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  • Recorded on: 24 Jun 2007
  • Language: English, Czech/Slovak
  • Length: 0h 04m

Value of the Human Body

The human body is the essential instrument for spiritual realization. This physical form is a unique and invaluable vehicle, likened to a precious diamond that cannot be borrowed or replaced. Its loss is permanent. For performing karma, one must be fully awakened and seated within this temple of the five elements. The astral body alone cannot create karma, as in a typical dream. Action requires the coordinated instrument of body, mind, intellect, consciousness, and emotion engaged in the physical world. This instrument is indispensable.

"This diamond, if you lose it, it is lost. You have it; you must use it or lose it."

"For performing karma, it is essential that you are seated in the temple made of the five elements."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

It is said that this body is the temple of your spirit. This very body is the vehicle that can lead you to Self-realization. We do not truly know the value of this body. In the material world, the most valuable, the most expensive thing one might call a diamond. In spiritual poetry, the human body is compared to a precious diamond—one you cannot buy anywhere or borrow from someone. It is utterly unique and individual. And this diamond, if you lose it, it is lost. You have it; you must use it or lose it. There is no other option. With the astral body alone, you cannot create karma. For example, let us say you were dreaming. In the dream, you went to eat cherries. You pulled a branch down to reach the fruit, and the branch broke. You felt sorry for that. Now, after your dream and sleep, you wake up and go to your garden to check the cherry tree to see if the branch is broken or not. If a branch was broken, then you are capable of performing karma through your astral body as well. Otherwise, it was only a dream. This means the instrument was not functioning. The instrument—the physical body—was sleeping somewhere. Therefore, for performing karma, it is essential that you are seated in the temple made of the five elements, where body, mind, intellect, consciousness, and emotion are coordinated and engaged in action. You must be awakened. Thus, this body is a most valuable instrument, one you cannot lend to another and cannot purchase anywhere.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

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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