German Online Satsang of January 28, 2025

[Dhyan Mikael:] Let's begin... Welcome to Satsang tonight. I am happy you are here. Welcome.

We now have an hour and a half to sit here together and talk about what is really essential in life. I invite you to ask me questions if you have questions about your spiritual path or about your life. And you can do that in the YouTube chat or in the chat of Zoom, and Simone will then read out the questions and I will try to say a little bit about them.

And we'll do that for an hour and a half. I am really looking forward to it. These Satsangs are the highlight of the month for me. English Satsangs are now also a new addition. We tried it out for the first time at the end of December, which was wonderful, and I will now also be doing an English Satsang every month. The next English Satsang is on February 8th.

Of course you can also listen in if you like. I look forward to seeing you there. And if there are no questions here from you and the other online participants, then I have some questions that have reached me by email that are waiting to be answered, and then I read them out and say something about them. So, we'll not get bored. Simone, do you have any questions yet?

[Simone:] No, Mikael, I don't have any questions yet.

What will happen to the world?

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out what I have here.

Here's a question that came to me via Facebook: "How will everything go on politically in the world and with us? I miss having friends to talk to. I love being alone, but I also miss having friends."

Thank you for the question.

My question to you would be... I'll answer with a counter-question: do you really want to ask yourself these questions? Do you really want to ask yourself how the world and us here will continue in the future? Or do you want to take care of yourself?

Jesus said: "Put God first. Everything else will follow." And that means: if you turn to your inner self, your soul, God – that is what Jesus called God: this energy that dwells within you... If you turn to it and turn your attention in this direction, then everything changes for you. The experience of the world, your own well-being, your contentment, your happiness, all this comes from this direction: from within.

And when we hear sayings like this, we think: "Oh, how cool". Somehow we know it's true. But then we forget that again, and then we get preoccupied with such questions. We worry about the world or our health or our income. There is no end to these questions. Once you turn your attention outward, into the world, the questions and the fears and the worries have no end.

Once you turn your attention outward, into the world, the questions and the fears and the worries have no end.

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But then to not pay attention and to do for yourself what this cool, wise saying recommends, that's another thing. When you read the saying, or when you hear Jesus or someone quoting Jesus, you think: "Oh yes, that's true". But then not worrying about the world yourself, but about what Christians call 'salvation of the soul', that's a real challenge.

I don't know what's happening in the world. I also don't know what is happening politically here, for the very simple reason that I don't focus my attention in this direction. I don't read the newspaper, I don't watch TV. Sometimes I am on Facebook, to answer messages and comments directed at me; sometimes I am on YouTube, to answer the comments there; and then I see these displays of some current videos and current news.

I don't even look at the edge of the screen. I don't want to know that at all, because that immediately grabs your attention, and then you have it inside you, whether you want it or not. Then you start thinking about it. Then you start to worry about it. And then you lose sight of what's important.

Swamiji, the Guru whose disciple I am, that is the Guru who brings Samarpan Meditation, he says that the world is like a coal mine. When you start to meditate, when you cultivate the silence within you and discover your own peace within yourself, then you become purer and purer. Then you become like someone who wears a white robe.

And he says that the world is like a coal mine, and if you meditate on one side, as you do, then you will become purer and purer, whiter and whiter, but then you will also become more and more receptive, more and more sensitive. And when you go out into the world, when you ask yourself such questions, your white robe immediately turns black from the coal dust. That's not a good idea.

And it's no good either. We like to give ourselves the illusion that it's important to pay attention so that things get better. But it will only get better if you get better. It will only get better if I get better. And how do I get better? How do I become more peaceful? How can my energy become stronger? How do I make my energy quieter and more infectious for others? By turning inwards; by not losing my attention out there, but by cultivating it within me, and then it becomes stronger and stronger. The peace becomes ever greater and the light ever brighter. That is the only way.

We give ourselves the illusion that it is important to pay attention to it so that it gets better. It only gets better when I get better. And how do I get better? By turning inwards. Then, peace becomes ever greater and the light ever brighter. That is the only way.

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So, think carefully about whether you want to ask yourself these questions. There were times in my life, not so long ago, when I used to read the newspaper from time to time out of curiosity, mostly online, and when I started doing that, I noticed how my inner state got dramatically worse as the weeks and months went by, because I could no longer defend myself against all these thoughts at all. Then they are inside me. And then, I stop with it again, and then it takes a few weeks or a few months, and then I've forgotten all about it, and then I am fine again.

