Online Satsang of July 2, 2024

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, let's start with Satsang.

Welcome to Satsang tonight. Nice to have you here. I am very happy.

If this is your first time here in Online Satsang with me, as always, I'd like to say one sentence about what we're doing here. I answer questions... if you have a question for me about life, about spirituality, then you are welcome to ask me, and I will try to say something about it. You can do this by simply writing into the chat of the broadcast, on YouTube or here on Zoom. If you want to talk to me directly via Zoom, you can do that too, just give a hand signal in Zoom.

Simone will then see this and, when it's your turn, will unlock you in Zoom so that you can switch on your audio. Yes, and we do that for an hour and a half now, until half past nine. And I find these Satsang encounters wonderful, these questions that are basically always the same and where you realize after a while: "Wow, I'm not the only one who has these questions or these difficulties or these problems."

Yes, that's actually all there is to it. And if there are no Online Questions in the chat or in Zoom, then I read out questions that have reached me by email and answer them. Simone, what's the situation? Do you already have something you could read out to me?

[Simone:] No, Mikael, there's nothing at the moment.

Distinguishing feelings and stories

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[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, fine, then I can start.

"For the past few days, I've been tormented by feelings of loneliness and depression and sadness. Every time I leave the house and go outside, I experience panic attacks with dizziness, palpitations, flickering eyes and the fear of passing out. Life is passing me by, and it seems I'm no longer really fit to live. Tears fill my eyes and the deep longing for home makes me sink to the ground. Maybe you could give me a few words. Thank you."

Thank you for your question.

It's a thing with these feelings, because normally what we call a feeling isn't a feeling at all, it's actually thoughts. And you describe what you feel, fear for example, your physical state, and these are things that can be felt directly. You can close your eyes, invite these feelings to come to you, and there is no problem at all. They are simply feelings. But then there is something else that, if you don't look very closely, looks like feelings, but they are thoughts.

I call it 'the story': it's what the mind makes of the feelings. I have one or two intense feelings, and the head then makes a story out of them: "Ah, I am no longer able to live. I'm sinking to the ground with grief because I can't achieve this and that." And these are not feelings. These are thoughts, these are stories that your head superimposes over your feelings.

And if you take a closer look, you quickly get practice in distinguishing between these two things. And it's fascinating and very helpful to take a closer look, because if it's a feeling, then it's simply something you can feel – if it's not connected to the story, to the past or future, to meaning: "This means that I'll never again...", that's a story. But the feeling itself, just the feeling, completely pure, is never a problem.

and that's why I invite you to look very closely and simply feel the feeling, but to leave the story behind it aside; separate these two things; separate the feeling and the story; separate the feeling and the thoughts about the feeling. And you ignore the thoughts; they are not the truth. And the feeling, you can feel that.

Just the feeling, completely pure, is never a problem. That's why I invite you to simply feel the feeling, but to leave the story behind it aside; separate the feeling and the thoughts about the feeling.

You ignore the thoughts; they are not the truth. And the feeling, you can feel that.

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And you can tell the difference relatively easily. If you simply feel a feeling as it is, then it becomes quiet. You feel the feeling as if you are inside the feeling; as if the feeling is all around you, and it just becomes quiet. The feeling brings you here, to yourself so to speak.

But the thoughts, the story about the feeling, these thoughts, this story, it is endless. It leads you further and further away from yourself, further and further into the future and into the past. It's getting more and more complicated, more and more threatening, and that's not helpful, of course. But that's how you can tell what you're dealing with right now. And most things that are called feelings are actually thoughts and story.

If you simply feel a feeling as it is, then it becomes quiet. The feeling brings you here, to yourself.

But the thoughts, the story about the feeling, it is endless. It leads you further and further away from yourself, further and further into the future and into the past. That's how you can tell what you're dealing with right now.

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Thank you for your question. I'm glad you wrote. Thank you so much.

[Simone:] I don't have another question for you yet, Mikael.

Accompanying children into growing up

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[Dhyan Mikael:] Fine, then I'll continue here, because I have quite a few emails waiting.

"Thank you for your videos, which help me so much to recognize myself, and thank you for bringing Samarpan Meditation into my life. I have been listening quietly for a long time, and now I have a question. On days like these, I find it difficult to accompany my children, especially my son. He doesn't do anything, but that is exactly what irritates me. I accompany my children without school, and he is eight years old and would love to watch on his tablet from morning to night. But so often my mind tells me that this is dangerous.

On other days it's okay for me, because he's immersed in a world of play. And, yes, I also see myself. I'm learning an incredible amount, for example through your Satsangs, and I'm also on my smartphone. I'm so afraid of doing something really wrong, of harming him, by allowing him to do this. Yesterday I overheard a mother talking about how bad she thinks it is when children spend a lot of screen time. I get into a conflict precisely because I have this thought that it's not good for them, and yet I allow it to happen. Do you have any words for me? With infinite gratitude."

Ah, thank you.

I'm so happy about this question. When it comes to children, that's when things get really serious, so to speak. As long as we are harming ourselves, it's one thing, but when we are raising our kids, we really want to do it right.

I want to say two things to your question. One is: I want to say something about what you said at the end... that you are very afraid of doing something wrong.

And I would advise you to make peace with the fact that you are doing something wrong. As a mom, you can't do it right. You're just doing everything wrong. You can't do it right. You can try hard. You can put your heart into it. You can do your best, as best as you know how, as best as you can, as best as your strength and patience will allow, but you will never get it right.

That is the greatest difficulty of being a mother. There is this love and this care for the children, and the better you know yourself and the closer you look, the more you see that you actually have no idea and basically keep making mistakes. And that's just the way it is.

As a mom, you can't do it right. You're just doing everything wrong. You can do your best, as best as you know how, as best as you can, as best as your strength and patience will allow, but you will never get it right.

That is the greatest difficulty of being a mother.

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And if you make peace with this feeling and this reality, then you will find it easier to accompany your son, because you will be able to feel your feelings better and sense what is guiding you with your children, with your son. If you are not at peace with your own feelings, with your insecurity, with your helplessness where the children are concerned, then you will not be able to feel anything, and then you will be guided by what other people say. And that is rarely helpful.

