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0:01Namaskar. The topic of today's class is
0:05the Anahata chakra. The Anahata chakra
0:09is the center, the center of our being.
0:12Seven chakras, you remember, right? One
0:14is located at the tailbone, the
0:16Muladhara chakra, then the Swadhisthana
0:19chakra, the genitals, and the Manipura,
0:21the navel chakra. The Anahata chakra is
0:24right here; if you draw a line across
0:26the nipples and a line down, it's at
0:28the intersection of those two lines.
0:30Then the Vishuddha chakra is here at
0:32the throat. Next is the Ajna chakra
0:36here, and the Sahasrara chakra here.
0:39Those are the seven chakras. The upper
0:42chakras represent our divine nature.
0:45Here, you are no longer just human.
0:46Here, you are a deity. An embodied
0:49deity. Everything below represents our
0:52animal nature. And in the middle is the
0:55Anahata chakra, the connecting link
0:56between animality and divinity. This is
0:59the human. And here in the Anahata
1:02chakra, you can move toward animality;
1:05a person can choose that direction. A
1:08person stands on the shore, one foot in
1:11the water, the other foot on land. If
1:14they remain standing in that position,
1:16the water will wash them away. That is,
1:20animality will seize them, and in that
1:22turbulent current, they will lose
1:24themselves. But they can take a step
1:27onto the land. By pushing off with the
1:30foot that was standing, they can step
1:33onto the land and enter this promised
1:36land. It is the exact same for us. We
1:39have an animal nature in the lower
1:41centers and we have a divine nature. In
1:44between them lies the Anahata chakra.
1:46Your first steps into your, uh, into
1:50your divinity, your first foundation,
1:56is located in the Anahata chakra. Once
2:00you have firmly established yourself,
2:02directing energy into the Anahata
2:04chakra, truly settled there, you are
2:06only five minutes away from divinity,
2:09from radiance, from greatness. This is
2:11the center of the most important
2:14emotions for us. If we gain control
2:17over this center, we become truly great
2:20people. Anahata chakra, translated from
2:23Sanskrit, means "unstruck sound." Here,
2:26when the mind reaches this center in
2:29Samadhi, in a trance, we can hear a
2:32special sound. It is the sound of a
2:34flute. That is it. It is actually a
2:36manifestation of the sound Om, the
2:38eternal sound that arose at the
2:40beginning of the universe. And this
2:42sound manifests in the Anahata chakra
2:44as the sound of a flute. That is why it
2:48has such a name, the "unstruck sound."
2:50So, you can hear a flutist there in the
2:53Anahata chakra. Now, the Anahata chakra
2:56controls the air element. The air
2:59element is very mobile, very unstable.
3:01The same applies to the Anahata chakra.
3:03It is very mobile, very unstable, very
3:05restless, like the wind. And that means
3:10it requires great effort to stabilize
3:13it. Now, the Anahata chakra contains
3:17twelve emotions within it. The lotus
3:20cup and 12 petals around it. And now I
3:24will explain these petals. So, let's
3:27start analyzing the properties of the
3:29mind in the Anahata chakra. One of the
3:32most significant, useful, and important
3:35properties, without which we cannot
3:37conceive of ourselves in the Anahata
3:40chakra, is the property of effort. In
3:42Sanskrit, it is often called. What is
3:44effort? Effort is this very act of
3:46willful intention. That is, in order to
3:49achieve success in anything in life, we
3:52need to manifest this intention. Note
3:55that we manifest this intention not
3:57with the head, not with the mind, not
3:59with the intellect, but precisely with
4:02the heart. We manifest this intention.
4:04I mean, you can be 100%sure, you can
4:07have understanding, like I understand
4:11everything, but I just can't. Right?
4:14That is, if the energy in the Anahata
4:16chakra has run out, I understand
4:18everything, I know everything, I am
4:20aware of everything, but I cannot find
4:23the strength inside myself to do what
4:25needs to be done. This happens to many
4:28people when they start meditating and
4:30attending lectures; their consciousness
4:33expands, energy accumulates, and that's
4:36it. A person is absolutely sure that
4:38they will practice and be a star. A
4:42week goes by, and the person has
4:44neglected the instructions they were
4:46given. So, the energy they received
4:49during the lecture, or even if they
4:51received a dedication or initiation,
4:53they squandered that energy, and then
4:56they understand everything, they know
4:58it's necessary, but they can't find the
5:00strength. What does that mean? It means
5:03there is no energy here inside the
5:05Anahata chakra. That is, all this
5:08energy was wasted at the level of the
5:10lower chakras, at the level of
5:12attachments, at the level of lusts, at
5:14the level of physical desires, anxiety,
5:16and so on. Yes. So, this is a very
5:19important thing. No task can be
5:22completed if there is no energy present
5:25in the Anahata chakra. That is, we need
5:28to apply intention. Because when you
5:31have intention—of course, you can do
5:33things under duress, out of fear, and
5:36so on. Yes. But in the Anahata chakra,
5:39this independent effort—to perform an
5:42independent effort, we need energy.
5:46Here, for example, look, our action,
5:50any action at all, can be divided into
5:53several phases. The first phase of an
5:56action is, what phase is it, how do we
5:59begin? Suppose I am sitting on the
6:01couch and want to drink some water.
6:02What must happen first? First of all, I
6:05must want to. A desire arises. A desire
6:08has arisen. Then, the second phase. And
6:11in the second phase, I must visualize,
6:14I must see what I need to do to get
6:16from point A to point B. That is, what
6:18is the action plan? Tr. Here it is, the
6:22paid action plan. When I saw this, what
6:24did I have to carry out? Next comes the
6:27next phase, sankalpa. Sankalpa means
6:29intention, to manifest an intention.
6:32And this intention is formed right here
6:35. After that, you get up and do it,
6:38right? For example, another option: I
6:41want water again, but I’m depressed.
6:43Depression means the Anahata chakra is
6:46completely devastated, shattered,
6:48broken. The enemies burned down my home
6:50, there’s nothing left of it. The
6:51Anahata chakra. There. And in this
6:54state, I sit there and want water. I
6:56think, oh, I should have a drink of
6:58water. Then the next desire. There is a
7:00next phase. The next phase. I saw what
7:04needs to be done for this. Oh, that
7:05means I have to go to the kitchen and
7:07pour it. And the third phase doesn't
7:09work. The intention is not formed. I
7:11think, I’ll manage without water. Yes
7:13. This is a telling situation of what
7:17happens when our Anahata chakra isn't
7:21working. Meaning, the willpower
7:24disappears. You surely have people you
7:26can rely on. Meaning, you know if this
7:30person said it, if they promised, then
7:32100%even if an earthquake happens, any
7:34force majeure, this person will
7:36overcome anything possible, but they
7:38will fulfill their promise. What does
7:41this indicate? It indicates that they
7:44have a developed and strong Anahata
7:46chakra. And that means the person is
7:48capable of loving, capable of caring,
7:50and so on. Therefore, this is a very
7:53big sign. And if a person doesn't know
7:56how to keep their promises, doesn't
7:59fulfill their promises, or even worse,
8:01doesn't make promises at all, meaning
8:03they fear any responsibility, it means
8:06there are problems here in the Anahata
8:08chakra. Meaning, we are dealing with a
8:11mentally and psychologically weak
8:13person. A mentally and psychologically
8:16strong person has no problem making a
8:19promise and has no problem fulfilling
8:21that promise, because the Anahata
8:23chakra is strong. This is honest. Also
8:27here, the next emotion we have is
8:32called viveka. Viveka means the quality
8:37of distinguishing right from wrong, the
8:39ability to distinguish right from wrong
8:42, the temporary from the eternal, the
8:44appropriate from the inappropriate. How
8:48else do we call this ability? We call
8:51it conscience. And this is that very
8:54inner voice, the voice of the heart,
8:57which we are supposed to listen to.
9:01You've heard the phrase many times,
9:03right: "Listen to the voice of your
9:05heart, the heart won't deceive you."
