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The white hair

A spiritual discourse on embracing change and the natural aging process.

"To obtain white or grey hair or a beard is not simple... The grey hair—beautiful."

"So observe your change; every second is past, is lost from our life... So utilise your time; practice, practice, practice."

The speaker reflects on the inevitability of change, using the natural graying of hair as a central metaphor. He challenges the vanity of hiding grey hair, framing it instead as a beautiful, hard-earned sign of life experience. The talk critiques the environmental impact of hair dyes and concludes with an exhortation to practice spirituality and utilize time wisely.

Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Seminar

Change is ever-present. Every day, you witness it. Every day when you look in the mirror, you find one more grey hair. But you do not wish to see the grey, so you apply colour. The next day, you look again—here is change. For those colouring their hair, by the third day it is very visible. After one week, it looks so unattractive; it is not reality. It is said that to gain white hair, grey hair—to obtain white or grey hair or a beard is not simple. Not everyone can achieve it. Children must wait a very long time in line; how many varied experiences must you gather, pleasant and unpleasant. How long did you walk? Until you came to this highest level, the best part of life. The grey hair—beautiful. And when you make some terrible mistake, then we say, "Take dust and put it in your grey hair." We say, "Vezmi prácha, posyp si jim své šedivé vlasy." Where was your wisdom? It is a shame—you have grey hair, yet you lack wisdom. So it is not easy, but do not hide yourself. That is how it is. Environmental problems—so many chemicals ladies are using for their hair to be black or white. But at home, they place three, four baskets: this is for recycling, this is for plastic, this is for bottles, and this is for my shampoo bottles. So your head is the cause of a lot of pollution. It is not a joke; it is reality. Many, many things that we use on our body are not appreciable. So it is said that when you are completely white-haired, there is light radiating from you; light is coming. And God gives everyone equally white hair. Automatically, everyone will get white hair, so do not hide yourself. It is called nakhrá; nakchara means not real. So observe your change; every second is past, is lost from our life. Past time will not come, and you cannot catch the past time even if you fly with the quickest aeroplane. So utilise your time; practice, practice, practice. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Seminar

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