If you are not at peace with your own feelings, with your insecurity, with your helplessness where the children are concerned, then you will not be able to feel anything, and then you will be guided by what other people say.

And that is rarely helpful.

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That is one thing. Make peace with yourself as you are; with the limited possibilities you have as a mother and as the person you are. And I repeat once again: you can only do it wrong as a mother. And that's the way it is.

There's nothing wrong with that. That's just reality.

And the second thing I would like to say is about your son.

It's like this with children... Loving your child doesn't mean giving him everything he wants. Loving a child does not mean allowing him to do everything he wants, giving him everything. Loving the child means using all the wisdom you have to guide the child as you see fit – selflessly. By selfless, I mean that you don't raise your child in a way that is convenient for you. For example, it used to be said that children should be quiet; that this was important. Of course, the parents, the adults, only said that because they wanted their peace and quiet.

Of course, that's not helpful, it's not good for the child.

But allowing the child to do everything... to leave it to its own guidance, so to speak, is fatal for the child. The child can't do that. Every child has very good antennae for what it wants and what it doesn't, but it doesn't have the wisdom to know what is good. A child can't know that. I know, it's 'en vogue' to give the child all the freedom, but the child is completely overwhelmed by it.

Allowing the child to do everything... to leave it to its own guidance, so to speak, is fatal for the child. The child can't do that. Every child has antennae for what it wants, but it doesn't have the wisdom to know what is good.

It's 'en vogue' to give the child all the freedom, but the child is completely overwhelmed by it.

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And it's easy to patronize a child. It's easy to patronize a child so that you can have it easy for yourself, for example this terrible example that used to be common practice, that you simply muted the children so that you could have your peace and quiet. But it's also easy to give the child all the freedom and not worry about what's really good for the child.

What is really difficult is the task of guiding the child and allowing them to do what is good; not allowing them to do what is not good; and at the same time giving it opportunities to explore all these things in some way. And to do all this as the wisest possible adult with the limits that you have, without letting your own ego lead you astray. A child requires a lot of time and attention.

It's easy to patronize a child. But it's also easy to give the child all the freedom and not worry about what's good for the child.

What is really difficult is guiding the child and at the same time giving it opportunities to explore all these things in some way.

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What the child needs is a very strong bond with you, a reliable bond with you as a mother, as an adult. He must be able to rely on you. He needs to be able to have contact with you, because he learns from you. He wants to learn from you. But this is only possible if you are available; if you have time; if you have the energy to engage with him. And that's a huge task.

A child requires a lot of time and attention. What the child needs is a very strong bond with you, a reliable bond with you. He must be able to rely on you. He needs to be able to have contact with you, because he learns from you. He wants to learn from you.

But this is only possible if you are available. And that's a huge task.

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And you never know whether you're doing it right or not. It's a learning process for every mother, for every father.

I don't believe in radical prohibitions, and I don't believe in radical freedom. Neither has anything to do with wisdom. Wisdom lies in the middle, and that really is a big challenge.

I don't believe in radical prohibitions, and I don't believe in radical freedom. Neither has anything to do with wisdom.

Wisdom lies in the middle, and that really is a big challenge.

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It also depends on age. Here with the kids in our house.... I'm not particularly wise with children, and that's probably because my parents weren't that wise. But the mother of the two children who live here, my partner, is wise with her children, and I've learned a lot from her over the years. And she has done it in such a way that she has always looked anew at what is possible for the child now, at the age at which the child is at the time. And then she always decided anew what was good for the child at the time: always anew.

When the children were still relatively young, there was no screen time at all, no tablet, no computer, nothing like that. And then, as the child got a bit older, at some point she realized: yes, now the child is old enough to be able to handle it somehow, within a limited framework. And the older the child gets, the stronger the child becomes inside, the more capable it becomes of dealing with such things as a computer or a smartphone, for example. So, you can't say anything across the board. You have to develop your instincts. You can also educate yourself; you can learn about it.

And the most important thing with children is not what we forbid them to do, but what we offer them. And as I said, that's a lot of work. You say your child is growing up without school. That means it takes an incredible amount of time to provide this child with everything they can get to know: nature, music, themselves; being busy with themselves is very valuable and very important for children; boredom and developing ideas; learning to deal with other children; dealing with difficult situations; getting to know the body; sports; playing with other children.

And if the offer is broad and healthy, then you can also provide something like a tablet or a smartphone, which children are naturally very interested in, to a limited extent, but then the child can choose. Then the child knows how he feels after playing in the forest all day or romping around with other children. And then the child knows how he feels after spending two hours on his tablet and being completely exhausted afterwards. And then, such a child can gradually learn what is good and what is not.

But this is only possible if the child has opportunities for comparison, many different experiences every day. And this is only possible if the child is old enough for the respective challenge. And that requires your wisdom as an adult.

The most important thing with children is not what we forbid them to do, but what we offer them. And that's a lot of work.

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Yes, that's what I can say. I'm not particularly wise when it comes to dealing with children. I've learned most of what I'm telling you here through years of experiencing with great amazement how my partner deals with her children; how she keeps learning, keeps rediscovering, keeps questioning herself, keeps trying things out, keeps looking closely at what it does to the children and how the children feel. And she has learned so much and done so much research in this area, and I can only marvel. I don't know much about it myself; I actually only make mistakes.

Yes.

Thank you for your question.

This is the most important task we have as humans: to accompany our children as they grow up. It is the most noble task and the most difficult task and the most important task we have, apart from taking care of ourselves. There is nothing more important and there is nothing more difficult. Thank you. Feel free to write again. I'm very happy to be able to talk about this topic.

This is the most important task we have as humans: to accompany our children as they grow up.

It is the most important task we have, apart from taking care of ourselves.

There is nothing more important and there is nothing more difficult.

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[Simone:] Mikael, now there are three questions.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Oh, how nice.

What to do with neediness?

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[Simone:] I'll start with the first one, it comes from Gabi.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hi Gabi, nice to have you here.

[Simone:] Gabi writes: "Dear Mikael, can you say something about being needy? I experience myself, but also many other people, as needy. Where does neediness come from and how can I alleviate it? Thank you."

