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Meditation should be done while sitting on the floor with a blanket and one pillow under your buttocks. If you cannot sit on the floor, then of course you can sit on a sofa, as I am sitting, or on a chair. But generally, it is in this position. What is very, very important is that you should feel physically comfortable. So it does not matter how you sit, but you should feel comfortable. The liberation one attains comes through knowledge and through devotion, not through postures. Yet, it is very important that our body is comfortable and motionless. Here is an example. This glass is our body, and the liquid within it represents our mind. If the glass is imbalanced and moving, then the liquid is also moving. If the glass is comfortable, relaxed, and motionless, then the liquid will also become motionless. Therefore, please make yourself comfortable. It is best if you take off your shoes; you will feel the energy on your foot soles. Place your shoes to the side. Rest your hands on your thighs or lap, with palms facing upward or resting at your sides. During the meditation, your eyes should be closed. Whatever you wish to see in this hall, please do so quickly, and then close your eyes. Do not open them again until the practice is over. We will all chant Oṁ three times. Aum is the origin sound of the universe. Everything is created from the sound, everything exists in the sound, and everything will dissolve into the sound. The seat of the sound is the navel. During the chanting of Oṁ, the sound ascends from the navel to the top of the head. From the navel, the resonance of the sound ascends through the vegetative nerve systems, which in yoga we call Suṣumnā. From the beginning of the brain, or the small of the brain, there are two very important nāḍīs—you may call them nerves—which are the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. Through both these channels, the resonance ascends towards the hemispheres. It releases stress, and you may experience a sensation like lightning. The sound from both hemispheres converges at one point, called the door of liberation, the Brahma-Randhra, at the very top of the head. When you see a young child born, you will notice a soft part on the top of the head; that is the door of liberation. One part of the sound goes out into space, and the second part of the sound, through the Piṅgalā Nāḍī, enters into the heart center, which creates peace and clarity. This is a kind of Kriyā Yoga. So when we chant Oṁ, observe these points or the paths of the sound: the navel; through the Suṣumnā Nāḍī and the spinal column, up to the beginning of the skull; through the two nāḍīs, dividing and resonating, spreading to both hemispheres like lightning, and collecting at the point on the Sahasrāra Cakra—the door of liberation. From there, half of the sound resonates into space, and half enters into the heart. The navel, the central nervous system through the spine, the sympathetic and parasympathetic channels, both hemispheres, the door of liberation, the endless universe—uniting your heart with that deep inhale and exhale.