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Dear spiritual seekers, coming from different parts of the world and different spiritual lineages, I have met His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is also working for world peace. I have also met His Holiness Prabhupāda Swāmī, who brought the beautiful message of the teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa. I received word that many of you are here, and I welcome you. Anant Brahmāṇḍ, Sahastra Sūryas: endless universes and thousands of solar systems created by one creator. That is the reality. Anant Brahmāṇḍ—the empty space is endless. We are limited, and that is limitless. The limited one cannot describe the limitless one. One has to become one with that; it is called "one without second," beyond time and space. That endless universe, the space, is like a mother's body, the womb of the mother. And in this universe, there is what is called the universal consciousness, Hiraṇya Garbha, the golden embryo. What we call the Cosmic Consciousness. Not the cosmic consciousness, but the Cosmic Consciousness. Space and consciousness: the balance between these two. That balancing principle is called Yoga. The entire universe is space and consciousness perfectly balanced. Where there is balance, there is harmony in the entire universe. Among the thousands of solar systems, that perfect harmony exists. It is the result of that yoga. Where there is balance, there is harmony. And where there is harmony, there is unity. Therefore, literally, yoga means union or unity. The union of the individual consciousness with the cosmic consciousness is the purpose of practicing yoga. But this kind of yoga—what we are doing: physical exercises, meditations, breath techniques, relaxations—that is not a cosmic principle. This is for the well-being of this mortal body. But still, it is rooted in yoga: the endless universe and universal consciousness, the uniting principle. And there is one Śakti, the energy, that is called cosmic energy. And energy is moving. Energy is functioning. Therefore, everything is happening within that universe, in consciousness, with the energy. And that energy is called awakening. In cosmic consciousness, it awoke. It is called sound. In the holy Vedas, it is said: "Nāda rūpaṁ Parabrahma." The form of the Supreme is a resonance, the sound. Only a musician knows what the sound means. For me, I don't understand. I will say, why do they disturb until midnight? Because I don't understand. That sound is spread throughout the whole universe, in every atom, and that is called divine will. From that sound, the entire universe became a holder of the different creations. Therefore, it is said: "Ananta Brahmāṇḍa Śāstra Sūryas," endless universe and thousands of sun systems, as said in the Vedas. And visible and invisible elements are balanced by that yoga. God Kṛṣṇa said in the Bhagavad Gītā very clearly: "Arjuna, time to time, I manifest myself through my Yogamāyā, Yogaśakti." Which yoga śakti? That universal balancing, harmonizing, and uniting principle. We are living in this solar system. And the most beautiful planet in this solar system is our Earth. This earth is known as a living planet. There is life, but to understand what life here means, it is called a mortal world: born and die. But again, out of that cosmic sound, Oṁ, the first element created was fire. Āpa, second air, third water, fifth earth, Ākāśa—space was, it is, and it will be. Now, harmonizing these five elements, balancing these five elements, and bringing them together, uniting them, results in the manifestation of a physical being. Therefore, your being here in this world is a yoga. This balancing principle is within thyself. Tatha Brahmāṇḍe, Tatha Piṇḍe: what is in the universe existing, is existing in this body. Ono što postoji u univerzumu, sve to postoji i u ovom tijelu. And that is balancing our body. To je ono što uravnotežuje naše tijelo. Function of the organs. Funkcije naših organa. The circulations. Circulations. The balance between body and mind. The balance between body and mind. Balance between emotion and intellect. Balance between memory and words, and so on. So that is, it means the yoga itself is thyself. Now, if you lose the harmony, it means disturbances or disorder in some organs: heart, kidneys, liver, digestive system, circulation, muscles, joints, and so on. It means now your body is not in harmony. And now you have to train your body nicely. Sometimes you see the radio. And we have to tune it very carefully. You touch the button, and the other station jumps in. Similarly, constantly we have to tune our body with the food, with the liquid food, the surrounding atmosphere, family situation, and so on. That will keep our body again in balance and harmony. And when that is, then you will enjoy the unity. People who are ill have more anger. When the husband is ill, then he is so angry with his wife. I am sorry for poor ladies, but you know, he is now in imbalance. And anger, jealousy, hate, complexes—these are a result of the imbalance. Therefore, the great saints designed some exercises. And they gave the name yoga. Why? Because this will again bring your physical being, your spirit, and your astral being into balance. But we are not only body. We have many, many different functions in the body: the psychic of the human, the spirit, the soul, the self. Therefore, it is said that the creator has created on this planet 8.4 million different creatures, 8.4 million different creatures, and these different creatures are divided into three categories: Jalchar, thalchar, nabchar—creatures in the