[Dhyan Mikael:] What a wonderful question. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I suggest we don't talk about where neediness comes from. I could say something about that, but it's of no use. I mean, we know where it comes from. As a child, we didn't get what we needed, but knowing that doesn't help.

Much more interesting is the question of what we do with neediness today.

And your observation is correct: you are not the only needy one. Neediness is... Being needy characterizes the vast majority of people in the modern world. That's my feeling; that's my observation.

Being needy simply means feeling dependent on others; believing that you need something from other people, for example from your partner: attention; love; permission to be who you are.

There are a few things that we as humans need in order to live: food, breathable air, water. But when you talk about neediness, you probably don't mean these things. It's an emotional neediness.

And it's like this: when you get what you need from your mother, when you get that and you're emotionally satisfied as a little child, then you feel safe and taken care of. And from this being satisfied, from this being cared for, a deep trust in yourself develops; and out of this trust, a person later develops who can take care of themselves in the most natural way.

When you get emotionally satisfied as a little child, then you feel safe and taken care of. And from this being cared for, a deep trust in yourself develops; and out of this trust, a person later develops who can take care of themselves in the most natural way.

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But when a very small baby does not get what it needs emotionally: intimacy, reliable contact, security; constant contact, being constantly cared for... If you don't get that; if instead you are left alone or feel left alone because the parents themselves are completely overwhelmed or unhappy or desperate, then insecurity arises. And this insecurity gives rise to a person who cannot look after themselves at all and spends their life looking to others for what they need. And that is how most people are. That's where neediness comes from. But as I said, what do we do with neediness now?

When a very small baby does not get what it needs emotionally, then insecurity arises. And this insecurity gives rise to a person who cannot look after themselves at all and spends their life looking to others for what they need.

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At its core, neediness is always about attention. This is the crucial thing that the little baby was missing when it was very, very young: the reliable, unconditional, constant attention of the mother. That's why, as adults, we crave the attention of others, and if we don't get it, we feel downright lost. You may know this... your partner leaves you and you feel like life is coming to an end. It feels really life-threatening, existential. That's where it comes from.

But now, now you are an adult, and you now have a possibility that you didn't have as a small child: now you can give yourself attention. But that is something you have to learn. We don't do it automatically. What we do automatically when we feel needy is: we distract ourselves from ourselves. We eat, we drink, we run after other people. We don't want to feel the feeling. We walk away from ourselves. That's the automatic reaction, if you haven't learned anything else. But you also have another option.

Now you are an adult, and you have a possibility that you didn't have as a small child: now you can give yourself attention.

But that is something you have to learn. We don't do it automatically. What we do automatically when we feel needy is: we distract ourselves from ourselves.

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You can stop and turn towards yourself instead. And when you do that, there is of course first of all this feeling of neediness. And you can simply feel it. You can really invite it in. At the moment, it's something you don't want. That's why you're asking this question. But now, you can simply turn the game around. You can say: "Okay, I feel needy. Since the neediness is there anyway, I might as well invite it."

Then you invite it and let it come to you and let it be there, and then you feel it, quietly, without story, without drama; without thinking about where it comes from; without thinking about what it means; feeling this neediness purely, or any other feeling that is there. And by giving attention to this feeling of neediness, your loving, unconditional attention... not the kind of attention that wants the feeling to go away as quickly as possible because you give it attention.

Not like that, but really lovingly, as if it were a small child that you love dearly. If you can do that, if you have learned to do that, then it is as if you were giving yourself this attention. Then it is like you are slowly healing that little child that we are all carrying around in there, simply by unconditionally accepting and loving the way you feel today. This is your connection to that hurt from back then: the feelings that are coming to you today. Feel needy. I know, no one likes that, but that's the way.

Then it is like you are slowly healing that little child that we are all carrying around in there, simply by unconditionally accepting and loving the way you feel today.

This is your connection to that hurt from back then: the feelings that are coming to you today.

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And you can do the same with any other feelings that are difficult for you. If you feel insecure, invite the insecurity.

If you feel anxious, invite the fear. If you feel hurt, invite the hurt in, feel it, feel hurt. Be fully there. My spiritual Master Soham used to put it quite beautifully. He said: if you invite and love the neediness, then the neediness no longer feels needy because you are here. And there is truth in that. You can love yourself through these feelings by loving these feelings. If you love the fear, then the fear is no longer afraid because it is no longer alone. You are with it.

My spiritual Master Soham used to put it quite beautifully. He said: if you invite and love the neediness, then the neediness no longer feels needy because you are here.

You can love yourself through these feelings by loving these feelings.

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Yes.

So, it's just about learning something new. So far, you've been running away from these feelings.

You want them to go away, you want a 'solution' to them, and now you're just turning the tables.

In reality, the feelings are your self.

It's just about learning something new.

So far, you've been running away from these feelings. You want them to go away, you want a 'solution' to them, and now you're just turning the tables.

In reality, the feelings are your self.

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Thank you. Thank you, Gabi.

Be grateful and forget her

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[Simone:] Then I'll read out the next question, Mikael.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, please, Simone.

[Simone:] It comes from Mukunda.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hello Mukunda, hello to you. I'm happy that you are here.

[Simone:] "Hi Dhyan. I've been grieving for my ex-girlfriend for over a year and can't find any closure. Do you have any impulse on this? Thank you and best regards. Mukunda."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you.

Would you like to tell me something else? Was that your partner and you broke up? Or was it a friend who died? Basically, it doesn't matter, but if you like, tell me something more. One sentence is enough, one word is enough.

But basically, the same applies as what I just said to Gabi.

You can just feel the sadness that is here. It stays here for so long because no one takes care about it.

But if you invite it in and become very close friends with it; with this sadness; with this feeling of missing someone; with this emptiness that you feel inside because this place inside you... Something is empty now. A part of you has died.

If you don't see these feelings, this pain, as a problem and want it to go away, but invite it in and love it as if it were your own self, as if it were your ex-girlfriend, then it is a completely different experience. And then, healing happens. So, it's like the feelings that come to you are the guide to healing. The feelings are a part of yourself. They come to you so that you give this part of yourself attention, loving attention, unconditionally.

