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0:03Our brain is our hardware. No matter
0:07what programs you install, regardless
0:10of your education or your beliefs, your
0:13reality will depend on your brain. This
0:17seems like a simple idea, but most
0:20people do not purposefully engage in
0:23developing their brain. In this lecture
0:27, I want to explain the connection
0:29between brain development and
0:31meditation, how meditation develops the
0:34brain, and how to build such a powerful
0:37, toned, muscular brain. Let's begin.
0:42Well, it's clear that the brain is
0:44beauty. A developed brain allows us to
0:47realize higher meanings and experience
0:49joy and bliss. A higher-functioning
0:53brain allows us to become architects of
0:56our lives, to see our purpose and not
0:58just move passively, but move actively
1:01through life—yes, such clarity must
1:03exist inside the head. Right. But how
1:06do we get there, to such a brain, and
1:08how do we clear the fog from our heads?
1:10How do we achieve this sharp clarity?
1:14Let's talk about that today. I recall a
1:18story from my childhood. It is very
1:22useful to draw a parallel between a
1:25computer with software and our brain
1:28with our beliefs. Well, in my childhood
1:31, I had my first computer, a 386. Do
1:34you know how much hard drive space it
1:37had? I had two hard drives. One was 20
1:41MB, and the second was 40 MB. Such
1:47powerful hardware. And I remember that
1:51pain when you come with a stack of
1:54floppy disks, you've freed up space on
1:57those drives, deleted everything,
2:00cleared out that last 10 MB or whatever
2:03it was—I don't remember exactly, but
2:06it was a lot. You install a program or
2:10a game, and it doesn't run. It says, "
2:14Not enough RAM," or "I need more disk
2:18space," or "I don't have enough
2:22processor power," and it's painful.
2:27Paradoxically, this situation happens
2:31to us all the time. Only our life is
2:36the software that gets installed into a
2:39developed or underdeveloped brain.
2:43Depending on how developed your brain
2:46is, that's the kind of user you can
2:49install. So, let's break it down
2:53something like this. The first type,
2:55the simplest one. This person, let's
2:58call him the consumer. He is passive;
3:02he eats what he's given. He watches
3:06short videos, long videos. He has no
3:09generation of his own values. Someone
3:12else has put those values into his head
3:15. He is not capable of reflecting on
3:17them. Therefore, his life is built and
3:20mapped out by other people. They plant
3:23values and desires in his head and
3:27dictate how he should reach those
3:30desires. And so he works a little,
3:33consumes a little, works a little,
3:35consumes a little. That's this first
3:37level. He has no freedom and no
3:39satisfaction. He senses that something
3:44is out there somewhere, but I'm not
3:46capable of it. The next level is the
3:51achiever level. Someone else has also
3:54instilled these meanings in this person
3:55. He wants: I want this phone, I want
4:00this house, I want this car, I want
4:02this bag. And he starts moving. In this
4:08process, he learns, in this process, he
4:10strains himself very hard, burns
4:12himself out, but strives, strives,
4:15tries, tries, tries, tries. Next level.
4:19The person is a creator, his creativity
4:22is working, he gains clarity about what
4:25I want, where I want to end up, where I
4:28want to go. He begins to generate
4:31meanings himself, to realize things
4:32himself. I want this—he can look
4:36inside. Not what I was told all the
4:38time: "Do this, do that, go there to
4:40study, go there to work." But what do I
4:43want? He arrives at this from within.
4:47He is capable of empathy, heartfulness.
4:51He can build relationships, maintain
4:54relationships. Yes, a developed brain
4:57is required for this. And the next
5:01level is a person who has a life's work
5:04, he has a mission. There is such
5:08crystal clarity that he clearly
5:10understands what I want, where I want
5:12to arrive, what legacy I want to leave
5:15in this world. And it is constant for
5:19him, meaning it's not just, you know, a
5:21program inserted once, but he goes and
5:24constantly probes, constantly he, uh,
5:29adjusts to reality, as if navigation is
5:31working in the brain. Navigation
5:34through life is working in the brain.