water, on the earth, and in the space. From this system, modern science has brought one system into human society that is called the navy, ground force, and air force. That is the imitation, but we don't mind. Out of 8.4 million different creatures, one is the human. The modern scientists declared there is no race in the human. Modern scientists have managed to conclude that there is no race in the human race. Human is a human. Doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Africans, Europeans, or North Americans, South Americans. Human is a human. Therefore, it is said already, thousands of years before, out of 8.4 million different creatures, one is the human. And that is the cycle, the circle of this rebirth and death. Some believe in rebirth, and some do not believe. But, dear brothers and sisters, believe or not believe does not change the reality. The reality is the true evidence, and that evidence will never die. Therefore, the self-realized persons, God-realized persons, who became one with the cosmic, who have the knowledge of the three times—past, present, and future—it is their words. There is a death and rebirth. Many people now don't believe in this. Again, modern science has taken the ancient spiritual name, and that is called the recycling system. Do you believe in recycling or not? Please, feedback. If you believe in the recycling process, then where is the problem in believing in the reincarnation system? Because the word "recycling" comes from rebirth. And we have knowledge about the material world, but we don't have knowledge about the spiritual world. We have to develop our consciousness to know. Human life is the best because of the intellect. Human intellect can be developed endlessly. And through this intellect, the human is known as the protector in this world, not the destroyer. And through the utilization of the human intellect, a human can come out of this cycle of rebirth and death. And therefore, we believe there is no more birth. But to come to this point, we have to develop ourselves. We have individual qualities. The individual quality will never unite with the cosmic quality. We have to give up our individual quality and develop the cosmic quality. Who am I? From where do I come? Why did I come into this world, and what am I doing? And where will I go? Theoretically, we know. Practically, we don't know. And tons of theory is nothing compared to a gram of practice. Therefore, yoga is a practical way. Thousands and thousands of years, I would say. Though the Indian scriptures are speaking about yugas: Satya Yuga, Tretā Yuga, Dvāpara Yuga, and Kali Yuga, each yuga has some millions of years. According to this, yoga is as old as the Dvāparā, and they are all talking about this. There, it is said, if the soul came to the human body, the human aim should be to liberate the individual and become the cosmic Self. How? To put yourself in the positive rhythm of life. Surrender your ego, and to surrender the ego is the prayer. It is easy to kneel down, but very hard to surrender the heart. There is a God. There is a universal one. Believe there is God. Oh human, you are not a God. You are only the son or the daughter of God. The plant also is the son or the daughter of God. Every atom, He is there. Believe. This is the principle of yoga: surrender, prayer. Meditate. Remember God. Repeat mantra. Lead a simple life. Those shall not carry. Nemoj nositi nepotrebne stvari. Nemoj prikupljati nepotrebne stvari. But now people have become slaves to their property. Now we are in the situation: if we have money, we have a problem. If we don't have money, we have a problem. Because we've forgotten the middle way. You know very much about Jesus' teachings. As far as I remember, once, Jesus was standing in front of the temple, and he saw a golden ox. A golden bull, and people were playing with the money. Jesus smiled and said to the people, "You should not believe in this wrong God, the gold." Because people say money is God. If you believe in this wrong God—means money and gold—you will suffer. Therefore, follow me. I am the way to God. Who said, "I am the way to God"? And to whom did he say it? The master said to the disciple, "I am the way to God." It means his teachings. The entire testament is full with the words Master and Disciple. That is what in India we say: Guru and disciple. There is no difference. We make the differences. People used to come to Jesus to get blessings, to get healthy, and to be healed from illnesses. Jesus said, "You are ill because you are eating what you should not eat. You should eat the grains from the field, nuts, milk, and honey." Do we follow Him? I follow Him very much, and that is the reality. So the human is stuck in material life and has lost the simple way of life. We lost control over our diet. The meat consumed now in the world was never consumed before in the history of mankind. After the First World War and Second World War, there was a hunger that only rich people, or those who had a little money, could afford the meat. So, psychologically, it went into the subconscious of the human: only rich people can afford the meat. High society. Consuming alcohol and meat, I don't call that high society. I call it a different society. And this is that in the blood of the human now, psychologically, is a hunger toward money and eating. At the Second World War, which left behind a very big wound in human consciousness. And unfortunately, in between came many civil wars. So humans are completely lost in direction. So we have to turn back to nature, the natural way of life, to balance our body, our mind, our