9:08And indeed, it is 100%true, because
9:11here this viveka, this quality of the
9:13mind, is very, very subtle. And here in
9:16the Anahata chakra, another layer of
9:18the mind is controlled. It is called
9:20Vijnanamaya Kosha. This Vijnanamaya
9:23Kosha right here, it is a high layer,
9:27meaning it's not the conscious mind,
9:28not the subconscious, it is an
9:30unconscious layer. And not even the
9:32first layer of the unconscious, but the
9:34second. So, there are three layers of
9:36the unconscious mind in total. Atimanas
9:38, Vijnanamaya, Hiranamaya. This is the
9:40second one. So, located there, in this
9:43layer, is perfect wisdom. And this
9:45perfect wisdom speaks to us through the
9:48heart. Things that your intellect
9:50cannot even imagine. Your heart's voice
9:53right here, it knows. So, deep inside,
9:55you feel what the right thing is. The
9:58first idea comes; it emerged from the
10:01unconscious. And your intellect says, "
10:03Oh, come on, drop it, that is
10:05absolutely unrealistic." After some
10:08time, you realize it was the most
10:09correct decision, the most adequate
10:11thing that could have been done. There.
10:15And this Viveka, if we have learned to
10:18listen to it, we will definitely be
10:21successful in life, because this higher
10:24consciousness, this higher entity,
10:26which is pure love and benevolence,
10:29guides us on the path of our highest
10:32good. And if you listen, you receive
10:35this highest good. There. If not, well,
10:39you simply receive your samskaras, your
10:41karma. That's how it is. If you listen
10:45to various stories of successful art,
10:48successful business, successful science
10:51, people talk about the same thing. In
10:56reality, they say, "Don't listen to
10:58anyone, listen to yourself, listen to
11:00the voice of your heart, what your
11:02heart prompts you, and do that." So,
11:05there are two problems here. Firstly,
11:06the problem is to hear it, and the
11:09second problem is to find the courage
11:11within yourself. To act according to
11:14the command of this heart. There. Well,
11:17and one problem is solved by calming
11:19the mind, that is, when the intellect
11:21settles down. They say there is a war
11:24between the mind and the heart. The
11:26heart wants one thing, the mind says
11:28another. And in this case, there could
11:32be, look, it could be a war between the
11:36mind and instinct, right? Or, let's say
11:43, a war between the Manipura chakra and
11:45the Swadhisthana chakra. The
11:46Swadhisthana chakra says, "Oh, I want
11:49this pleasure." Yes, an emotion. We
11:51experience an emotion like that, some
11:53attraction, or aversion, or something
11:55else. And we can mistake this emotion
11:57for what seems like our heart, as if
11:59these were our true feelings. But it is
12:01the opposite; it is actually much, much
12:04lower. And the Manipura is afraid, it
12:05says: "What are you doing? If you do
12:07this, then this, this, and this will be
12:09the consequences.""Don't even think
12:11about doing it." And so we say: "Why is
12:13it that my heart wants this, but my
12:15mind wants that?" And the mind here
12:18acts—the Manipura chakra acts in the
12:20form of a mind that is afraid and says:
12:21"No, you shouldn't do that." And it's
12:24right to do so, because you shouldn't
12:26be led by your instinctual nature. See.
12:28But could there be another conflict?
12:30Maybe deep down here in the Anahata
12:32chakra you hear it, intuitively you
12:34know: this is right, it's righteous,
12:36it's truly a good action, a powerful,
12:38excellent action. But it is afraid
12:42again. It says: "What are you doing? If
12:45you do it this way, there will be such
12:46and such consequences, you will have
12:48losses, you will have to sacrifice a
12:49lot.""Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah." See.
12:52And in one case, this Manipura chakra
12:54performs a positive function,
12:55controlling your instinctual nature,
12:58while in another, it performs a
12:59negative function. It holds you back
13:02from your great destiny. See. Well, and
13:05in order to learn to hear the voice of
13:07your heart, what must you do? You need
13:09your instincts to fall silent; when you
13:12have no cravings, no attachments, no
13:15deep-seated fear there. You have a
13:18chance to clearly feel your destiny.
13:23And your Manipura chakra, its fears,
13:25all of them must also fall silent. This
13:27usually happens in moments of
13:29meditation. In moments of meditation or
13:32some other elevation of the mind, for
13:34example. Well, for me, this mainly
13:36happens in meditation, that is, when I
13:38sit, meditate, and I have achieved a
13:41profound calming of the mind. It’s
13:43like receiving a text message. Ta-tan.
13:46That is, and suddenly I realize very
13:48clearly: this is it, this is my destiny
13:51, this is what I need to do. Along with
13:54that, in the package with this, the
13:56data was transmitted, yes, from that
13:57cosmic internet. Together with this
13:59data, together with this information,
14:01comes inspiration, that is, the
14:03strength to implement it. And it also
14:05happens when I sing a mantra, do kirtan
14:08, do lalit marmik, I sing and suddenly,
14:10"ting," and suddenly awareness comes,
14:13and inspiration, and clarity. So, when
14:17the mind is elevated, when you rise
14:19higher than the Manipura chakra, and
14:21all your fears, all your anxiety has
14:24gone quiet, you have reached this pure
14:26Anahata chakra, or you have risen
14:28higher, to where the Vishuddha chakra
14:31is. That’s it, in this moment you
14:34will hear the voice of your heart.
14:37Likewise, if we defile our heart, then
14:40this voice becomes weaker and weaker,
14:42and it will be harder to follow it. To
14:46defile the heart means, um, when you do
14:48something that goes against the rules.
14:51That is, if you perform actions that
14:54are against the laws of the Universe,
14:57which are prescribed for a person,
15:00against dharma, against the laws of
15:03spiritual harmony, you definitely
15:06experience heaviness here in your heart
15:10. Another influence turns on, called
15:12the feeling of guilt, anutapa, the
15:14quality of repentance. Why did I do
15:16that? Why did I say that? And when you
15:20have said it, when you have done
15:22something, right, say, you lied to
15:24someone or you offended someone, a
15:27heaviness sets in here, and you
15:29immediately feel how you have clipped
15:31your own wings. That is, there is no
15:34longer that confidence, that strength,
15:36that limitlessness that you have when
15:38you are pure, when you have a pure
15:39heart. That is why, in order for the
15:43anahata chakra to remain powerful, it
15:45is necessary to be a very, very honest,
15:48very, well, righteous person, so to
15:50speak. Every time we commit such an act
15:53, we are punishing ourselves in this
15:55way. And so, in order to get rid of
15:57this guilt complex, what needs to be
16:00done to get rid of it? How can it be
16:02alleviated? In Christianity, there is
16:05such a thing as confession, right?
16:07People go and talk to a priest and, in
16:10general, open their souls to him and
16:13tell him everything and repent. They
16:17say, "You know, I did this and that."
16:19This is a very, very powerful and
16:21effective thing. In yoga, we have a
16:23similar thing as well. We have a rule:
16:26if a mistake was made unconsciously or
16:30out of ignorance, it is necessary to
16:33immediately admit it and ask for a
16:36punishment. What does punishment mean?
16:40Punishment means, well, not in the
16:42sense that you should suffer, but you
16:45need to—well, usually people come
16:48either to their acharya or to a friend
16:51they trust very deeply. They know that
16:56this friend will not abuse the things
16:58that you have revealed to them. Yes.
17:01So. And you open up, and you say, "I
17:06did this and that." This is tormenting
17:11me, this is eating away at me. Help me,
17:13tell me what to do, how I can correct
17:17myself. So. And if the person possesses
17:20spiritual wisdom, or even if they just
17:22listen, you will release this burden.
17:25Because if you keep these, um, dark
17:27pollutions inside yourself, inside your
17:30heart, it will—it will eat away at
17:33you from the inside. When you have
17:36opened up, your heart is already
17:38halfway purified. So. And when a friend
17:41possesses some kind of spiritual wisdom
17:43, they will tell you exactly what you
17:45need to do in order to cleanse yourself
17:48. Well, there are very few such people,
17:50of course. But if you found the right
17:53person, they will tell you, for example
17:55: "Come on, as a punishment for this,
17:58as atonement for this, do a dry fast,
18:00observe a fast and perform this or that
18:03austerity.""Go, for instance, buy food
18:06and distribute it to the homeless, for
18:09example," right? And when you perform
18:12this austerity, you will feel: "Oh, my
18:14heart is being cleansed." Or, say, a
18:17friend might tell you: "Come on, do
18:20this practice, perform this or that
18:23austerity." And what is this for? It's
18:26not to cause you any pain, or to punish
18:28you, or as some sort of retribution.