5:36Life's work, mission—we will call
5:38this person a missionary. Well, in a
5:41broad, not religious sense of the word,
5:43specifically a person who has a mission
5:45. There. And the final stage of the
5:47user is the enlightened one. This is
5:50the one who can see the higher in
5:54himself and the higher around him. In
5:57order to see this, a colossal synthesis
6:00is needed. We will talk about this now.
6:03Colossal synthesis. That is, this is
6:06synthetic vision. Well, to make it
6:10simple and understandable, you look at
6:12a picture and see only pixels. So, for
6:17you to start seeing the whole picture,
6:18you need this perception of the whole
6:20to start working, rather than scattered
6:22details. It’s not like you’re
6:25reading words, reading letters, but not
6:27understanding the meaning. So, in order
6:32to start perceiving this higher state,
6:34all, all, all the parts of your brain
6:37must be switched on and working
6:39synchronously. I will tell you about
6:43this very briefly now. On the idea of
6:46the five layers of the mind. It's a
6:48yogic idea, thousands of years old. It
6:51is a very powerful, deep psychological
6:55observation of our nature. There is
6:58this concept of pancha kosha, or the
7:00five layers of the mind. And there, um,
7:02kamamaya is the layer of desire. This
7:05is the instinctive layer. I look,
7:08there’s an apple on the table. I
7:11didn't want an apple, I saw it and I
7:13wanted it. There’s water, I see it, I
7:15want it; I don't see it, I don't want
7:17it. That is, stimulus, reaction—the
7:20simplest kind. It runs on anything, on
7:22any hardware. It even works in a cow,
7:24works in a dog. It doesn’t require
7:27any RAM; an eight-bit processor handles
7:30it all. Next is manomayakosha, the
7:33intellectual mind. Uh, you need a
7:39juicier brain, right? Memory, the
7:41ability to retrieve. We actually
7:44remember everything. Are you aware that
7:46we remember everything? Everything
7:48remains as imprints inside our brain.
7:50But not everyone can retrieve it from
7:55there. So, memory, intellect, logic,
7:59and analytical thinking are located
8:02here. Analytical means breaking down
8:05the whole into details. Here is a vase,
8:09it is green. It is made of clay. It is
8:12for these types of flowers. Yes, I
8:15broke one whole into details. Breaking
8:19the whole into details. The next layer
8:22is the opposite: taking details and
8:24assembling them into a whole. That is
8:28much more difficult. Take humor, for
8:30example. Humor is considered an
8:33attractive quality. Why? Because it's a
8:37sign of a developed intellect, a sign
8:39of a developed brain. That’s why,
8:42evolutionarily, we look for such people
8:43. If I find someone funny, that’s it,
8:46I feel an attraction. And humor is the
8:48key here. Humor and wit. Wit is the
8:51absolute peak. I mean, with humor, you
8:54can read a bunch of jokes and tell them
8:56, and everyone laughs, "ha-ha-ha." I
8:59think, "what a funny person." But,
9:00honestly, that’s kind of a cheat code
9:03. I mean, you’re just using other
9:05people's jokes, right? But when you can
9:08generate them yourself, and generate
9:11them in the moment—like a divine
9:14spark flashing through you—and you
9:16come up with something right then and
9:19there. That is definitely a sign of
9:24high intelligence, or a metaphor. As
9:27Aristotle said, the capacity for
9:33metaphor is a sign of genius. It is
9:37definitely a sign of a developed brain.
9:40And this is exactly what happens in
9:41this layer of consciousness. Then there
9:43is vijnanamayakosha, the layer of
9:46intuition. Yes, no. I mean, imagine the
9:50context you need to hold in order to
9:53understand what is true and what is not
9:56, what is real and what is false. It
10:00works. There is no obvious analysis. We
10:06just say, "I feel that this is right,
10:10that is wrong." In reality, a massive
10:13amount of work is happening inside.
