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Many people suffer from illnesses like cancer, which affects both men and women, though certain conditions such as women's cancers, headaches stemming from marital stress, and thyroid problems are more frequently seen in women. These ailments are not inherent to being a woman; men experience similar issues. They often originate from internalized pressures related to problems with parents, a partner, the workplace, a boss, or other life circumstances. You cannot fight against these external forces directly, but when you internalize the stress, it creates a pressure within the body. Slowly, this internal pressure becomes the cause of many, many diseases. This accounts for roughly 35% of the diseases I am describing, though there are, of course, many other illnesses. Some problems are also inherited from parents and passed down through generations. While many issues exist, we can solve them by practicing according to yoga. In yoga practice, we begin with āsanas, which should be very simple and not excessive. After that comes Prāṇāyāma, followed by meditation and other concentrations, as one tries to discover the right path. In this context, the time I am talking about integrates yoga into daily life. Many yogīs also advise: first, change your diet; second, change your sleeping time. The saying "Early to bed, early to rise" is often repeated, but it is very hard for many, including myself, to go to sleep before midnight. We call this a kind of jet lag. For frequent travelers, jet lag is very hard, but for me, there is no... [Instruction about windows omitted]. Nowadays, opening the window is not always good because of neighbors and other entities. We are becoming increasingly blocked in, day by day. In many countries, people are falling ill because of this. Governments may speak of 100 people affected, but definitely 500 are there, and many, many such things exist. The Nature of Meditation Anyhow, amidst many different things, we now come to our meditation. For us, meditation can be of two or three kinds: active meditation and passive meditation. There is also Prāṇāyāma, specifically the prāṇāyāma of the viśuddhi cakra, which involves the vocal cords but should not be pressed too strongly. This practice solves a lot of problems—stress and many meditation-related issues will be resolved. One should never meditate by looking upward with the eyeballs. Never. Otherwise, you will have problems. Many people meditate like this, and it creates a big issue. I met a person today who said, "After meditating, I suddenly cannot meditate anymore. I'll give up. I don't know about Kuṇḍalinī and all that. What should I do?" I told him, "I know your problem." He asked, "Can you solve it?" I said yes. His meditation, given by some master, was wrong because he was always trying to see something here [points upward]. This is not the vision we speak of. You might think you will see a light in your forehead, but there is no physical light; it is completely dark. It is not electric light or sunlight. That is the light of wisdom, and you go there. If we look up and strain, we will only get a headache, and many psychic problems can arise. Therefore, the meditation is called Nāsik, focusing on the tip of the nose. Our eyes should look gently downward. I have a disciple named Lakṣman Purī. When I am talking, his eyes are closed, but he is always looking up with his eyes, and that is why his progress is blocked; it creates tension. Yoga training involves many books, but a book is just a book. A master will tell you. Though I have written in my book, I might tell you something different that is not in the book, or perhaps it is, but it depends on time, situations, and everything. Therefore, disciples should proceed accordingly. That is why our religion is called Sanātana Dharma, the eternal law, and it is called the ever-living master. The Living God and Blocked Religions With all God, God is never blocked and finished. All people are suffering because they have one concept of God, and without it, they feel lost. But when will this God come? For example, the Jews. They have a God; they talk about Him, with the seven candles and so on. But they are looking for God at the wall. They are thirsty, knowing water is on the other side of the rock, heading and heading there. But God is not there anymore; He is God. There is a God within, a living God. The other is not a living God. For instance, after the Bible, there is no more living God. There is the Holy Father or Jesus, but now there is no money [for spiritual currency]. There is a Pope and priests who perform services, but not as that living presence. They don't have it; it's finished. Similarly, in Islam, they do not have it anymore. They only say "Allah," but where? The sky is for everybody. If you think your sky is different, then there should be no clouds there. But when clouds come, what do you think? Faith is good. Allah is the reality, what we call Brahman. Brahman and Allah are the same. But who wrote this? Who brought the Bible or the Qur’ān? They don't want to see that anymore. The Quran is a book; they also don't feel it as a living God but follow what is written inside. In every country, after a ministry