18:30No. It is to return your mind back to a
18:33state of strength. That is, when you
18:36have transgressed, you have committed
18:38an act that goes against your heart,
18:40your mind falls, and you can't recover.
18:42It's like your sins won't let you near
18:45the altar of the Almighty. You approach
18:48, and this spiritual energy burns you.
18:50Meaning it is uncomfortable for you.
18:52That is how it happens. That is, you
18:55will feel, when you have a good,
18:57powerful meditation and you have done
18:59something wrong, something incorrect,
19:02especially at advanced stages—some,
19:04well, what you might call a sin, yes,
19:06although in Tantra we try not to use
19:08the word "sin" because it has a
19:10negative connotation. Well, you
19:12committed a transgression, you made a
19:14mistake. We also learn from mistakes.
19:16Right. And inside, instantly, this
19:18Viveka, this conscience of ours, and
19:21tapa, repentance, reacts and we feel
19:23pain, and we immediately become weak.
19:26And so, when you approach the higher in
19:29meditation again, yes, when you have
19:32drawn close to it, the same energy is
19:34radiated, but this energy no longer
19:37brings you joy, it burns you, it
19:39creates discomfort for you. You feel
19:42tension within your, uh, nervous system
19:46and so on, and it becomes uncomfortable
19:49for you to meditate. That is why many
19:52people cannot meditate, because too
19:54many sins have been accumulated, you
19:55have committed too many transgressions.
19:59And when you approach, yes, in
20:00meditation toward the divine, it all
20:02comes out of you. And then begins this
20:06process of painful repentance, of some
20:08kind of painful, uh, purification, yes.
20:12That is why it is important that we are
20:14never burdened by anything. The past is
20:16the past. Let it remain in the past.
20:18God gave us eyes in front so that we
20:20look forward, and never back. But when
20:23you, while practicing, have done
20:25something that is completely
20:27unacceptable to you personally, that is
20:30, your conscience says it is wrong. You
20:33need to cleanse your soul by telling it
20:37, repenting, and taking on some form of
20:42penance to fix it. This is the recipe
20:45that yoga prescribes. So, what did we
20:49have there? Anutapa. Anutapa. Next is
20:53the property of reflection. Reflection.
20:58Reflection means that, on one hand, it
21:02can be a positive trait, meaning it's
21:05imagination, creating a certain vision,
21:09and dreaming. Great things are
21:13generally born from dreams. Yes, that
21:17is, things that used to be the fruit of
21:19science fiction suddenly start becoming
21:22reality, right? So, imagination is the
21:25creation of a vision of the future, a
21:27look into the future. On the other hand
21:30, very often these fantasies have no
21:33fruit. They are fruitless fantasies.
21:36And they are often very base. That is,
21:38if they are based on the lower chakras,
21:40when a person fantasizes about
21:41something, about something that is
21:43absolutely, "Oh, I will build myself
21:45such a house, and I will live there
21:47like this, and travel there." And these
21:50fantasies have no substance; it is
21:52simply a pure waste of psychic power,
21:54of psychic energy. In this case, this
21:57state becomes negative. Often, a person
22:00is so possessed by this process of
22:03reflection that they cannot even fall
22:06asleep. For example, you were offered a
22:08new job. "Oh, a new job, what will I do
22:11there?" By night, you are already a
22:14small boss at this job. You are doing
22:16this, this, and this. By 3 a.m., you
22:18are already the ruler of all Russia and
22:21are making plans to conquer the
22:23universe. But no matter how hard you
22:25try to fall asleep, you cannot. You say
22:27, "Oh, that's it, sleep, sleep, sleep,
22:30tomorrow is the interview, I need to
22:32look good." Mmm. And when I have this,
22:35I will do this, and this, and this.
22:37Does that sound familiar? Yes, it
22:38happens to me sometimes too. This is
22:41the excitement in the Anahata chakra;
22:42the element of air inside the body has
22:44been stirred up. That is exactly how we
22:47feel, thinking, thinking, thinking in
22:48meditation as well. Sometimes it
22:52happens that there is some imbalance in
22:54the body, the air element is agitated,
22:56and the anahata chakra also falls out
22:58of balance, and you just can't stop
22:59thinking. Meditation also requires
23:01practice. And you think, and think, and
23:04think, and think, and think, and think
23:07—that is what is called chitta vritti
23:09. And it eventually transforms into
23:13anxiety. Anxiety. Will it work, won't
23:17it work, will it work, won't it work,
23:20will it pay off, won't it pay off, is
23:22it profitable, not profitable—yes,
23:24this is called anxiety. And this
23:26anxiety is very closely linked to the
23:28vritti of hope. Hope is also located
23:31here in the anahata chakra. And its
23:33positive quality is that, well, as long
23:35as there is hope, your heart is alive.
23:38That is, hope nourishes our heart. If
23:41there is hope, there is the strength to
23:44move forward. If there is no hope,
23:46that's it. Well, there's no hope, the
23:48project is closed, that's it, you stop.
23:50You've lost hope. Maybe there were even
23:53all the chances for success, but you
23:54lost hope. Your capacity for effort
23:56also left you. Right. But hope is a
24:00quality that can also be negative,
24:04because hope very easily flips into
24:07anxiety. We hope, we worry. We hope, we
24:12worry. So anxiety is a kind of fear, a
24:15mild fear that exists at the heart
24:17level. We have three types of fear
24:19according to these chakras. The first,
24:21the heaviest fear in the svadhishthana
24:23chakra, is insane terror, the terror of
24:25death. Manipura chakra. And this fear
24:28is paralyzing. Manipura chakra. Fear
24:31that is activating, that stirs you into
24:33action. Fight or flight. Anahata chakra
24:36. Anxiety. Will it work, won't it work.
24:39Will it work, won't it work—frenzy.
24:42So, we need to transform the quality of
24:46hope. There is a verse that describes
24:49the qualities of a saintly person. When
24:53I read it, I wondered, why is it like
24:56that? Because I always considered hope
24:58to be an exclusively positive quality,
25:00an absolutely positive quality. There
25:02is nothing more positive. And then I
25:05came across this verse. This is a very
25:08important tantric verse. It describes
25:11the quality of a saintly person. Asha
25:14pasha vinirmukta, adimadyanta nirmalam,
25:17anandena vartate nityam,
25:19akara-tase-lakshanam. This means "asha
25:23pasha vinirmukta"—one who has forever
25:26left the shackles of hope. "Adimadyanta
25:30nirmalam"—pure in the beginning, in
25:32the middle, and in the end. "Anandena
25:35vartate nityam"—eternally abiding in
25:39bliss. This is a person who has
25:42realized one component of holiness. So,
25:47"asha pasha vinirmukta," one who has
25:50left the shackles of hope. I think,
25:52somehow, the shackles of hope are
25:54actually just like that. So, someone
25:57who lives in the present moment, who
25:59listens only to their conscience, they
26:01don’t look to the future; they listen
26:03to their conscience and know that this
26:05action is right and righteous. And they
26:08don’t hope for whether this action
26:11will bring pleasant fruits or if it
26:13will bring them suffering. That is, in
26:18one fell swoop, they have renounced
26:22both anxiety and hope. And then that
26:26hope you had, which could be both
26:29positive and negative, transforms into
26:32a purely positive and absolutely
26:34positive quality called faith. Faith.
26:38And faith is a super powerful spiritual
26:40quality. Faith can move mountains. If
26:44you have faith in your heart, nothing
26:47can stop you. There. Well, I hope that
26:50is clear. Another quality of the
26:52Anahata chakra is vanity. We all
26:55absolutely have this; it’s an
26:57obsession with oneself, self-admiration
27:00, some kind of self-aggrandizement.
27:04Well, there is a positive side to it
27:06too. That is, a person strives to be
27:09better. There. And, well, the negative
27:11side is that a person is focused on
27:13themselves. There. And they just can't
27:16manage to make this transpersonal exit
27:19beyond their own persona, because we
27:21want infinity. And you won't experience
27:24infinity within your one little body
27:27and small mind. You need to go beyond
27:29those limits. That is, when you
27:32disconnect from your personality and
27:35turn your gaze toward infinity, when
27:37you shift from serving your own persona
27:40to serving all of humanity, the whole
27:42universe, that is when you experience
27:44this expansion, this transpersonal exit
27:47. And vanity, of course, stops you on
27:50this path in the spiritual sphere. That
27:53is, it blocks you; you are always
27:55thinking about yourself, taking selfies
27:57, looking in the mirror. And if you see
28:01a group photo, whose face do you look
28:03for first? Yes, everyone looks for
28:05their own face. Our persona possesses a
28:08certain magnetism that captivates us.
