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0:00Namaskar. Today's topic: Manipura
0:06chakra. Manipura. Manipura. Pura means
0:11city. Mani means treasure. City of
0:15treasures. And this center symbolizes,
0:21uh, the highest expression of
0:23arthavritti or psycho-physical longing,
0:25right? That is, in the Muladhara chakra
0:30, remember, there were four tendencies.
0:33And so, uh, the first tendency,
0:35kamavritti, that is, the one that gives
0:38energy, this tendency, it manifests
0:40through the Swadhisthana chakra, right?
0:44A crude form of desire, a crude form of
0:46longing. Now a more subtle form of
0:49longing, artha, psycho-physical longing
0:51, manifests through the Manipura chakra
0:53. And here, the extroverted tendency of
0:56a person reaches its apogee. That is, a
0:58person starts getting carried away by
1:00the external world, meaning they think:
1:03"Wow, everything, I want this, I want
1:05this, I want this, I want this." So the
1:07city of treasures, it becomes enchanted
1:09by the external world. All of this is
1:11at the level of the Manipura chakra. So
1:13this is the center where we feel
1:15ambitions, desires, materialism; it is
1:18all here in the Manipura chakra. But
1:20compared to the Swadhisthana chakra,
1:23this is a significant, significant
1:25growth in evolution. It's like, you
1:28know, there was a computer before—an
1:31IBM 286, and then bam, Pentium, and
1:34then bam, two cores. There. Something
1:38similar happens when we switch on, that
1:40is, we start feeling, having moved from
1:42the level of the Swadhisthana chakra to
1:44the level of the Manipura chakra. So
1:46the level of the Manipura chakra, when
1:48a person is at the level of the
1:49Manipura chakra, their energy is
1:51expressed through the Manipura chakra,
1:53they are completely adequate. That is,
1:56you can talk to them, communicate, and
1:58they understand how to conduct
2:00diplomacy, they negotiate. So here they
2:03are already fully adequate, the
2:05intellect is not blocked, it works well
2:07. This is Manipura. And let me remind
2:12you, it controls the element of fire in
2:14the body, right? So it is actually the
2:18furnace of our organism. It also
2:21controls the digestive system. There.
2:23And fire in the body. So being warm or
2:26cold depends on the Manipura chakra. If
2:28a person's Manipura chakra is strong,
2:30then they are warm and they are also
2:32not hot. That is, they can sit in a
2:34sauna at 100 degrees and it's no big
2:36deal to them. And they can also be out
2:38in the sun, under the scorching sun,
2:40and it's also no big deal. And they
2:43also tolerate cold well. That is the
2:45power of the Manipura chakra in this
2:47warmth, the fire of our body. Mm. So it
2:51controls the fire element.
2:53Uh-huh. The animal. The symbol here is
2:55a goat. A goat. Its thick hide, its
3:00thick wool symbolizes fire. And it is
3:03such an adventurous animal. It always
3:05wants to find adventures for itself. It
3:08climbs on rocks there and so on. This
3:12is what Manipura is here. And what else
3:15can be said about it in general? So,
3:19the emotions represented in the
3:21Manipura chakra correspond to the level
3:24of warm-blooded animals. That is, if
3:28the Swadhisthana chakra is cold-blooded
3:30creatures, then here we have
3:32warm-blooded creatures. And at this
3:35level, we already experience, well,
3:37maybe not love, but at least attachment
3:39. We experience warmth. We feel good
3:42because we have someone. If at the
3:44level of the Swadhisthana chakra, yes,
3:46snakes give birth to their young and
3:49immediately devour them, or fish devour
3:51their offspring. Ah, there is
3:53absolutely no attachment or anything
3:55like that. But at the level of the
3:57Manipura chakra, that is simply
3:59impossible. That is, instinct no longer
4:01allows it. You have an attachment, and
4:03if you are deprived of the object of
4:05your attachment, you will suffer. Yes,
4:07elephants raise their trunks to the sky
4:09. If they have lost a partner, the male
4:13or female, they raise their trunks to
4:15the sky and trumpet, expressing their
4:17grief. It turns out to be a very
4:21heartbreaking sight. That is the level
4:24of the Manipura chakra. And it must be
4:27said that in our current society,
4:29people actually live in the
4:30Swadhisthana and Manipura chakras. The
4:32Anahata chakra is rarely encountered,
4:34and the Vishuddha chakra is almost
4:36non-existent. That is, it is almost not
4:38there; it is not present. Now, the
4:40Manipura chakra is for civilization.
4:43That is, if a civilization lives at the
4:45level of the Swadhisthana chakra, it is
4:47a civilization of savages, while the
4:49Manipura chakra provides and creates
4:51civilization. That is, a civilization
4:53or society at the level of the
4:54Swadhisthana chakra is one where
4:56everything is allowed, and nothing is
4:58shameful. A primitive communal system.
5:00Everything is allowed, and nothing is
5:02shameful. Ah, and just enjoy yourself,
5:05just derive pleasure. Why not? That is,
5:08nothing is forbidden, there are no
5:11taboos there. Everything is possible,
5:13everything is just simple. You live
5:15like an animal and get pleasure. But
5:17the Manipura chakra? No, even if you
5:19don't understand the reasons for the
5:21prohibitions, at least you fear
5:23external judgment, and you behave
5:25decently. And thus, the elevation of
5:27the human personality takes place. That
5:30is, you move away from those things
5:32that truly corrupt the mind. That is,
5:35society creates certain frameworks, and
5:37due to shame and fear, you follow these
5:40frameworks, and gradually a very
5:42refined civilization emerges. Actually,
5:46we see the pinnacle of civilization in
5:49Manipura. That is, good art develops,
5:54and music, and a good culture of
5:56relationships develops, at the peak of
5:58the Manipura chakra's development.
6:02There. Well, beyond that, it is a
6:04transcendent culture, unknown to us, of
6:06a society in which the Anahata chakra
6:08would dominate. It simply does not
6:10exist on the planet at this moment. But
6:14I believe that the more of us there are
6:16practicing spirituality, the more we
6:18work on ourselves, the more these ideas
6:21and behavioral models that correspond
6:23to the higher chakras will take root,
6:25and the higher our culture will become.
6:29Yes. So, the Manipura chakra. Manipura,
6:34the city of gems, the fiery center
6:36representing intense emotions. There
6:39are 10 emotions in this lotus in total.
6:4210 petals. The most significant emotion
6:48of the Manipura chakra, the defining
6:50emotion, is attachment. We experience
6:53attachment. We become attached to the
6:56objects that are near us. Moreover,
6:58attachment is a quality of a fairly
7:01developed mind. That is, at the
7:03Svadhisthana chakra level, there is no
7:05attachment, just pleasure. You get
7:07pleasure, you use everyone, and there
7:09is no attachment or anything in return.
7:11Here, however, when there is attachment
7:13, a person is ready to lay down their
7:16life, sacrifice themselves, and work
7:18for the well-being of others because it
7:20means something very, very much to them
7:22; it is still a selfish feeling, but it
7:24is higher than just getting pleasure in
7:26the Svadhisthana chakra. So this
7:29attachment means: "The object of my
7:31enjoyment is very dear to me, and
7:32therefore I will do everything to
7:34preserve this object." Yes, that is
7:37attachment. We feel attachment to
7:40external things. We feel attachment to
7:45people, to animals, and to ideas,
7:47philosophies, and so on. This is a
7:52property of the mind that can manifest
7:54at different levels. And this society
7:59—we owe a lot to this society; it
8:01binds families and communities together
8:04. Yes. But at some point, we grow up,
8:08we move on, we become more than that.
8:12And so we begin to acquire the ability
8:14to love right here in the Anahata
8:16chakra. And then attachment becomes a
8:19very heavy burden. And one must
8:21understand that when attachment is
8:23formed, we have programmed ourselves
8:25for pain. So it is, on one hand, a
8:28positive quality when compared to the
8:31Svadhisthana chakra, and a negative
8:33quality when compared to the Anahata
8:35chakra. When you become attached to
8:39anything or anyone, you have programmed
8:41yourself for pain. I have told this
8:45story a few times. Someone gave me a
8:48computer. They said, "Yes, you only
8:50have one computer, here you go." Well,
8:53it was some used MacBook, an Apple
8:55computer. I thought, "What is this
8:58Apple thing? I don't understand it at
9:00all." At first, it just sat there; I
9:02didn't want to deal with it, but then I
9:04opened it and thought, "Alright, let me
9:06finally understand this technology."
9:09And then it turns out that, wow, it’s
9:11actually really great and convenient to
9:13work in this system. So I started to
9:15get attached. I think, hmm, now I have
9:19my own computer, and one day I was
9:21sitting there, and you know, the old
9:24versions had a power cord that plugged
9:26in, well, securely—not with a magnet,
9:29but firmly. And so, when I had become
9:34tightly attached to this computer, the
9:36power cord wrapped around my leg. I was
9:38sitting there working on something, the
9:40cord got tangled, and then my friend
9:42walked in and said, "Yeah, yeah, I need
9:44the keys." Well, I said, "Hold on," I
9:46stood up, yanked my leg, and before my
9:49eyes, that computer went flying down. I
9:51saw it just tumbling down,
9:53clack-clack-clack. I just...I pull it
9:58out, I look, and it’s not working.
10:01The light went out. I press the button,
10:03it doesn't work. I open it, close it,
10:06it doesn't work. I wipe the screen, it
10:09doesn't work. And, well, I realize
10:12that's it, that computer is done for.
10:17And there's this feeling of inner
10:19emptiness, meaning there was something
10:20that filled you, and now there’s a
10:22void. Oh, my precious, it’s gone,
10:26gone forever. That is that feeling. And
10:31I tell my friend, I say, "Leave me
10:33alone. I’ve decided to stay depressed
10:37until evening." I locked myself in my
10:40room. We experience this every time we
10:43lose an object of attachment. It could
10:46be something small, it could be sudden,
10:48like how I lost my computer, or it
10:50could be gradual, for example, if I
10:52became attached to a person. To be
10:56attached to a person means that I don't
10:58actually love the person. I love the
11:01image that I have in my mind. Meaning,
11:03I’ve formed some kind of image. That
11:06is you, or rather I met you and I liked
11:08you. Now, the version of you that I met
11:11—that is the one I love. You will
11:14change, but for me, those changes are
11:17unacceptable, they are painful. I will
11:20try to fix you in place, not let you
11:22change, and resist your evolution. When
11:28you have changed enough that you no
11:30longer match the image in my head, I
11:32will say, "But that’s not who I fell
11:34in love with." Yes, do you see? Girls
11:40say: "But that’s not who I fell in
11:42love with," or guys say, "That’s not
11:44who I fell in love with." And that
11:50right there is attachment. And a person
11:52experiences—naturally, what do they
11:54experience? They experience pain in
11:56this process. It hurts me that I had
11:58something, something dear, and I lost
12:01it. You either lost it bit by bit, or
12:05suddenly—for example, a computer
12:07broke or my wallet was stolen, I had
12:09money, then suddenly it was gone—I
12:11feel pain from that. So the result is
12:15always pain. If you get attached to
12:18something, be prepared that you will
12:20suffer. This nagging feeling that also
12:22empties the Anahata chakra, and you
12:25feel its pain, pain, pain, pain, pain
12:27from attachment. Yeah. Well, therefore,
12:31for those people who strive upward, it
12:34is necessary to try to transform this
12:36attachment, to try to feel love, to
12:38move from the level of attachment to
12:40the level of love here, above the
12:42Anahata chakra. What are the signs?
12:48Often people fall in love, for example,
12:51and it is true that you feel it right
12:53in the Anahata chakra, you feel it here
12:55, not here and not here, but here. That
13:01is, you really don't need anything from
13:03the person at all, you just want to
13:05love them. That is, you have a truly
13:08deep and pure feeling for them. It’s
13:11so great, so happy, it’s just
13:13fantastic. And you start to get
13:17attached to this happiness, to this
13:19idea that this is how it should be. And
13:23they act this way, express themselves
13:25this way, I am charmed by this. And
13:27suddenly, the mind slides down from
13:29here to here. And you start to have
13:32expectations. As soon as the mind
13:35slides down to the level of the
13:36Manipura chakra, you move from love to
13:39attachment, and manipulation begins,
13:41because you want exactly what gives you
13:43pleasure. That is, you have some kind
13:46of image, some expectation that gives
13:48you pleasure—a selfish sensation. So
13:52you actually don't care about the
13:53person, and you try to manipulate them
13:55to bring them to that standard. This is
13:58how very tense relationships are formed
14:00. That is exactly what attachment is.
14:04Even at funerals, what do people say: "
14:06Who have you left us to?" Yes, that's
14:11what they say. It’s not about the
14:13person at all. And, in general, I don't
14:15feel sorry for the person. Well,
14:16they’re gone, they’re gone. I feel
14:18sorry for myself. That is, you left me,
14:20I am suffering, I am suffering. That is
14:23the Manipura chakra. And we wrap all of
14:25this in such beautiful ideas about love
14:27. For example, a guy is singing, he
14:31says: You think: "My God, how can one
14:33sing like that?""Yeah. But nevertheless
14:36, the person is not ashamed. He sings
14:40there that it hurts, it hurts, this
14:43evil pain won't go away, yeah. So
14:49that's what's called love. Love is
14:52dying, right? No, if there is love,
14:54then there is no pain at all. That's
14:56not true, it doesn't hurt. Attachment
14:59is what hurts. And, of course, this is
15:02a very, very deep feeling, a very
15:04profound feeling. And it is very, very
15:07hard to overcome. That is why initially
15:12, before you get attached, before this
15:14feeling binds you, you need to work on
15:16your Manipura chakra and try to stay at
15:18the level of love. And even when you
15:22are attached, you need to transmute it
15:24into love because, look, here is how to
15:27transmute it into love. Attachment is
15:30selfish. But love, on the contrary, is
15:33selfless. Meaning, it gives. And when
15:38you start acting from selfishness,
15:40moving toward selflessness, you start
15:42to serve, you start to care, and think
15:45about how to make the other person feel
15:47good. That is when this attachment
15:50begins to pull away from you. It
15:53loosens its claws. And at some point,
15:57you will flutter out of those claws and
15:59start feeling a truly good emotion
16:01right here in the Anahata. There. But
16:05one way or another, we are talking
16:07about the Manipura chakra now, and this
16:09property of attachment is defining for
16:11the Manipura chakra. And the higher the
16:16degree of attachment, the stronger the
16:18other qualities begin to work as well.
16:20In general, the energy of emotions in
16:22the chakras, it is actually, in essence
16:25, one single emotion. It is one single
16:28emotion that has several different
16:30faces. And it turns this way, or that
16:33way. So, the energy is one and the same
16:35. Meaning the vibration is the same.
16:37Just different faces. There. And, well,
16:39different glands produce all these
16:41hormones, of course. There. But one way
16:43or another, the level is about the same
16:45. That is why if one emotion is strong,
16:49the others also, how should I say,
16:51everything is interconnected. If energy
16:55manifests at the Manipura chakra, we
16:57see that this emotion becomes strong,
16:59and that emotion becomes strong. There.
17:02And attachment, for instance, what is
17:04the direct emotion stemming from
17:06attachment? Fear. Fear. Fear. Have you
17:14analyzed what fear is? What is it? What
17:17are we afraid of? Afraid of the unknown
17:23, of snakes and spiders. Fear is always
17:33the fear of losing the object of your
17:35attachment. What is fear of the unknown
17:37? What if in the future there won't be
17:40what gives me pleasure today? What
17:42makes me happy today? Yes, that is
17:44exactly what fear of the unknown is. If
17:46you were told," Yes, it is one hundred
17:48percent guaranteed that everything you
17:50have, you will have tomorrow, and you
17:52will have even more, and it will be
17:53even better. "Then that's it, there is
17:55no fear. If you know for 100%, then
17:58there is no uncertainty. And
18:01uncertainty is precisely the fear of
18:03losing, and the fear of death is the
18:05fear of losing one's body. And this is
18:10it, yes, fear stems from attachment.
18:13Fear enslaves us very strongly.
18:15Therefore, the less attachment a person
18:18has, the less they fear. Look at
18:20relationships, who manipulates whom.
18:25The one who is protected from
18:26manipulation is the one who has no fear
18:29, right? If you have no fear, how can
18:33you be manipulated?" Oh, I'm going to
18:36leave you. "" Well, okay, fine, "the
18:39manipulation falls apart, it doesn't
18:41work. But if there is a strong
18:44attachment, then on the basis of this
18:46attachment, you can be manipulated. And
18:50you try to manipulate too, because you
18:52try, but it doesn't work; if the other
18:54person isn't attached, you won't
18:56succeed in manipulating. So, fear stems
19:01from attachment. Next, there is one
19:06more property. From attachment arises
19:09craving, the desire to possess."
19:12Trishna "is what craving is called.
19:15Great, for example, well, you didn't
19:17want it before. How does advertising
19:21work? Advertising triggers an
19:24attachment inside you. That is, you
19:26constantly come into contact with an
19:28object, keep coming into contact, and
19:30some kind of connection with it appears
19:32. In the end, you start wanting, you
19:34become attached to the idea of this
19:36object. Now you start wanting it. Now
19:38you cannot let it go. I absolutely must
19:40watch this movie. I saw the ad for this
19:42movie 20 times. I 100%need to watch it.
19:45An attachment has been formed. And then
19:47, when the attachment is formed, that
19:50is when craving arises. Or, let's say,
19:52you see this girl constantly, you think
19:55:" Oh, she is nice, beautiful. "
19:57Gradually, a connection arises for you,
20:00an attachment arises. As a result, when
20:03the attachment is formed, then a
20:05craving for possession also arises. The
20:07stronger the attachment, the stronger
20:09the craving for possession will be.
20:11Trishna in the river. There. And from
20:15the craving for possession, a very
20:17great suffering arises. If it is not
20:19satisfied, this craving for possession,
20:21then the person suffers. The Buddha,
20:24yes, said that if you get rid of
20:26desires, you will get rid of suffering.
20:28That is, there is desire, there is
20:30suffering. No desire, no suffering. Yes
20:34, if a person is attached to alcohol
20:36and craves alcohol and doesn't get it,
20:38they have suffering. If a person is
20:42absolutely indifferent to alcohol,
20:44there is no suffering. Get rid of
20:46desire. You will get rid of suffering.
20:49There. But the foundation is attachment
20:51. No, not the inability to form an
20:54attachment. Moving on. Disgust. Hatred
20:58also depends on attachment. Disgust.
21:02Who do you feel more disgust toward?
21:07Your relatives or some hypothetical?
21:11people living in Africa. Of course, you
21:15hate your relatives more. Well, I mean
21:17hate. This means that we love our
21:20relatives, of course. But on the other
21:25hand, if your relative behaves in a way
21:28that annoys you, you feel that
21:29irritation much more acutely than if a
21:31distant person behaved the same way.
21:36Right? I mean, if your mother, your
21:39wife, or someone like that does it, the
21:41reaction will be much more powerful. Oh
21:44, distant people, I love everyone, I
21:46accept everyone, I am generally
21:48spiritual. How spiritual you are will
21:51be seen in your family. That is,
21:53someone once told me such a phrase. It
21:56really impressed me. She said her
22:00husband told her:" If you're such a
22:02yogi, why are you so angry? "I was
22:05really impressed by that phrase. It was
22:08just, well, like a bombshell. This can
22:11be a direct quote. If you're such a
22:14yogi, then why are you so angry? This
22:17is where everything is tested. How
22:19spiritual we are is tested in our close
22:21relationships. That is, those people
22:23who surround us, we form an attachment
22:25to them. There. And irritation,
22:28naturally, arises much more. Irritation
22:30is another child of the Manipura chakra
22:33. Anger is also in the Manipura chakra.
22:35Disgust is located there. Disgust, even
22:39using our body as an example, for
22:41instance, we are attached to...the
22:43closer objects get to our sense of self
22:46, the more likely we are to get
22:48attached to them. For example, inside
22:52our body, here, the tip of the big toe
22:54is the point furthest from our" I, "and
22:57we are least attached to this point.
23:00This point is the closest to our sense
23:02of self. And here we are maximally
23:05attached to this point. Imagine you
23:09bring a match to your leg, and you
23:11bring a match here—where are the
23:13sensations more unpleasant? Naturally,
23:17here. Or, let's say, you went walking
23:21through a meadow in summer, got lost in
23:23thought, and stepped into something
23:25warm. You think," Well, okay, I stepped
23:29in it. "You take a stick, clean it off,
23:32and keep walking. No big deal. It's all
23:36nature; whatever is natural is not ugly
23:38. There. But, suppose you were sitting
23:41by a campfire and did the same thing,
23:43and the same happened—the sensations
23:45would be different. If you suddenly did
23:48that, it would be a very, very
23:50uncomfortable feeling. Everything must
23:53be done just so that nothing remains on
23:54the face, because the degree of
23:56pleasantness here is much higher. See.
23:58And the principle is clear, right? That
24:00is, this disgust and hatred are also
24:03vritti. Disgust, hatred. And this
24:06Manipura chakra vritti increases the
24:08more attachment there is. See. And the
24:13more you interact, I mean, we can be
24:14attached to something positively, we
24:16can be attached to something negatively
24:18. Positively means the object of
24:20attachment evokes positive feelings in
24:22you. And negatively means the object of
24:26attachment evokes negative emotions in
24:28you. But one way or another, you still,
24:31for example, someone likes to criticize
24:34, and they specifically find objects
24:36that they will criticize. Well, if you
24:38don't like it, just don't watch. No,
24:40they can't live without it, because
24:42they are attached to it. See. But they
24:44have a negative attitude toward it,
24:46right? That is, if there were a
24:47positive attitude there. That means I'm
24:50getting pleasure. Here, I am also
24:52getting a kind of pleasure, but with a
24:54minus sign. I hate this, I get pleasure
24:57from the hatred. Is it clear how it
25:00works? And we also have shame in the
25:04Manipura chakra. Fear. Shame. And what
25:08about shame? And if we experience fear,
25:10what does it throw you into? Heat or
25:12cold? It throws you into the cold. You
25:16start to shake. The digestive system.
25:20If you experience fear, the digestive
25:22system stops, and you can run, and
25:25everything is released, yes, the bowels
25:27. See. And shame throws you into a heat
25:32, your face turns red. Also an
25:34imbalance of the Manipura chakra, right
25:36? Remember, it is connected with fire
25:38for us, with the heat of our body.
25:42Shame does not allow you to act. Such a
25:45hot emotion. Once, I remember, I was
25:50conducting a training for yoga
25:52instructors. See. And I said:" Okay,
25:56give a lecture. "I watch and listen to
25:58how a person practices their oratorical
26:01skills. And she says:" I can't, really.
26:05"I say:" Why can't you? "She says:" I
26:08can't, there's some kind of block. "
26:10This block is shame in the Manipura.
26:12And it just stops you. You can't do
26:15something. On one hand, it is a
26:18positive emotion, because due to shame
26:20we don't do antisocial things. Because
26:23of fear and because of shame. Right? If
26:25there were no fear, if there were no
26:27shame, this society would be one solid
26:29society of thugs. Yes, that is the
26:32Svadhishthana chakra, savages of
26:34society. Here, because of shame and
26:36fear, we are civilized people. Right.
26:39But at a further stage of development,
26:41both shame and fear become a hindrance,
26:44because at that stage, your conscience
26:46has already developed here in the
26:48Anahata chakra. And when conscience is
26:51developed, shame doesn't help; it gets
26:53in the way of that conscience. So, what
26:56is shame exactly? Shame is like Vaska
26:58the cat. Vaska the cat, you know, Vaska
27:01the cat. You come home, and he’s
27:03sitting on your table eating sour cream
27:05. And you say to him:" Vasya, how could
27:08you? You betrayed me. I trusted you to
27:13guard the house, and you go and devour
27:15my sour cream. "If you scold Vaska, he
27:18will react. He will crawl under the bed
27:21and stay there. When you glare at him
27:23with fiery eyes, he immediately reacts.
27:26He feels shame, this cat really feels
27:28ashamed. That's because warm-blooded
27:30creatures have a Manipura chakra. Vaska
27:32feels ashamed. He lowers his eyes. You
27:35have surely seen this in pets. But as
27:37soon as you go out, Vasya forgets
27:39everything immediately. As soon as
27:41there’s no pressure, he’ll climb
27:42back on the table and eat the sour
27:44cream again. That's it. Meaning, he has
27:46no conscience, but he feels ashamed
27:48externally. So, when there is external
27:51pressure or influence, you feel ashamed
27:53. Right. But sometimes you feel your
27:56conscience inside, knowing that doing a
27:58certain thing would be right, yet you
28:00are afraid to do it. That is, you feel
28:04shame because you wonder what people
28:06will think or say about you; even if
28:08it's the right action, they might think
28:11you're foolish or inappropriate, so you
28:13think:" Oh, I won't do that. "Right.
28:16And it often happens that shame stops
28:19some truly genuine, powerful, good
28:21things. Who do we value? Who do we like
28:24? We like people who are spontaneous.
28:28Meaning, a creative impulse is born
28:30inside them. And they express
28:32themselves. They express themselves
28:34very innocently, very beautifully, very
28:36spontaneously. And we watch, and we
28:38applaud them inwardly. We say:" Wow, I
28:40wish I could do that too, but I have a
28:43block. "There are people who have no
28:45problem singing, dancing, and so on.
28:47Right? We like them for it, but when I
28:50try to sing or dance, I have this block
28:52inside my Manipura chakra that won't
28:54let me. Right. And so, people who are
28:57full of shame, they are all so correct,
29:00but so boring. And people who have
29:04overcome their shame, broken through
29:06their shame, and risen here above to
29:08the Anahata chakra, they are simply a
29:10sight to behold, yes, these people.
29:12There. And so, shame and conscience are
29:14in conflict for them. That is, in
29:17relation to the shamelessness that is
29:19located in our Svadhishthana chakra,
29:21this is so-called negative
29:23shamelessness, right? That is, simply
29:25having no shame or conscience. What is
29:28called shame in the Manipura chakra is
29:30progress. But in relation to conscience
29:34, which is located in the Anahata
29:36chakra, shame is an obstacle. So, a
29:41yogi needs to strive to be positively
29:43shameless and have a good understanding
29:45of what is good and what is bad, that
29:48is, a good conscience. That is all
29:53about shame. And next, here there is
29:59Paishunya. Paishunya means a demonic
30:04trait, a desire to cause harm to others
30:07. Sadism, revenge, vengefulness. All of
30:13this is Paishunya. You scratch my back,
30:16I scratch yours, an eye for an eye, a
30:18tooth for a tooth. Again, in relation
30:24to the Svadhishthana chakra, where you
30:26just laugh and giggle, drift along, and
30:29take no adequate measures regarding
30:31injustice. Just as long as it is
30:34comfortable. You are an opportunist.
30:36Not here. There is a principle. A tooth
30:38for a tooth, an eye for an eye. The
30:40principle of the inevitability of
30:42punishment. This was very important for
30:44society to develop. I mean, otherwise,
30:46human life would be worth nothing if
30:49there were no retribution, right? So,
30:52in relation to the Svadhishthana chakra
30:54, this is positive, that is, it is a
30:57breakthrough. But in relation to the
30:59Anahata chakra, it is a very flawed
31:01thing. And so we say that inside each
31:03of us, this sadism exists. Actually, if
31:07you look closely, you will find it. Yes
31:10, you did something unjust, but God
31:13sees everything. That means a person is
31:15speaking in veiled language, or they
31:17say," The world is round, you'll get
31:19what's coming to you. "They say," When
31:21things go bad for you, that’s when
31:23there will be a holiday on my street, I
31:25will be happy. "Meaning, I will rejoice
31:28when I would like God to show you there
31:30. Let it be like that for you. What is
31:33this? This is nothing other than a
31:35manifestation of vengefulness. This is
31:37a manifestation of this malice of yours
31:39. If you analyze it, it’s there; the
31:42desire to take revenge is there, maybe
31:44not to take revenge physically, but for
31:46the person to understand what’s what,
31:48right? So, this is inside us. Right.
31:53And because of this, we constantly
31:55violate the principles of Ahimsa. The
31:57Yama and Niyama. The moral principles
31:59of yoga. This is a set of principles
32:01designed to keep you at least at the
32:03level of the Anahata chakra. Not to
32:06fall, right? If you take—So, this
32:13message, the Christian message found in
32:15the New Testament, what is it really?
32:18It is truly a transition from the
32:20Manipura chakra level, an eye for an
32:23eye, a tooth for a tooth, to the
32:25Anahata chakra level. I’m not saying
32:27that society should abolish systems of
32:29punishment and retribution, no. But
32:32it’s about an internal transformation
32:34, like when Christ said that if you are
32:36struck on one cheek, turn the other.
32:40This doesn’t mean you should simply
32:42submit to evil or allow the
32:44permissiveness of the Svadhisthana
32:46chakra and this barbaric society to
32:48flourish. No, barbaric force must be
32:51controlled by civilized power. But
32:56internally, I will not have the desire
32:58to cause harm, I won't. I will want
33:02what is good for the other person.
33:05These are different chakras, different
33:07levels. Yes. So, benevolence is here,
33:10while vengefulness is here. This is
33:12like some kind of mechanical system.
33:14It’s based on the fact that you want
33:16to take revenge or feel a sense of
33:18disgust. If you have, for instance,
33:20disgust, that is a positive emotion in
33:22relation to the Svadhisthana chakra.
33:25You won't let your home get dirty or
33:26allow anything unhygienic there. You
33:29just feel unpleasant, it makes you
33:32cringe, you feel disgust, and that is
33:34positive. Exactly. But compared to the
33:37Anahata chakra, it is negative, because
33:39you have disgust, and you aren't acting
33:42out of love, you act out of disgust.
33:45Some people start practicing yoga out
33:47of disgust, too. I hate myself, I’m
33:50unpleasant to myself, so I want to
33:52change myself to become pleasant to
33:54myself. That is not out of love. It’s
33:57a very stressful approach, a very
33:59painful approach. Here, it’s
34:02completely different. And true progress
34:06is achieved here, because spiritual
34:08practice, deep spiritual practice,
34:10begins from the higher centers in a
34:12state of goodness. Like that. Sadism—
34:19causing harm to others, or pain, or
34:22retribution. This also includes all
34:27sorts of jokes, teasing, trying to
34:29sting someone, feeling that the other
34:31person felt pain. Uh. Envy, envy is
34:41also a very, very strong feeling. To
34:45envy. There was an incident in a
34:48village. Well, I lived in a village for
34:51a time. Yes. And two neighbors didn't
34:54like each other, one in particular. And
34:58they had a conflict based on the fact
35:00that one grew good tomatoes, and the
35:01other didn't. They try to grow these
35:07tomatoes as if they were for an
35:09exhibition of achievements. And one has
35:13them growing, while the other doesn't.
35:16And so one woman, she was angry, she
35:18was angry, and one day she got ready,
35:20went, that is, in this burst of envy,
35:23she went and poisoned her neighbor's
35:25pig. That is, such burning envy that I
35:29can no longer tolerate the successes of
35:32this, uh...Of this person, yes, and the
35:37person acts. Meaning envy is also at a
35:40level where, compared to the
35:42Swadhisthana chakra, where there is
35:44aimlessness and just receiving pleasure
35:46—that is, an absolutely meaningless
35:49existence. Compared to that, this is a
35:52positive quality, because when you are
35:54envious, you want to be first, I want
35:56to be first, forward, forward, I
35:58absolutely need to get ahead, more,
36:00further, stronger, and so on. This is,
36:02actually, well, well, positive. Yes.
36:05But here, uh, here there are much
36:07sweeter emotions. You cannot experience
36:10them. That is, if in the Anahata chakra
36:12there is this soulfulness, there is
36:14love, there is openness, then here you
36:16will never be able to reach that,
36:18because you are always envious, you are
36:20always rivaling, always competing. That
36:23is why, if you relate it to the Anahata
36:25chakra, it will be a negative trait.
36:30Yes. That is, envy, envy. Next we have
36:36kashaya—that is irritability.
36:39Irritability. Mmm, irritability
36:42generates stress very strongly. It is
36:46directly linked to the emotion of
36:47stress. Mmm, I look at you and you
36:52irritate me. Yes, that is what
36:55irritability is. Oh, many, many
36:57different little wires, some threads.
37:00Ah, yes, these situations in life,
37:03nothing is working out. Irritability,
37:06or when a person is stuck in traffic.
37:09Uh, you know, drivers, they sometimes
37:11express their irritability that way. We
37:13are not going to judge. I once saw, uh,
37:15I was riding on a bus and I look, a car
37:18stopped. A man gets out of the car,
37:20that is, the driver from the car, and
37:22there is a pedestrian, uh, who did
37:23something wrong, violated something.
37:25The driver gets out and with a right
37:27hand sends him into a knockout. The
37:28pedestrian didn't say a word, not half
37:30a word. Just bang. I was, well, my eyes
37:33popped out of my head. I think, well,
37:35how can that be? Is this even possible?
37:37Yes. And this is what irritability is.
37:39Meaning such an impulse that sets you
37:41on fire from within. And we experience
37:45stress. Stress is a very destructive
37:47emotion, yes, this irritability, these
37:49are very destructive emotions. And
37:52there is an interesting description.
37:55Doctors who deal with cardiovascular
37:57problems give a characterization of a
37:59person who is psychologically, well,
38:01called a type A person. This person
38:05will most likely develop cardiovascular
38:07diseases. That is, by these emotions,
38:10one can identify your potential client,
38:13your, uh, patient. Yes. And they say:"
38:17He is hostile, angry, impatient,
38:19fearful, and has digestive problems. "
38:23That is, exactly, because digestion is
38:26controlled by the Manipura chakra.
38:28There you go. And we are talking about
38:30a person whose Manipura chakra emotions
38:33are completely unbalanced. So, what
38:36happens to us? There is such a thing as
38:38a stress reaction. Stress comes from
38:41the distant, distant past. When we
38:44encounter a situation, a dangerous
38:46situation, we need to mobilize. To
38:50mobilize, the fight-or-flight response
38:52kicks in. Now, at the level of the
38:55Svadhishthana chakra, there is also
38:57fear, remember? The fear of death. But
38:59it will drive you into a stupor. I mean
39:01, if a fire breaks out, where do you
39:02look for a person dominated by the
39:04Svadhishthana chakra? You have to look
39:06for them in the closet. They are
39:07sitting there curled up, unable to move
39:09a muscle. But if a fire breaks out,
39:11where do you look for a person
39:13dominated by the Manipura chakra? They
39:15are already far away; they've run off,
39:17are sitting up in a pine tree watching,
39:19and don't even know how they climbed up
39:21there. Basically, they switched on,
39:23adrenaline started releasing from their
39:25adrenal glands, and they gained immense
39:27physical strength. You know those
39:31stories where a grandmother got scared,
39:33ran out because a child was under the
39:35wheels, and she lifted the bus with one
39:37hand to pull the child out. And no one
39:40can understand how that happened. So,
39:42that release of adrenaline provides
39:45colossal physical energy. This is
39:47actually a defense mechanism for
39:49getting out of a stressful situation.
39:51Right. But times have changed. Because
39:55if you used to experience stress when
39:58you met a mammoth in the woods, and you
40:00would jump, carry a massive rock, bash
40:03that mammoth, bash, bash, finally take
40:05it down, and drag it by the trunk back
40:07to your cave—and then you would relax
40:10and have absolutely no stress—now
40:12that doesn't happen. Now we have stress
40:16every single day. It’s like when your
40:19boss frowns at work. You didn't talk
40:22back to the boss, because you aren't
40:24supposed to. The boss might have been
40:26wrong, but they are always the boss.
40:28Right. And you kept that inside
40:30yourself as tension. So, adrenaline was
40:34released, you didn't burn it off, then
40:36you sat in traffic, then you waited for
40:39the elevator, then you couldn't get
40:41tickets at the box office, and on and
40:43on, and you kept accumulating this
40:45tension. Eventually, the system crashes
40:49. Because if that tension kept building
40:52up and up with no outlet. And what
40:55could the outlet be? For example,
40:57sports—running or jumping—to burn
40:59off that adrenaline through physical
41:01activity. You didn't have a choice.
41:05Then, where things are weakest, they
41:08break—cardiovascular diseases,
41:10stomach ulcers, digestive system
41:12problems. In the case of cardiovascular
41:16issues, what exactly is happening with
41:19these diseases? Well. Usually, this is
41:23also accompanied by greed—eating a
41:25lot of food, fatty things, and so on.
41:28So, this is a Manipura chakra problem.
41:34And since the vessels are clogged with
41:36cholesterol—meaning they are narrow
41:38—and you have constant high blood
41:40pressure because you have too much
41:42adrenaline, it’s a sure path to
41:44cardiovascular disease. So, at some
41:50point, it just goes" bang "—a heart
41:52attack or a stroke. And this is, in
41:54fact, a problem of the Manipura chakra.
41:57It is the number one killer in the
41:58world. It’s not war that is the
42:00number one killer. The number one
42:02killer is heart attacks and strokes.
42:04And they arise from constant stress.
42:06Meaning the inability to control your
42:08Manipura chakra. A person lives in
42:10tension. Touch them here—it’s
42:12become like steel, like wood. The whole
42:15body, all their muscles are wooden.
42:17What does that mean? It means that a
42:19hormone is present. It tenses the
42:21muscles. So, what is the effect of
42:23adrenaline? Muscles tighten, teeth
42:27clench, the heart starts beating faster
42:29, blood pressure rises, breathing
42:32quickens, digestion stops. There you
42:35have the signs of stress. That’s how
42:37it happens. And in the end, it turns
42:40into illness. That’s why people are
42:43trying—we have this culture now—to
42:45find ways to relax. And how do people
42:48relax? They consume alcohol, um, well,
42:50they do things like that. But in the
42:53end, if you look into it, that actually
42:55increases stress even more, right?
42:56Alcohol is a poison. And ultimately, it
42:59destabilizes your Svadhishthana chakra,
43:01your Manipura chakra, and every other
43:04chakra possible; it destabilizes and
43:06drains your energy, leading to
43:08hangovers, headaches, and in the end,
43:10the stress just increases, and
43:12increases, and increases. And that’s
43:14why you sometimes see people. It’s
43:16even written on their face—the face,
43:19the expression is not relaxed; there is
43:21no kind, benevolent, soft energy there.
43:25It’s just…the face is tense, the
43:27muscles. And why is it tense? Because
43:30they can’t relax. I have students in
43:33my yoga class, and you say," Alright,
43:36now let’s lie down and relax. "And
43:38they say," Yeah, yeah, I don’t
43:40understand what it means to relax. "" I
43:42just can't. "They lie there in a pose.
43:44Well, like a log. The person is just
43:46that tense. They say," I just can't
43:48relax. "And why can’t you relax?
43:50Because the hormone won't let you relax
43:52. The hormone tenses your muscles, and
43:55you end up in this state of numbness.
43:57This is a very, very dangerous state.
44:00That is, this state is fraught with
44:02physical problems. So, you need to
44:05learn how to relax. I will speak now, I
44:07will finish the story about emotions. I
44:09will talk about what needs to be done
44:11to take control of the Manipura chakra.
44:14And, in particular, in order to relax.
44:19And then we have...And two more
44:25interesting vrittis, they are, so to
44:27speak, the opposite, a lack of Manipura
44:30chakra energy, which is melancholy.
44:33Melancholy is, well, like, I don't want
44:35to live, I don't want to live. I was
44:39listening to a song on the radio, and
44:42it had the words:" Nobody, nobody's...
44:44""...for me. "And it means:" Everyone,
44:51everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone,
44:53everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone
44:56doesn't care about me. "And this
44:58feeling of disappointment in life, why
45:00does this world exist? Everything is
45:02bad, there is no point in anything.
45:04This is also, by the way, a
45:05prerequisite for a kind of spirituality
45:07. That is, you've become disappointed
45:09in everything, the Manipura chakra,
45:10that's it, it means you need to move on
45:12here to the Anahata chakra. But the
45:13problem is that this state completely
45:15drains your strength. Why? What is the
45:18point? What is the point of going
45:20anywhere? What is the point of
45:21competing with someone? What is the
45:23point of achieving something?
45:24Everything is vanity, everything is
45:26meaningless, right? This is exactly
45:28what not wanting to live is. Melancholy
45:31is a Manipura chakra problem. And there
45:35is also Sushupti. Sushupti means
45:38laziness, lethargy, static nature.
45:41Sitting idle and not moving anywhere.
45:45Saving energy. Staying in energy-saving
45:49mode. This is the portrait of the
45:51Manipura chakra. That is, such a
45:56spiteful, competitive, irritable one,
45:58causing pain to other people, getting
46:01attached, experiencing strong feelings
46:03of attachment, and calling it love at
46:06the same time. This is it, and this is
46:10us. That is, we spend a lot of time, a
46:14lot of energy at the Manipura chakra
46:16level. A great many people actually
46:19suffer from Manipura chakra problems.
46:21Our main problems of human psyche, our
46:24emotions, psychology, are problems of
46:26the Swadhisthana chakra and Manipura
46:29chakra. Master these two chakras, and
46:32you will become an extraordinary person
46:34. That is, in our time, you already
46:36become an extraordinary person, a
46:38special person. People will say:" Wow!
46:41"Because you are, well, sort of special
46:43. Indeed, you are special. You have no
46:45fear, and you have no malice whatsoever
46:48. You are both kind and courageous.
46:50Well, in general, a hero. An all-around
46:52hero. And so the first phase of
46:57spiritual practice mainly implies, well
46:59, the struggle to subdue, to gain
47:01control over these lower centers. You
47:06have mastered them, which means you are
47:08no longer just human, you are, in fact,
47:10a superhuman. And then, because your
47:13emotions are already manifesting here
47:15and here, in the higher centers. You
47:17behave in a very, very special way. Our
47:22master used to tell us:" You must not
47:24allow yourselves to remain in the lower
47:26centers. At the very least, you must
47:31never allow your mind to fall below the
47:33Anahata chakra. In other words, the
47:36Anahata chakra is the absolute minimum,
47:38the final limit you can afford. You
47:41were born in a human body; be worthy of
47:43this human body. "That is a
47:46characteristic of animals. We are not
47:48animals; we are humans. A human is not
47:51a rational animal. If a human were a
47:53rational animal, then an animal would
47:55be a moving vegetable or a moving plant
47:57. No, we are living beings, but we are
47:59not rational animals; we are humans.
48:02And completely different emotions befit
48:04us. And so, when you allow animalistic
48:08emotions to work within you, they
48:10destroy you. When you sustain human
48:15emotions—I will talk about the
48:17Anahata chakra and you will understand
48:19—they, on the contrary, support you;
48:22they give you good health, good energy,
48:24and a very powerful personality. That
48:29is why you must make a great effort to
48:31curb the Manipura chakra. Now I will
48:33list the techniques. What can be done
48:36to strengthen the Manipura chakra?
48:44First, regarding the Manipura chakra,
48:46it starts with proper nutrition: eating
48:49correctly and not consuming food—as I
48:51mentioned for the Swadhisthana chakra
48:53—that stimulates crude energy within
48:56us. That means giving up meat, fish,
48:59eggs, onions, garlic, mushrooms,
49:01alcohol, and tobacco. Also, use less of
49:05the food that stimulates the energy of
49:07the Manipura chakra. This includes
49:10coffee, tea, and carbonated drinks—
49:13yes, Rajas. The principle of dynamic
49:16food. Proper nutrition and a balanced
49:19diet mean so much for the balance of
49:21the Manipura chakra. I will soon
49:26release a nutrition course, where I
49:27will give several lectures explaining
49:29the basic principles of how to eat
49:31properly and hold a few cooking classes
49:33. So stay tuned, it will be about good
49:37nutrition. Second, the practice of
49:40fasting. The practice of fasting
49:43cleanses the digestive system very
49:44effectively. The intestines, the
49:47stomach, the liver, the kidneys—
49:49everything gets cleaned out. And this
49:51clean system, to which you have given a
49:53rest. If you have fasted, your toxins
49:56have been eliminated and your system [
49:58has recovered]. Imagine if you had
50:01lived for 20 years without a single day
50:04off; that is roughly how your liver,
50:06intestines, and stomach feel. And so,
50:10when we fast regularly twice a month—
50:13or even four times a month, as some
50:15people like to do—it turns out you're
50:17giving your digestive system a
50:19well-deserved break. We fast without
50:23food and without water. Those who are
50:26healthy, and those for whom dry fasting
50:28is contraindicated due to health
50:30conditions, especially kidney problems,
50:32these people fast with water. If they
50:35can't fast with water, then they do it
50:37on juices. If they can't fast on juices
50:39, then on fruits. If they can't fast on
50:41fruits, then at least remove grains and
50:44legumes from their diet. So, fasting is
50:47also a very, very powerful practice for
50:50developing this Manipura chakra of ours
50:52. Third. Hardening. Hardening by taking
50:57a cold shower. The Manipura chakra is
51:00responsible for fire, after all. And
51:02this practice of hardening sustains
51:04this fire. And accordingly, if you
51:06harden yourself, you develop other
51:09qualities of the Manipura chakra; you
51:11become more fearless, calmer, and so on
51:13. It also develops positively. The
51:15practice of hardening. Next is physical
51:18education and sports. Physical
51:20education and sports burn off
51:21adrenaline, and you calm down. You also
51:24become more balanced. Next is the
51:28practice of relaxation. Relaxation.
51:32Lying in the corpse pose and relaxing.
51:35That is, you relax yourself from your
51:37big toes to the crown of your head.
51:39This is a very interesting practice
51:41because it triggers the so-called
51:43relaxation response. And the brain
51:46begins to release not stress hormones,
51:48but rather relaxing ones. And when this
51:52has happened—that is, the brain's
51:54mind has switched from stress mode to
51:57relaxation mode, and the hormones have
51:59been received—you stay in a more even
52:01, relaxed state all day long. It's also
52:05important not to over-relax, because a
52:07certain amount of stress—a certain
52:10amount of this motivation and
52:11stimulation in life—is important. If
52:15you just go totally limp, that's not
52:17good either. There was a guy, what was
52:21his name? The doctor's miraculous cure.
52:26Hmm, okay, I don't remember right now.
52:29Well, that's not important. In general,
52:31there was a doctor who had miraculous
52:33cures. He took patients with
52:36cardiovascular diseases who could only
52:38be helped by surgery. And he prescribed
52:43them these three important things. He
52:47had them do meditation to remove stress
52:50, asanas for physical exercise, and a
52:52vegetarian diet. These are the pillars,
52:56yes, of yogic practice. And his
52:58patients recovered. So, this simple
53:01regimen cleared the blockages in his
53:03patients 'vessels. And because of that,
53:05other doctors just shrugged their
53:07shoulders. They said," Well, we can't
53:09explain this from the perspective of
53:11medical science. "And they called it
53:12the miraculous healing of Dr. Spencer,
53:15I think. Yes. That miraculous cure.
53:20Naturally, your adrenaline level drops,
53:22you relax, and well, your health
53:24improves significantly. That's why this
53:27relaxation, the Savasana practice, I
53:29will also record and dictate it. I will
53:32speak with my voice:" Relax this, relax
53:34this, relax this. "And it will
53:37significantly improve our condition.
53:40That's Savasana. Yes. Well, and, yes, I
53:47think that's it. And the asanas remain.
53:51That is, the asanas for the Manipura
53:53chakra. I'll show them sitting now,
53:56then standing. Actually, not sitting,
54:00but like this. The first asana is
54:05called Mayurasana. Yes. Although, you
54:16know what, I won't show them to you,
54:18I'll just name them. Check my" Asanas "
54:21playlist. These are Mayurasana, Peacock
54:27pose, Chakrasana, Wheel pose Navasana.
54:34Boat pose Kurmasana, Tortoise pose,
54:42Padahastasana, Hand-to-foot pose, Utkat
54:44Paschimottanasana, Seated forward fold,
54:47Matsyendrasana, twist—these are all
54:50asanas that have a very beneficial
54:52effect on the Manipura chakra. Partly,
54:58Cobra also affects the Manipura chakra.
55:00Yes. And I'll also show what isn't in
55:03my playlist yet, what we haven't
55:05recorded—well, it will appear later
55:07too. It's called Agnisara mudra.
55:10Agnisara mudra or the fire gesture.
55:12It's done like this. An exhale is
55:14performed, see? Right? I press inward,
55:26and the internal organs scatter
55:28wherever they can." Every man for
55:30himself, "so to speak. It's called. And
55:32it gives a very good massage to our
55:34digestive system. And there is also,
55:36well, I'll show it sitting. It's
55:38usually done standing like this. It's
55:40sometimes done sitting too. Like this.
55:43Sitting, it's called Upavistha Uddiyana
55:45mudra. And standing, just Uddiyana
55:47mudra. Like this. Or they call it a
55:49bandha. Uddiyana bandha. See, I pulled
55:57my stomach in. These are the kinds of
56:01exercises. They provide a massage, work
56:04the area, remove blocks, and restore
56:06blood circulation in the digestive
56:08sphere. And most importantly, they act
56:11on the glands located in the Manipura
56:13chakra area. And in this way, they
56:16balance the emotions of the Manipura
56:18chakra. So, on a physical level, it
56:21provides a lot. It balanced things on
56:23the physical level. I remember one day
56:25I had a very, very stressful situation,
56:27and it got to the point where I wanted
56:29to grab the phone and just throw it at
56:32the wall. That kind of irritation. I
56:34thought," What's going on, am I a yogi
56:36or not? "And I started doing Chakrasana
56:38—well, the Wheel pose or bridge, as
56:40we call it. And then, the forward fold.
56:43Just 3 days. After 3 days, I was as fit
56:45as a fiddle; no stress, nothing,
56:47everything calm, excellent self-control
56:49. So, on a physical level, the stress
56:51was eliminated and resolved. Yes. Well,
56:54the breathing exercise is called"
56:56Agnisara mudra. "Focus here and imagine
56:58inhaling prana, the life force, during
57:01the inhalation into the manipura chakra
57:03. And as we exhale, we release it. It
57:06is done lying down. It is also
57:08performed in the morning. This agni and
57:11pranayama is prescribed in special
57:14cases, this pranayama with
57:15concentration on the manipura chakra.
57:18Ah, yes, yes. This is basically all
57:27correct nutrition, hardening, fasting,
57:30relaxation, breathing into the manipura
57:33chakra, asanas, and pranayama into the
57:35manipura chakra. I am missing something
57:42else. Ah, and of course, the most
57:44important thing is meditation on the
57:46chakras, but only in the case of
57:48personal meditation lessons. This is
57:51the most powerful thing, it is what
57:53truly develops you on a mental and
57:55spiritual level. And this development
57:57then trickles down to the physical
57:59level. So we are approaching it from
58:01two sides, right? And I forgot to say,
58:03a very, very important thing, but it is
58:05for all chakras and can always be a
58:07solution to all problems. That is,
58:09meditation. When you meditate, stress
58:12dissipates. People sometimes come, they
58:15start meditating, and you hear them
58:17after 5 minutes, what happened? They
58:23say:" Yes, yes, I keep falling asleep.
58:26What is happening to me? "I say:" Well,
58:29my dear, you have simply relaxed for
58:31the first time. "This is when a person
58:35sits down and the magic of meditation
58:37begins to work. Their muscles start to
58:40relax, and their brain begins to
58:42release relaxing hormones. And all the
58:45fatigue that has accumulated, which the
58:47person did not even notice due to
58:48stress hormones, has been ignored. They
58:52walk around like a log with bulging
58:54eyes, and their body is crying out for
58:56help, but they ignore it. But here,
59:01when you meditate, that won't happen
59:03because there is a balance of
59:04relaxation and tension. And if there is
59:07fatigue, it comes out, you fall asleep.
59:10This is a positive moment. Right. So,
59:12as a relaxation practice, meditation is
59:15also very, very important. So, you need
59:17to practice meditation. Therefore,
59:20those who practice meditation and yoga
59:22are usually, well, without bad habits.
59:27Not just because bad habits are harmful
59:29, but because bad habits are not needed
59:31for a yogi. Since there is no tension,
59:35there is nothing to release. So, there
59:39is no need for alcohol, cigarettes, or
59:42anything else. That is why a very
59:46effective method for treating all these
59:48different addictions is spiritual
59:49practice. This is actually the only
59:53method of healing, because even
59:55Alcoholics Anonymous say:" Alcoholism
59:57is incurable. "No, it is curable. It
1:00:00isn't cured easily, because it's a
1:00:02problem with the svadhishthana chakra.
1:00:05It is a long-term effort, long-term
1:00:07sadhana, long-term practice. But it is
1:00:10curable, and then it goes away without
1:00:12a trace forever. Bye-bye. That's how it
1:00:15is. So, I think we learned important
1:00:20things today. And if you have any
1:00:24questions, write them in the comments,
1:00:26and I will answer. Right. And you can
1:00:28also tell your friends. Because I think
1:00:32many will recognize themselves in this
1:00:33video with these emotions and recognize
1:00:38their acquaintances. Right. Yes,
1:00:40because we are all like that. It
1:00:42doesn't matter, whether you are a saint
1:00:44or the most fallen, corrupt person. I
1:00:47mean, everyone's chakras are the same.
1:00:49The only difference is that some people
1:00:51control these chakras, and others don't
1:00:53. Some people control these emotions,
1:00:55and others don't. And gradually, any
1:00:58person at all can be brought into a
1:01:00good state through yoga practice,
1:01:02turning them into a good, wonderful
1:01:04person who is useful to society and
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