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How to open the heart?
The aim of human life is to remember God, which is the essence of bhajan. Religion is a philosophy derived from divine incarnations, but the eternal essence is one dharma. The physical body is a temporary construct of five elements, a wondrous bungalow where God speaks. Consciousness pendles between three states: waking, dream, and deep sleep. In dream, your reality is created from past impressions and desires. The knower, the knowledge, and the object of knowledge are three. When these three become one, a higher consciousness dawns where past, present, and future are seen without attachment. Detachment is difficult, as seen in states like coma where the connection to worldly interest is severed.
A specific mantra purifies the mind, the seat of fear and problems. Repeating it shifts awareness from pain to the divine, offering strength and purification for the inner faculties. It opens the eye of the heart, allowing the universal light to awaken within. This leads to fearlessness, cutting all worldly bonds and removing the threefold afflictions of physical, astral, and karmic troubles. Eternal peace is achieved as the individual self merges with the supreme.
"O human, the aim of your life is to remember God."
"Through this mantra, our inner purification takes place immediately."
Filming location: Vancouver, Canada
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