You can just feel the sadness that is here. It stays here for so long because no one takes care about it.

But if you don't see it as a problem and want it to go away, but invite it in and love it as if it were your own self, then it is a different experience. And then, healing happens.

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Unconditional does not mean: 'so that it goes away', but unconditional means: the feeling is always allowed to stay – that's how you love it. And that is all that is needed. It is a completely natural way. It is, so to speak, a completely natural way in which we are enabled to heal. And our being, our soul, our body shows us this by giving us certain feelings, and we then take care of them. And taking care of them means loving them.

The feelings that come to you are the guide to healing. The feelings are a part of yourself. They come to you so that you give this part of yourself attention, unconditionally. Unconditional does not mean: 'so that it goes away', but: the feeling is always allowed to stay. And that is all that is needed.

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[Simone:] Mikael, Mukunda got back to you, it's about the partner.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, that's what I thought. Thank you. And the second thing that's helpful there, and that's what I said earlier in the first answer: separate the story from the feelings. The story is these thoughts like: "Oh, it was so nice and now I'm so alone." The story is what the head makes of the pure feeling. And the story, it is endless.

It never ends. It never ends. When you pay attention to the feeling, it brings you to yourself. It makes you quiet and heals you. But if you pay attention to thoughts, it takes you further and further away from yourself and into an endless loop, which goes on forever. You can be stuck in it for years and nothing happens; nothing good.

Separate the story from the feelings. The story is what the head makes of the pure feeling, and it is endless. It never ends.

When you pay attention to the feeling, it brings you to yourself. But if you pay attention to thoughts, it takes you further and further away from yourself.

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The easiest way to let go of the story is to forget everything that has happened.

If you remember the past, think about how nice it was or think about how difficult it was or all these things, then you are stuck in the story. These are all thoughts. It has nothing to do with love. It has nothing to do with feeling. You can love her when she's here. Now she is gone.

And now, you love the feelings that are here, and through that, you love yourself. When a new person enters your life, who may eventually become your partner, then you can love there. But remembering now what once was, produces nothing but pain. And wishing for something that isn't here yet, also produces nothing but pain. That's what I call story: thoughts.

The easiest way is to forget everything that has happened.

If you think about how nice it was, then you are stuck in the story. It has nothing to do with love. It has nothing to do with feeling.

Now she is gone. And now, you love the feelings that are here, and through that, you love yourself.

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I know, it's 'en vogue'... You love someone, the relationship is over, the person leaves our lives, and then... It seems to me that many people think it's good to then remember the beautiful; to keep the past love in memory, so to speak; to think of it; to honor the former lover in memory.

But that is not good. It has nothing to do with love. It's really, really terrible. Forget about her.

What this person gave you is inside you. It will never leave you. And when you feel, when you feel your feelings, then you are closest to the true essence of this soul that was with you. Everything else is just thoughts in your head and has nothing to do with love and is not helpful for you. Forget the past and just be grateful for everything beautiful that was. Thankfulness is not bad, but don't think about what was. Forget her.

Forget the past and just be grateful for everything beautiful that was.

Thankfulness is not bad, but don't think about what was. Forget her.

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Thank you, Mukuna.

Were 6 years of meditation in vain?

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[Simone:] Now I going to read a question from Sahajo.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hello Sahajo.

[Simone:] "My beloved Mikael, I was with Swamiji two weeks ago. At the end he answered questions. A woman said that she has been doing Samarpan Meditation for six years but cannot get into the crown chakra. Swamiji told her that the energy in her heart chakra is not flowing. She should put her hands on the heart chakra during meditation. I have been wondering ever since why something like this happens. Were the six years in vain? Can you say something about this? Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you, Sahajo. I'm so glad you were there. What an immeasurable blessing.

It is never in vain to meditate. That's why we meditate: because all sorts of things are stuck in us. We don't meditate to make it perfect. It's like this: in the past, people who moved to the Himalayas and hid in caves to be alone and to devote themselves to their spiritual development, they meditated on each individual chakra for years.

Swamiji met Jain monks in the Himalayas who had the following practice: they meditated on each of the seven chakras for seven years in order to clear this chakra, to purify it so that the energy could flow. And after forty-nine years they were through with all seven chakras, and then they could go into the crown chakra.

With Samarpan Meditation, something else happens. By the way, Swamiji learned Samarpan Meditation from these monks, if I understand him correctly. But I'm not quite sure if that's true. And that is possible now. It wasn't possible before.

But now we have a time on earth, with the help of a Guru like Swamiji and these Gurus in the Himalayas who are with us without us knowing about it... When you do the Samarpan Meditation and you are in the crown chakra with your attention, this meditation practice pulls the energy up towards the crown chakra, and everything that is in the way is automatically purified.

Not immediately... it doesn't happen overnight, but we don't need to do anything other than simply do this meditation every morning. And all the rest happens by itself. We don't need to know which chakra is blocked. We don't need to know where anything is knotted or messed up. And that's the wonderful thing about it. And that's why it works so much faster. It is as if the crown chakra takes care of everything that prevents the energy from getting up there, that all that is put in order within a very short time. And six years is not a long time.

That's one thing. And the other thing is that we normally can't judge at all whether we arrive at the crown chakra or not.

I read from Swamiji... He wrote this a few days ago, where he says: we ourselves are the last ones who can recognize our spiritual progress. All others around us see it before, but we don't see it. And that is the truth.

It is precisely those people who are spiritually advanced, who have become sensitive, who can sense themselves, for whom this is true. And that is also the great blessing, you know? You become more and more sensitive and realize what great challenges you still have within you, and you give these things your attention. And through this you heal and become purer and lighter, and through this you become more and more sensitive, and then you realize more and more of the things that prevent you from being truly spiritually healthy.

And then you give it your attention and keep meditating, and you don't even know how you become more and more beautiful and lighter and purer. That's completely normal. I know some people who have been telling me for years that nothing happens to them at all, and I know these people, I see them again and again and they become more and more beautiful and more and more alive, lighter and lighter, happier and happier. But they themselves don't know anything about it at the moment.

Yes, and Swamiji also gave this woman advice on how she can meditate to support her heart chakra.

