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Observing the Navel: A Practice in Awareness

Observing the navel is a foundational practice in awareness. Sit comfortably and place a middle finger gently on the navel without pressure. Observe the breath's movement from this point for five minutes, then lower the hand. Observe again without touch for another five minutes. This point is significant as our initial connection to life. Be relaxed yet sit straight to perceive the movements. The practice involves feeling subtle shifts within the abdomen, left, right, or middle, without force. It is a direct observation of internal sensation. The body must be completely relaxed to perceive these subtle workings. This simple observation is the essence of the practice.

"Simply observe when and how you are with the breath moving in and out."

"Just feel how it is, how you feel sometimes, pressure or something, what happens in your body."

Sit comfortably. With your right hand, place your middle finger gently on your navel. Do not apply pressure. Simply observe when and how you are with the breath moving in and out. How are you doing from your navel? Continue for five minutes. After that, lower your hand. Now, observe again at this point without using your finger. Again, spend five minutes there at the navel. We first came into the earth, into this world, and into the mother’s body, through the navel. Be relaxed, but sit straight. You will see where the movements are going and how long they will be there. Do it yourself. After five breaths, place your hand on your leg. Now you can open your eyes. We have eaten, yes? Therefore, this navel said, going in difference for some people. Someone is okay. Now, if you can lie down, you will be—how do you say?—you will be called? Called? Yes? No? Now, okay then, head to my side. Lie down, very good, very comfortable. Tomorrow, I will give you this again. If your stomach is a little full and tight, if you can just make your stomach a little... very, help... you can put something a little bit so that your stomach is very pointed now. A very good point. And I will tell you this. You can put it on with one cloth which you have, or under your stomach, and then come to the navel. How many will you have? Maybe some problems in the stomach or something. And that will, tomorrow, everybody, we will give you the techniques. Purījī, Purījī... The body should be very relaxed. Now, place your middle finger on your navel and feel a little pressure where your stomach is now working. Left side, right side, or middle. You have to choose yourself. No pressure, not this, but you will see left or right, or maybe. Puri, needle which goes down or also above. Not very much pressure, but also you should know which part of your body, your stomach, is going left, right, this way, from the navel. Both hands again beside you, on you, and only that, otherwise not. So, your right hand will tell you if it is the right side; your stomach is moving there, on the right side. Just with how hands say yes, you have. One, two, how many? Yes, three, four, five, etc. Thank you, bring your hand down, relax. And from the right or left hand, see there on the navel in which way the left side is going down. Left side, not in the middle of the navel, but a little left side. Please raise your hand if you can. Left side. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and more. Thank you. Head down. And again, give your hand on it and place that on the net. And you see that the navel is very clear, only on the front and model. Not left, not right, only middle. Very good. With your thumb, put your thumb on your foot. Don’t put on the, this, don’t put the, here, or something on your head. Your head should be down, not on something. And put your hand away again. Just feel how it is, how you feel sometimes, pressure or something, what happens in your body. So, who was or who has the right side? Your navel is there, then you should sit up, sit back, okay? Just sit up. Those who have problems with your navel, yes, no problem, please. It is a good thing, very good. It will be tomorrow, everything will be okay. So, how many? Hands up. You are standing and sending your hand. You have? Yeah, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Many, many, many of our friends. Thank you very much. Lie down. You can lie down. Okay? Just relax. Left hand, no? Now right hand, please. Which side? Okay. Then right was before, then left now. Left hand. If you have a problem, it will be great. It will be good. You will say that is a yogī. That’s yoga. Yes. How many people are taking so much medicine, and this and that, and just for one point. It will be okay. So, left side, who is there? Sitting. So, one Hanumān Purī, can you see? Who is sitting now? Left side, and the hand up. Please, can you? Thank you. Hari Om. Hands down. I will not give you. Now, you can sit up and come to my side. Again, tomorrow we will see, and those who, with that, we will bring this person to that side. And this is not how it was for others who have not. It is really very good. There are many techniques also on how to do it. You can do it, and others will, as our disciples, and any of our disciples here. We will be very, very great, very great, and then we will see how we are sitting in that meditation, coming to our body very, very much. Yesterday, or the morning before, it was one person, and now I caught him, and tomorrow I will give him more. No problem, it will be. On that day it was, and yesterday was, and today he is thinking, doing very good, but I have not got him one point in depth, in some nerves. So this is that inner nerve inside. Today he is eating everything, and this is how we... So now we will sit again, and with the right hand, just feel on your navel, middle hand, but not pressure. Only pressure or something, anything, but do not pressure anything. Is there anything? It will be; you will feel it. And then put your hand out again, and for a while, again put it on your navel. It will not go quickly left or right, but it will come tomorrow. Good, now we should, if you can, and if there are no stones, and like this, then we should sit like this with both, yeah, Vajrāsana, like this, and your legs, a little bit separate, yeah, more, okay, separate, more, like, like see, yes, and go down, like this, put your hands there. Your knees are separate more. The female, they have more place for your knees, a little bit separate. Yes. Your elbows completely relax. Yes, completely relax. Hand is also separate, very much. More, more. Yes. Yes. You will be very great, relaxed, etc. But it is eating, and therefore it should not be. Tomorrow we will do like this after breakfast, and then not too much. Eat between water, you can have a little bit, and that we will have for everybody. We will do it for everybody. He is relaxed, and it doesn’t matter which class they are doing; all are like this for us, very nice and relaxed. Of course, if you feel comfortable, then you slowly, with both hands, slowly get up. If it is not, then remain. If you feel comfortable, then remain there. And of course, if you are pregnant, then it will be good, but the knees fall separate and slowly raise your hands up and place your hands on the thighs. If you feel good, then you can come once more, otherwise not. Yes. It should be very comfortable, very good, because both knees are separate. Very good. And slowly come up, and hands on the thighs, and sit as you like. You can stay still even like this, or you can sit up. Thank you. Thank you. Hari Om.

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