10:17Archimedes, he's relaxing in the bath.
10:21And suddenly he says, "Eureka." And
10:27realizes how to calculate the volume of
10:30that gold. Meaning, a colossal amount
10:33of work is happening, but it's
10:35invisible from the outside. This is
10:38what we call intuition. And the final
10:41intuition is called Hiranmaya Kosha.
10:43Hiranmaya means the golden layer. Where
10:47a person sees the divine within
10:50themselves and outside. Friends, our
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11:09will be very grateful and work even
11:12harder for you. Let's talk about
11:15meditation now, but not just any
11:18meditation, because now, much to my
11:22chagrin as someone who has dedicated 30
11:25years of his life to popularizing the
11:28practice of meditation, under this
11:32guise, under this guise of meditation,
11:35anything at all is being pushed to the
11:38masses. One thing being pushed to the
11:43masses is magic under the guise of
11:46meditation. Magic means that I am now
11:51going to use the power of my thoughts
11:54to attract some benefits into my life,
11:57to be showered with emeralds and
11:59diamonds. And I'll visualize and
12:03manifest, I don't know, apartments,
12:05cars, husbands, or whoever else. This
12:09is called magic. It mostly doesn't work
12:16. In rare cases, it works if a person
12:19has accumulated a huge amount of inner
12:21spiritual energy. But if it does work,
12:24it's like exchanging a dollar for a
12:27penny. You are exchanging something
12:32very valuable, huge, precious energy
12:34for something less valuable. So that's
12:39magic, yes, one form. Other forms of
12:42meditation are the popular ones.
12:45Popular means you have to simplify.
12:49Simplify, that is, inhale, exhale. Be
12:55aware of yourself in this moment, and
12:58so on. Practices that are based only on
13:03awareness without any depth. This
13:09practice, I'm glad, on one hand, that
13:11it's spreading, I do it myself. Right.
13:14But I then lead from this practice into
13:17a stronger practice. So, on one hand,
13:19I'm glad. Why? Because today a person
13:23needs the support of meditation. The
13:26environment has changed a lot. There is
13:29a lot of stress, a lot of tension, a
13:33lot of loss of meaning. Pain and
13:38suffering. If you do meditation, your
13:40pain threshold will increase. That is,
13:42you won't perceive suffering as
13:44suffering. You'll be like, "Well, it's
13:46fine, it's tolerable, we move on." But
13:49that energy for change, it's not a
13:53given that it will come. What I like is
13:59meditation as heavy lifting. Heavy
14:03lifting for the brain. Let's break down
14:08the practice now and understand which
14:11parts of the brain it actually engages.
14:15Well, based on the fact that, of course
14:17, I am not a neurobiologist, and I
14:19don't have some kind of scientific
14:21foundation, you know, an academic
14:22background. Yeah. Yes, I sat for two
14:25weeks, digging around, studying, uh,
14:27the structure of the brain and what is
14:29actually going on in there. Yeah. Well,
14:32I’m still not a neurobiologist, but I
14:34am a meditator with thirty years of
14:36experience. And, uh, I have a lot of
14:39stories from my own experience and the
14:42experience of my friends as well. So,
14:46what is happening? Well, for instance,
14:49by the way, I highly recommend our
14:51basic course. It’s called the
14:52consciousness of an outstanding
14:54individual. And that is exactly where I
14:57start with a super simple, primitive
14:59practice that anyone can start right
15:01now and immediately feel relief,
15:04immediately feel some kind of joy
15:06starting to enter their life. And then
15:09we go, go, go, go, go, and I reveal the
15:11ideas. And then you arrive at some very
15:13, actually, complex, uh, heavy
15:16athletics for the brain. And you enter
15:19into it harmoniously, not with a jerk,
15:21just barging in there, but you enter
15:23slowly, you approach it, you become
15:25ready. Because otherwise, if you do it
15:28abruptly, then for many people a
15:30relapse occurs. Why does a relapse
15:32occur? It is biologically very simple
15:34to explain. The brain is the most
15:36energy-consuming organ, right, in the
15:39body. It weighs only 1.5 kg, it burns
15:4320%of all energy. 20%this little thing.