or when a prime minister takes office, they must place their hand on a holy book. So, there is a form, but how? The Sikh religion also no longer has a living God because they have the Guru Granth. How many gurus were there? The last was Guru Nānak, who said, "Now there will be no more guru coming." He wrote, "Guru Granth ko jānī," meaning know the Guru's book as the Guru. That book is God, the Guru. Now, no Guru will be seated externally. Where? In the heart. Search in your heart. "Guru-grantha ko jānīye pragad-guron ka dey." Where are you searching? In the heart, meaning in that holy book. That is the truest path. Also, for Buddhists, there is no more [living Buddha]. But we have this as a guru, a living guru, and that will be forever. That is why it is called a living religion. The other is a blocked religion. It is like having a mother, and then the mother dies. Who will breastfeed milk? The mother's picture is there, very nice. A child cries, "I want milk, mommy," but there is nothing. If you are living, then we will give you the milk. That's it—living life. The Cycle of Life and the Soul in All Beings Therefore, the whole creation is a circle, going and coming, going and coming. That is the presence. We have the cycle, the wheel. One part is down, but one is up. That up will slowly go down, and the down will come up. Similarly, all creatures are coming and going. You cannot say that animals have no life. About 20 years ago in Germany, they declared that animals have no soul. That's why people were killing animals. But now, after a long time, they have declared that animals also have life. If there is no soul, no life, then how is milk produced? From where do animals give us everything good? They have life. Even little mosquitoes have life. If they don't know, they say there's nothing. But it is there. Therefore, search in each and every living being. Even the plant has life in it. This is why they are angry—because they know they don't have a living God anymore, but they don't want to give up, so they fight and fight. Even we humans, you are a God. Definitely, you are a God. You are a living God, and you will go away. But if we have that, our behavior is not good. Our body is completely given by God. For example, God prepared everything nicely, even the hair. Because man was in a hurry, he became like a monkey with hair in two places. But women, God took His time; the girls were on time, so they are nice... [Digression on hair omitted]. Anyhow, God gave completely, and God said, "I am your son, you are a God." He sent him as a God, and that's why a little child is like a God. But now our behavior is gone. That's why we are suffering, and we are not anymore a God. God is inside, but God will say, "No, you have to go back again." So, there is heaven or hell, but there is another thing we call naraka. Svarga is like heaven, but svarga and naraka are two: hell and heaven. These concepts are exactly what Christians or others say, but further you don't know. You have put all in one, called heaven. Heaven doesn't have so much. That's why it is said, "No," because people have negative energies, so you go to hell. Non-Violence and the Suffering of Creatures And what are we doing? We are not useful anymore. We kill them, eat them. But we said, "Do not kill them." Don't kill them, don't eat them, but feed them. That's it. Humans have this feeling. Some people have a little cat, and the cat is so loving, you can't imagine. And the dog will come running and give a kiss to the lady, not the husband, because the dog is more loving, more peaceful. The cat is also okay. But what about her husband? My God. So when the dog is jumping on the woman, and the husband is sitting there waiting for her to say "hello"... Okay, why not? This is beautiful. They are creatures. God gave them different bodies, but the ātmā, the soul, is there. Therefore, this soul, which I said again: Śrī Guru, Ātmā, Paramātmā, Om, Ātmā, Puruṣottama, Sakala Jaga Antara Jāmī, Cāracarākī, cara cara kī, cara cara... You know what "cara cara" means? The word? I am talking about chara, achara, chara, achara kī ātmā. So it is said, chara, achara kī ātmā—moving and non-moving, but still living, like our tree, our plant. How beautiful this plant is. How many beautiful colors, how good it smells. But still, we go through them, and this and that. First, it is said: don't cut the flowers. Where they are, let them be. Many people, like Swami Vivekananda 110 years ago, also said, "No flowers." In the Hindu branch, the Jainas will never cut a plant. They will not walk on new grass. They take care of all creatures. And how are people doing? Sometimes you see chickens, and they are kicked like a football. Little cow calves are thrown down, breaking their legs, left lying for two days, and then slaughtered. These people have no love for living beings, and therefore, humans are suffering. The Path to Liberation To come to mokṣa or liberation is not so easy. Don't think you will just go to heaven. You go to the door up there, and I will come with you. I will ask Jesus if this person is coming into heaven or not. Jesus said, "I didn't buy you; you brought them here. Go back." Yes. That's it. It doesn't matter, your religion or my religion. I worship him like Jesus, and he loves me like his son. Okay? I am Hindu or Muslim—we are all. At once, he died like this. You make a marriage, and it is very nice. You go into the church and worship there. Everybody came at about the same time behind the church, near the restaurant, and they were slaughtering some animals—goats or sheep. On the altar, Jesus's statue is there, or just the name. Even only the name of the church is already like Jesus. If you go in, it is like that. And why do we go? Because it is humble and holy, and this holy one, holy like a god, blesses you for everything. But outside, you are slaughtering animals and eating them. When you step out of the church, you are in sin again. We have to follow why it is written, "Thou shalt not kill." Why is it written in the Bible? This is because of humans. But then why didn't he write it for the humans? So we humans are creating our problems, trying to be okay, but we cannot do it. Now you see what is coming? People were drinking, eating living animals. They were using a gas flame on cows, animals, or dogs. Once a year, there was a festival. Everyone, the best dog, a loving dog, was burned. They turned the animal on its side and also on its buttocks. They said, "Which kind? They go to a restaurant. Which cat do you want to eat?" They have many cats. They bring the cat, boil water, take the cat inside, then take it out and put it in cold water. Then they take it like this, the skin comes off. Then again, they put it in cold water, and it's still living. You can see the cat moving in the water. Is that right? And that is why these infections and such are coming—the revenge coming from the animals. So, please, we cannot do this. We don't have the power. If we go to the slaughterhouse, we can only plead, "Please don't," but they will not listen; they will kill us. We can only pray, "Lord." Therefore, this is where they will go and where we will go. You will know that day, not now. So this is how life is. The Jainas have a mask here all the time. Why? Because they say when we speak, some kind of gas comes out, and maybe some flying animals could be killed. So it is like this, really. When they go eating, they clean and then eat, and then again... because that energy comes from my mouth. And now everyone has become like China? Not only China, everywhere. So can we one day, God? Why did God do this? God said, "I did not. I gave everybody life, but I didn't say you should kill them." The Highest Principle: Non-Violence Meditation is passive or active. The other fight is to practice ahiṃsā paramo dharma. Ahiṃsā means non-violence. Ahiṃsā devo dharma. That is the best you can do—your religion or anything good in your life, the best of the best. Without any meditation, without anything, don't do anything harmful. But from our heart, we should not neglect, not backbite, and not hit them. That's it. So that is the way we are coming to our path. Now let's come to the meditation. Time is gone, so we will meditate a little bit. Therefore, I would say: go within thyself. I will tell only some words, not too long. Guided Meditation Sit comfortably. Make yourself comfortable and withdraw from the external world. We know there is sound. We know the people. We know the inside and outside of our house. But now we should be one with ourself. Relax. Be with you. Relax... relax. No expectation, only you know thyself. Relax the whole body from the toes to the top of the head, and from the top of the head to the toes. Relax. Just go within thyself. Deep inhale and exhale, and feel this complete relaxation. Feel your whole body from the outside: skin, limbs, fingers, palm and wrist, lower arms, elbows, upper arm, shoulders, shoulder blades, neck, jaw, nose, eyes, eyebrows. Feel the relaxation of your whole body, and especially your eyelids. Relax. Feel your whole head relax. Relax. Spinal column, back muscles, front part of the body, your lungs, stomach. Now, feel your navel and concentrate on your navel. Feel the movements, inhalation and exhalation, at the navel. Let it flow, very normal breath. Just be thyself with thyself. Now place your palms on your ears and just listen to the sound from the brain. Keep your palms on your ears. With closed eyes, look gently forward, and place your palms on your ears. Try to listen to the sound of your brain. Now, slowly touch your chin to your chest, but keep your hands there. What kind of resonance is there? Again, slowly come up and tilt to the left side. Your hands are always on your ears. Come back to the middle, then to the other side, the right side. Don’t press too strongly with your hands. The hole in your ears is in the middle. Look forward with closed eyes and hear the sound through the ears. Now, head straight, and move your hands. Rub your palms, place your palms on your face, open your eyes in your hands, and slightly... Gently massage your eyelids. Open your eyes, place your hands on the floor, and slowly touch your forehead to the floor. Relax there. Relax. Feel the blood circulation towards the face, eyes, ears, nose, and brain. Now, slowly, with the help of your hand, come up again. Three times we will chant Om. Hold your palms, rub your palms. Gain energy from your face and hands under your ribs.