28:11And for us, that is an obstacle. A more
28:15extreme expression is another vritti.
28:17That is, vanity itself is, well, a
28:20somewhat innocent vritti. That is, it's
28:23a mistake, but it doesn't cause any
28:25real harm. Except for the fact that it
28:28focuses you on your own personality.
28:31There. But there is a more harmful
28:35vritti: arrogance. Arrogance is already
28:39a type of superiority complex. That is,
28:42you start looking down on others, and
28:46you get this feeling that you deserve
28:49more. You deserve more. And from it
28:55also arise several other vrittis. From
28:58it arise vrittis of greed, for example,
29:01labha. Labha means, for example, you
29:03sit at the table and take all the best
29:06things for yourself. Why? Because you
29:09have a feeling that you deserve more,
29:11right? You are a VIP, a very important
29:15person. There. And this kind of
29:18behavior, we usually don't like it.
29:20Arrogant people cause us to feel
29:22rejection. That is, we consider it
29:24unfair, it is wrong. There. But when a
29:27person has such a complex, they are as
29:29if blinded, and this blindness prevents
29:32them from seeing the inadequacy of
29:34their behavior. There is a verse in
29:36Sanskrit that describes these different
29:38types of pride. Abhimanam surapanam,
29:42gauravam rauravam dhruvam, pratistha
29:47sukara-vistha, trayan tyaktva harim
29:51bhajet. A very harsh verse, actually.
29:54It says abhimanam surapanam. A bloated
30:01ego is like drinking wine. That is,
30:05when you are influenced by vanity and
30:07arrogance, you become like a drunkard.
30:09You don't understand anything. Meaning,
30:11you have no adequacy at all. Often in
30:14the past, a motif in various historical
30:17detective stories and dramas is that
30:20flatterers with the poison of their
30:22flattery intoxicate the mind of a king
30:25or some influential person. And they,
30:29falling into such an inadequate state,
30:31do completely inadequate things. So, it
30:34is like drinking wine. You behave like
30:37a drunken person. Meaning, completely
30:40inadequately. Gauravam rauravam dhruvam
30:44, and self-aggrandizement leads you to
30:48the deepest hell. That is, your state
30:52when you inflate yourself, aggrandize
30:54yourself as a personality; for instance
30:57, you have a small rose growing in your
30:59garden, but you boast to everyone,
31:01saying, "I have such roses." growing.
31:04This is self-aggrandizement, pain. And,
31:07accordingly, you expect such treatment
31:09toward yourself; that is, you have
31:11puffed yourself up, like a toad
31:13inflates, it becomes so big, so big.
31:16There. But inside there is nothing,
31:17inside there is emptiness. And so you
31:19have inflated, and you expect a
31:21specific attitude toward yourself. That
31:23attitude does not come. If people mock
31:26you a little, make a joke somewhere,
31:29this joke is like a knife right to your
31:32heart. That is, it is perceived by you
31:36as very, very painful. That is why it
31:38is believed that a person who engages
31:41in self-aggrandizement is in the
31:43deepest hell. And then the harshest
31:46statement: pratistha sukara-vistha. The
31:50thirst for public acclaim, public
31:53prestige, is like the excrement of pigs
31:56. Leave these three and chant the
32:00glories of God. Right? I mean, I've
32:03already said in one of my videos that
32:06you can either sing your own praises or
32:09the praises of the Almighty. Right. And
32:12when you do not sing the praises of the
32:15Almighty—that is, your speech, your
32:17thoughts, your practice, your singing
32:20are not focused on the Almighty—it
32:22shifts to the other pole; it focuses on
32:25you yourself. That is why you need to
32:27redirect it like this. If you are to be
32:29proud of anything, you should be proud
32:32of the Almighty. Meaning, you should
32:35say, yes, all these amazing qualities
32:36that arise in people, both in me and in
32:39others, they come directly from God.
32:42How beautiful He is. Once you have
32:45accomplished this redirection, you will
32:47protect yourself from the dangers of
32:50vanity and arrogance. And from vanity,
32:53hypocrisy is also born. That is, a
32:56person strives for self-adornment; he
32:58wants everyone to admire him, everyone
33:00to adore him. And then, for the sake of
33:03this, he goes as far as to project an
33:06image. He wants to be loved. In reality
33:08, it is a need for love, isn't it? So,
33:12the desire to be loved both breeds
33:15vanity and breeds this hypocrisy. What
33:20does hypocrisy mean? It means two
33:21personalities living inside you. One
33:24personality on display for everyone,
33:26and a second personality inside for
33:28private use. And you understand, and
33:31you cannot acknowledge yourself. You
33:34lack the courage, you lack the boldness
33:36to acknowledge yourself as you truly
33:39are. You deceive yourself and create
33:42some false image of yourself; you live
33:44in self-deception. I am this, I am that
33:47, I am this, I am that. And you present
33:50this false image to people as well.
33:52That is why I say that you shouldn't
33:54try to be a saint before your time. It
33:56is fraught with various psychological
34:00deformations. That is, the psyche will
34:02be traumatized. When you are constantly
34:04deceiving, when you manifest this
34:06hypocrisy and you lie, your heart
34:08becomes contaminated, and it becomes
34:10very, very difficult to live. Actually,
34:13mental illnesses mostly arise because
34:17—well, you can go crazy from this gap
34:21between what is inside and what is
34:25outside. Especially in our time,
34:27simplicity has been lost, and society
34:29puts pressure on you. It demands a
34:32certain outward image from you. Even
34:34when you get a job, you have to apply
34:37makeup a certain way, have this or that
34:40specific dress code, and so on and so
34:43forth. You may not like it, you may not
34:45want it, but you just have to do it.
34:46You must look a certain way. You must
34:49smile when you don't want to smile, and
34:51so on, right? And this creates a
34:53conflict between the internal and the
34:55external. That is hypocrisy. On one
34:58hand, in a rite, it can also manifest
35:01as a certain kind of cunning. Meaning,
35:05cunning—on one hand, it's not bad if
35:09you don't abuse it. Cunning...well, is
35:13cunning a negative word? Maybe it’s
35:16cleverness, right? Meaning your mind is
35:19not that simple. My grandmother used to
35:23call me a simpleton. Like your dad.
35:28Simplicity is worse than theft. Exactly
35:31. And so she really disliked that
35:33guilelessness. And she was exactly the
35:36same way herself. And actually, this,
35:38well...We don't need—if guilelessness
35:44just means you are incapable, that you
35:47aren't intellectual, and not smart
35:49enough, that is not an indicator of any
35:52virtue. There you go. But if you are
35:55very smart, and at the same time you
35:58use your mind for benevolent purposes,
36:01for example, you can say words that
36:03kill a person, or, using your
36:06intelligence and mind, you can say
36:08things that inspire a person; in this
36:11case, one could say you are being
36:13cunning, but you are sincere, you truly
36:16believe in the person. You believe in
36:20the person, you see their potential,
36:22and you choose words that will inspire
36:24them. If you say, "Yes, you fool!"—
36:29bam! You kill them, and you stray from
36:33benevolent truthfulness. Therefore, in
36:36our time of developed intellect, when
36:39intellect is at the level of the
36:41Manipura chakra, everything is simple.
36:45When we rise to the Anahata chakra, we
36:47develop this sophistication, this
36:50cunning appears. If this cunning or
36:53this mind, this sophisticated mind, is
36:57directed benevolently, it is an
37:00advantage, right? Because, look, there
37:03are commandments: "do not kill,""do not
37:06steal," and so on. This is all called
37:09simple morality, right? It is the
37:12foundation of morality, so to speak.
37:14Exactly. But there are situations, for
37:17example, war, and in that situation,
37:20how you act depends on time, place, and
37:23circumstance. And if you strictly
37:27follow dogma and don't see the essence
37:29of the spiritual message—why these
37:32principles are given and what they are
37:35for—and you only see the form, you
37:38won't succeed in following morality.
37:43Often there is, well, not often, but
37:45sometimes there is a conflict between,
37:47uh, morality in essence, yes, well,
37:49real morality, which, in general, is a
37:51manifestation of love. And some kind of
37:54simple, that is, a dogma, like this,
37:56like this, like this, just like this.
37:59And in order to figure out what is
38:01right and what is wrong, you need a
38:03developed mind. That is, with a simple
38:05mind, you won't figure it out. You'll
38:07say: "Eh, well, it's written right here
38:08." And that's it. To figure it out, you
38:12need a developed mind. But this very
38:15developed mind is a real devil. That is
38:18, if it works extrovertedly, if it
38:20works not benevolently, but toward
38:23acquiring some physical things, toward,
38:26uh, how to say, that is, your intellect
38:29is directed toward matter, and not
38:31toward spirit, not toward evil, but not
38:34toward benevolence, then it is a very
38:37fast tool for your downfall. Therefore,
38:41you need to be smart, but at the same
38:43time intentionally preserve your
38:45simplicity, that is, intentionally not
38:48fall, that is, not drift into this
38:50hypocrisy, that, that is, on one hand,
38:53it shouldn't be like a drunkard, where
38:55what's on the mind is on the tongue. On
38:59the other hand, it shouldn't be that
39:01inside you have one picture, right, and
39:02outside another. That is, you
39:05demonstrate a different personality for
39:07sale, and you have a different
39:09personality for your own use. That's it
39:12. But how to get rid of hypocrisy?
39:15Because hypocrisy creates crookedness
39:18in the mind. And crookedness means,
39:20that is, look, here is the soul, the
39:23mind, and the body. The spirit is an
39:26infinite source of energy. If your mind
39:29is straight, all this energy seeps
39:31through. If you are simple and straight
39:34, artless, without not this murky,
39:39complex way, then your energy, uh,
39:42soulful, spiritual, it shines through,
39:45it shines on everyone. Charisma appears
39:48, strength appears. You have clarity
39:51inside, you have the energy to make
39:53efforts. But you start to weave it,
39:55weave it, and all this energy gets
39:57tangled up. It will never reach the end
39:59consumer. That is, your mind will never
40:01be satiated with this spiritual energy.
40:03And that is why you constantly feel
40:05weakness. Therefore, you need to get
40:08rid of hypocrisy. How to get rid of
40:10hypocrisy? That is, we have two
40:12standards. On one hand, you need to
40:15make your external standard a little
40:17bit simpler. That is, don't try to act
40:19like a saint. I am just who I am,
40:21ordinary. Not a golden egg, a simple
40:24one. I represent a simple egg, not a
40:28golden one. And on the other hand,
40:30constantly work on your internal
40:32standard. If you have already spoken,
40:35if you have boasted, well okay, since
40:37you've boasted, just live up to it now.
40:40It wasn't your achievement yet, but
40:42make sure that you didn't lie. It turns
40:45out you sort of boasted, just a little
40:48bit in advance, but essentially you
40:50told the truth. There. And by
40:53constantly pulling your internal
40:55standard up to the external one, and
40:57making the external standard simpler,
40:59eventually, these two things will meet
41:01one day. When they meet, you will be a
41:04very healthy, mentally stable, and very
41:07happy person. So, what did we cover? I
41:11covered hypocrisy, vanity, and this,
41:16this arrogance I covered, greed. Yes, I
41:19mentioned greed. Greed is when you
41:21think, uh, that is, you lay claim to
41:24everything. First of all, you have
41:26envious eyes and grasping hands. Well,
41:30greed in the Manipura chakra is a form
41:33of thirst. I want it, I saw something,
41:36oh, I want it, I can't help it, I just
41:39need it. If I don't get it, I will
41:42suffer. In the Anahata chakra, it's
41:44different; it doesn't cause such
41:45intense suffering. Well, for instance,
41:47when you walk into a supermarket and
41:49suddenly there's some kind of sale, and
41:51you think: "Oh, I need this, and I need
41:53that, and I need that." You have
41:55envious eyes, grasping hands, and then
41:57you've grabbed so much stuff, you get
42:00home. Why did I buy all this? It often
42:03happens, by the way, that the Anahata
42:06chakra—it’s where our positive
42:09emotions are, hope and effort, and
42:11depression is also found here.
42:16Sometimes people, you have shopaholics,
42:19it's considered a psychological
42:21disorder, where when a person gets the
42:24blues, they head straight to the store,
42:27buy themselves 10 dresses, buy them,
42:29and suddenly, oh, they feel better. Or,
42:35uh, I have a friend who, when he gets
42:39the blues, he goes to IKEA or some
42:43Makita store and buys tools, nails,
42:47screws. He gathers so many of these
42:50tools, he has five chainsaws lying in
42:51his garage. One of this kind, another
42:53of that kind, and another. There.
42:55Meaning he doesn't buy them for any use
42:57, he just feels better. So when he
42:59feels down, he goes to the store, goes
43:01shopping, and starts to feel good.
43:03After that, yes, so in this way you
43:06sort of turn on your greed, and by
43:09doing so, you activate the Anahata
43:11chakra. It’s quite a paradoxical
43:14thing. There. And it, uh, basically,
43:16well, there is a positive effect here,
43:18it slightly supports your Anahata
43:20chakra's energy, but it's mostly a
43:21negative effect. That is, when a person
43:25acts greedily, keeping everything for
43:27themselves with the feeling that they
43:29deserve more, that is very unpleasant
43:32and unattractive behavior. Then we also
43:37have a vritti of the Anahata chakra
43:39here—the vritti of talkativeness. And
43:42talkativeness, I mean, uh, did I talk
43:45about that or not? Talkativeness, yeah?
43:52Vitarka. The first manifestation is
43:56that The Anahata chakra wants to talk.
44:02We are social beings, meaning we need
44:05to live in a pack. This is our normal
44:10habitat. We are pack animals. And it's
44:13important for us that someone
44:15understands us. We need to share. And
44:19this is a positive vritti, when you are
44:22capable of sharing, telling someone
44:26about how you are feeling. You know,
44:29sometimes you meet an old friend and
44:31talk to them. A friend came to visit me
44:35recently, and we started talking, and
44:37we talked until 4:00 AM. I said, "
44:39That's it, let's stop. I'm going to the
44:43bathroom, and you go to sleep. When I
44:46come back, you pretend I'm asleep."
44:48Otherwise, we won't get any sleep. We
44:51talked with him until 4:00 in the
44:52morning. You talk and talk, and there
44:54is satisfaction in the Anahata chakra.
44:56This person understands me, and I
44:59understand them. It doesn't matter what
45:01you were talking about, there is a
45:03pleasant feeling of satisfaction. You
45:04are supporting your Anahata chakra. And
45:07that's why the grandmas sit outside,
45:09why do the grandmas sit there? Day
45:11watch. At night, the youth sit, night
45:15watch there by the entrance. And during
45:17the day, the older generation takes
45:20over. And so they sit on watch and
45:23discuss everyone. Whoever walks by,
45:26they talk with only one goal: to
45:27support their Anahata chakra. So,
45:30communication provides support. There
45:32is even research showing that people
45:35with serious illnesses, like cancer or
45:39alcoholism, create support groups and
45:42share their progress in these groups.
45:46Like, "I'm practicing this method," or
45:49"I'm doing this,""this helps me," or "
45:51I'm hanging in there, I barely managed
45:54not to relapse." And because of this
45:57exchange, because of this mutual
45:59support, the Anahata chakra is
46:00sustained, and so the intention returns
46:02. Remember I told you? That is, a
46:05person starts meditating, they have an
46:06intention. From what? From the fact
46:09that we sat at the lecture and
46:10communicated with each other. That's
46:12how it is. Some mutual understanding
46:14occurred, some kind of synergy, alchemy
46:16, and the person felt power inside the
46:20anahata chakra, got nourished, filled
46:22their anahata chakra with energy. Now
46:24they are certain, 100%. Yes, I will. I
46:26ask: "Will you meditate?" When a person
46:28comes, asks for initiation, and says: "
46:30Will you definitely meditate?" Yes, yes
46:33, yes, yes, I intend to, I will 100%.
46:36Well, what do you think? Nine out of
46:39ten people, they do not meditate. That
46:41is why I decided not to initiate anyone
46:43. Meaning, I will only initiate those
46:46who prove their fitness for practice.
