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Svarga
Heaven and hell are not places but states of mind experienced here on earth. A memory of peaceful gatherings under a tree feels like a heavenly loss, showing Svarga is a mental state. Yet, even in this concept of heaven, jealousy and complaints exist, as illustrated by a joke where different religious groups in heaven are each surprised the others are there. This demonstrates that perception is subjective. Both Svarga and Naraka exist right here. In the same room, one person's contentment is heaven, while another's anger is hell. The world and all situations are created from your own mind. Your mind can create heaven in one minute and hell the next. How you think directly determines how you feel.
"Svarga and Naraka, hell and heaven, both are here."
"Your mind within a minute can create heaven, and in the next second can create hell."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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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