And that's all: just keep doing the Samarpan Meditation, all the rest will happen by itself. And one more thing I would like to say about this. We live in a time where most of humanity has lost patience completely. And that's a shame, because the only thing you need is patience to be where you are; to be who you are; and to meditate.

This is what Swamiji recommends again and again. He says again and again: don't change, don't wait for change. Meditate as you are today, with all your knots, with all your blockages. That's all fine; it's not a problem at all. But if you are impatient, if you are in a hurry, then you are in your thoughts, then you are here, in your mind. That's the only thing that doesn't help.

We live in a time where humanity has lost patience. And that's a shame, because the only thing you need is patience to be where you are; to be who you are; and to meditate.

But if you are in a hurry, then you are in your thoughts. That's the only thing that doesn't help.

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But forgetting any goal and just being here, as you are, and meditating: that's the most helpful thing.

Forgetting any goal and just being here, as you are, and meditating:

that's the most helpful thing.

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As spiritual beings, we've been on this path for a long time. Sahajo, you know, you have now been in discourse with Swamiji... that this is even possible for you; that you even feel like doing this, means that you are already far advanced on your path. You have already meditated many lifetimes, but you know nothing about it.

And now, now something has happened that you have been waiting for many lifetimes. Now you have met the living Jesus, the medium who will enable you to complete your path, in this life, while you are alive. Six years, twelve years, twenty years... none of it matters. We've been on the road for so, so long.

We live in this zeitgeist of the mind, and it's characterized by perfected impatience.

But that's the one thing we don't need: impatience. There is this beautiful story, which I think I told a year ago, that illustrates this beautifully. It is about Buddha, and Buddha was sitting under his Bodhi tree. And at some point, a monk came to him, and this monk wanted to know how much longer he had to meditate to finally attain liberation.

And Buddha looked at him and said: three more lives and you will be liberated. And the monk was totally disappointed and said: "What, three more lives?" He totally lost interest, gave up everything, stopped meditating, moved to the city, got drunk and forgot all about spiritual life. He was impatient, and impatience doesn't get you one inch further.

But a few days later, another monk came and asked Buddha the same question. He said: "Master, how many more lives before I can attain liberation?" And Buddha said to this monk: "Look! Look at this tree"... It was a huge Bodhi tree. Buddha said: "For every leaf on this tree, one life." The monk was deeply touched and said: "What?

Only so few lives left? I will really attain liberation?" And he began to dance and was full of joy. And in the story, it says – it's a parable, of course – that then, a great gust of wind came and swept all the leaves off the tree. The last leaf fell down to the feet of Buddha, and the monk was liberated.

And so it is. The more you can forget any expectation, any impatience, any wanting to be different, any wanting to be further and just be grateful for where you are now and honor and love this, the sooner you are in Heaven, you are liberated, just as you are, within a very short time.

And the hastier you are, the more impatient you are, the less anything can happen. Then you are simply not open to what is here.

And so it is. The more you can forget any expectation, any impatience, any wanting to be different, any wanting to be further and just be grateful for where you are now, the sooner you are in Heaven.

And the hastier you are, the less can happen.

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It's like with love, you know. When you love someone, you're not impatient at all. You have all the time in the world. The other person can be whatever they want – it doesn't matter at all, you just love. And if you don't love, you're impatient and then nothing works. Nothing works. Don't be impatient with yourself and with God.

It's like with love, you know. When you love someone, you're not impatient at all. You have all the time in the world. The other person can be whatever they want – it doesn't matter at all, you just love. And if you don't love, you're impatient and then nothing works.

Don't be impatient with yourself and with God.

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And every day of meditation is infinitely helpful. You cannot measure the value of meditation by temporal progress, that is the wrong way. Swamiji says: We cannot judge the quality of our meditation. We are the last to know anything about it. And that is why it is best not to worry about such things like progress.

We cannot judge the quality of our meditation. We are the last to know anything about it. And that is why it is best not to worry about such things like progress.

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As I said, the very fact that you are here and that this other woman, whom you just told me about, was able to go to Swamiji, that alone is a miracle.

I am just happy. Thank you for getting in touch. Thank you.

Holding oneself

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[Simone:] Mikael, I'll keep reading. There are some more questions for you.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, great. I am happy. That's what I'm here for.

[Simone:] Alexandra, she asks... [Dhyan Mikael:] Hello Alexandra. Nice to have you here.

[Simone:] "Good evening, and thank you very much for Satsang. Can you say something about holding oneself?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] That's an interesting question. Thank you, Alexandra.

I can tell you how I do it. I can't hold myself. I don't know who the person is that I could hold, nor do I know how to do it. But I let myself be held. It's called surrender – or trust.

I let my Guru hold me, in here; God.

I say, "Life, God, I don't know how to do this. The last thing I can do is hold myself. But you, hold me. Carry me." He does that anyway, but when you allow yourself to be carried, you feel it.

I can't hold myself. But I let myself be held. It's called surrender – or trust. I let my Guru hold me, in here; God.

I say, "Life, God, I don't know how to do this. The last thing I can do is hold myself. But you, hold me. Carry me."

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And what you can do, which comes closest to holding yourself, if I understand you correctly, is that you allow yourself, as you perceive yourself, and the feelings that you feel, the feelings that are in you, to be as you are and as the feelings are.

If you let yourself be as you are, no matter what you think about it, no matter what others think about it... When you accept and love yourself as you are – and your feelings, as they are, no matter whether you like them or not, whether they are difficult or not... when you simply accept and love them without question: that's how you can hold yourself.

But once you have done that, you will realize that there still is something else that is always waiting for you to sit back and let go and let you carry it, and that is life. That is God. That is what Swamiji calls Paramatma.

When you accept and love yourself as you are – and your feelings: that's how you can hold yourself.

But once you have done that, you will realize that there still is something else that is waiting for you to sit back and let go and let you carry it, and that is life. That is God.

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Surrender.

Samarpan Meditation... Samarpan means 'surrender', and that's what you do in this meditation. When you go into the crown chakra with your attention, you can only do that if you don't think during that time, otherwise you are in thoughts and not in the crown chakra. And then all these thoughts come about everything that is important and everything that you need to take care of and all the things that are not okay with you or with the world.