46:49That is, if they practice for half a
46:51year straight, for half an hour twice a
46:53day, then I will initiate. Well, anyway
46:56, I digressed from the topic. So, there
46:59was an intention, then that intention
47:02disappeared somewhere. And this
47:04intention means the anahata chakra has
47:06weakened again. I mean, what I was
47:08saying is that when we have support,
47:10for example, Alcoholics Anonymous, they
47:12gather together, they talk about the
47:14difficulties they are going through,
47:16about their victories, and you get
47:18inspired simply by the inspiration of
47:20another person. This is communication
47:23at the level of the anahata chakra. The
47:26anahata chakra turns on, and
47:27accordingly, you get the intention to
47:30move forward, yes, to achieve success,
47:32to move further. So. That is definitely
47:35a positive trait in this case. Yes. But
47:38sometimes it goes out of balance. If
47:40the anahata chakra is out of balance,
47:43this trait turns into talkativeness.
47:46Talkativeness. A person can no longer
47:49control themselves. They talk and talk
47:51and talk, and the subject of the
47:52conversation is constantly "I". "And I
47:55did this.""And I have carpets on the
47:57floors, carpets on the walls." An
47:59acquaintance of mine used to say that.
48:01Showing off, bragging. That is when the
48:05imbalance of the anahata chakra has
48:07begun. If the mind becomes more
48:10spiritualized and introspective, then
48:13this trait recedes. That is, the person
48:16simply loses the desire to talk about
48:18themselves, loses the desire to show
48:21off, brag, and so on. They feel good as
48:23it is, because the anahata chakra is
48:24already filled. Otherwise, they just
48:26demanded attention to support their
48:28anahata chakra. But now they don't need
48:29it. They have a strong anahata chakra.
48:31They can support another person with
48:33their anahata chakra. Yes. And an even
48:37more severe manifestation is
48:39quarrelsomeness. So, look: conversation
48:43, the ability to talk, to share your
48:45own. Then talkativeness, an
48:48uncontrolled manifestation. Then comes
48:50quarrelsomeness. Quarrelsomeness is,
48:52well, keep track of this phrase. Some
48:56people say, "Yeah, but, yeah, but,"
48:58they seem to agree, but they can't let
49:00you have the last word because then
49:02you’d be the important one. And they
49:05don't want you to be important; they
49:06want to be the important ones. That's
49:08why they say, "Yeah, but, yeah, but."
49:11You see how all these vrittis are
49:12interconnected. Vanity, everything,
49:14talkativeness, greed, hypocrisy,
49:16arrogance—it's all woven into one
49:18tangle. It’s the same energy of this
49:22level, which can manifest very
49:24positively or very negatively. And
49:33ultimately, a very damaged Anahata
49:35chakra—meaning broken or destroyed—
49:39manifests the same trait of this
49:41constant arguing as crankiness. Maybe
49:46you’ve heard of people who keep
49:49pacing back and forth, right? That is,
49:52you make sarcastic remarks, this
49:55critical nature awakens in you, you
49:58want to say something negative, and so
50:02on. This is also a disturbance in the
50:04functioning of the Anahata chakra. And
50:09next, we have the quality of depression
50:15here in the Anahata chakra. Depression
50:18often arises from fear. Fear arises in
50:22the Manipura chakra. Energy leaves the
50:25Anahata chakra. There is no energy here
50:28, and you fall into a state of
50:30depression, a mental stupor. Meaning, I
50:33don't want anything, I won't do
50:35anything, fear paralyzes me. There. Or
50:38it arises from hopelessness, this
50:40depression. There. And there is a very
50:42interesting observation. And it is, in
50:45fact, a scientific study. Doctors have
50:49conducted many studies on this topic
50:52regarding the influence of hope and
50:55hopelessness on immunity.
50:59Psychoneuroimmunology is the subject of
51:02this science. It turns out that our
51:06emotions strongly influence our
51:09well-being. And it turns out that
51:13people who are lonely—and by lonely,
51:16I mean those who are truly lonely—are
51:19much more susceptible to any illness.
51:23The risk of contracting a serious
51:25disease is nearly 10 times higher than
51:28that of a person who has loved ones.
51:31Moreover, a lonely person can be
51:32surrounded by many people; they might
51:34be married, have brothers and sisters,
51:36it doesn't matter, they are lonely at a
51:37deep level. They feel that no one
51:39understands them, no one shares their
51:41feelings. You see, right? The
51:42connection to the immune system. We
51:45have the Anahata chakra here, and the
51:47thymus gland is located here. Not much
51:49was known about it for a long time.
51:52When immune diseases like AIDS appeared
51:55, they began to research the immune
51:58system in general and encountered this
52:01thymus gland. And it turned out that in
52:04childhood it is large, then it becomes
52:07proportionally smaller relative to the
52:10body. Right. And, well, they thought it
52:12was some kind of atavism, that it
52:13wasn't needed for anything. Right. But
52:15then they found out that it is a very
52:17important organ. That is, this gland
52:19secretes the hormone thymosin, and it
52:23processes blood cells with this
52:25thymosin so that they turn into
52:27T-killer cells. These T-killer cells,
52:31activated by the thymus—the thymus
52:33gland—and the hormone thymosin, they
52:37become the police force of your body.
52:42It's like training police officers;
52:44they ride around on motorcycles and in
52:47SUVs, catching someone and saying, "Hey
52:49, show me your ID." They show their ID.
52:53Oh, it's the flu virus—shoot it down.
52:57So, this is the police and army of our
52:59body. If our Anahata chakra is
53:03suppressed, emotionally suppressed, the
53:05immune system's function is also
53:08suppressed. And this has been proven. I
53:10mean, there's a lot of evidence. The
53:12same goes for nursing homes. Suddenly,
53:14children put their parents in a nursing
53:17home. It's a blow. You think, what did
53:18I even live for? I don't understand.
53:20What is the point of my life? The
53:21meaning of life is lost, hope is lost.
53:24You have nothing to get up for, nothing
53:25to live for. People get sick quickly
53:27and die. But if they find something
53:30that motivates them—some new
53:32relationships, a new friendship, or
53:35you’re simply taking care of a flower
53:38or a hamster, something that gives you
53:40meaning, started writing a book—
53:43something that gives you meaning,
53:45people live good, fulfilling lives.
53:49There is a statistic that when people
53:51retire, it's like opening Pandora's box
53:53; all their ailments start pouring out
53:55because when they were working, they
53:58felt needed. I am indispensable. There
54:00is meaning in my life, there is hope.
54:03How will they manage without me?
54:04Without me, the world will stop. Who
54:05could do my job like that? They retire,
54:08and it turns out the work gets done,
54:10everything goes on. And what am I
54:12needed for? What is the point? You see
54:13how we are wired. It is very important
54:16for us to realize this great meaning in
54:18our lives. Otherwise, we can't even
54:20remain healthy. We fall into depression
54:22. A whole Pandora's box opens up for us
54:25. You don't maintain your mental
54:26strength, your personal power. It is
54:28very important to have this meaning in
54:31life. That's it. And so, one way or
54:34another, in the Anahata chakra, meaning
54:37when they manifest, it means energy is
54:39flowing through the Anahata chakra.
54:42Your immune system is stimulated, and
54:46your life force is manifested. The
54:50aspiration, the ability to achieve your
54:53goals is attained. There. So, this is
54:55very positive from this perspective.
54:57There. But they can turn around and
55:00work negatively, pushing you toward
55:02materialism. Also, that. And the final
55:06thing here, the most important one that
55:08I haven't mentioned yet regarding the
55:09heart. What what emotion is it? The
55:12most key one is love. Love. And it
55:16turns out that love doesn't just have a
55:19good emotional impact on us; the
55:21emotional impact is such that you can
55:24move mountains if it is true love. Our
55:26Guru said it like this. He says: "Love
55:28is the feeling that makes the mind
55:31smooth, strong, and steady even in a
55:34state of pain." Meaning even if there
55:38is some monstrous discomfort or a
55:40serious trial in life, if you have love
55:43, there is no force that can break you.
