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Spirituality
Spirituality is the state of pure consciousness, not the practices used to reach it. Praying, fasting, meditating, or eating vegetarian food are not spirituality itself; they are merely techniques. These methods are tools for purification. Their purpose is to cleanse the mind and consciousness of impurities. Through compassion, forgiveness, kindness, and non-violence, we apply these tools. The goal is an internal transformation. We strive to change our fundamental quality. This process aims to refine our being. The end state is one of crystal clarity and spotlessness. This purified state is the essence of spirituality. It represents a shift into a divine nature.
"Spirituality means pure, crystal clear, spotless, pure consciousness."
"Through those techniques... we try to purify our mind and our consciousness, so that our quality changes into the spiritual quality, into the God quality."
Filming location: Vancouver, Canada
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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