Bhajan about Yoga Nidra - yogic sleep
Yoga Nidrā is a state of conscious rest distinct from ordinary sleep. A story illustrates this. Sādhus once criticized a master for apparent daytime sleep. The master explained he was practicing yoga nidrā, a conscious sleep where one remains inwardly awake. In this state, awareness is fully alert while the body rests deeply, rejuvenating more than ordinary sleep. It is a practice for rare yogis. The practitioner's awareness turns inward, ascending beyond the physical. Chakras open like blossoms in this state. One perceives past, present, and future, connected to pure consciousness without physical base. The experience is of limitless light and bliss within the astral space. The mantra guides and sustains this awareness. True understanding of this technique comes only through the guru's guidance.
"Listen, sādhus, I was not sleeping, I was in Yoga Nidrā."
"In that sleep of yoga nidrā, you are completely awakened."
Filming location: Cherkassy, Ukraine
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Prāṇāyāma is a vital science for harmonizing body, mind, and soul. Many practitioners are unfamiliar with yogic terms like prāṇāyāma, mistaking yoga for mere physical exercise. A complete system includes āsanas, breathwork, and meditation for holistic health. Prāṇa is life force, inhaled through the entire body, not just the nostrils. The mind's principle is the moon, symbolizing emotion and change. Prāṇāyāma practice begins with the left nostril, associated with the iḍā nāḍī and the moon, to calm emotions, reduce anxiety, and prevent psychic blockages. This practice balances the subtle energies, supports heart health, and develops concentration. Proper technique requires a straight posture without shoulder movement. Mastery leads to deeper practices like svara yoga, aligning breath with spiritual awareness.
"Prāṇāyāma is life. When we inhale through the left nostril, why do we begin with the left? The left nostril is called the moon, balancing the moon."
"Prāṇāyāma with the left nostril. Learn first step by step. It controls our emotions. It controls our everything, the restlessness."
Filming location: Vép, Hungary
Good Health and Peace
Yoga is the science of the human being, the culmination of life's evolution. Animals evolve toward humanity, but humans can regress if they do not heed divine instruction. Do not kill other creatures; animals kill from ignorance, but humans know better. God is one, like an ocean of which we are all drops. Science progresses but leads away from God, while yoga leads toward God. The ego resides in the heart and brain; one part is for self, the other for all. A yogi must never give negative talk or do negative things to anyone. Life is a staircase; one goes down through harmful actions, and one goes up through respect and care for all creatures. The soul passes through one door determined by our actions. Protect all life; that is yoga.
"Don't kill them. Protect them, love them, protect them, don't kill them. That is yoga."
"Science is good... but we have to come, please, all animals."
Filming location: Brno, Czech Republic
The Eternal Tradition and the Divine Consort
The eternal tradition is the source of all sacred days. Others, like Christians and Muslims, have their holy days, but all this came from India. We see from Bhagavān Śiva, then Viṣṇu, then Rām, then Kṛṣṇa. Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa is great, and with him was his wife, Rukmiṇī. This is not about years; it is about devotion. Rādhā was his devotion. Now, we should all say Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī. They are the same, and others are there with them. But Rādhājī knows he is Rādhā, and he is not equal. Those who do not know, we will explain in satsaṅg. We must bring Rukmiṇī back as the mother and keep her with us.
"Others, like the Christians, are very late in comparison. They see everything exactly, but they tell it with another name."
"But Rādhājī knows that he is Rādhā, so he is Rādhā. He is not equal, that’s why."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
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We are identifying a place and performing a symbolic action with a cup. The place is depicted in a picture and contains a whirlpool in a park corner and a pond. A brightly painted cup is there, meant to stand upon a tree stump behind the pond. The action involves using group-colored pencils to tie the cup, but not to bind it completely, as it is already secured. The final instruction is to transform these pencils into the pencils of our group's boats.
"It is in the picture. And did you recognize me? Yes, indeed."
"First, we must tie it with pencils in the colors of our group. Must we bind it completely? No."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
