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Recorded on: 27 Oct 2001
Language: English
Length: 0h 03m

The Path of True Yoga

A spiritual talk on the true practice of yoga and the danger of seeking miracles.

"Go where you like to go, but practice real yoga."

"What a great miracle you already possess: that you are healthy and happy. What more could you want?"

The speaker addresses an audience in Slovenia, advising them to pursue authentic yoga while warning against the pursuit of supernatural miracles like physical flight. He humorously contrasts such expectations with the real "miracle" of health and happiness. He discusses the awakening of Kuṇḍalinī, clarifying that while it brings wisdom and balance, seeking it for miraculous powers leads to imbalance and psychic illness.

Filming location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Yoga will make our life perfect and healthy, and ultimately lead us to the realization of cosmic consciousness. In Slovenia, you have many yoga teachers, many yoga clubs, and many places where yoga is practiced. Some practice Yoga in Daily Life, and some practice other kinds of yoga. Go where you like to go, but practice real yoga. Danger lies where people are expecting miracles. Practice without such expectations. Often people ask me if I can fly, and the answer is yes—with Adriatic Airlines or any other airline. So, do not expect that you can fly. You can jump like a frog, but that is not flying. Many people harbor these expectations of miracles, and you will not see such things anywhere. Do not wait for them. What a great miracle you already possess: that you are healthy and happy. What more could you want? People wait for the awakening of Kuṇḍalinī, the serpent power in the body, which enlightens the entire being. Yes, it does awaken. The awakening of Kuṇḍalinī means one becomes wise, humble, very alert, conscious, and balanced. However, if one pursues this for miracles, then one will become crazy. This imbalance will make a person psychically ill. Therefore, please do not run after miracles. Lead a happy, normal, and healthy life.

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:

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

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