55:46There. So, the emotional significance
55:48is very great. And it turns out there
55:50is even a physical effect. There was an
55:54experiment with Mother Teresa, where
55:57people were shown a recording of Mother
56:00Teresa caring for her wards. And she
56:03was a very sincere woman. She was a
56:06person of great love. And she cared for
56:09her wards so sincerely and with such
56:11love. People were watching, and tears
56:14even came to their eyes. And people
56:16were watching, and before this viewing,
56:20their level of, let's say, immune
56:22system performance was measured. And
56:26after. And it turns out that after
56:29watching this video, when those same
56:30things resonated and awakened in their
56:32Anahata chakra, their immune system, it
56:34turns out, was working better than it
56:36had before. So, you see, we are
56:39actually machines of enlightenment, you
56:41and I. We are fully, completely tuned
56:44to move higher and higher. We are tuned
56:47to walk a noble path. But the ignoble
56:50path, the path of insignificance, the
56:54path of this pettiness, the path of
56:57fixation on one's small personality,
57:00leads us to suffering because our
57:03chakras do not accept this. They say: "
57:06No, this is wrong, it shouldn't be this
57:08way." And then you you experience
57:10various ailments. If for animals it is
57:13prescribed, that is their dharma, their
57:15destiny. That is, when they live
57:17selfishly, caring only about themselves
57:19, fulfilling the instincts of their
57:21lower centers, they are very healthy
57:22because, well, that's how it should be.
57:25But when a person acts this way, they
57:28begin to suffer. They begin to suffer.
57:30They lose this harmony, they lose their
57:32strength. So, for a person to be strong
57:35, they must move into the transpersonal
57:38sphere and be aimed at the well-being
57:41of others. I actually read an article
57:44recently saying that people are
57:47altruistic by nature. That is, in
57:49essence, we are all good, we are born
57:51good, we are born altruistic. Flaws in
57:54upbringing and flawed philosophy
57:57distort us in such a way that we move
58:00away from our nature, and naturally, we
58:03suffer. Yes. But what is prescribed for
58:06the Anahata chakra? How do you develop
58:09the Anahata chakra? The question of
58:12questions. If you achieve a strong,
58:15powerful Anahata chakra, we will get,
58:18the whole world will get, a new,
58:20shining, magnificent personality. And
58:23it is possible. It is 100%possible. I
58:26see how guys who truly engage and
58:30practice—I watch as magnificence is
58:34born. I look and, ah, I get immense
58:37pleasure and satisfaction just watching
58:41these people who blossom and unfold
58:44through spiritual practice. I mean,
58:48these chakras are balanced, and the
58:50Anahata chakra is filled. It is just
58:52very pleasant to see. I am absolutely
58:55sure that everyone can do this. If only
58:57there were courage. And courage is
58:58needed; yes, you have to let the bird
59:01in your hand go to grasp the one in the
59:03sky. So, you need to step away, you
59:06need to dare to step away from old
59:08patterns of behavior and thinking. You
59:11need to retune yourself from this
59:13egoism. That sounds like heresy, right?
59:20We are so used to thinking that egoism
59:22is right, everything for yourself, for
59:24yourself, for yourself, for yourself.
59:28First, you need to at least
59:30intellectually reprogram yourself for
59:32the well-being of others. Move from "I"
59:35to at least "we." Not "I," but "we." We
59:39, humanity. Feel it like that. I live
59:42for the common good of all. Yes. And
59:47what do you need to do for your Anahata
59:49chakra to shine? The first is that your
59:53conscience must be clear; follow moral
59:56principles, the yamas and niyamas. Next
1:00:00. If you suddenly do something that
1:00:03contradicts your conscience, that goes
1:00:05against you, you need to repent. You
1:00:08need to tell a person you trust about
1:00:11it, someone you know won't misuse what
1:00:14you've told them. Someone whose wisdom
1:00:18you believe in. Yes. And you need to
1:00:21take on some austerity that will
1:00:23correct this defect. So, deep
1:00:26repentance and austerity cleanse the
1:00:29heart and fill it with energy. Next.
1:00:33And the most important thing of all for
1:00:37the Anahata chakra is good company. If
1:00:40you have good company, your Anahata
1:00:42chakra will always shine. Remember, I
1:00:44once talked about our need for social
1:00:46connection. Yes. But when we interact,
1:00:48good company leads you to the heavens,
1:00:51it leads you to liberation, while bad
1:00:54company enslaves you more and more. The
1:00:57best company is the company of people
1:00:59who are just as focused on the heights
1:01:02as you are. In other words, yogis need
1:01:05to unite. And not just unite to get
1:01:08together, eat, drink tea, and so on.
1:01:11Unite for the purpose of spiritual
1:01:12practice. And they need to plan how
1:01:15they will bring well-being to the whole
1:01:17world. Gathering and planning this
1:01:21total transformation of the earth, when
1:01:23you feel this mission is yours. Maybe I
1:01:26am small, but little me will do
1:01:28something for a great mission. You must
1:01:31always think that as long as my heart
1:01:34beats, I will not stop making efforts
1:01:36to save this world. No more, no less.
1:01:39At the very least, one must think that
1:01:41way. We need to think globally. And act
1:01:44locally. And we will start saving the
1:01:47world by cleaning up our own entryway.
1:01:50Because if our neighbors are happy,
1:01:52that is already significant; that is
1:01:55how happiness spreads. From this point,
1:01:59it spreads to the entire building.
1:02:01Right. So, interact with that purpose,
1:02:05that is, use and unite into groups of
1:02:09people with shared interests. Unite for
1:02:13the purposes of practice and for some
1:02:16kind of beneficial activity. That is
1:02:19one. We perform collective meditation
1:02:22as a practice. A very, very important
1:02:25thing. You need this recharge, this
1:02:27reboot at least once a week. And during
1:02:30collective meditation, interaction
1:02:31happens naturally. Because I haven't
1:02:33told you yet that "satsang," or
1:02:35spiritual company, comes in two types.
1:02:38One type of spiritual company is
1:02:39external. This means having people with
1:02:42whom you can share your innermost
1:02:43spiritual thoughts. Yes, it is hard to
1:02:45share with most people. You start
1:02:47telling them about what inspires you in
1:02:49the spiritual realm. They will say, "
1:02:52Why?" Well, you just don't find mutual
1:02:54understanding. And so, with people who
1:02:56are truly just like you, spiritual
1:02:58seekers, you have something to share
1:03:00with them, and they have something to
1:03:02share with you. Right. But that is
1:03:05external company, it isn't always
1:03:06available. You don't always find people
1:03:09who are truly like-minded, with whom
1:03:12you can simply talk in a real way. That
1:03:16is why another important thing is
1:03:19internal satsang, internal company. And
1:03:23that is your relationship with God,
1:03:25with the higher consciousness. I
1:03:27remember when I announced that I wanted
1:03:30to become a monk, that I wanted to
1:03:33dedicate my life to service and so on.
1:03:37My Dada, my mentor, he said: "Do you
1:03:39know what it means to be a monk?" I
1:03:42said: "Dada, I don't know what it is."
1:03:44He says: "I will tell you one word that
1:03:47defines us." I say: "Yes, what word?"
1:03:50He says: "Solitude." I'm like: "Well, I
1:03:55don't really feel alone, there are so
1:03:57many people around me." And he says: "
1:03:59Yes, you are here right now, living the
1:04:01high life, like a cat in clover.""But I
1:04:05am sending you to another city now, and
1:04:06there you will experience a different
1:04:08situation." So I went to that city, and
1:04:11I had no friends, no loved ones,
1:04:13nothing there. And I just, well, I
1:04:15couldn't share anything deeply with
1:04:18anyone, there was no depth to it. And I
1:04:21got the blues. I got depressed, started
1:04:23feeling lonely, started sensing some
1:04:25kind of meaninglessness in life. It was
1:04:28hard. And then one day I remember,
1:04:31something happened to me. I picked up
1:04:34my guitar and started to sing, but I
1:04:37sang like I had never sung before. I
1:04:39was truly singing for the Almighty, you
1:04:41see? I mean, I was dancing, singing,
1:04:44and I felt Him right there next to me.
1:04:46And it was so incredibly sweet, so
1:04:50incredibly wonderful and beautiful. In
1:04:53that moment, I felt a powerful presence
1:04:56, that God is always near me, always
1:04:59outside and inside of me. And then I
1:05:02thought, I can endure any solitude.
