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O Sākṣāt Parabrahma, tasmai Śrī Gurave namaḥ. Dhyāna mūlaṁ guru-mūrtiḥ, pūjā mūlaṁ guru-padaṁ, mantra mūlaṁ guru-vākyaṁ, mokṣa mūlaṁ gurur-kṛpā. Oṁ śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. Devadhī Deva Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī kī Jai. Devadhī Deva Deveśvara Bhagavān Dev Purījī Mahārāj kī Jai. Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Sadguru Svāmī Mahādvāna Jī Bhagavān kī Jai. Devadhī Deva Alak Purījī Mahādeva kī Lāko Lāko Praṇām. And to all my dear sisters and brothers, to all yoga teachers, students, and to all humans across the whole earth, I offer my respect for them and for what they do. I am very happy with their best efforts. The result lies within our Self. From the outside, we only try to acquire knowledge. Anyone—the greatest one, the most humble one, the pokorný (humble)—they give us knowledge from the outside, from them to us. But we have to feel and know how much we ourselves can give to others. In that way, one stands at the border. And at the borders, there are four paths: east, west, north, south. We are standing in the center. Now they have given us the path. Our eyes are opened, and no one will say, "Go to the left or right." Yet, many times we don’t know what we should say or where we should go. There are two persons, mother and father. But after a certain time, we, as their children, begin to think we are better than our parents. The parents may not have studied much, yet they did everything well, perfectly, and had a good life. People come, respecting them and saying good words to the parents. But your son or daughter, they study and study and study. They come home and, of course, they are the parents' children, so they come and give blessings to the parents. However, the one who has been far away from the parents and goes farther and farther thinks, "They are our parents, but we are great, and we are very highly educated." They go far and far away. They are like those who want to see the horizon. They want to achieve the horizon, believing that if you can achieve that, you are perfect. But they cannot achieve that distance of the horizon. One comes back home. The mother is putting food on the table. The father is sitting there at the dining place, and the person also comes and sits there. That one child—who is not a child anymore, but a very great, learned one—only asks the question, thinking that father and mother do not understand what the horizon is. The mother said, "My child, you have crossed the horizon, so you should turn back." But the child says, "I want to see the friend. The origin is there." The mother replies, "I know, my child, but you have crossed it now." The child says, "Don’t make me stupid, mother." The father then said, "Turn back and see their origin towards the mountain. You will come to the peak of the mountain, and now look every side." The child was thinking, "You are coming to my horizon, to my place on the third tip of the mountain." The father said, "My child, look every side. Which horizon do you want to achieve?" The child pleads, "Mother, don’t send me so far, I can’t." The father said, "Close your eyes. You are standing on the peak of the mountain, and I will show you the horizon. Close your eyes and look within thyself. That is your horizon." Therefore, the horizon is within ourself. But when we learn many things, we are outside, and every side seems long, far and farther. We have to come to our Ātmā, be with Ātmā, and even with God and Bhaktas and other creatures. As it is said by Gurujī: Śrīguru, Ātmā, Paramātmā, Homātmā, Puruṣottama, sakala jagake antara jāmī, cāracara kī ātmā. This prayer, you know that? Śrīguru Prārthanā, prayers. So it is within you. Everything is there; all are different, but only on the outside. Inside, all are one: one in all, and all in one. But the very well-studied person still cannot say that his father and mother do not know. There is a story. There was one very nice holy saint or god in the time of Bhagavān Śiva. And there was Nārada, Nārada Ṛṣi, a very great sage. He had freedom in the whole universe, everywhere on the earth and everywhere. Everyone respected him very much, adoring him. Even when he would come, Śiva would also look at him and say, "Nārada, how are you?" He could also come to Viṣṇu, and to Brahmā, his father, and all. He was very great. One day, he developed ego. He was performing some sādhanā, thinking that now he had learned everything, he knew everything, and he would meditate. He sat there for a long time, meditating. Then Indra and all, Brahmā and Viṣṇu, they all said, "Where is Nārada?" He always repeats the name of Viṣṇu: "Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa... Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa." When he came to Bhagavān, to Harhar, and Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, all people were happy. Suddenly, he said, "But I think I have to learn something more." So he went into meditation. He didn’t come for a long time. Then Indra Rājā, King Indra, said, "Maybe he will become higher than us. So we will go and try to put him down." Nārada was meditating with "Oṁ. Oṁ." Indra sent his people to go and wake him from meditation. He sent water and fire, many things, all different. He tried all five kośas, but whenever they did, Nārada had a protective circle around him. No one could touch him—not fire, water, air, etc. Then Nārada got up and said, "I am great. Ahaṁ brahmāsmi—I am now the Self." It means the highest; there is nothing above that. Now Nārada went about saying, "Ahaṁ Brahmāsmī," "Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya," "Hararavahali," etc. Wherever he went, he said, "Ahaṁ Brahmāsmī," "Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya," "Hararavahali." Why? From where did this word come? Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi. And if you say it is not good, then we ask, how do you know? So Brahmā said it, Viṣṇu said it, Śiva said it. But Śiva said, "Be careful." Nārada replied, "Yes, Bhagavān Śiva, but I am now only a Brahmāsmi," filled with ego. And when the ego comes, then be sure we will fall down. If you are egoistic and you say, "I am a great teacher, I am the best, I have great money, I am in politics, very best, extreme," you will go down now. Even the Prime Minister, or the highest one, the President, may say, "I am heavy, very nice, great." And how many people? "The whole country is mine," he said, like Buddha. But they will come, and in the next elections, another comes, the president or prime minister. And where are you? Down. But the yogī, who is humble inside, is ever right and good inside. So Nārada was thinking something, and then he thought and came to the earth. He felt on the earth, having always been in the sky. And when he came to touch there, someone said, "Indra, go and pull him down." And then he sent girls who were playing in the park, and Nārada comes there. He comes there, and he comes there, and... he comes. There and he comes, there and he comes,... there and he comes. "Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa," and so on. He went so much into that emotion that Śiva said, "Okay, oh yes, very good." Brahmā also, Viṣṇu also, Lakṣmī said, "Please, you should hold him." He said, "You don’t know, because you are Lakṣmī." Now, there was a princess about to marry, and she wanted to choose the best boy. Nārada also went there wearing different clothes. And what happened? Viṣṇu made Nārada’s face like that of a monkey. He didn’t know himself; he didn’t recognize himself. And everyone laughed at him wherever he went. When Nārada saw how everyone was laughing at him, he became a little uncertain and started saying "Nārāyaṇa" again, just like before. The princess didn’t choose him as her husband because he looked like a monkey, and then he was very, very humiliated. He said something to Viṣṇu, and what further happens is in the Śivapurāṇa; it continues, we will see. So, only the mother and father will calm the child down. But later, even if the child does not want to respect the parents, sooner or later he will fall down. Similarly, this happens between the guru and disciple. When the guru’s disciple is practicing and says, "I’m bigger now, I’m greater," and then does not even speak the name of their guru, what will happen? He will become higher and higher in knowledge, money, many things. Then suddenly, he will drip down. So the horizon—you cannot achieve it. No one can. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva also cannot achieve it. We should be limited, and when we are limited, then we go within ourselves. Then the ego is there, and it can’t go anymore. Therefore, many meditation techniques which we are doing in yoga and daily life, and how to give the meditation... Many are going, but while sitting inside, they try to go outside. So the horizon is within, down in our heart. Today we again have something very, very nice for those people who are disabled or very elderly. We want to see Swāmī Umapurījī. She will tell you and give me, I don’t know, two exercises or three or five or twenty, I don’t know. It is His, and He will show something for everyone that is perfect. That is Sarvaitasān. It is in the Sarvaitasān. So we can say something; I will tell something. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhu Dīpa Nārāyaṇam. Śabdās prabhusaraṇa-parāyaṇam. Śabdās prabhusaraṇa-parāyaṇam.... Śabdās prabhusaraṇa-parāyaṇam. Śabdās prabhusaraṇa-parāyaṇam.... Śabdās prabhusaraṇa-parāyaṇam. Śabdās prabhusaraṇa-parāyaṇam. So, never and never say anything wrong to your parents and your guru. Now, our Swāmī Umapurījī. Vidyā Hari Om. Praṇām Swamijī. Hari Om, dear friends, sisters, brothers. For some repetition: yesterday we did the relaxation, the active relaxation in the lying position—tension and relaxation—to let our muscles feel the difference. And then also the stretching, as always in the beginning of our practice. Then we started with the cycling, cycling with one leg forward and backward. Today we will do chair yoga again, for those disciples or practitioners who are disabled or elderly, or have some injury. For them, it’s easier and simpler on the chair. But it doesn’t mean that we can’t practice. As long as our breath is going in and out, we can do something. So first, please close your eyes, with your eyeballs looking down toward your nostrils, and relax your eyebrow center. Relax your whole face muscles, your shoulders, elbows. Feel your back. Keep your neck and your spine straight, as straight as possible. Sit comfortably on both buttocks, and relax your legs. Relax your belly. Take one deep breath. Deep inhale, and long exhale. Once more, deep inhale, and long exhale. Relax your whole body, your nerves, your breath. While looking down, in the direction of your thighs, slowly open your eyes again. Now you can lift up your eyes. Feel your presence where you are, your whole body. We start with small movements of our arms, like swimming. For this, we place our fingers on the shoulders, with the elbows out to the side, if you can and if you are able to do it, at the height