And if you want to ignore these thoughts and let them go, you can only do that if you surrender: if you let yourself be caried by something bigger than yourself. You have to have this attitude inside, so to speak: "Okay, I don't want to and can't care about all this stuff my head is telling me here. I'll ignore it." And then, someone else has to take care of the whole thing. And that is life, that is God.

That's why it is an act of surrender when you ignore your own thoughts and instead simply rest up here in the crown chakra. That's why this meditation is called the surrender meditation, Samarpan Meditation, because it only works with surrender. And that is where you are held.

If you want to ignore these thoughts and let them go, you can only do that if you surrender: if you let yourself be caried by something bigger than yourself.

And that is life, that is God. That's why it is an act of surrender when you ignore your own thoughts and instead simply rest up here in the crown chakra.

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Thank you, Alexandra.

Paralyzed by contact anxiety and rage

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[Simone:] Then I'll read out the next question. It comes from Linus.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hello, Linus. Nice to have you here. I'm delighted.

[Simone:] "Hello Mikael. I always experience very strong fears when I'm in contact with people. I almost want to say: mortal fears. It's as if something inside me always feels inferior and tends to feel suppressed even if nothing of the sort actually happens. It always makes me furious, and I really wish I wasn't so paralyzed by it anymore. Can you tell me something about that?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Oh, thank you. Thank you, Linus.

Yes, somehow your question really touches me, because I find myself in there as well. I'm actually... it's funny, I get on really well with other people, and at the same time I feel totally insecure. It's very strange. As a young person, as a child, it wasn't easy for me with other people, and I always felt inferior, and I always thought everyone else was better and cooler and stronger than me. It was always like that.

In a way, those are normal human feelings, and it gets really difficult when you don't want to have that feeling. And if you don't want the feeling, that's where your anger comes from. If you don't want the feeling, you'll find that there's nothing you can do to get rid of that feeling, and everything you try doesn't work.

And then you not only feel inferior, but also helpless and completely powerless.

That makes you furious.

But how about trying something different for once? Close your eyes now, just for fun. It's nothing serious. Just to try it out. Maybe you feel like it. Close your eyes and feel yourself. Feel that feeling you have when you are with people. You are alone right now, it's all okay, but this time it's an invitation: it is allowed to come. It doesn't need to be afraid. It won't be sent away again straight away.

And be very, very quiet. Just let it come. It's a very shy feeling. It hasn't had any good experiences. It is not loved.

Let it come closer.

Let it get very close to you. Give the feeling space.

You simply rest within yourself, you breathe, feel your body as it sits there. You breathe and you simply give space to this feeling that wants to come to you.

And forget the thought that the feeling should go away, and just let it be there.

And see how that feels; how this feeling feels when it is allowed to be here; when it doesn't need to be afraid of being sent away again.

Explore that once.

And you can do it again and again, again and again. Whenever you remember the feeling when you are in a situation where you have time, where you feel safe, where you are alone, you can do this. You can also do this when you go to sleep or when you wake up.

And when you do the Samarpan Meditation and this feeling comes to you and the thoughts about it pull on you, then you can take this feeling and you can lift this feeling into the crown chakra.

I don't have the feeling you're describing now, but I also have other feelings that my head thinks aren't very cool, and then I take that feeling and I take it with me into the crown chakra, as if to say: "Look, God, this is how uncool I am, this is how uncool I feel." I sort of go into the light with this feeling that's up there in the crown chakra and show myself like this, and this does so much good. It makes it so much easier for me to truly make peace with those feelings.

I also have feelings that my head thinks aren't very cool, and then I take that feeling with me into the crown chakra, as if to say: "Look, God, this is how uncool I am, this is how uncool I feel."

And this does so much good. It makes it so much easier to truly make peace with those feelings.

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And if the anger is there, then you can do that with the anger too. Anger is a bit special. Anger is a very delicate feeling, and you have to be very gentle with anger. Anger is very frighted and gets irritated very quickly, and then it's gone straight away. But when anger comes, you can try that too. You can close your eyes and be very quiet so that you don't chase it away. Then let the anger come, but don't think about it.

You are completely quiet and let anger come, and then feel it a little bit, the anger. Give it a few moments where it is allowed to be here.

We get into big problems when we don't want to have these feelings that we have.

But they are here, and then we have a problem. But if we can say 'yes' to it, and that takes a bit of getting used to at first because it's never been suggested to you before and you have no practice with it, and the whole world says the opposite. But if you just start to say 'yes' to what it's like for you, to these feelings inside you, that they are allowed to be here: that changes everything. If you practize this a little, you'll find that it is like getting a new life. You feel exactly the same as before, but everything is different. I am just as uncool as I was as a teenager.

We get into big problems when we don't want to have these feelings that we have. And if you start to say 'yes' to what it's like for you, to these feelings inside you, that they are allowed to be here: that changes everything.

If you practize this a little, it is like getting a new life. You feel exactly the same as before, but everything is different.

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I feel insecure and uncool and like the biggest bore. I really am a total bore. You may laugh, but I really am one. That hasn't changed, but I don't have a problem with it anymore. And now, everyone likes me the way I am and thinks I'm cool, because I have no problem at all with my own uncoolness and my own boredom.

And now it's suddenly nice, for me and for some others too. It really does change your life completely, even though you haven't actually changed at all. It's magical. And be patient with yourself. You have to practize this a little. It's a bit unfamiliar at first. If you like, you can write to me again during next Satsang and we can do the same thing again together.

I am very happy that you are here. Thank you, Linus.

Everything remains difficult – what else can I do?

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[Simone:] Now comes a question from a lady who calls herself 'Sun'.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hello sun. Nice to see you shining here. That makes me very happy.

[Simone:] "Although I have been walking the path of self-knowledge, surrender and gratitude for many years, I find myself in difficult interpersonal relationships – workwise and private. What else can I do?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] I think your problem is that you are doing too much. Do nothing.

Don't work on yourself. Don't be grateful.

You know, we hear all this stuff, and we hear that gratitude is a cool thing and surrender is a cool thing, but we can't 'do' those things. We have no control over it at all, and if we try, it's counterproductive. There is only one way to approach this, and that is to be the way you really are– even if that means that you're not actually grateful at all and that you're actually totally pissed off with life because these stupid other people are with you.

