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Try to open your heart
We are gathered in the peaceful nest of this ashram, relaxed and united. Birds are happy every day, while human happiness is often fleeting, like the temporary peace of Christmas. We create our own unhappiness through poor communication and small, selfish habits within relationships. A story illustrates this: a couple, married for fifty years, was unhappy because the husband always took the soft heart of the bread for himself, a grievance never voiced. When she finally expressed this, understanding dawned, and they found joy. True happiness comes from openness, self-awareness, and expressing small kindnesses to those close to us.
"Only for one day or a few hours. Tomorrow, we don’t know how it will be."
"Whole life we’ve lost. Why not told you earlier?"
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
