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Eternal journey
The eternal journey is within the Self, toward oneness with the cosmic Self. All souls, across every creature from sand flies to elephants, are equal. Life itself is God, present in the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and space. These elements constitute our being. We are God, and God cannot manifest without them. To understand this, investigate your sense of self. When asked where your soul is, most point to the heart. Yet, like peeling an onion to find no core, the true "I" has no fixed location. Our body maps the journey: the feet represent earth, knees vegetation, hips animals, and the spine upward leads to human consciousness and the higher chakras. The aim is to purify the body and energy through practices like yoga and prāṇāyāma, harming no creature, to reach the highest consciousness. Life's purpose is this inner evolution. After death, elements disperse, but a purified soul journeys onward.
"Life itself is God."
"All souls, across every creature from sand flies to elephants, are equal."
Filming location: Brisbane, Australia
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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