Be honest with yourself. Let yourself be the way you are. You don't have to tell anyone else, not even me, but allow yourself to be the way you are and don't try to be further. Don't try to be holier. Don't try to be more spiritual.

We can't 'do' those things. There is only one way to approach this, and that is to be the way you really are.

Be honest with yourself. Let yourself be the way you are. Allow yourself to be the way you are and don't try to be further. Don't try to be holier. Don't try to be more spiritual.

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When we try this, it feels good at first. Our mind thinks it's great, our ego loves it. We feel better, but it only leads us into more trouble. And that is the great challenge of Samarpan Meditation. In principle, it is quite easy, and everything that Swamiji suggests or that Jesus suggests, is a totally simple matter. The only problem with it is that it means that I don't want to improve myself and I don't want to be different, but that I am just the way I am now. Swamiji always says: "Don't change – but meditate."

That is the great challenge of Samarpan Meditation. In principle, it is quite easy.

The only problem with it is that it means that I don't want to improve myself and I don't want to be different, but that I am just the way I am now.

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When you go to the crown chakra during Samarpan meditation, you don't find gratitude there. You find all your silly thoughts, the opposite of gratitude. That's where you find the restlessness and all the garbage. That's what you notice when you're up there. That is surrender – surrender to how you really are, right now, right now.

And then, all you can say is: "God, I am like this. I don't know how to do this. I have no idea. You do it. I don't know how gratitude works, I don't know how surrender works, nor do I know how to deal with my coworkers, nor do I know how to deal with my stupid partner. I have no idea. I've tried all sorts of things, but nothing happens."

When you go to the crown chakra, you don't find gratitude there. You find all your silly thoughts, the restlessness and all the garbage. That is surrender – surrender to how you really are, right now.

And then, all you can say is: "God, I am like this. I don't know how to do this. You do it."

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Do less. Live your practical life completely unspiritually – and meditate in the morning. And then, experience yourself as you really are and make peace with it. And trust that everything that then wants to change will happen by itself, without you knowing anything about it. And I really mean it. There's this story that I've told countless times because I think it's so beautiful but it's also very strong.

But it illustrates what I really mean. It's something that Swamiji told. He spoke to alcoholics. He was in a clinic for alcoholics, and there were the severe cases, people who had been drinking large amounts of alcohol for many, many years and who were in the clinic because nobody could help them anymore. And he said to these people: "Don't change. Don't try to change. Don't try to drink less – but meditate."

Do less. Live your practical life completely unspiritually – and meditate in the morning. And then, experience yourself as you really are and make peace with it. And trust that everything that wants to change will happen by itself, without you knowing anything about it.

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Translated into our lives, it means: don't try to be more spiritual. Don't try to be more grateful. Don't try to open your heart. These are all mental concepts. Be the way you are, as uncool as you are, as unspiritual as you are, as messed up as you are, and let life carry you. You can say to life: "Hey, you made me like this. I'm completely messed up. I have no idea how this is supposed to work. Now take care of it." And life will take care of it. I guarantee it will. And that's the great thing about Samarpan Meditation: we can practize this.

That's the great thing about Samarpan Meditation: we can practize this. You sit there every morning. You don't try to change yourself. You can't do that anyway. And you meditate, just as you are.

You feel really naked in meditation because you can't escape your own being.

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You sit there every morning. You don't try to change yourself. You can't do that anyway. And you meditate, just as you are. You feel really naked in meditation because you can't escape your own being. When you meditate in the crown chakra, you experience yourself as you really are. And to let yourself be like that, and to present yourself to God like that, that's how it sometimes feels for me, is not easy for some people. But that's my advice to you: do less, don't try harder. Don't try to be better. Don't try to solve problems out there.

When you meditate in the crown chakra, you experience yourself as you really are.

And to let yourself be like that, and to present yourself to God like that, is not easy for some people.

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It doesn't work that way. They'll get solved, but you can't do it. It doesn't work.

Do less – but meditate.

That's my advice to you: do less, don't try harder. Don't try to be better. Don't try to solve problems out there. It doesn't work that way. They'll get solved, but you can't do it. It doesn't work.

Do less – but meditate.

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Leave the solution to the problems you perceive to life. And you, make sure that you let yourself be the way you are; that you love yourself, and simply that you meditate every morning.

And the rest happens by itself, and the rest can only happen by itself. There is no other way, no matter what other people tell you. It only happens by itself.

Leave the solution to the problems you perceive to life.

And you, make sure that you let yourself be the way you are; that you love yourself and that you meditate every morning.

And the rest happens by itself and can only happen by itself, no matter what other people tell you. It only happens by itself.

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Thank you. Thank you very much.

Saying yes to war, pain and misery?

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[Simone:] Mikael, I have a question from Margit... [Dhyan Mikael:] Hello Margit.

[Simone:] ...which I would like to read out.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, please.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, how do I deal with war? I know that everything is right the way it is. Do I also have to say 'yes' to so much pain and misery?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Oh, that is a great question. Thank you, Margit. Yes, I'm glad you brought that up, because I've gotten a few emails in the last few months along the same lines. One man wrote to me that he is struggling with the way things are with refugees and that they are taking our money and wasting all the hard-earned money in society on strangers, that's how he put it. Other people write to me because they are afraid of the situation, for example if there is war in the world or certain elections or something else.

And the answer is always the same. I would like to share something that Swamiji said, because I find it very helpful and memorable. He says: "Don't look how far the darkness reaches, but instead, light your own lamp." And this is advice that at first glance seems very unimpressive, but it has a lot to it. If you look at how far the darkness reaches, if you look at what problems there are in the world, then you are embarking on an endless journey. The darkness has no end, and that is really the case.

Let me take the image that Swamiji uses. Imagine that you are completely in the dark in a huge room. The room is empty, but it's dark and you can't see anything. And no matter how far you go, and no matter how far you explore this room: it is dark, everywhere. Now you could despair. You keep walking and you think there must be light somewhere. But if you light a match where you are, no matter how small, that little light which is with you, will light up all the space around you, and where you are, there is light.

