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A Student's Gratitude and Svāmījī's Discourse on the Pandemic

A student's expression of gratitude followed by Svāmījī's discourse on the pandemic and spiritual life.

"It is a great blessing to be a student of Svāmījī. It gives us a different perspective on life, allowing us to cope with circumstances better."

"O human, when we rise and open our eyes, we should say, I am human, I am human. Just one word and it immediately enters our thoughts, our feelings, our hearts."

A student shares heartfelt thanks for the guidance received during the pandemic, highlighting the power of mantra and a stable practice. Svāmījī then addresses the gathering, offering a wide-ranging spiritual perspective on the global crisis. He discusses the pandemic's causes, including collective karma and lifestyle, emphasizes the importance of prayer and the Yoga in Daily Life practice for health, and concludes with teachings on self-realization and meditation.

Filming location: Austria

Perhaps some things are repeated, but from my experience this year, it is a great blessing to be a student of Svāmījī. It gives us a different perspective on life, allowing us to cope with circumstances better. We can handle situations better because we know that behind this outer life is the Divine, the reality, the immortality, and that we can realize this in our consciousness. This way, we are not so trapped in external conditions. That is an incredible gift most people do not have. At that time, they did not know what to do with themselves. Perhaps we have had a little more time for introspection and our practices. I have always been—perhaps everyone is—a little naive. I always thought that the way I understand what Svāmījī Vishwagurujī tells us is how everyone understands it. Then I realized that everyone has their own approach to Svāmījī’s words and to the wisdom. What I always wish for is to understand correctly, that my practices are correct, and that I practice properly. Also, to recognize the obstacles within me and dissolve them through practice. Practice is inward for me, but also outward with my fellow human beings in my situation. It is wonderful that Svāmījī is here with us in Villach for these two days—such a gift to have this divine power in a living person here. Just as Svāmījī has told us that in our sādhanā, with Mahāprabhujī’s mantra—Umprabhudip, Niranjan, Zapadukabandhan—we should practice for the world. This is how I do it every morning. I always think this spreads across the whole Earth, at least here in Villach and perhaps a little beyond. It will help all people with the vibration, that they feel better, that we remain or become healthy, that the Earth is healthy. I was quite amazed. I have experienced this now three times in the many years—many human lifetimes—that I can now practice. When one chants a mantra and directs it towards a person or a place, a region, it reaches there. This power arrives. I was amazed and fascinated by how strong the power of the mantra is as a vibration for all living beings. This past year has gone well in our āśrama. I thank Mahālakṣmī in the morning for allowing us to live well here. We never needed to be afraid. As Svāmījī says, this divine power with which we can practice—when we live it, it radiates outward and we feel well. Of course, obstacles arise from time to time; that always happens, but that is for learning. We observe how I deal with it and how it then changes. I am truly glad that we have Svāmījī here, today and also tomorrow. Thank you for being here for us; we are truly happy about it. Praṇām. Oṃ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Good evening, dear sisters and brothers. Yoga in life, throughout the whole world, yoga in life. Today is a wonderful day for me, as after many months I have come to Austria. I am very happy. This is my first time landing in Austria, in Villach. Otherwise, always in Vienna or very close to the Czech Republic, etc. This year and last year, it was not so good. Three, four months before, I said something. And it began in Austria; I spoke, and then it came to India. The Jyotiṣa has said it is happening all over the world. But I did not think about what would be or whether it would amount to anything. Then I was in Australia, and there was a feeling that something was becoming much closer. Then I was in the Netherlands, and I stayed there for almost a month, focusing as much as possible on physics—our factors in physics as well—and suddenly it happened that everyone should now go to their own countries. Everyone has asked, what is the will of God? But it happened suddenly, and it was not just in Australia or the Netherlands or Africa, America, but throughout the whole world. It was like a wind. Many people died, very many. Austria is like Rājasthān; in Rājasthān it is like Pālī, so Austria is roughly like this here. But I had not yet returned there, yet I heard that many have died and fallen ill, very many. In large countries—America, Australia, Africa, in Europe—it was very bad, very bad. We have prayed for all people, everywhere, and have become a little softened. Then