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The relation between mother and child
The heart's warmth is the divine love that animates all care and protection.
This inner blessing is like a mother's voice speaking within a child. All creatures, from cows to birds, instinctively protect and warm their young. This nurturing impulse points to a deeper, spiritual heart within humans, called Kaljā. We must protect this inner heart and extend its care to all beings. Many people are hidden, eating meat without awareness, sometimes influenced by their parents. True spiritual practice requires this compassionate awareness. If we harm creatures, we create suffering and distance from the divine. Yoga is not just practice; it is this heart and the hymn within it. To be a yogi is to live this unity daily, which includes not consuming meat or alcohol. Our love should extend beyond our own pets to all life. We must seek forgiveness for any harm and move toward cosmic unity.
"All creatures know, and they want to live, and the mother is always, always taking care."
"Yoga is our heart. And in our heart is the, how to call it, the hymn."
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