15:48kg burns. And so it—uh, well, the
15:52brain—understands that if there are
15:55calories today and there is no force
15:57majeure, you need to lie on the couch
15:59and save energy, because what if
16:01tomorrow a saber-toothed tiger appears
16:04or some other critical situation, and
16:06I'm here...what if there's a crisis
16:09tomorrow, and I haven't slept. You have
16:12to prepare, you have to save energy.
16:15And so meditation, why is there
16:16resistance to meditation? Because
16:18meditation is heavy athletics. A giant
16:23amount of glucose just burns up in your
16:26brain, right, when you sit and meditate
16:28. Especially if you meditate hardcore,
16:32right, meditate powerfully, everything
16:35just burns out. And the brain is like,
16:38"Well, no, I'm not going to do that."
16:41And it's just like a wall, right, the
16:42resistance is there. No. But if you
16:45learn to break through that wall, some
16:47interesting things happen there.
16:50Internal opioids and cannabinoids start
16:53to be released, your endorphins are
16:56released, your anandamide is released,
16:58and after meditation, first of all,
17:01norepinephrine is also released.
17:04Norepinephrine is that focus hormone.
17:07So you feel that state of calmness and
17:11focus. Pupils are huge. And a bit tipsy
17:19at the same time. Tipsy, meaning your
17:22soul feels good, a blissful state and
17:24concentration. And it's a great state,
17:28if you can break through the resistance
17:30. Let me show you with a simple yet
17:35somewhat advanced practice; look, one
17:39of my tasks for you was this. It's
17:43where you repeat a mantra five times.
17:47When repeating the mantra, your
17:49auditory cortex should be active inside
17:51your brain. That's one thing. Next.
17:56Your task is to repeat the mantra five
17:59times without slipping up even once. If
18:02you slip, you start over. Yes. Mantra
18:07one. Mantra two. Mantra three. Oh,
18:10what's for dinner? I'm supposed to be
18:14meditating. Again, mantra one, mantra
18:16two. You keep resetting the counter.
18:20And so, you need to reach a state of
18:23extreme concentration, extreme control.
18:31Meditation isn't about not thinking of
18:33anything; it's a state of extreme
18:34control. What does control mean?
18:37Control does not mean suppression. Take
18:40a person sitting at a piano starting to
18:43play something complex. You've seen
18:46virtuosos play, or I've even seen
18:49someone perform Paganini on an
18:52accordion. I just burst with joy when I
18:56watched that beautiful performance.
18:59Their fingers just dance across it so
19:02magnificently. They are dancing on that
19:04accordion. That is called control. It
19:09is a huge effort of will. And that
19:12control means mastery. Who is
19:15responsible for this mastery? The
19:17frontal lobes or the dorsolateral
19:19prefrontal cortex are responsible for
19:21this mastery. We have a default mode
19:26network that wanders around, ruminating
19:30on things like buying tickets. Or
19:35what's for dinner tonight, and so on.
19:38The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex must
19:42suppress this activity and focus it.
19:47Look at what a powerful thing is
19:48happening here. Usually, when you're
19:52studying at university, you're
19:54straining your brain a bit, sure.
19:58Usually, it goes from the bottom up.
20:00Meaning I see something, I get excited,
20:03and some process starts. I'm watching
20:07videos, scrolling through a feed, and
20:10so on. That's all bottom-up. There is
20:14no volitional activation. When you're
20:17consuming this, you're not a creator,
20:20you're not an author; you are just a
20:23consumer. Here, there is a powerful
20:26top-down activation. Then you need to
20:32suppress your eyes, stop visual
20:36perception, suppress your ears, and
20:40create an internal visualization. And
20:45create an internal auditory
20:47visualization. Look, light, sound, next
20:51. The meaning of the mantra. The
20:53meaning of the mantra involves the
20:55semantic areas of the brain, the
20:57meaning-making centers. You need to
21:01repeat this five times in a row.
