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The heart center is where our ātmā resides. Our ātmā resides in that Anāhata Chakra, which is also called "my heart." In the Upaniṣads, specifically the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, it is said that within the heart there is a beautiful small cave. Within that cave, there is a beautiful tiny blue light, and that blue light represents the ātmā. That blue light is called the flame of your life. On the day we depart from this body—meaning the ātmā will no longer be in this body in the form of your jīvātmā—then this body is disconnected. There is jīvātmā, ātmā, and paramātmā. Normally, jīvātmā means the individual soul. The individual soul is also life, living. The individual soul is a mixture of reality and non-reality. Non-reality means that changes take place according to your karma. Your karma creates different destinies, and destiny changes your way of life; it changes your road, your direction, your thinking, your mind—which we spoke of this morning. It changes your opinion and your feelings. Those who have experienced that blue light within the heart, the ātmā, and who have enough satsaṅg, will not change their mood. Otherwise, you are changing from full moon to dark moon and from dark moon to full moon. It is a very dangerous situation within thyself when you become very moody. One day you smile and say hello, you are one of the best jokers, a jolly person making jokes. And other days you are like a squished lemon. That is a very dangerous situation; you are going through a dangerous situation. We know this world is changing; we are living in a world of changes. But at the same time, our ātmā is not changing. As we were saying yesterday: "Ānandoham, ānandoham, ānandam, brahmānandam," "Yamam radost, yamam radost, radost mam." This means that you are happiness. How could it happen that after one hour you are so ... "How are you?" "Okay, any problem?" "Hmm, don't talk to me." It happens—changes of mood. A yogī cannot do like this. Yoga practitioners cannot. And that is why you have a very divine path, especially in Yoga in Daily Life, to master your mood. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar