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How should we start our day?

The wealth lies in the vision of the Guru, a treasure of conscious bliss beyond all ritual. This is the core of spiritual practice.

All yoga practices aim to elevate human consciousness to a state of universal love. Begin the day by consciously awakening the body upon rising. Honor the earth as a mother and use water to awaken the nervous system. Greet parents to foster familial unity. Then have darśana, seeing the divine in your spiritual symbols. This conscious approach brings peace to the household. Extend this mindfulness to respecting your food and your work. At work, solidify your roots like a tree endures various conditions; your stability affects others. Even the joyful greeting from a house pet reflects the heart's genuine connection. Knowing "I am human" throughout the day prevents negative actions and fosters mutual respect.

"O japā tapa yoga nahīṁ banāyāve, karuṇā nidhi dayā pramāṇave." (Neither repetition, austerity, nor yoga can accomplish it; only the treasure of compassion and grace is the proof.)

"Only when we know that I am a human are we awakened the whole day."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Darśana dhana, Gurudeva darśana dhana, Caitanya ānanda dhana, Gurudeva darśana dhana. O ṛṣi, muni, sumare, avatāra, Veda thakita nahīṁ pāvata para, maiṁ kaise karuṁ kathana? O O Gurudev darśan dhan, o cetana ānanda dhan, o Gurudev darśan dhan. O japā tapa yoga nahīṁ banāyāve, karuṇā nidhi dayā pramāṇave. Mera bār mein bār na man ho, Gurudev darśan dhan ho. Caitanya ānand dhan ho, Gurudev darśan dhan ho. Satguru darśan tīrat sārā. Jo jan pāve bhāge sitārā, Hari bhav bhajan bhagavān ho. Gurudev darśan dhan ho, Caitanya Ānand Dhan ho, Gurudev Darśan Dhan ho. Satguru se merī yehī vandanā, kāṭo kāla bhava karma kā bandhana. Gurudeva darśana dhanayon, Caitanya ānanda dhanayon. Gurudev darśan dhan ho, Satguru sāyab Devpurījī, dharam hai tu avatār dhāreśa. Śrī Deep āpke śaraṇe yo, Gurudev darśan dhan ho. Chetanyānanda dhano, Gurudeva darśana dhano, Guru Satguru Bhagavān kī jaya. Sapna jaiso re sansār, deep kare chhe puka. Manwa kar le vichār, nām Hari Jī kusār. Āyobhav mein dei dār. Satsaṅg maiṅ sār. Nāma Hari Jī Kusāra Sapnā, Jai So Re Sansāra. Dīpa Kare Che Pukāra, Manava Kar Le Vicāra. Ho Ab Tu Ne Munī Dhara. Dekho Hari ko didaar, Jaao dhani ke darbaar, Jao dhani ke darbaar, Yaan mein phark nasaar. Manwa kar le vichaar, O kar le vichaar, Naam Hari jī ko saar. Sapna jaisho re sansār, Deepu kare che pukār. Manwa kar le vichaar o bhaavar gunjaar, chetan aap nirdhaar. Lakhe Jī Sarjan Yār, manva karle vichar, Nām Hari Jī Kosar. Sapnā jai so re sansār, deep kare che pukā. Śrīdipu kare chepukā, manva kar le vichār. O hero, jadiyo pinja, mati gamāo sansā. Man kī duī ko tū hī tār. Karo re guru sang pyaar, man va kar le vichaar. Nām Hari jī Kosal, sapnā jaiso re sansā. Śrī Deep kare jai bhūkān. Manwa karle bichār, Gurudev hai, Gurudev hai, apar hai. Mujh se nī sār, nij nām ko vichār kar, bhav utryo hoon pār. Kar le vichār, nām Hari jī ko sām. Sapnā jaiso re sansār. Śrī Deepu kare che pukār, o śrī deep kareche bukār. Manvā karle vichār, nām Hari jī ko sār. Bolo Satguru Bhagwan kī Jai, Śhrī Devpurījī Bhagwan kī Jai. O Śrī Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī kī Jai, Devadī Dev Deveśwar Mahādev kī Jai, Hindudharam Samrat Satguru Swami Madhavan Jī Bhagavān kī Jai. Alak Purījī Mahādev kī Jai, Om Śānti, Śānti,... Śānti. Good evening, all dear sisters and brothers, all yoga practitioners, and all around the world. I bless you in the name of Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī. The day is becoming better and better. It has come that corona is slowly, slowly going back. We are praying for all. Everyone now knows who knows. You should make one mala for this corona to go back, please. Our mala is what we will do from today. What I told you to do is for the whole world. From your heart and from your consciousness, let your mala, your mantra, spread through the whole globe, so that peace becomes again. Like in the ocean, there are sometimes very heavy waves, which are very large and so high. We pray to God, "God, please now give us peace." We pray for the whole world, that they should become healthy, peaceful, understanding what happened, accepting it all. We pray to our God, "Amen, according to your will." Gods, the Holy Mothers, please bless us. This is one part of yoga. Whatever we are doing—āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, meditations, many different techniques—it is only to bring our human consciousness to such a beautiful state where we love each other. We want to bring this again to this earth. For this, I would like to say, and I am also doing this every day: when we wake up, do not quickly get out of bed. Feel your whole body from the toes to the head. This means awakening the whole body. Then we know that we open our eyes and we look, thanks to God, that from deep sleep you brought me out again. Respect and love your mother and father. Then we say it to the Holy Mother or God, but generally we say, "Mother." And which Mother? Mother Earth. We are still on the bed, or we are sleeping on a carpet on the floor, but still, we are coming