Podcast details
Midlife crisis
Life is an impermanent, flowing illusion, and our dissatisfaction arises from resisting its natural change. We become angry, feeling trapped by circumstances like marriage, believing we have lost our dreams. Yet life is meant to flow like water, which stays fresh only when moving. Imagine sitting on a train, watching landscapes pass; this is the beautiful, transient movie of existence. Do not lament what you could not do. Prepare for the next life to fulfill those wishes, but you still have time here. The essential task is to begin your spiritual path, for a life without remembrance of the divine is profoundly deficient. It is never too late to start.
"Oh my mind, your whole life is gone till now without God's name, without spiritual life, but now at least you begin to remember God and repeat His name."
"Without the name of God, this life is incomplete and not good."
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
