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Part 1: A Profound Journey with Rāma Everyone has been the luckiest one in this last month and a half. It was great that we could see, hear, and feel Bhagavān, Rāma, Sītā, and all others with him. It was a very complete experience, from the roots to the culmination. Many people were sometimes thinking, "What is that? What’s happening?" And then it becomes clear: this was that, and that was this. God himself, the God is Viṣṇu and Śakti. They do not merely act; they do, see, and show how it is happening. When one comes from the Brahmalokas to our earth, to this world, they will not act completely to show that "I am Viṣṇu" or "I am Śiva" or "I am Brahmā," etc. It is something like there is another side, a kind of cover. Therefore, they know, but they have to act to show what is right and what is not right, etc. So, we have been watching this Rāmāyaṇa, which is made by a great person, and through that, we have already gone to the Brahma Loka, you can see. So we shall remember now. Sītārām Sītārām Siddharām, Siddharām... Siddharām, Siddharām, Siddharām Rām...Rām...Rām... Rāma has only three letters, and these three letters are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva. All of that is contained within it. So Rāma, Kṛṣṇa—it is also the same name. And also, when we see the Jīva, very short names. But that is all in. And then it is said: the body and the name of that body. So, what is more? Not the body. This body will go. It will not remain forever. But the name will go on forever and ever. And that’s why Rāma—the Nāma, the name, not the body. So those who understand and know will remember, and their name will go within ourselves. Tid Brahmalokas, Rām Rām... And so, you know what is said: I am last. You have heard that Bhagavān Rāma is going. Sītā also went. Bharata also went. All—Lakṣmaṇa, etc., and all his people, devotees, everything—all Viṣṇu Bhagavān, he took it with them. But there is one: Bhagavān Rāma said to Hanumānjī, "All are going with me, but you will stay here and you will take care of all my bhaktas." Hanuman, you will now be everything: my work, my this, this, everything. So you have to take care of the bhaktas, of everybody, until it again comes to the other lokas, and further you will be Hanuman. And so, you know, we have Hanuman—very great, many temples and many, many things, and many people who are worshipping only Hanumanjī, because they know Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, or Hanuman, is the same, he thinks. Rāma has given to Hanumān, and that means it is like Rāma itself. And so they are all worshipping Hanumānjī. Don’t think there’s any monkeys. No, no, no. It is the greatest and greatest. That’s it, and there’s a great thing we can see. That Rāma, Rāma,... Hanumān, Hanumān,... Rāma, Rāma,... Rāma. This is all, how many thousands of years, sorry, so, yeah, so, it will be there. Bhagavān Rāma, before going, he said to Hanumānjī, "Hanumān, you will be here, and I give you the duty till those, his ślokas, till when I will tell, is okay." Now, until that Hanumanjī, so all Hanumanjī have power, power... But those who can understand, others don’t know, don’t know. In this way, so everyone, my dear brothers and sisters around the whole world, I did not, unfortunately, play this Rāmlīlā, and this Rāmlīlā, Rāmakathā, Śrī Rāmakathā, I could not bring this through my Swāmījī’s television because I don’t know if it is copyrighted. Everyone defecates, and if I can play with that, I don’t know, there could be problems or not. Next time, I will get permission, maybe, and therefore I did not; otherwise, it will be very good when one can hear there. So, but we know that our Swamiji, Swamiji television, we are not taking any money from anything. It is only we who are working, giving to everybody. We are getting money because we need our instruments, this, that, everything. And sometimes, when there is a disaster somewhere, then we need the people, or animals, or things like that. Jambī is asking people if they can give this money, and this money goes directly to the official government, or wherever you can say it, and then we give it further directly to them, so that it is not that I will take it and I will... Keep it, no. So, this next time is coming, our call: Bhagavān Śrī Śiva, Śiva. And you will see how Śiva will be great. But I would like to get permission that if we can play this with all my brothers and sisters around the whole world, and we will not make it too long, just one, about... Let’s say, about one way, one part, and that will be about Purījī, Purījī... In Czechoslovakia, in the Czech countries, there is our ashram, Strilky. It is a very big, very, very big land, and there are many, many places where people can stay. It needs at least about 30 to 40 people because the ashram is very big. Some are cooking this, that, vegetables, and many things. So they are coming into the hall, a very big hall, and sometimes there were only six persons because of the order. And so also they have heard and