1:05:05Meaning, whatever happens to me, I am
1:05:07no longer afraid. Yes. And when Dada
1:05:10arrived, I said: "Dada, you know, this
1:05:12happened to me, and now I feel
1:05:14completely different." I constantly
1:05:16feel a sweetness in my life. I
1:05:20constantly feel this love that doesn't
1:05:22come from any person, but comes from
1:05:25the Universe itself, that I fell in
1:05:27love with creation, I fell in love with
1:05:30this supreme entity, and I feel a
1:05:32reciprocal love. And Dada smiled and
1:05:36said: "And this is our path." He says:
1:05:40"Well yes, now I believe you are ready
1:05:43to be a monk, because you have
1:05:46understood this idea of inner satsang."
1:05:50That is, when you have this inner
1:05:52satsang, you are not dependent on
1:05:54anyone, and you stop begging for
1:05:56affection. Yes. That's why people talk
1:05:59about vanity and hypocrisy, right?
1:06:02Because, love me, love me, please, give
1:06:04me some, give to me. I am so poor, I am
1:06:06so, I am so thirsty for this love. As
1:06:09Rilke wrote, he says: "Oh, God, if I
1:06:13weren't so, ah, so poor and
1:06:16insignificant, I would throw you a
1:06:20grand banquet." But I, he says, am now
1:06:23before you with an outstretched hand. I
1:06:26thirst for this love. There. And when
1:06:30this need for love is realized on a
1:06:31subtle level, it is resolved through
1:06:33your meditation, through your
1:06:35relationship with the Almighty, then
1:06:37you are no longer with an outstretched
1:06:39hand. Now truly capable of loving, you
1:06:42are now capable of giving. You are
1:06:45capable of sharing because you do not
1:06:46expect anything from others. You do not
1:06:49expect to be praised. You can praise
1:06:51others sincerely. And when someone else
1:06:53is praised, you have no envy. You have
1:06:56satisfaction. You have pleasure. Do you
1:06:58understand, right? This is internal and
1:07:00external satsang. But to experience
1:07:02internal satsang, you need to walk
1:07:04toward it for quite a long time. And
1:07:06external satsang helps a great deal.
1:07:10That is, external satsang, sanga, means
1:07:12contact with the Almighty, or with
1:07:15eternity. Contact with eternity. And
1:07:18this is satsang, when you gather
1:07:21together, meditate together, magic is
1:07:24created. And there is a full sense that
1:07:27God has come. And He is also among you.
1:07:29He is also enjoying this mutual
1:07:32kindness, mutual love, this flight of
1:07:35high thought, this noble aspiration.
1:07:39You have brought the Almighty into your
1:07:41circle, right? And this feeling is very
1:07:44important. And when you catch it,
1:07:46gradually you become established in it,
1:07:49that is, you have practiced collective
1:07:51meditation very regularly and
1:07:53powerfully, and one day you can
1:07:55discover it alone too. There. Both are
1:07:58needed, both are necessary. Both
1:08:00internal and external. At first, you
1:08:02just have a need, then you need it as a
1:08:05service, as a way to serve. That is,
1:08:08you are in the company of other people
1:08:11because you can also give something to
1:08:13them. So, we had conscience, correct
1:08:19moral principles, repentance, atonement
1:08:22, spiritual company, and chanting
1:08:25mantras. Yes, when you sing, love is
1:08:28all there is. What could be better for
1:08:30the development of the Anahata Chakra?
1:08:32And remember, I told you about the
1:08:35Lalita Marmika dance. In Lalita Marmika
1:08:38, there are two gestures. One is like
1:08:40this. You place your hands at the level
1:08:43of the heart, your feelings of the
1:08:44heart are manifested, the very subtle,
1:08:46noble qualities of your heart are
1:08:48activated. And the second is this
1:08:50gesture. This is completely open, wise,
1:08:54and hands raised upward. And the
1:08:58sensation here is this, and the
1:08:59ideation here is this. I am emerging
1:09:02from my shell. I cast aside the shell
1:09:06of my ego, my greed, my attachments, my
1:09:09pride and so on, my fears. This shell
1:09:12remains, I don't want it anymore. That
1:09:15is the past, those are my skeletons. I
1:09:17open myself up to the world. Now I am
1:09:19ready for love. I love and I accept
1:09:22love. Like that. And when you sing and
1:09:26dance like this, chanting a mantra, an
1:09:29exceptionally strong state of mind
1:09:32arises. All complexes are erased,
1:09:35inferiority complexes, superiority
1:09:37complexes. All of this is shattered by
1:09:40sincere love for the higher. This is
1:09:44also for the anahata chakra. This is
1:09:46for the anahata chakra. You can find
1:09:48them in the playlist. This is the basic
1:09:52cobra, yes, we do a backbend like this.
1:09:56This is dhanurasana or naukasana, it is
1:09:59called differently. The boat pose or
1:10:01the bow pose. Chakra asana. This is
1:10:05bhavasana. Bhavasana. The pose of
1:10:07ideation. This is the plow pose. This
1:10:14is...This is shavasana. Shavasana, the
1:10:17pose of consciousness within it. This
1:10:20is the very asana that heals vanity,
1:10:22yes, it makes you much more humble.
1:10:25There. Well, those are the basics. And
1:10:27there are breathing exercises, that is,
1:10:29just like we did for the lower chakras,
1:10:32remember, I told you, you inhale and
1:10:35you visualize that energy, the vital
1:10:37force, is being absorbed into the
1:10:39manipura chakra. So here you shift it
1:10:42to the anahata chakra, but you don't do
1:10:44it lying down, you do it sitting. And
1:10:46so you inhale and move your arms back,
1:10:51and you feel how your anahata chakra is
1:10:54being filled with this energy. Then
1:10:57exhale, arms forward, and you kind of
1:11:00release this vital force from yourself,
1:11:03and it returns to the ocean of energy
1:11:06around you. And that is how you inhale
1:11:09and exhale. Inhale and exhale. Seven
1:11:12times. Seven such movements. It charges
1:11:14the anahata chakra very strongly. So,
1:11:18asanas, these exercises, moral
1:11:21principles, good conversations, good
1:11:23literature—things that resonate with
1:11:26the feeling of the heart. You can
1:11:29experience noble aspirations, a sense
1:11:33of mission in life, a sense of purpose
1:11:37in life, spiritual friends, collective
1:11:41meditation, chanting mantras and
1:11:44dancing. That is what is needed for the
1:11:47development of the anahata chakra. I
1:11:50will tell you, the more you are
1:11:52together, if you have even three people
1:11:54in the city who are like you,
1:11:56meditating in the same system, doing
1:11:58the practice, you gather together,
1:12:00stick together, be together as much as
1:12:02possible. Understand that these things
1:12:07like, I don't know, earning money,
1:12:09building a nest and so on, that will
1:12:10all come. And it will all come easily.
1:12:15Invest time in your spiritual
1:12:17development. Be at group meditations
1:12:21more often, be at retreats more often.
1:12:25Of course, you still need to work,
1:12:27study, and so on. You need to invest in
1:12:30intellectual development and physical
1:12:32development. Yes. But make it a
1:12:33priority. Invest more in spiritual
1:12:36development. Even when you think, "I
1:12:39don't know, I'm busy with all these
1:12:42things.""I'm involved in social
1:12:45activities, I do service, I do
1:12:46meditation, and I have nothing left.""
1:12:49And I'm barely getting by.""Maybe I'm
1:12:52short on money somewhere or something
1:12:55else." Believe me, it will all pay off
1:12:58one day, because once you have
1:13:00developed your spiritual strength, all
1:13:03other achievements—material,
1:13:05intellectual—come very easily. I see
1:13:09this to be true. The most important
1:13:11thing is for you to ground yourself, to
1:13:13establish yourself as a spiritual being
1:13:16. Once you have done that, everything
1:13:19else will also come easily to you. Yes.
1:13:23And for that, you need to be in satsang
1:13:25, in spiritual company, as much as
1:13:27possible. Never miss an opportunity to
1:13:29be in spiritual company. Never miss out
1:13:33on this, this most golden thing. This
1:13:36is what is pure nectar for you. Yes.
1:13:41Well, I have basically finished with
1:13:44the Anahata chakra. It is an important
1:13:46center. The next center will be
1:13:49superhuman. Vishuddha chakra. We have
1:13:52talked about human emotions. All the
1:13:54best.

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