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Collecting good energy

The gift of practice is constant application, not occasional effort. Regular practice brings control and perfection, while irregular effort leads to unease. The guru's grace flows through constant morning, evening, and night practice, not merely through physical proximity. Good intentions at retreat must translate to concentrated practice at home. This sustained effort is the true offering. Physical guidance follows: relax the body completely, focusing awareness on each part. Bend the legs and lift the feet, using the hands on the feet without forceful massage, only gentle touching. This directs energy. Finally, lie down, placing the right hand softly on the chest and the left on the navel. Focus only on these two points—the heart and the navel—feeling warmth and comfort, without letting the mind wander. Be entirely within the body.

"Through constant practice—morning, evening, night—there is Guru Kṛpā."

"Be in your body. Do not think about going out anywhere."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

We know that we are always practicing āsanas and meditation; this is good. We should do this at all times. But some people do not practice regularly; they only do something occasionally. They try to become healthy and good, but they cannot. Sometimes they cannot control themselves. If you gain control, it will be perfect, very perfect. For many years, I have given people techniques: how to practice, how to eat. But they go home, and when they come back here, they are ill at ease. That is not good. So what can we do? There is a guru, but that guru is not with us all day. The guru cannot be with us always—perhaps for one year or two. But through constant practice—morning, evening, night—there is Guru Kṛpā. Some can do this, and others cannot. Another point: we tell ourselves what we should eat. We eat very well. We have very good food in Europe, and especially here, it is very good that people are living very concentrated lives, with meditations and good eating. I can tell you, and I know—I will not say who is who—but many people cannot do it. They come here, and then they go home, say "Hari Om," and there is nothing. From my side, I am always for you. It does not matter if you do or do not practice, but I feel it is not good. So this is a prasādana, avar sādhanā, avar sādhanā. You have come from your house, from your families, to be here for one week or one month to do this practice. Your heart is in it, but please concentrate both here and at home. Then I will also be very happy that I can bring this very good practice to you. I know how many years you have been with us, and our sādhanā is very far, very good, and beautiful. So, we will practice again. First, I will tell you: lie down. Yes. And of course, we will have no speaking. Only I will speak. And maybe one or two I will call. Lock the door at the back. Know who is coming; do not let anybody in completely, please, unless someone is lying there about to die. In that case, please take them out quickly. Relax your whole body. Make yourself relax. Hold awareness of each and every part of your body. Please, relax. Nobody should come into the class again, please. You can sit outside, but do not come in. Do not stand there. Concentrate on both legs. Feel your whole foot—only the foot. Become very relaxed, and now I will guide you. Very good energy will come—relaxed, peaceful, everything. From where? Such beautiful things, and very good from you. Now, bend your legs, both legs. Lift your feet a little; do not leave them on the floor. A little up, and now with both hands, yes, your foot. Very nice. Crinkling, very nice. Your knees are back, but with your fingers, your foot. Yes, this was given tonight, today, but you have not learned yet. Still, as I tell you, place your legs down again. You did not understand me—you to me or me to you. Lie down on your stomach and look at me. Yes, I told you how I do it. I will just sit there on the floor or near it, and with my fingers or my foot only, slowly on it. Yes, you know that on your foot. If you can feel it, then you will have heat rise in your whole stomach. Now again, I will tell you in another way. These people should not go all the way inside. You, stand up. Please sit down. Yes, on our bed, I am sitting like this. Do you see me? I am sitting like this. Somebody tell here, from this one, this side, and one this side. One foot up, and the other end here. You can come, Vasant. You will be only... otherwise, looking in your ears. Today is not about ears; come in, please. Yeah, like this, and this, and in this, both without fingers, little, little, okay? Massage? Not massage. Only touching. Yeah. Do you? You can take your gloves. Yes. I will tell you, this was very great. And for you, it will also be very good, and it gives everything to our brain here, in time. Here in our foot, the whole foot, but very relaxed. But your legs should be very, very nice. Very nice. So once again, please, you must sit as if in a half-lotus, but you must have both feet accessible. You cannot sit on that foot. This is not good. You must access your foothold. Yeah, because your language is different. But not like this, only just very like this. Energy enters the entire body, so it is a gentle move. I will make you really... it is not a joke, it is not a joke. It is very nice; it will be what I am telling you now, okay? Will you do something? Yes, you will do something, and you will... So then you will lie down on your stomach and take your shoes off. But listen to me, please, okay? You listen to me, please. You can lie down on your stomach and look at me. Yes, this is a very, very... it is not a joke. It is not like this. But you will see, "Oh my God, Swamiji, we are great, okay?" You do not know how to do it again? Oh, ladies and boys, lie down on your stomach. You lie down. Hey, boys, girls, many, they do not do it. Their language is different. Sorry, sorry. Okay, now this is what. Is your name okay? Now, who is that boy there? Go close to her, near. Hey, no, no... Where are you going? Go back and sleep like that, yes. And now you come near and on her foot, slowly like this, yes, but not touching very much, yes, my dear. Yes, that is... yes, this is a powerful... Very powerful, but if you are pressing, then it is not good, okay? Yes. So, and your hands, fingers will also go to your foot, feeling like this, okay? Please, next one. Did you? Yeah, go a little far back, yes, but only just like, and you will do it. Here, lie down, and only here, under here, not there. Only here, but not with power. Only lie down like this, and very fine, only here. So, on the, over on the, and on the back. Now, can you do it? Now, can you do it yourself? So, lie down on your stomach. No, no... Yeah, like this, and your legs back up, yes. And with your hands, but only, only touch your foot. Only touch your foot, yes. And you can put your head left or right side, comfortable, with the fingers like this, not like that. Yes, very slowly, yeah. Because many people cannot even touch their legs and hands; this is a problem. Locks together, yes, more close, very close. Lie down. Okay, I will put tomorrow in the glass. Not glass, grass. On the grass it will come, okay? Lie down on your back, please. That was a very fine pull, and it was five pounds in the body. Lie down and place your right hand on your chest. Now, do not think other things, only your body. And if you are thinking, then you are gone. I mean, nothing on the chest, please. And right hand very soft on our bodies, flesh, everything, and the left hand on the navel. At least this you can understand. Look at two parts, two places in your body: this is the chest and Brahmrī. Comfortable, very relaxed. Put your chest very comfortable and very relaxed. It is yours, and on the navel, the navel is comfortable, very nice. This too, please. Even your body, very great on your chest, very peaceful, very relaxed, and coming warm, and this warm, comfortable. Warm in our body, in the seven, each and every sentence gives this life. Nābhi, you all the times. Be in your body. Do not think about going out anywhere. Warm is that cool? Also, in our body, everything. And take your hand beside the body. Both very relaxed. See in the whole body. How you feel is good. Can I be in this meditation? Will this nāḍī be great? The nāḍī and our chest on. Your heart in the heart, just being, your whole body, how you feel, how you like, how you would. You can turn left or to the right side, but make thyself very happy. Hari Om. Now roll yourself left, right, left, right. Scoot. That is locked, yeah? Because people are making noise. And sit up. Thank you. We want to make our program, but I cannot do it. This I was doing with this, our praṇām, but we have this finger here and open, we do not want, so it is with us, so that program we will not do here, okay? We have other techniques, but now only meditation with these two: this heart and relax, only feeling. Rest. Body is here: heart, chest, and navel. Relax, relax... I will not tell too much anymore. Therefore, you have to be in your heart and your belly, relaxed, not with the hand, just like this.

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