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Spirits
The visible world is illusion, but the invisible spirit is real. Where there are people, there is colorful beauty. Where there are trees, there is cool shade. Yet when examined, the trees appear sad, and places without people feel like ghost castles. We are the visible ghosts who still greet each other. The invisible ghosts are those spirits liberated from this plane, for they were free from the beginning. They exist between worlds, unable to become fully visible. Sensitive people may perceive them. They can be helped through prayers and offerings, such as giving food to birds, animals, or the hungry. Performing good acts in their name is beneficial. When you give a donation, you are not fulfilling an obligation but doing something good for yourself. A story tells of a master of black magic who could not summon ghosts in the presence of his disciple, a knower of Brahman. The ghosts were liberated merely by the disciple's unseen presence. Where you go, no negative spirit will remain if you repeat your mantra, say prayers, and keep the sacred focus. You are now pure through spiritual practice, gathering, and partaking of blessed food and air. This divine intoxication must be maintained, lest worldly illusion slowly diminish your detachment. Therefore, repeat and return.
"Where there are humans, there is a colorful māyā, a beauty. Where there are trees, there is a nice, cool shade."
"I may tell you with great confidence: all negative energies will disappear and purify."
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