psychic, and our emotions. And there are some yoga exercises. So, in yoga exercises, movements. Yoga has no challenges and no competitions. It's not acrobatic. But, therapeutic movements. These are therapeutic movements which will help our body to be healthy, to be concentrated, to be relaxed, and to manage our life in this hectic world. The prāṇa śakti, the prāṇa, the breath, and relaxation. That is what yoga is giving nowadays. So yoga is so old, as old as the universe. And the principles of yoga are: there is a God, believe in God, follow your master, follow your teacher's instructions. When you learn driving, you should follow the instructions of your driving guru. And on the day when you will not follow his instructions, an accident will happen. The driving teacher doesn't tell you to drink alcohol and then drive, but people do sometimes. It means they don't follow the master's instructions. Prayer, meditation, repetition of the name of God, mantra. Time to time, fasting. The full moon, symbol of the emotion, very good to fast. Once a week or once a month, fasting is very good. Now, these are the principles of yoga. Now, those religions now on this planet have these principles. They are part of yoga, and yoga is not part of some religion. Thanks to the great saints of India who contribute to the world with these noble ideas of Ahiṃsā, to lead a noble life, and to practice yoga. Therefore, yoga is designed for humans to understand themselves and help others. Protect others, protect the environment, and respect the life on this planet that God has given. My dear brothers and sisters, that is yoga. Now, it depends on you what you think, but I told you, that is the reality. It is that principle which is balancing, harmonizing, and uniting. Space, consciousness, and matter. That's yoga. I was thinking of showing you some yoga exercises. We come now to the physical planet. It's called a capsule program, capsule medicine. Capsule, yes. It is a new expression. We want everything very little, but powerful. We have no time to exercise yoga against high blood pressure, but we have time to swallow the capsules. So, I was thinking long about how to design these capsule programs. And that is called Kaṭhupranām. Very good for concentration. Very good for your organs, for digestion, awakening of the psychic center, the kuṇḍalinī, development of the concentrations, improvement in the immune system, removal of tiredness, feeling of pleasure, and those who want to have big muscles? For them, also very good. They have to do 500 rounds, but that is not our aim. This Khatu Praṇām, Khatu is a holy place where my master, Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, was living. He lived 135 years, a healthy life. There is a book called Lilāmṛt, written by my master who lived with him for thirty years. And he wrote about the miracles and life of Mahāprabhujī. When you read this book, you will know what a master is. I don't even dare to say that I am a disciple. Master is something different. We are disciples, practitioners. We try our best to be. The hidden powers in humans, the immense energies dormant in it, and awakening of those talents in the human body—the aim of this small book which you received today is called Chakra and Kuṇḍalinī. This is a world within thyself, so in one short sentence: You are a divine being. Within you is God Himself. And you can discover that. You are a good person. You should never think that you are a sinner. You made a mistake. This and that. If we believe that everything happens through the Divine Will, then, when we made a mistake, it was the Divine Will. It's not our problem. It's His problem, so feel yourself as liberated and free. Don't feel as a guilty one. Yes, something happened through our being here. And we pray that God will forgive us. So, dear brothers and sisters, this is a message of yoga, in a few glimpses, of what yoga is. So many journalists are sitting here. I welcome them, I respect them, and this question has been asked of me so many times. And especially in the split. Today, ten times this question was asked by different journalists. So I failed to answer this question a little bit more in explanation. You have a beautiful religion. You believe in Jesus, you should believe, you should lead your religious life, that's perfect. Be a good Christian, or be a good Muslim, or be a good Hindu, or be a good Jew, or a good Buddhist. All is the same. My great master, His Holiness Swami Madhavānandjī, the Holy Gurujī, he used to say, "One in all and all in one." Yedan Usvemu I Sve U Yednom: One God in All and All in One God. There are 20 cups, and you fill the water inside, and you see the moon in the sky is only one moon, and you see into the cups. Every 20 cups have a moon inside. Different colors of the cups. Different sizes of the cups. Different forms of the cups, but in each cup is only one moon. And there are 20 cups and 20 moons, but in reality, there is only one. That one God is in every creature, and every creature is getting the light from the one God. That is the message for world peace, harmony, happiness, and balance in the world. Therefore, I would suggest you practice yoga in daily life, because yoga in daily life is not only physical movements, but it is service towards all creatures, protection of the environment, working for world peace, working for spiritual peace, development for good health, and God realization. Thank you for listening. God bless you. Vajra is the name of the nāḍī, a nerve, and this nāḍī goes from the beginning, from between the big and second toes, it goes through the calf, through the