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A healthy body has a healhty mind
The relationship between body and mind is not absolute. A body can be ill while the mind remains perfectly healthy; to insist otherwise is discriminatory. The saying refers to how a physically healthy person's mental focus weakens when illness arises, as the intellect becomes consumed by bodily concerns. But you are not that worrying intellect. You are the immortal ātmā, which cannot be destroyed. You are the indescribable divine light within that cannot be ill. Attaining this knowledge causes all psychic and psychological problems to disappear.
"Oh God, I have kidney problems. Oh God, I have heart problems."
"You are the ātmā, which cannot be killed by any weapons."
Filming location: Prague, 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