listened to this Rāmāyaṇa and others before that also. Now, I will next time tell about these others, number one. And number two, you know, we, that yesterday, day before yesterday, we were talking about Baḍī Khaṭṭū Praṇām. And I got in many, many thousands and thousands and... Thousands of people have got this Baḍī Khaṭṭū Praṇām. Many, many countries like it, and our people did very good work, very nice work, and we are going further, so that is also good. Now, you know, Saravittāsana is very, not only now, Saravittāsana was in 1978, and there it came, Saravittāsana. And this nicely, very nicely, we prepared everything. And there was one doctor, Vera. She was a great doctor, or professor. And we worked this. So, sarvitasan, that is a great. Now, people ask us every day, "When is our Swāmī Umāpurī?" She is making the work, practicing very nicely, and the next day, already people have this hour practice, and they are doing it themselves. Of course, everything is coming. The Sarabhitasan is yoga in daily life. It’s a very, very good thing, so I am very grateful. Now, the day came, and it was long ago, and Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī is coming about in 25 days, which is Mahāprabhujī’s samādhi day, and that Devpurījī’s samādhi day is on, we call that time, not a Dīvālī but other festivals, and that is called Gaṅgor. Very, very nice, everything. So when Bhagavān Śrī Devpurījī, and you know the Mahāprabhujī, and Alakhpurījī, all the Devpurījīs and Alakhpurījīs, Mahāprabhujī was not there so far, and Mahāprabhujī, Holī Gurujī, myself, and you all, my dear friends. That is like, you can say, Śiva and Viṣṇu. Like Śiva is Devpurījī, Viṣṇu is Mahāprabhujī’s, and the holy Gurujī’s is the Kṛṣṇa, etc. And we are all coming together, everything. So, but still there is something that is happening. You don’t, we did not understand, but there were many people who were tearing up, wondering what happened with Sītā, what happened to Rāma, what happened there, this and that, but it has to come in that way. So, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī and Devpurījī and Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān. And so, it is said that Bhagavān Śrī Devpurījī, He told before in the Kailāś people and in Kailāś Āśram, and He said, "I am going now to Brahmalokas, who?" The Devpurījīs’ Holy Gurujī was there, and Mahāprabhujī, and about three o’clock early morning, between three and four, or three in the early morning you can say, or the night, and Mahāprabhujī was sitting and meditating. Mahāprabhujī is always meditating. Lie down a little, again meditating, and Holy Gurujī too. But Holī Gurujī was sitting about five meters away. And Holī Gurujī called to Holī Gurujī and that Mādhavānandajī, Mādhav, Idhrao, come. And it is said, Mahāprabhujī said, Devpurījī is going to the Śiva Lokas. But we don’t understand, and many are unhappy. Everybody will be happy, or everybody will be happy in a good way. That is what was going on in Brahmaloka. And some are very unhappy, crying, etc. So Gurujī, Swāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān came to the āśram where Devpurījī and Mahāprabhujī were sitting, Holy Gurujī and Mahāprabhujī. And Holy Gurujī was sitting there, Mahāprabhujī and Devpurījī, or Mādhavānandajī. And Mahāprabhujī gave the bhajan. And after that, first Mahāprabhujī called Mādhāvānandajī and sat here, and Holy Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī began to give the bhajan, calling. Saying, calling, feeling, etc. And so, Holī Gurujī was there, Mahāprabhujī was giving his Mahāprabhujī to Devpurījī because he is going. And so, Mahāprabhujī said to Devpurījī, "You leave me from here, you are going." And so the feeling, of course, is the difference between Mahāprabhujī and Devpurījī, like the disciples and the master. So there, it is said in one bhajan, a beautiful one, "Padraag," Ṛṣi number so and so. Satguru Kain Bichariya Samaharaj said, "O my Satguru, what are you doing? You are gone from me. O my master, my greatest one. Satguru Kain Bichariya Samaharaj, you are separated from me. Satguru Kain Pichariya Samara Jalbhariya Vaya Thang Jalbhariya..." So, Jal Dariyāv, the ocean, full of water, the ocean, Atang, very deep water, we don’t know how far. Jal means the water, Dariyav, the whole ocean, everywhere ocean. And O my Gurudev, in the middle of the ocean, in that water, and my boat is in the middle, Gurudev, you go away, and only I am alone in this boat. It means, you are my Gurudev, and I am your disciple. You left me. It’s only those who can understand who will feel it. Others will not understand. I don’t know. You all know. Listen, O poor new one. Chath Garū Kain Bichhaṛiyā Sayan Bhīrār. And he said, Mainai Jaanu, I don’t know where to go now, in the middle of the ocean. Mainai Jānu, āp sab jānu, but Gurudev, you know everything. My plea, Gurudev, listen to me. And I am gareeb. Gareeb means I am like, not like one who doesn’t have money, but I am, I’m not, I’m lost, somehow you can say. I am gareeb. I am not, I am lost, you can