came the second wave, and this second wave was even more terrible. The first time, they stayed in the hospital for several weeks. But the second one lasted three or four days and then passed away. And then they already said the third wave is coming. But we have all taken control. And we wish and we pray to God, please may the Third not return. It has already begun, and they said, very much with the eyes. And many, many countries have lost their sight, also for children. In the beginning, there were only old people and so on. So, this is the very third question; it is very dreadful. We all should know and we should pray to the God in our hearts. No matter which God, whether this religion or that religion. But we should do it for all, not just for one, but for the whole world, we should do it. Because of this, people have become very sorrowful and have lost much. All those people who work in the government or so, they have constantly given money to the government. But the people who have done their own work or a company or something, they have lost a lot, very much. That was and still is now. But of course, the government all over India also gives a great deal so that people can live. People have asked why. Many have said, for example, to me or perhaps to others, for religion or temples or something like that. And everyone said, we do not know; some say, we think, and so on. And my thoughts were that and are. These are two aspects. One aspect is the people. And the people are the last. And now they believe that they will come to God or heaven or something like that, or come to the caves. We have other things as well; we also have heaviness, energy. Heaviness is what we say the Divine has and the others. But we think, what I say is only what the others have said or what is in the scriptures. And I as well. Do we know where heaven is? Were you there? Or in the cave? Were we there? Everything is here on Earth. And so, we do not know. We say God. Or someone says, there is no God, and so on. And of the people. Secondly, all other animals, other life forms—fish, birds, and many others. They are one side, and human beings are the other side. And he said, the people—now I say, because people always say, the saints, God. God says, I have not seen, please, as God, how we think. Perhaps you have seen it. But we have said "the world" with the Holy One, and they tell us. And on the other side, the animals do not know. Or they know, but unfortunately, they have no power. And so it is, all living beings have come to God, what we think of as God. Where is God? No matter where, where is He? There are so many monks, making monks, many monks. In the meantime, I just want to say, please install a net on all our windows—so many wings and flies and mosquitoes and so on, okay? So, they come to me, always wearing orange robes. And so, I thought, I think, and maybe, but I believe, and that is all life—the animals and all others, not the humans, but all. And they have come to God. God, no matter how long we live, no matter how much, we will always be in, how do you say, troubles and everything. God, what is coming? God has said, I will set you free. And they said, how can we help, this page or that. And perhaps, all animals, you know, a living one, and how we shiver. And you know, some living animals, they give into the fire, you already know much. Pain is for everything. It pains everyone. And no one can help them. We humans may come a little bit and so on, but these dear animals, it is terrible, it is terrible. O human, when we rise and open our eyes, we should say, I am human, I am human. Just one word and it immediately enters our thoughts, our feelings, our hearts—yes, I am a human being. And when we say, I am human, then we think of life, no matter how it is. I don’t want to take too long to say this, and I believe this illness has come from the pain, and we have created all of this. That has returned back into the human being. And now we take the injection or something, but time still comes and still comes. Satyugas, where Śiva and so on, Satyugas, Dvāparayugas, Tretāyugas, and now it is the Kaliyuga. Kaliyuga means, Kali is the one who is, how do you say that, what do you say in German? So, this is Black. But black, not the color, nothing else, but pain. No one can help us there. And people should always come back and carry well, and so on. But they have entered Kaliyoga. And so it is again. They will die and return again into others. Where the same, what like, one comes, where the animals are slaughtered, what slaughter, how do you say slaughter, slaughterhouse. Look, you have a cat here and your cat and you love your cat. If something happens, you take the cat to the doctor and so on and so forth. And when something happens, which is according to God's will, the animal and so on, and the bird and so on. But if you know nothing, what about the others? And if that is so, from time to time, century after century, it returns again. We do not know how colorful we are, whether we have done something, eaten something, or what; we do not know. People always say, how do you say, you have done something to me, I cannot