whole body, till the brain. In this posture, your body is automatically straight. It means your spine is in perfect shape. When the spine is straight, the back muscles are relaxed. When the back muscles are relaxed, when the diaphragm has more capacity for receiving the breath, the oxygen, then automatically you are breathing correctly. When the spine is straight, the diaphragm is expanded, shoulders and back muscles... Your entire digestive system is relaxed. Your entire digestive system is relaxed. The large and small intestines are relaxed, and now proper digestive function begins. It supports your pancreas to improve the digestive fire, jāṭharāgni. And therefore, after eating, it's good to sit in this posture for five to ten minutes. And when this entire form of the body is in a relaxed condition, then, automatically, your concentration develops. And this posture is very good for those people who have depression, anxiety or nervousness. Believe me, it will help them. And this posture is very, very good for those ladies who have cramps or spasms during menstruation. And also, for those who are expecting a child, the pregnant women, it is very good. So it has many, many good signs in this posture. But those who have problems with their knees, meniscus, or ankle joints, then this posture is not good. In that case, you should just stand on your knees. Stand on your knees. Not sitting down completely. Stand on the knees. No, no, on the knees. You can begin that position or exercise from this posture. But this is individual, not general. Now, in number one, while inhaling, stretch your hands above the head. What it means is that you are expanding your lungs, your chest, and then fold the palms together so your side muscles are stretched. The effect goes to your kidneys. This is very, very good for your kidney functions. And it removes the gallbladder stones. Two, while exhaling, bend forward. And hands, elbows, and forehead on the ground. Dlanovi, laktovi i čelo su na podu. Relax. Opusti se. This posture helps the person to come out of depression. Ova položaj pomaže izlasku iz depresije. Zašto? Zbog čega? Because a lot of the blood, fresh blood, is flowing towards the head. Jer svježa krv pritiče prema glavi. Often, depression and nervousness come because of the lack of oxygen which is coming toward the brain. And your stomach is gently massaged, and your digestive system. The spine column is in one straight line. The vertebrae are in a straight line, and very gently stretch the muscles along the spine. Circulation of blood increases towards the head and face, which is very good for your eyes, ears, nose, and everything in this part of the body. And you are very comfortable in this posture. Many times, your mother finds a child sleeping in the cradle like this. Because the child feels very relaxed in this. Three, now you see the counter effect on the body. Some parts of the body are stretched, some muscles are pressed together. Neki mišići se stežu, drugi se istežu, što ima vrlo dobar efekat. Now you are stimulating the muscles and the blood circulation. Ovo stimulira mišiće i potiče cirkulaciju krvi. The stomach is completely relaxed, hanging down. Trbukh se potpuno opusti i objesi. And very good for the thyroid. Because you are now affecting your thyroid gland. Four is called the cobra. Generally, a snake doesn't go up like this. When he is feeling fear or scared, angry, then he goes up. And that affects Svādhiṣṭhāna and Mūlādhāra Cakra. I'm not going to talk now about chakras. But you should just read in this book about the effects of the chakras. And then what happens? The tension, the anger is released. Then the cobra goes down again. So when your husband comes home angry, then put him in this position. Say, my dear husband, darling, I will talk to you after first Kathā Praṇām. Now you can judge yourself how, from the toes, foot soles, calf muscles, thigh muscles, buttock muscles, entire back muscles, neck muscles, they are all stretched. And the front part of the muscles is pressed or relaxed. And the shoulder muscles get the balance; it develops the shoulder muscles. I ovo razvija ramene mišiće. And also, again, the circulation towards the head. Open, circulation towards the head. Six. Now, the posture itself is introducing. I said, "Ove se položaj sam predstavlja." The half part of the body is stressed. Pola tijela je istegnuto, mišići su istegnuti. So now, in this posture, there are already counter postures. In yoga, there is what is called dynamic movement for warming the body. Counter postures for stimulating the organs' functions, the stretching. And finally, the postures: seven. Now, for the stomach, abdomen, and chest, for the heart volume, it will be easier for the heart, as well as for the back muscles. Eight, it's not very hard. He's not sweating because it's very hard; he's sweating because it's very hot. Yeah, because some are frightened that, "My God, He's sweating, it's so hard." Nine, perfect, beautiful. Mostly, the house ladies are doing this every day. Cleaning something from the floor. Ten, eleven. Go ahead, please. Yes, go ahead. You continue, tell him. So this is your capsule program. Kathu is the holy place where Mahāprabhujī lived. Honor to him. And to gain a blessing from him. This exercise, or this combination of different postures, I designed. And believe me, there is a blessing in these postures. Very good for your body, awakening of the chakras, kuṇḍalinī śakti, calmness of the mind, spiritual development, one in all, all in one. JEDAN U SVEMU I SVE U JEDNOM. Now he will show once more without explanation, and you observe.