say. Please listen to my words, my voice, who said, Mahāprabhujī. Karuna Nidhana Dayālu Deva, Rākhalijo Bhakt Kī Lāj. Karuṇā means, "I am very... I am unhappy, I have no power, I have just nothing." Karuṇā, but my pain, my pain inside. Nidhana, and you are the greatest one. Dayālu Deva, O Dayāla. Dayāla means merciful, Deva, God, Deva or Devpurījī. Karunanidhan Dayalu Deva Rakhalijo Bhakt Ki Laavaj Please, Rakhalijo Bhakt Ki Laavaj Please, give me that power, that force. Be with me because I am not powerful, nothing. Everything is with you, O Devpurījī Mahārāj. Aap Bina Prabhu Kin Ko Pukaru Avelya He, a beautiful. Aap Bina Prabhu, without you, O Mahāprabhujī, Prabhu said, When can I call you back? How will I call you? Where are you? Where are you? Aap bina Prabhu kin ko pukharum? Without you, O Devpurījī, Mahāprabhujī said, when and how to call you? Where are you? Avela hain aaj. This time, in this Brahmalok, time early morning, I am here, and I don’t know where he is going and what is happening. Swāmījī Deepakī, Yahī Bhinati, Sunalī Jo Alakh Āwal Mahāprabhujī said, "This is my, I want, I am asking you, I am asking you my Vinati, again and again I am asking you, my God, my Lord." Devpurījī, Alakhpurījī, please listen to the voice of Alakhpurījī, Devpurījī, Alakhpurījī. So here is also Alakhpurījī, that’s the word Mahāprabhujī says, Swami Deepakī, Yahī Vinatī, Sunalī Joyā Lakha Āwāz, Satguru Kain. Bichharyo Samahara, Jalavariya Vaya Tanga, Jalavariya, Advit Chal Rahi Jahaaz. So this is, I, because I felt very much in a night, and this, and about Gurujī’s so beautiful, beautiful this, and also pa, that Mahāprabhujī, when Mahāprabhujī, Devpurījī is gone, Mahāprabhujī was, he said, "I am like Allāh, like Sītā, gone, and Lakṣmaṇa, Rāma remain." And you know what Rāma was like. He was a little sad. For this, I will speak and tell you further what it was. And now it will come, Sarvittāsana, for the very first time. So she will tell you that because I spoke a little too much. So there will be about five postures of the Sarvittāsana. Because there are very few now coming, very few are part of this. So, even with only two postures, Swāmī Umapurījī gives perfect, very detailed instructions on the exact movements, how long, what to do with the breath, etc. And so, for a long time, for many days, we will talk about something each day. So, now, we will have about 20 minutes. Hari Om, Dīp Nārāyaṇ, Bhagavān, Kī Jai. Yes, Hari Om, dear friends, again, around the whole world who are with us, with the Swāmījī TV. Part 2: The Quality of Practice: Gentle Preparation for Āsana I feel a little ashamed to continue with the Sarvahitā Āsanas after such rich knowledge. Yet, the body is something. A great philosopher said, "A healthy person has many wishes, but when one is ill, one has only one wish: to be healthy." In that way, we try to keep our physical body as healthy and as flexible as possible until our old age. We try. Health is not a present; it is hard work, we know. That is why we begin again. We relax today in our Vajrāsana. Those who cannot, please sit in Daṇḍāsana with stretched legs. This is to calm our vṛttis—our thoughts and emotions—and to come to yourself. You can close your eyes for half a minute and take a deep breath. Prepare yourself for the coming movements, the Sarvahitā Āsanas. Relax your shoulders, arms, and back muscles. Feel the posture of Vṛkṣāsana. Feel the center of your body, your navel. Relax this part, relax your stomach, and feel your breath. Once more, breathe in and exhale. Before opening your eyes, bring your gaze to a point in front of your knees, on your mat, looking down. Then slowly open your eyes and look forward. Hari Oṁ. Please stretch your legs into Daṇḍāsana. Place your hands beside your hips, fingers pointing back. Once more, start to press down the back of your knees, stretch your thigh muscles, lift your toes toward your shins, keep the pressure, keep the tension, and then relax your legs. You can do it once more with your inhalation: press down the back of your knee, hold the tension, and relax. Shake your legs a little bit. Very good. Now we come to movements for our neck and shoulder muscles. We are still in part three of level one. The neck is a very sensitive point. It is part of the spine, a very thin part, thinner than the lumbar region. But it is very, very—how to say—mobile; we can move it in all directions. That is also why many people have problems with their neck, because it is the last part of our body, or the first part, which tries to keep all the balances for the body, to keep our body in equilibrium. For every wrong position we have, the neck and the head try to correct it. The head is always the one that tries to correct wrong positions. Therefore, we make movements to relax our neck muscles in each direction. Those who have problems or pain in the neck, or spondyloarthrosis, please do it only as you can, without too much pain. We start with movement to the side. Sit straight with relaxed shoulders. If you cannot sit in this position, it is also possible on