out of our bed. We say, "Holy Mother Earth, I step my foot on you, my body, Earth, on you, my mother. Please respect and take me as your son, your child." When we step on the earth, mother, and you know, many times I am saying that I am human. Let me do or act whatever you wish; I am ready to do your Seva. O Mother Earth, I want to do something. Then we more or less always go to the water. When we touch that water, or take water in our hand, immediately the whole nervous system is awakened by this water. First, we should take water in our hands and touch it to our forehead. Then from the forehead to the eyes, nostrils, and the whole mouth and face. You are doing it also, but tomorrow you should do it consciously, awakening everything, all systems. Then we take a little water in the mouth. That Mother Earth and our ocean give me prāṇa. Then we put water on our hands, awakening completely. After that, if your mother or father is with you, you can say, in different languages or mostly in English, "Good morning, mother, father." What happens then? Parents and ourselves become one. We are connected very much. At that time, what to do? Because we want to do first for our mothers’ and fathers’ faces. Then you can go to the bathroom to wash, or do it later. But then we shall have our darśana. Darśana means to see. This is a language, so we see our God. We see any of your spiritual symbols, so we see God. If we do like this, the parents will be very kind, humble, and very happy with their children. And the children will also be very happy. Try. If you have some disturbances in the family, do this again as I tell you, and all will be very happy and together. In that way, this is that kind of yoga. In such a way, when we arrive in our consciousness, in our whole body, then, of course, when we are having breakfast and the food comes, we know we are respecting our food. It doesn’t matter how you talk about this, but still we are happy when it comes into our body. So what we bring into the body and what we put in our body will be according to what is happening in the body. In this way, we can, from one house to another, from one family to other families, give them this kind of thought and work in the family. In your house, it will be very peaceful. Some or many people have their religions. They think, "In the morning when they wake up or eat, or when they go, they see God at the altar." That is something great. That awakens human consciousness and human feelings more and more. We know that we are human, and I need not tell you; you all know that we are humans. But what I am telling is that we shall bring happiness, joy, peace, and harmony into the family. Whatever you do afterwards—you can practice āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, meditations, concentrations, work, or play with the children a little—going to your office is your choice. When we go from our house to our office, at that time a strong power comes into our self because I am going to do something for others. When we are driving—now the traffic is very heavy—we are inside our car, and we have some good thoughts. We come to the office, and we know what we are doing. We give our whole energy, our whole concentration, all our knowledge, and that makes us very happy. But if you do not like the work, then it becomes negative. Then it does not matter if you are in the work or not; we are harming ourselves, not our office, which is there. They will get some other person. For example, there is one tree standing. Sometimes it is very hot, sometimes cold, sometimes very strong wind, sometimes no wind. There are different situations for the tree, but it stands there. The roots are there. So when you work in your office, you should solidify the roots of your work. Maybe you are the boss and the others are your workers; they will be happy if you are happy. If you have good roots for yourself, then others will also do well. So this is a life, how to go through. Also, sometimes many people have a house pet, and these house pets are so happy. When you come home from your work in the evening, you come to your house, and you have a dog. Who hugs you first, your wife or your dog, or your husband or the dog? How much love they have. Also, there are other creatures you have at home. You are so humble and kind that even the animals come and welcome you. That is because it is coming from the heart. So this is the first step to begin with yoga, because then you will understand, you will feel. That is very important. We will practice, and very soon, of course, we are working still with our kuṇḍalinī. Whatever I am talking about is in all the cakras; each cakra, everything is inside. We will continue, and tomorrow we will meet again. So, in the morning, wake up. Open your eyes, and all three points I also said before many times: I am human. I am human. Only when we know that I am a human are we awakened the whole day. We will not do any negative thing. So we should just know, yes, we are human. I am not telling you about religion, but only that we are human. Please, we should respect each other. See you tomorrow. Om Śānti. Śānti, Śānti.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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