21:03Someone has to watch, someone has to
21:07say: "Oh, that's fine, the mantra
21:11counts. That one doesn't count."
21:14Meaning there must be some kind of
21:16witness, there must be metacognition.
21:18Someone who is capable of thinking
21:22about thoughts, it's so cool, because
21:25usually a person is just angry, and
21:27they can't address the anger because
21:29they have merged with it. They cannot
21:32look and say: "I am experiencing anger
21:34right now." They have become the anger
21:37itself. And when you practice this in
21:39meditation, you become aware, right?
21:42Yes, this one counts, this one doesn't
21:44count, you control the movement of your
21:47mind. In such a state of calm, you
21:50train this metacognition. There is a
21:54minimal self, so to speak, where there
21:57is no body, no thoughts. There is just
22:00this pure sense of self. This is called
22:02the minimal self. It is also one part
22:06of the brain. And there is, down here
22:10at the very bottom of these frontal
22:13lobes, a small part responsible for
22:17this inner witness. It develops. So,
22:23you need to do all this at once: repeat
22:25the mantra, understand its meaning,
22:27hear its sound, and push out all
22:29extraneous sounds. You also need to
22:33control the information coming in
22:34through your eyes and ears from the
22:36outside world, suppressing all external
22:38influence. You need to repeat the
22:41mantra with love. And for this, your
22:45brainstem or limbic system needs to
22:47activate, or perhaps something even
22:50greater, because studies now show that
22:53empathy indicates a highly developed
22:55brain. That is, the ability to feel how
22:58another feels, the ability to generate
23:00those emotions. This emotional
23:01intelligence is a sign of a highly
23:03developed brain. Not only intellect is
23:05a sign of a high level of brain
23:07development, but emotional capacity is,
23:08too. So, repeat the mantra with love.
23:12And you have to perform all these
23:14processes together in one go. This is
23:18your introductory weightlifting
23:20exercise. There are such forms of
23:23meditation. That is what you can learn.
23:27I recommend taking a basic course,
23:29meditate for half a year, and then
23:32study the first lesson of meditation.
23:35It's all the same, only much more
23:37pronounced, everything is clearer. In
23:41half a year, if you do it—you know,
23:45sit down as if it were your last day
23:48meditating—and engage totally. Yes,
23:52at first there will be resistance, then
23:55the brain will learn to break through
23:57that resistance, and you will get a
24:00reward, meaning all those pleasant
24:02hormones will be released. You will
24:05feel that the quality of your life has
24:08improved significantly. But the real
24:12magic happens over time; half a year
24:14passes, a year passes, and suddenly
24:17your brain. Actually, to be honest, I
24:21don't believe that the brain generates
24:24consciousness. I think that
24:26consciousness is separate from the
24:27brain. And these layers of the mind are
24:31also separate from the brain. But you
24:33can gain access to them when your brain
24:36becomes developed. And the magic
24:40happens when suddenly what was closed
24:43to you before, your brain starts to
24:46assemble like a puzzle. You know, there
24:51are pictures on the internet that show,
24:54for example, a circle hidden in there,
24:56and you just don't see it. I had some
25:00picture that said something like, if
25:02your brain is young, it will find
25:04everything. And you had to find some 10
25:06birds in that picture. You look, and
25:09there isn't a single bird there. And
25:10then you concentrate: "Zip, one bird
25:12appears, zip, the second bird appears."
25:15Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it
25:17. That's it. And suddenly your brain
25:20starts to assemble this reality that
25:23was previously inaccessible to you. You
25:26open a book that was a dark forest to
25:28you before, and you understand
25:30everything. You look at a painting and
25:34you feel it. You read poetry, and all
25:37these meanings come together for you.
