Doctor says, "No problem, we can do all." But they take your teeth out. So similarly, a yogī, a guru, gives only a little need. But if you are going here and there, and this, then only will it go wrong in the body, in the mind, and in your energy. So this was about this. First, we have to sing the mantra. A toto všetko bolo o tom, že na začiatku vždycky musíme povedať mám. Pṛthivyur mokṣir mām hṛdayam. Oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugaṁdhiṁ puṣṭiṁ urvarukam. Vandhanāt pṛthivyur mokṣir mām. Oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugaṁdhiṁ puṣṭiṁ urvarukam. Vandhanāt pṛthivyur mokṣir mām. Asato mā sad gamaya, tamaso mā jyotir gamaya. Mṛtyormā Amṛtaṁ Gamaya Sarveśāṁ Svastir Bhavatu Sarveśāṁ Śāntir Bhavatu Sarveśāṁ Maṅgalaṁ Bhavatu Sarveśāṁ Maṅgalaṁ Bhavatu Mukha-samsthā-sukhinobhava-mahāṅkarata prabhudeep-karata-mahabhudeep-karata Śānti, Śānti,... Śānti. So today we are worshipping our Rakṣabandhan. And sweet. That sister gives one thread on the hand here. It means that all should protect our sisters, or any family, children, girls, to protect them. In the whole village, all the boys respect these girls, etc. One who is married will not make this. And it is said that when you give, when you give, the other boy also gives this rakhi. So, lifelong, this boy will protect and help that girl. And that girl also respects her brother, then he becomes like a brother. If it is a young brother, then the sister will also give something good to eat or something. And if the brother is elderly, then he will give her a blessing and give something more, one dress or something like this. But it is lifelong; it is your sister. Your brother. That is very, very important. Now, you know, in Europe, in some countries, some may not, when someone gets a child, boy or girl, it doesn't matter. But from the mother of the child, now, the one who gave birth and her friends who gave birth to the child, she called the mother, what we say, godmother. So someone takes godmother from the child. What it means: your mother, you call only mother, but when something happens, that girl or boy is called godfather, and that is God more than father and mother. Respect them like a God. Godmother and godmother is... Like a god, so you can say holy mother. So it is called protection and good, to live a good human life. That's it. So now, tomorrow, they said it will be raining the whole night and the whole day. So you need not wash your body today. And we have so many good, big trees. So you go take your dress, in plastic, and wash it. Doesn't matter. No problem. It's directly from God. That water goes directly to your body. What energy is that? Yes, we all stay in one line. So one line is for women, and the other side is for men. So ladies are looking that side, and men are looking that side. Okay? Adios. And now, in ten minutes, if you want, we will see the children for the Rakṣābandhan. And we made for Rakṣabandhan day our tilak, have given our vasant, and this all in a very nice place for the children to play around. With the big, big trucks, they brought beautiful, good sand. I think not only children, but the big boys will also play with the sand. And it's very nice, this play garden, jumping up and down. This, that, you know, so the children are happy, and we are happy. You know why? Children are happy, and we are happy and peaceful if we can sit here. Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān! Oṁ Śānti! Oṁ Śānti!...

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