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Inspiration to start the day

The sacred rhythm of daily life begins with conscious first impressions and intentional actions. Upon waking, direct your first gaze toward a beautiful or sacred object to set a positive tone for the day. Before rising, offer your body and mind in dedication. Determine which foot to place first by noting your active nostril, or simply ask the earth for guidance in your steps. Recite a protective mantra as you move. This mindful awareness transforms routine into a continuous yoga practice. In the evening, surrender the day's actions before sleep, focusing on a sacred symbol and repeating your mantra to invite divine protection. True spiritual practice requires applying wisdom, not blind faith. Use your intellect to discern divine guidance in all forms, including warnings from others, to navigate life wisely.

"Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭi-Vardhanam; Urvārukam-iva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā'mṛtāt."

"See God in every..."

Filming location: Johannesburg, South Africa

In daily life, the message is this: I get up in the morning and open my eyes in a specific direction—towards a picture of my master, mother, father, or even an aggressive picture like a tiger. The learning is that when you open your eyes, the first impression guides your whole world. That is why we say "good morning"; we do not say "bad morning." When a person asks a question, we concentrate here. Some say we concentrate here, which belongs to this telephone. Then you will say to me, "I teach you from my heart." Consider greeting cards to someone: Did you ever get greetings from anyone saying, "I wish you everything from the brain"? We never get that. If someone sends us greetings from the brain, that is fighting; it is a war. Every chakra has its meaning; therefore, every good feeling and good vision matters. When we get up in the morning, it is very important that we see something beautiful, or some good sentence written, a good symbol. Have a relation to some good things in your life. There are some people who have a relation to crystals. When you get up, you look at this; this is the first thing when you open your eyes. Second, before you get up from the bed, you say, "Take my body, mind, senses, and intellect." Then, before you step out of your bed, you must find out which foot to put out first—which is complicated. You must find out which nostril is flowing, left or right. If the right nostril is more active, then first the right foot; if the left, then first put the left foot. That is a little difficult to find out; we are in a hurry and we forget everything. Therefore, we say, "Holy Mother Earth, forgive me and allow me. Make my steps such that they should not lead me to any bad action." Solid. Protect. Mantra. "Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭi-Vardhanam; Urvārukam-iva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā'mṛtāt." This is the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra, a victory over death; it protects us from accidents. It has been proven; it is not merely a religious thing, but adopted by religion because it is a good thing. Your steps, the first or second steps, or two, three steps, should go towards that holy picture; walk toward this. This is your... and then, of course, you go for washing, to the toilet, whatever you are doing—that is what I call Yoga in Daily Life; a yogī is aware 24 hours. In the evening, before going to sleep, the same thing: you say to God, "Lord, all the fruits of my deeds, from whatever is there unconsciously, all are protected. Should I do here or here?" We are healthy and we are not afraid, but there are many, many people who are afraid to sleep because they have a problem; it is a problem here. It is a natural thing. Dreams are happening, all things are happening; we are in reality like unconsciousness. We do not know what is coming in the room, what is falling on the head; it is only that He is taking care. We are only aware for four hours. You close your eyes before sleeping by looking at that beautiful symbol or picture; then, within, you repeat your mantra. By repeating the name of the Divine God, the mantra which you get from your master, automatically your life becomes divine. Yoga is healthy food that you want to eat; think from... We take away from someone; then someone had to die because I wanted to eat; it caused someone's life. The law: you should not be afraid about anything. This is given as instruction by all holy saints of the world, all good people of the world: "Do good and love others more." The entire creature is in this: your viveka, your intellect. You think you have good intention, but animals do not know that you have good intention; therefore, God has given you abilities and protection. Be positive, but how could it happen to me? I was positive. One master always said, "See God in every..." For shopping in a small village, an elephant came, so people were running. "Please disappear, go away, run away." He said, "Why? A mad elephant?" They said, "No, no, my master said, 'See God in every man.'" They said, "Whatever master said, please go to one side." He said, "No, my master said." He came near the elephant; it took him in its trunk. Luckily, it did not break him completely; it went with the trunk and hut. "You told me this, that is me, you, and that is my condition. If I would not have trusted you and believed, it would not be like this." The master said, "Why, what happened?" He told the whole story, that in everyone is God. "People who were warning you, why did you not see that in them is God?" So God was only warning you. Thus, has God not given us the intellect to think always wisely and not only to blindly open our mind?

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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:

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