help you, cannot come with you, but God will provide. And God will give what is needed. And so, I believe, all living beings return to dementia. And we do not know who is ill, very ill. How much is cancer? Cancer was and is and has been. But not like this. Not like this. But now it is terrible. Why? And look, chemicals, so many, that is also. And people remain young at 50, 60, 70 years. That is enough. Or we will become more, as we manage, disease and this and that, until well beyond 80. And before that, 100, 100 years before, most people lived up to 100, over 100 years. Why? Because we have all these chemicals and so on. And we only give something, yes, luxury goods and so on, but into the body go terrible things. We ourselves, to ourselves, we bring under, we die to ourselves. Come, please try now. And many people have now opened their eyes and have good vegetables; everyone has said, good salad, everyone, everyone wishes. But still so much that people eat and drink. And there are many things. That is why this illness has come. And it has come the second time, and it will come the third time. And Father, we know nothing. And then, it will be, perhaps something different. That was it. Now, there are many good people, and I say, all are good people. But there is a return. That is it. And then someone asked me and said, what do you think, Svāmījī, what will it be or what is it? I said, I do not know. Whom can I ask? For example, in India, many people also did not eat meat and so on. And then they come to this point, that everything must break, something and this and that and the other. Those who have learned take the cotton candy and that, and say, yes, one must drink and one must eat the meat. And the more they have learned, the more they have studied in universities and everywhere, and they think, aha, everyone must eat meat and so on. This teaching that I have heard is not correct. But I have already said four months or ten months, they asked me, why, why is it like this? I said, I want to, then I will say to the scientists, doctors, centers, no matter. And please watch. I want to first ask about our Yoga in Daily Life. Yoga in daily life. That is yoga. What kind of yoga? What kind of yoga do you have? In daily life. Yoga in daily life. Yoga in daily life. And many, many have embraced it, but others have consumed this and that. But our yoga in Delhi life, in the whole world, I am speaking now. And now my words rest throughout the entire world. America, everywhere. Many later say, yes, you said something and so on. This is technique. And it is good, people have brought everything this far. It is very good, very good. The science is very good. But yoga is also more. And so, I said, let us look at my Bagdas or my yoga students or my yoga teachers on Yoga in Daily Life. And how many are there under Corona. Perhaps someone has cancer and this and that, and they were in the hospital, and then this Corona came as well, and they passed away. But otherwise everyone, but they have been disciplined, eaten well, and not this and that. Alcohol is medicinal. This is medical. Alcohol comes from the earth, from the ocean, except, that was also alcohol. Alcohol is Amṛta. Amṛta means it can give us life, but not to drink. And when so much is drunk, then all our lungs and so on, and everything, it is not good. Too much is not good either. And therefore, alcohol is good. We need a lot of it. This and that and that. But don’t press so much. And then our... You know, those who have problems at home. The woman drinks too much. And the man is completely sad. Or the man drinks immediately. And the woman says, my God, what am I to do? and so on, and children and so on. Alcohol can either make us healthy or cause us to die. So, in this, we all consider our yoga in daily life, as yoga students, how many percent are those who do not do the three things, also these eggs. Eggs come from the mother. This is the mother tooth. And that is nothing. And also not healthy, an egg. No matter what they say, it is good and good. But it is nothing. Look closely and let a scientist. And they say, yes, that is nothing. But so, I have asked, our many teachers and scientists and doctors have said, yoga in the daily life of all people remains healthy. And I do not know any other yoga. Many people in Europe or elsewhere, there are more who practice yoga. In Australia, Philly, New Zealand, Philly, Canada, Africa, and so on. They truly practice then. Unfortunately. In the lost. In the lost. And that is why it is still sad, and many things have happened. As I said in India, I said the Westerners will bring India back to the right path, to a true Yoga. And so please, all illness is such that we should not think about coming back and what we should do. No, we are strong, we are. And we will and we remain. God has given us everything; all will come. And so this Corona has always been. And here, for example in Austria, the government and all, they ask, please, please, stay at home and take this. Many have said, no, we don’t need it, no. Someone said in Vienna, many people came without it, how can one, how can one. And many who were there then