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Balance, Health, and energy channels (Nadis)

A spiritual discourse on holistic health, the subtle body, and the nāḍīs.

"If there is an imbalance between body and mind, people used to say, 'the screws are loose,' and you have to rectify it."

"These 72,000 nāḍīs are 72,000 channels. These channels constantly receive cosmic energy, which just exhales through our nostrils—cosmic energy, which is streaming throughout the whole body, the soul."

The speaker discusses the necessity of balance between body, mind, and consciousness for a fulfilling human life, touching on diet, modern exploitation of nature, and resultant suffering. The teaching then focuses on the subtle body, describing the 72,000 nāḍīs as channels for cosmic energy that nourish the soul, distinguishing them from physical nerves.

Recording location: Australia, Sunshine Coast, World Peace Tour 2005

Now, we come to something more: human life. We have not only these five bodies, but within them exist different functions. Three key points are these: body, mind, consciousness, emotion, yoga, and daily life. If there is an imbalance between body and mind, people used to say, "the screws are loose," and you have to rectify it. Practicing those exercises from the first level brings that balance. We must have a balanced life. In the first month, let us say, we are scientists—but that is not everything. There is nothing without health. Are you happy? Do you want to enjoy your life? No, the joy is not permanent. Still, do you want to enjoy your life? If the treatment for your health is not good, and the doctor does not allow you to eat anything but certain things, it is not a life. We sell away the healthy consciousness to lead a healthy life. First, our health and nourishment: vegetarian, balanced. There is no question of organic or inorganic. Fortunately, in the last 70 or 80 years, we have created a system. They suck everything from Mother Earth. Spencer, cure; enough for need. But enough became greed. We are suffering a lot of earthquakes, a lot of floods, a lot of diseases. It is nothing special; it can be your body. This body, which is covered with skin—skin, flesh, bones—but there is something in this body: 72,000 nāḍīs. We translate nāḍīs, saying only "nerves." There is no translation, no words for the nāḍī. Nāḍīs are not the nerves; there is no reason to explain, because for nerves we have different words. There are 72,000 nāḍīs; some nāḍīs, as shown here, you can read, put on glasses, and the names of different nāḍīs are written in something. These 72,000 nāḍīs are 72,000 channels. These channels constantly receive cosmic energy, which just exhales through our nostrils—cosmic energy, which is streaming throughout the whole body, the soul. The cosmic mother is constantly nourishing, feeding that soul; it is very divine. All souls are holy; creatures are holy; it is a holy creation; Jainism is one. The channels are on the surface of the nerve, chakras in the center. Recording location: Australia, Sunshine Coast, World Peace Tour 2005

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