And that's how it works in life.

Imagine that you are completely in the dark. And no matter how far you explore this room: it is dark, everywhere. Now you could despair.

But if you light a match no matter how small, that little light will light up all the space around you, and where you are, there is light.

And that's how it works in life.

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There are two different things you can do, but only one of them. You can't do both at the same time. You can look at how dark it is out there. You can look at the problems, and then your world becomes dark, very, very dark, and it will stay dark forever. It will stay dark as long as you do that. And even if a miracle happens and one problem is solved, you will immediately find another.

You cannot solve the problems of the world.

But if you look instead at something else, namely inwardly, and if you take care that your soul is strengthened... If you turn to what you really are – not this body that will soon die, be it through old age, illness or war, it doesn't matter at all... If you turn instead to your soul, to that which is eternal, then it becomes light within you.

And when it becomes light within you, then life around you becomes light. Whether the world out there has changed or not, it doesn't matter to you. Your world has become bright. This is what each individual can do for themselves, and the more people do this, the brighter the world becomes. That is the only way the world will ever change. If you start wanting to change the world so that it doesn't get dark anymore, you are promoting darkness.

You cannot solve the problems of the world. But if you turn instead to your soul, to that which is eternal, then it becomes light within you.

And when it becomes light within you, then life around you becomes light.

This is what each individual can do, and the more people do this, the brighter the world becomes. That is the only way the world will ever change.

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But if you turn to yourself instead and, let me put it in Christian terms, take care of your own salvation... if you learn to turn your attention inwards, to meditate, to strengthen your soul, then there will be light where you are. That's the only way to bring light into the world. Jesus has already spoken about this. There was this one situation where Judas once again started arguing with Jesus. Judas was an intellectual who cared about the problems of the world. He loved to think about the problems of the world, about politics and war.

Then came this woman who worshipped her Guru, Jesus, and washed his feet with incredibly expensive oil as a sign of her love and devotion. And Judas got angry and said... Or was it even Peter? I think it was even Peter. He was also such a moralist. He was also someone who was thinking and who didn't feel. I think it was Peter, it doesn't matter. He said: what are you doing? He said to Jesus: you must not allow the woman to waste this expensive oil like that. We could sell it and use it to feed the poor.

And Jesus said: "You will always have the poor around you, but you only have me around you now. Let this woman anoint my feet. Now take care of what really matters, your salvation"... And that is what Jesus was here for: to bring people inside. Jesus didn't care at all about what was happening in the world. The only thing he cared about was leading people to his Lord, to the inside, to the soul. He wanted to teach them to pray. That was Jesus' word for meditation: going inward, becoming quiet, surrender. It is exactly the same as what we do today with Samarpan Meditation.

If you start wanting to change the world so that it doesn't get dark anymore, you are promoting darkness.

But if you learn to turn your attention inwards, to meditate, to strengthen your soul, then there will be light where you are. That's the only way to bring light into the world.

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Jesus lived in times of war. Judea was occupied land, occupied by the Romans. The Jews were an oppressed people, and Judas wanted to enlist Jesus to fight against them, and Jesus didn't want to hear anything about it. He said: don't look in that direction. That is not the solution.

And we live in times where this is really a challenge, because you see the news everywhere, on TV, on your smartphone, on your computer, everywhere, about all kinds of terrible things, every day. And there is the challenge of not paying attention to it. The challenge is that you decide where you want to focus your attention. Do you want to focus it inwards, on the stillness within you, on peace, on your crown chakra?

That nourishes your soul, that nourishes your peace, and that ignites your light. If you do that, your world will become bright. Your problems will disappear. Your world will become peaceful. Not the world out there, but your world will become peaceful. Your world will become bright. There will be no more problems in your world.

You decide where you want to focus your attention. Do you want to focus it inwards, on the stillness within you, on peace, on your crown chakra? That nourishes your soul, that nourishes your peace.

If you do that, your problems will disappear. There will be no more problems in your world.

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The other people have to take care of their world. This is something that each individual must do. And if you have the courage and the audacity to do that and take care of your soul and to begin to shine yourself, then you make it easier for other people to do the same, as I do. And then the world becomes brighter. With every person who learns this, the world becomes brighter. But that's the only way.

And that is the great challenge: to ignore the darkness and instead take care of your own light. The whole world is screaming: "I am important, give me attention." All people believe: if we don't take care of this, the world will go down the drain, but the world has been doing that for a long time and people haven't learned how to really do it. But two thousand years ago, Jesus already told us how to do it.

If you have the courage to take care of your soul and to begin to shine yourself, then you make it easier for other people to do the same, as I do.

With every person who learns this, the world becomes brighter. And that is the challenge: to ignore the darkness and instead take care of your own light.

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And that is a real challenge.

There will be friends of yours or other people who say: "What? You don't care about this? You must have an opinion! You have to go to the barricades!"

Instead, go within... that's where peace grows, that's where the light grows, only there. That's what I encourage you to do. I do nothing else.

I thank you.

Support me if it gives you joy

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Oh, it's already over. I forgot the time. Sorry Devasetu, we are already two minutes over. Sorry about that. Whenever I start Satsang, something happens to time and it goes faster, and I don't understand why it happens every time. Unfortunately, we have to stop now because time is up.

Thank you for being here. It's a real pleasure. At the end, I would like to point out that these Online Satsangs are made possible by Devasetu and Here-Now TV, and Devasetu is very happy about donations. He spends his whole life supporting things like what I am doing here, and if you feel like supporting him financially, he is very happy. And you can find more information on the Here-Now TV website.

And what I do here is all free of charge. All my Satsangs are free, asking questions is of course free, and everything I will ever do in this life will be free. But I too need support somehow so that I can do this. And if it gives you joy, then I would be delighted if you would like to support me. On my website, on the 'donate' page, you will find information on how to do it, or you can simply write to me.

I can also tell you about it. But, as I said, it's entirely voluntary. I always say: if it gives you joy, then do it, and then I have more time, more strength, more energy available to make videos, to give Satsang, to answer questions and all these wonderful, wonderful things. If you support me, I can do even more of these things that I love to do so, so much. Thank you for being there. Thank you for Satsang.