collapsed into the High House and also died. That is very beautiful, at the moment it is beautiful. And afterwards, we take a bird, and it will be very beautiful. But for now, it protects us, yes. Inhalation, both sides through the mouth or through the nose. And this is very important, very important here. We are sitting here, and I know that you have all done everything. And when we go outside, nothing either. Because we walk and one reaches the other side, ha, ha, ha. And we walk, and the two people talk and laugh. That comes to you as well, to me as well. So please, we need, we need help from our own Self. When we do something and someone says, well, you are foolish. I say, yes, I am foolish, healthy. I am foolish, but healthy and will remain so. That was that, but it will be good. We pray, we pray, this is very important. And then I said, in Greece and in Slovenia, have seen God. And of course, everyone will say to me, "So you said, have you seen God?" I said, of course I have seen God. And they said, can you tell us? I said, yes. First, I am, second, you have seen all God. God. I have flown so many times by airplane. And I believe I have flown around the entire Earth 50 or 51 times by airplane. It was until 12 o’clock, 1 o’clock until then. And I see above, where is God? If I sow below, everything is yes, where is God? But we were an airplane, all of us were God in time. It is so alive, we live, and we humans know everything precisely. In your body or mine is the Ātman or God. And now you do what you can, then it goes down or you become in Space, only in Space. Like, for example, from the ocean, water—or how do you say—comes up, and what is that? Clouds. Water is very heavy everywhere, and we also see how heavy it is. But we go through. Okay, continue forming. So, we take a drop from above, it comes into our hand. And we are sitting in the ocean. And with the hand, a drop brings this water. It is water, it is just that. And when we let a drop fall into the ocean, there is no longer a drop, it is the ocean there. And just as all living beings are vast, so is God. But he has not read much yet. But we humans, we know. But how does it come, from what does it come. And so, when he realizes it, very clearly. Absolutely clear. And when it comes, it descends. And so everything on the street and this and that everywhere. Qualities, purities come back to us. And so it is in our ātman, our soul. And we have the time. Not too much now. We say, today, what you have now, that is what you have. Tomorrow or the next minute, you do not have, you do not know. So, be alert. We should be alert 24 hours. That yes, I, in my body, in my body. And for me, it is like a God. And so, many, all of us, but we go to the other side and this and that and that. But many go to church, and we go there. We have not seen Jesus, but we have made the image. But the name is there. We will die, but there will always be someone who says, Yes, my son is gone, only the name remains. Take such a name. And this name is the one that is in our heart. And a heart is very small, like a light. As long as we live, our body and everything, and when the breath is gone, then it no longer is. And so, O human, try to take everything you can. When you go to sleep, you do not know if you will get up. And so, when we grow, only outwardly, outwardly,... this and that. Where our soul, our Self is, do we still have to think? No. And therefore it is said, meditate. Why meditate? Oh, I want to see that. Don’t go outside. Meditation means, come to yourself. Now, what I have done, what have I not yet done. How should I do it? And we come within ourselves to our own Self. This is the meditation. But you cannot just sit, close your eyes, and think that somewhere far away it is. Then, you do not know what that is. Therefore, close your eyes and look within at your own Self. Not only our body. We have five elements. Let them also be free from what is within, the Self. And so it is. And so I said, many diseases, many things and this and that. But nothing else. But we humans know what we are doing. We are doing everything very well. It is very good. But this is a house. Someone did it. He had money, and he has money, and he takes money. It is my house. Please give my wife to me, please give me my house. What is that? The center. And he says, no, my money and my house. He said, okay, come. And he comes in and is dead. Where is the money in his hands? It was in the hands. But he also positioned his hands like that. He said, there is your God, money. And where is my home? And so this house may live longer, but people not so much. And so is our body as well. This is our home, Min. But that will not last long with us either. So, think about your life, for what? For that God. Then perhaps we will see, with the soul alone, to have welcomed God. This is like a light. This is a light. So, that was what I said about Corona and illness and so on. I have shared a little about that. Something else, we will speak again tomorrow and I wish you all much, much luck. And God is with all of us in time. Goodbye. Thank you.

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