of the shoulder. While exhaling, stretch your arms forward, palms together. Stretch the whole upper part of your shoulders, palms together. Deep inhale and bring your arms to the side, moving towards the side, palms facing backwards, and fingers again to the shoulders. Again, stretch your arms forward, make your back round a little bit. Round, stretch your arms and inhale. Move your arms to the side, palms facing back, and again to the shoulders. Continue. Stretch a little bit. Make your back round. Stretch for a bit. And inhale to the side. This strengthens our arms, improves our chest breathing, and also makes our back more flexible. But just a little bit; make your back stretch. Yes, very good. And towards the side, on the shoulder. And relax your arms again. This is like tri-swimming. We move our whole arm, shoulders, and back muscles. It keeps our shoulders flexible. Make them flexible again. One more movement for our shoulder, arm, and chest, especially the ribs and the intercostal muscles. It is the movement from the side where we stretch our whole arms up. Keep your arms tight and inhale. Stretch your arms up. Bring your arms as much as you can above your head. Stretch the whole side muscles. Now, cross your arms above the head, completely cross. And exhale, stretch your arms up first, and bring them down again to the side. Very good. Now we try the arms, not too much in front, but we try to bring our arms as much as we can to the back side, using our back muscles. Sit straight. Inhale, bring your arms up. Before you cross your arms, stretch the side muscles. No, first stretch the side muscles up. Yes. Now change the arm position. This arm, which was in front, goes back now. Very good. And again, inhale up. Stretch first and exhale down. Down. We can do this movement with one breath, inhale and exhale, or we can do it in four parts. So now we do it with one. Inhale up for four times. Cross your arms again, change the position, and exhale down. Very good. So this is one movement to improve and stretch the whole upper part of our body and strengthen our arm and shoulder muscles again. Hands on your thighs. One normal breath. And now we do this, which relaxes our neck muscles by bending forward. Completely forward. Let your head hang down. Relax your shoulders and make the movement of your chin to the left and right side. Very good. And in the middle, lift up your head. Very good. Now, while exhaling, slowly turn to the right side. Hold the shoulder and head, and slowly move towards the right side while exhaling. Inhaling towards the middle. The main thing is to keep our spine straight, and we avoid bending to the other side. And inhale towards the middle. If we can do it, we can interlock our fingers behind the neck. If that is not possible, we keep our hands on the thighs. Again, bring your elbows as much as you can back, and exhale, turn towards the sides. Keep both buttocks on the chair. Don’t lean, and inhale to the middle and exhale to the side. Once more to each direction. Try to keep your elbows back. Bring your shoulder blades near to each other. And once more to the other side. Very good. And to the middle, relax your arms. We do this movement five times in each direction to stretch the whole diagonal muscles, not only on our back, but also the side muscles here, on the hip and stomach. One deep inhale and exhale. Relax your whole body while sitting. For those who have problems with blood circulation in their legs from sitting—legs are mostly down—also, while sitting, we can do some movement without shoes. The best would be to come out of your house shoes. We just bring our heels up, coming to the toes as much as we can, and bring again the foot soles down, and lift our toes up on the front part of our foot. And then again, the heels up, and then again, the toes. So this is a very gentle movement that improves the blood circulation in our legs. Of course, if you have an injury on your ankle or feet, then we don’t do it. Please continue a few times. There is no weight on the legs; it’s only the movement. Then we can do it alternately. One heel is down and one toe is up. Yes, now we have to concentrate a little bit more. One heel and one toe are up. If you need, you can hold your support with the arms. This side you can hold. It gives more strength. Very good. Thank you. Lean comfortably back. Close your eyes. Relax your legs. Inhale deeply and exhale. Feel the whole body. Feel your breath. Deep inhale. Oṁ Namaḥ Karatā Prabhupāda, Prabhupāda, Mahāprabhupāda, Karatāhi Kevalam. Oṁ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. Before you open your eyes, remember and think of your Gurudev with your mental praṇām. Then, rub your palms together, put the warm palms on your eyes and forehead, and open your eyes. Hari Om. Thank you very much for being with us on Swamiji TV. Swamiji always says, "Practice makes the master," and we say there is no master falling down from the heaven, and also the river. May have curves, but the water does not. So it means also when the body is not doing like this, what we want or we were able to do, but still our mind and consciousness and your inner ātmā is the same, and with this we are working. Thank you. And it does not do what we would need, but the inner world, our mind, our consciousness is always available to us. Thank you. Always, when we have any programs anywhere, any lecture, we should give the salutation to our Gurudev, our God, our Mother, or our Father, loudly or mentally, but both times, at the beginning and at the end. Aum Śāntiḥ. Aum Śāntiḥ. Hari Om. Hari Om.