25:42One acquaintance of mine, he used to
25:45practice well, but then he stepped back
25:48; he was a meditation teacher, then he
25:51stepped back and practiced less. And he
25:56shared, he says: "You know, I've really
25:59degraded." I say: "How so? Why?" He
26:04says: "Before, I would open this book,
26:07and I understood all the meanings. I
26:12read a paragraph, understand everything
26:13, and can give you an hour-long lecture
26:15on the topic." But now, he says, I look
26:19, I see the words, I see the letters,
26:22but I don't see the meaning. You see,
26:26the brain rolled back to a more
26:28primitive stage. It doesn't have that
26:30amount of energy, it doesn't have that
26:32level of synchronization. But another
26:36friend of mine, he is a super
26:38intellectual. I truly admire him. I
26:41really love intellectual people. That's
26:45it. And he has such a huge library at
26:47home, everything is really cool there.
26:52But at first, when I talked to him, I
26:53wasn't interested, because he seemed
26:55smart, but there was no "juice" to it.
26:59You know, there are professors in
27:01university; we had such a cool
27:03professor, he was our physicist. We all
27:07later passed physics with top marks. I
27:11always remember him with a warm heart.
27:14He would come in, so simple, but with a
27:16truly brilliant mind. And he also,
27:19truth be told, would have a drink. I
27:22don’t know how he combined it,
27:24because alcohol, for instance, just
27:26washes all the fat off your neurons,
27:28and essentially you are destroying your
27:30brain. I mean, you are just losing your
27:33nerve cells, right, in this process.
27:36Yet, despite that, he somehow managed.
27:38He must have had something there. You
27:41know how some people have that spark,
27:44they can tell a joke, right? He had
27:47enough resources to joke around, and he
27:49would come out with something like that
27:52for you. He would paint some kind of
27:54picture or metaphor for you. Everything
27:55becomes clear to you immediately. It
27:57was perfect for us to learn from him.
28:00But there were teachers who were like,
28:03he talks, and you just drift off, you
28:06fall asleep. Yeah. And this friend of
28:11mine, he was so boring at first. He
28:15meditated for half a year, and I
28:16noticed that sometimes we’d get to
28:18talking until one in the morning, just
28:20talking, and we couldn’t tear
28:21ourselves away from each other. A
28:23satsang is happening. I mean, you find
28:26this person interesting? So look, you
28:31were uninteresting, maybe even smart,
28:34maybe not. And you started doing heavy
28:40lifting for your brain. Meaning you
28:44started to simultaneously engage all
28:46these areas: the emotional area, the
28:49intellectual area, the control area,
28:52yes, the part that filters and removes.
28:55Focus, in other words. And suddenly you
28:58become an interesting person. And who
28:59is an interesting person, by the way?
29:01Someone who knows how to listen to you,
29:03doesn't get distracted, right? Meaning
29:05they remain in presence, they remain in
29:08focus. If their attention is drifting
29:10back and forth, well, you realize they
29:12aren't really here. I mean, only their
29:15body is present. And, and that’s why
29:17there’s no charisma. So charisma is
29:19always a powerful presence. It means
29:22the person is intense, they are in the
29:25moment. That’s what’s called
29:27charisma. And what about me? When I
29:34started meditating, first of all, there
29:36was a complete recalibration of reality
29:39, a reassembling of meanings. A clear
29:42sense of the meaning of life came, what
29:45I’m living for, where I’m going,
29:47inspiration arrived. And this process
29:51is still ongoing. This is the process
29:54of seeing God, so to speak, when you
29:57look around everywhere and you see that
29:59there is one single whole, and it is
30:02present in everything. Meaning,
30:05everything, everything, all living
30:06things are interconnected; everything
30:08living and non-living is bound by one,
30:11uh, reality. And you observe this
30:13reality. When you observe it, you weep,
30:16you laugh, you experience bliss. It’s
30:20just that your brain has evolved enough
30:23to start picking this up, because it
30:25exists, but we just can’t piece it
30:28together. That's it. Well, imagine you
30:32invited a fish, I don't know, to a
30:35sculpture museum or an art or music
30:38museum, it wouldn't understand, that
30:41fish. That is, for it, everything would
30:44be fragmented. So, you perceive taste,
30:47you perceive colors, you perceive words
30:50, but you don't grasp this very essence
30:52. That is why what I advocate for is to
30:57move away from meditation as magic. I
31:00think it’s a path of degeneration,
31:02really, right? Why do you need magic?