a chair, or you can sit in Vajrāsana. Hands can be beside the hips or on your thighs, but keep shoulders relaxed and the back straight. Do not lean back; this is very important. We see it on our model, our dear Vidyā, how she sits very straight. First, before bending the neck to the side, we make the neck long. Can you show how it would be wrong? Like this? So we make our neck long, and then slowly, while exhaling, we bend to one side. Keep the position a little so the weight of the head stretches the other side of the neck. Inhale, come to the middle, again correct the posture, make your neck long. It means the chin comes more toward the collarbone, so the weight of the head stretches the other side. Inhale, come to the middle. Again, correct. Make your neck long. It means the chin comes more to the collarbone, so the weight of the head stretches the other side. Inhale, come to the middle. Again, correct. Make your neck long. It means the chin comes more to the collarbone. Purījī, Purījī... It is not the movements and the āsanas we are doing, but the quality of how we do them. The quality of how we do them. And to the middle. Very good. We have seven vertebrae in our neck. All seven move when we bend forward. So, with your exhalation, bend your neck forward until you touch your collarbone, your chest bone. Relax your shoulders. Inhale, first raise your neck up and then slowly bend it back. This is the physiologic movement of the neck. As we heard in the beginning, if you have pain in this part, like spondyloarthrosis, then avoid this back bending. Or if you feel dizzy, also avoid it, and avoid forward bending as well. Make your neck long and bend forward. Very good. Do it twice more; it is also a very good stretch for our throat and throat muscles. Very good. Remain forward with your head. Now we start to make a circle. Those who cannot do it because of pain make only a half circle. Do it once, dear Vidyā, please. Make a half circle until you look to your side, and then with your chin, say yes, yes—up and down like this. Slowly, a big movement, up completely with your chin, yes. And again, slowly, the half circle to the other side of your shoulder, very slowly, more slowly. Then the muscles start to relax. Also to this side, a big movement of the chin, yes, like this. So those who have pain, please make only this half circle. Otherwise, we practice a full circle. Now slowly, but very slow—we do not do it quickly, quickly. We do it very aware, very consciously. Arms and shoulders are relaxed to make a circle with our neck also in front. One should feel every string of the muscle which is moving, getting stretched and relaxed, yes. When we are in front, we go also to the other direction, two rounds. Those who are practicing at home in daily sādhanā, daily practice, can do it more often. Very good. Thank you. Head in front, and then just release the hanging of the neck gently, and do this. No, no movement left and right with the chin, just the movement between the first and second vertebrae. Very good, but without stretching, only the left and right side moving. Very good, and lift up your head. Interlock your fingers behind your neck. This coming movement is very good to stretch our chest muscles, to bend our shoulders, and also strengthens our back muscles, and of course, our stomach and legs. It is also an exercise to sit in this Daṇḍāsana. It is not so easy because we have to sit straight upright. Our whole trunk muscles get stretched, and this is a very good movement. Try to bring your shoulder blades more together. So, elbows more to the back. Very good. Now, exhaling, bend to the side. Again, in your thoracic part, to open the ribs, to exercise the intercostal muscles. Inhale up, and exhale to the other side. Bend. Very good. Completely exhale so that all the remaining air comes out from this side of the lungs. And once more. Inhale and exhale, and bend to the side. The muscles between our ribs, they get exercised in the movement, so that our chest breathing gets better and better. And once more. Please continue this movement, completely exhale and completely inhale. Very good, very good. Hands beside your hips, fingers facing back. You can move your legs a little if you cannot sit, but it is practice, it is exercise. Today, the knees are bent, and today, now we stretch them. Now we turn to the side, so we have all this diagonal movement. All these muscles from our back, from the trapezius, all these muscles now get influenced, and it is very good for our inner organs—for the liver, for the kidneys, the other side for the pancreas, and the whole intestine. So, take a deep inhale, make your trunk and spine straight, and move to the sides, looking above your shoulder back. The eyes are also going back. Yes, very good. Inhale to the middle. Both buttocks remain on the floor, and exhale to the other side. Try to remain straight and do not bend your spine. And to the middle, and again. We do it each side three times, so that we exhale completely and inhale completely. We can feel also our