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Full moon Satsang with Vishwaguruji

Yoga Nidrā is the awakened sleep of the yogi. This practice originates from Śiva and the Himalayan yogis. It was transmitted through the lineage of Mahāprabhujī, Devpurījī, and Alakhpurījī, now shared globally. This sleep is not ordinary; it is a state of full bodily rest with complete inner wakefulness, a luminous consciousness. It is compared to an animal resting with alert senses. This profound state is rare and known by very few genuine disciples. The common experience of tiredness from lack of sleep is different from this yogic clarity. One can practice by lying down, relaxing the body completely, yet maintaining inner awareness. Upon rising, move the body gently to return fully.

"Sleeping in the river, awakened. We are sleeping, but completely awakened."

"As long as you are relaxed within yourself and very, very awakened, the whole body is relaxed and the energy of that."

Oṁ śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ... Lie down. Yoga Nidrā, Nidrā. Yogī Janakī, Yoga Nidrā. Yogī Janakī, Yoga Nidrā. Bring that bhajan. Relax, relax. The silent, that silent. This Yoga Nidrā was given from our Mahāprabhujī, and he speaks about Devpurījī and Alakhpurījī. It was that time, I don’t know from where—Holy Gurujī, Mahāprabhujī, Holy Gurujī, Śrī Devpurījī—it comes to me after Bhagavān Mahāprabhujī went to the Cosmic. He had... because Mahāprabhujī knew everyone from Alak, Alaknanda, very close to Śiva. And that is what Mahāprabhujī gave us in his book. And that is now our Holy Gurujī, Mādhavānandjī Bhagavān; he brought it to the whole world. Devpurījī gave this and his blessings of Alakhpurījī to Devpurījī. Holy Gurujī was many times giving bhajans. Holy Gurujī made many, many bhajans, very clear, very deep, meaning from very far from Śiva’s. Alakh, Alakh, Mahāprabhujī said, which comes from Devpurījī to Alakhpurījī. Yogī Janakī, Yog Nidrā—what was this? Yogi Janakī, those real yogīs, mostly were in the Himalayas. It comes from Śiva. Yogijanaki, for that yogīs, yog nidrā: sleep. But that was sleeping in the day and in the night, but not sleep. That is that awakening fire in the cosmic. We yogīs, our yogīs, our bhaktas, we are trying, we are trying. But it is clear in our consciousness—not this consciousness we are speaking of, which is yogic. We cannot understand what they know. Birla Sant. Birla means, it is said, very few, very few. Let us receive the Guru’s grace. In that Guru Kṛpā, but still we have not purified as our Guru and disciple. Birla, very rare. But we are here, and we will do. I wish that all of us, consciously, and Mahāprabhujī will give. But many times, Holy Gurujī said, there were many times people came to Holy Gurujī’s very humble, kind, but after certain times, years, that his disciple was not real. And Mahāprabhujī said, "You are not many," but Holy Gurujī, Mādhavānandjī said, "Please don’t tell, otherwise they will be very sad." But next life, we will come to that humbleness, disciples. They understood that. Es Nindrame—in this sleep, in this sleep—that knows, sleeping in the river, awakened. We are sleeping, but completely awakened. Sometimes, some birds, or a horse, have one leg relaxed, but they are very awake, very, very awake. In that nidrā, he is jāgrata. He’s sleeping but completely awake, everything. Even a little, some little animal, some comes on the body, completely, you know. What is it? Pūrṇī Rātri. Pūrṇī, awaken, sleep, in the night. Devas are ungrateful, but the consciousness is deep, which is very clear. Otherwise, if we cannot sleep, we are tired. That is the difference. You try. Try at home, in your bed. Lie down and awaken with closed eyes. And you want to be whole, with the body, muscles, everything full of sleep, but completely awakened. Not easy, not easy. Pūrṇī Rāt Me Devā Gavate. So we in night sleeping, but that sleeping is the light inside. When you are awakened, all are awakened. You have a light within you. But how long is this light? It’s like, as long as we have light from the ghee lamp. When the oil is gone, the light is gone. That is other, that is a very great one. Ulta Sen, in the wrong other side, listening in the Sen, in his hour, in awakening, in that Sen, his point... As long as you are relaxed within yourself and very, very awakened, the whole body is relaxed and the energy of that. After lifting up, open your eyes. Feel your body, awaken from the whole body. Move your body, fingers, hands, legs. Roll yourself left and right, and get up. Sit, please. Sit up.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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