31:06Can’t you create the life of your
31:08dreams yourself with your energy, your
31:10motivation, your creativity, your
31:12wisdom? Why do you need to sit there
31:16visualizing, attracting the universe to
31:18me? It’s very primitive. It is also a
31:23degradation, because you are
31:25squandering your spiritual energy. So,
31:28abandon it. I said that I am pleased
31:30that easy forms of meditation are
31:32spreading all around. On one hand,
31:34it’s pleasing, but on the other hand,
31:35it’s not. Why? Because when a person
31:39could be sitting and doing a powerful
31:41meditation, a real meditation, they
31:44spend time on "kind of" meditation. Yes
31:48, it's easy, yes, there is no
31:50resistance, but in this complex
31:52meditation, there is huge resistance
31:54because the brain is going to burn
31:56glucose. I also had a story recently.
32:01Five years ago, I started—I had been
32:03practicing one method for a long time
32:06—and I moved to a more advanced
32:08method within our tradition. I wanted
32:11this; this method is not taught to
32:13anyone, basically. It is considered
32:16such a very difficult method, and
32:18therefore very rare people are taught
32:20it. So. Well, I wanted to learn, and I
32:24did. I sit and meditate. I sit and
32:28meditate for 3 hours. Non-stop, without
32:30stepping away. Total concentration,
32:33total. With all my might, everything
32:35that is in my soul, I threw all my
32:37strength into the process. In 3 hours,
32:40I was able to complete 5%of the
32:42practice, at best. And I was so upset,
32:46so disappointed. I call my senior Dada.
32:50I say, "Dada." I say, "I am dull, I
32:53cannot, I am not capable of such a
32:56practice.""This is a divine practice,
32:58and I am dull." He says, "Sadananda,
33:02everything is fine, everything is good,
33:05you are doing everything well, keep
33:08going." I think, "Alright." And little
33:12by little, step by step, gradually,
33:15slowly. And somehow you broke through
33:17and started to succeed, right? At first
33:19there's strong resistance, it's hard at
33:21first, but then your brain adjusts.
33:23There was an experiment studying London
33:27taxi drivers, and they looked at their
33:30hippocampus. That is the area for
33:32spatial orientation. It grew quite
33:37thick because they were driving back in
33:41the eighties without GPS navigators.
33:45They simply had their own navigator in
33:47their head. And this part, which is
33:50responsible for navigation, became
33:52thick, it grew. Therefore, when you
33:55meditate, you are putting in, yes,
33:57colossal effort. It's like a muscle.
34:00You lift a huge dumbbell, right? The
34:03next day you don't want to lift
34:05anything, right? Your muscle hurts, but
34:08the muscle grows, yes, the brain grows.
34:13And not only does it grow, each area
34:16grows, but they also begin to light up
34:18together. You see, these areas usually
34:24compete—for example, the dorsolateral
34:27prefrontal cortex and the default mode
34:29network, meaning either one or the
34:31other is working. But you learn to
34:34switch them on together and direct them
34:37all to one point. When they light up
34:39together, synchronization occurs. And
34:42there is also a rule, I don't remember
34:44the name, the rule that if neurons fire
34:47together, they then wire together, they
34:49then work together. That is, if, for
34:53example, your intellect turns on along
34:56with love, you have emotion arising,
34:59and intellect arising, and awareness
35:02arising, and all these neural networks
35:05that support each function light up
35:08together. And then in life, they also
35:11fire together for you. You train them
35:14to work together—synchronicity. And
35:16you are forming a truly powerful brain.