side muscle, stomach here. And once more to this side. Shoulders are moving. Very good. Thank you. Stretch your arms in front. There is still no time for relaxation. This is very good for our shoulder and arm muscles. Those who have tendovaginitis, this pain in the underarm here, and it is very good. Also in the elbow, stretch to stretch the whole fingers like this. These muscles between these metatarsal muscles here, between this stretch. And then slowly bend your fingers, thumb inside, and make a fist. And again, stretch your fingers apart, and make a fist. The thumb always goes inside. And once more. Stretch. And once more. When we do the movement now slowly, we can try it once making the movement quick, like we do it quickly. So our awareness goes somewhere else. But in that moment, when we do the movement very slowly, automatically the awareness goes there where our movement is. And once more, stretching. So pleasant. All our muscles are doing work. Remain in a fist, and do the circling of the wrist. Also, very slowly, make a big circle, a very big circle. This is the best preparation for the āsanas, for the coming āsanas where we need strong and well-trained hands, fingers, and wrists. There will come the postures. When we practice this movement well, then we are prepared and ready for the coming āsanas. Also in the other direction. Very good, very good. And it strengthens our arm muscles. One can feel already now that even if we feel cold, now we feel slowly, slowly warmer. Now, open your fist, stretch your fingers, and bring your palms toward the underarm. Elbows are straight; we do not bend our elbows. The palms are facing outward. Keep your elbows straight, and once more, very good. Yeah, and once more. Yeah, one can feel also the arm muscles, but carefully, do not pull your shoulders up. Keep your shoulders down. Sit straight, a little bit, little bit, little. Tapasyā more. And once more, and once more, facing outside and keep the position. And now, make the rotation towards the middle, elbows straight, and outside. Yes, very good. Elbows straight, and bend your elbows. Very good. Very good. Now release your arms, bring your arms down, and bend your right knee. Hold your leg in your underarm like this, preparing for the half butterfly. Rock your leg left and right, and move your hip. This is very pleasant after long sitting in Daṇḍāsana. Place your foot on your thigh, more in the middle. Actually, it is the back of the foot which is placed there. Hold gently your toes with one hand on your knee, and move your hip. Actually, it is the hip, and this keeps our hips flexible in preparing for our meditation posture. Of course, those who have pain in the knee can avoid this āsana or place the foot beside the thigh; you need not put it on the thigh, it can be beside it until you get a better condition or you are used to this, you are practiced. Very good. We leave it, and stretch your leg, please. Do it also with the other side, with the other leg. First, place the back side of the foot on the thigh, and moving. Very good. Stretch your leg, and we come to the whole butterfly. Soles together, a little bit rocking left and right side. Hold with both hands your toes, and then gently start to move, not wild, very gently. With this overall yoga program, even though we have a lot of tapasyā and are trying very hard, we are still gentle to our body. We learn about our body through a great science of body, mind, consciousness, soul, everything. It is Yoga in Daily Life. Exhale, elbows apart from each other, hold it, and bend forward. Keep moving, moving the knees, moving the hips, forward, forward as much as you can, moving. Very good. With the same movement, come up again. Stretch your legs, stretch your legs. Thank you, very good. Take a deep breath in, and exhale. Sit in the meditation posture. It is always good to do this before you sit in meditation or prāṇāyāma. To practice the half butterfly before, so the sitting is more relaxed also for your legs, for your hips. Hands again in Jñāna Mudrā—thumb and index finger together and the other three fingers are straight. You can have your palms facing upward or downward; it depends on your daily condition and what is more comfortable, but not like in the posture picture. The arms must be comfortable. Elbows relaxed. Shoulders relaxed. Neck and back are straight. Relax your stomach and gently close your eyes. Eyeballs, the eyes looking down, direction to your nostrils or tip of your nose, but relaxed without force. Eyebrows, relax. Once deep in and exhale. Feel your whole body without movement—kāya sthaira. Feel your breath, your inhalation and exhalation, the break of your breath after exhalation. Weighted inhalation comes from itself, your inner man. Śikṣā Pūjā, mentally, praṇām to your Guru Dev. Deep inhale. Oṁ karatā prabhudīp karatā mahāprabhudīp karatā he kevalam. Oṁ śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. Hari Oṁ. Release your Chin Mudrā. Wrap your palms together. Place your palms on your eyes and forehead, and open your eyes.