35:22Just try it and watch how this magic
35:25happens. Start by telling yourself: I
35:27will meditate for one month. Start with
35:29something simple. Then it gets harder,
35:32harder, harder, and then start pushing
35:34yourself totally. Meaning you sit down,
35:37yes, it's 20 minutes you sit, but for
35:3920 minutes you're just like a ninja.
35:44Focus. You go, everything will change.
35:50Everything in your life will change.
35:52People will start to perceive you as a
35:55magnetic person, a charismatic person.
35:59You will start to gain this clarity.
36:01Meanings that were imposed on you by
36:04someone at some point will start to
36:07fall away. All of that will start to
36:09fall away. You will start to feel what
36:10I actually want. Many people ask,
36:13saying: "Yeah, yeah, but how do I find
36:15my life's mission?" And I just don't
36:18want to upset the person. Well, I say:
36:21"You need to do this meditation,
36:24practice it, because I know that this
36:27program won't just install itself into
36:29this brain." Yes, because right now
36:32only external meanings are being
36:34installed. But mission is something
36:36internal, it is mine. It’s not
36:38someone else's, it is mine. And for
36:41that, you need clarity. And for clarity
36:44, you need a good brain. You won't be
36:47able to find any purpose until your
36:49brain has evolved enough for it. That
36:53is why you need to relax regarding this
36:55purpose and other life goals. Focus on
36:59the tool that will allow you to realize
37:01it. This is what I am asking you to do.
37:07Don’t put it off until tomorrow. I
37:09know your brain has already calculated:
37:11"Oh, that’s going to burn so much
37:14glucose.""It's better not to even touch
37:16it.""No, no, no." You need to bypass
37:22this defense system of your brain,
37:24which doesn't want to spend calories or
37:27burn glucose, and just press the button
37:29right now, go and start the basic
37:32course, get the first lesson, watch it
37:34for 5 minutes, and practice for 5
37:36minutes. That’s it, you could say
37:41you’ve moved from the stage of
37:43resistance into the motor stage. You
37:46are already moving, and the path
37:48appears under the feet of the one
37:50walking, you are already on your way,
37:52the resistance is no longer that strong
37:55. And that’s all. And keep doing it,
37:56do it morning, evening, morning,
37:58evening, 5 minutes, 5 minutes, 5
38:00minutes, 5 minutes. And from these
38:03five-minute sessions, you won't even
38:05notice how you build a powerful
38:07practice, and later you will recall
38:09this moment and say: "I know for sure,
38:12we will meet in about three years, or
38:14maybe two, at some retreat." You will
38:17come up and say: "Yes, yes, I watched
38:20that video, and my whole life changed
38:23after it." I just know that it will
38:26happen. There. Well, if you start
38:29practicing today, everyone, if you
38:31liked the information, you can give
38:33this video a like. By the way, you
38:37aren't just liking it for me, or the
38:40algorithm, but more for yourself. A
38:43like is a conscious choice. You see,
38:47you rely on the algorithm, and its goal
38:50is just to keep you on the platform for
38:52as long as possible. When you hit like,
38:56you are making a conscious choice. "
38:58This is the content I want to receive."
39:01You like it, you subscribe. "This is
39:03the content I want to receive.""I don't
39:05want the other stuff, I want this."
39:07Because you also have a conflict. One
39:10part of the brain wants some light
39:12content, the other part of the brain
39:14wants useful content. Something that
39:17will lift me up, something that will
39:19lead me to a higher state. Right. Uh,
39:22and so when you leave a like, you're
39:24signaling. Meaning this conscious part
39:27of the brain is winning. Right. Well,
39:29write in the comments too, what you
39:32think. Maybe share your experience,
39:35whether you've started meditating or
39:37not. Right. Well, it'll be interesting
39:40for me to read. Right. And, ah, yes. Ah
39:46, support the meditation lessons. Then
39:50more and more people will be able to
39:52open a new golden chapter in their
39:54lives. Who home? am

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