That doesn't mean you don't care about the world – but only do what really makes a difference. If your neighbor has worries, then you help him. If his car won't start, you go over and help him. Then he'll be happy, and you'll be happy too. When there are elections, you go and vote for someone who you feel is a good person. You can do that. There's not much you can do, and you can do that: those things that really make a difference – but you don't have to worry and you don't have to ponder and you don't have to ask yourself questions. That destroys you.

Maybe what I am saying here seems strange to you, but it's the only way the world is going to get better, and it's the only way you are going to be okay.

Thank you for the question. Thank you very much.

Not politics determines the world, but you

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Simone, shall I continue?

[Simone:] No, I have two new questions, Mikael.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Oh, how nice. Please.

[Simone:] It is also about politics. Sandra asks: "Dear Mikael, what do you think about politics? How do you perceive what's happening? What form of politics would bring people together more from the perspective of the heart?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you, Sandra.

I am only concerned about what is my business. I am a programmer, I program websites occasionally. About this I get information. I find it all very exciting. I enjoy it. And apart from that, I take care of my inner self and answer letters and emails.

If I were a politician, I would pursue politics in the same enthusiastic way.

I give Satsang, I make videos, and all my energy and all my enthusiasm goes into it, simply because that's what life wants me to do: it gives me joy for it, it gives me energy for it, it gives me enthusiasm for it. So, that's what I do. If I were a politician, I would do the same thing in that area, but I am not one, and neither are you.

Politics is about... In our country, our democracy works like this: once every four years you elect the people who make politics for you, and that's a great division of labor. Once every four years, the people decide who will take on this task for them, and that's what they do. Then you can take care of your tasks for the rest of the four years, and you have enough of that. That's how I do it.

The good of the world and the good of the country does not depend on how the political system works. It depends on what people are like – what you are like. It depends on that. And if you improve yourself, if you improve your condition, then the world around you will change. It really is like that. Your world comes into peace. That is what you can do. The world depends entirely on you in that sense.

The well-being of the world and the country does not depend on how the political system works. It depends on how people are – how you are. If you improve your condition, then the world around you will change. It really is like that. Your world comes in peace. The world depends entirely on you in that sense.

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If everyone minds their own business, their own job, then the world will be fine.

And the main task of every person is to come to peace with themselves. That is a huge task, an enormous task: turning inwards.

If you accept the task, then all other problems solve themselves. That's my experience.

If everyone takes care of their own business, then the world will be fine. And the main task of every person is to come to peace with themselves. That is a huge, tremendous task: this turning inwards. If you accept this task, then all other problems will solve themselves. That's my experience.

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And I'd like to repeat what I just said about the first question. When you then see some wise people who live this, like Jesus did, then you think: "Wow". But doing the same yourself seems wrong to us. It's quite funny, quite strange. But it's the only way.

When you see wise people who live this, like Jesus did, you think: "Wow". But doing the same yourself seems wrong to us. That's very strange. But it's the only way.

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Thank you, Sandra.

Playfully you are fastest

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

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hello Maria, good evening. I am happy you are here.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, I have a new job that I really enjoy. But you have to be very fast. I am fast at work, but sometimes I panic that I won't make it. How do I deal with the situation? Can you tell me something about it? Thank you."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, I'd love to. It's a mental issue. You've already said it: sometimes you panic; you get scared. You think: "Ah, am I fast enough?" And when you think that, you immediately get confused. Maybe you know the feeling... you are walking down the stairs and suddenly you start thinking about how climbing stairs works at all, and you have to be incredibly careful because you'll immediately trip.

Thoughts get us totally out of sync, especially with things that have to be done quickly. And my advice to you would be to make a kind of game out of it, like a child who thinks: let's see how fast I can do this now – not to impress your boss or to earn more, but simply as a game, for fun.

You get scared and think: "Am I fast enough?", and you immediately get confused. Thoughts get us all out of sync, especially with things that have to be done quickly. Make a kind of game out of it, like a child who thinks: let's see how fast I can do this now – just as a game; for fun.

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And then you make a mistake and become too slow again, and then you think, "Ah, crap", but you do it playfully. That's the crucial thing. As soon as it gets serious, as soon as you have the feeling, "oh, this is really important, I mustn't make a mistake", then you tense up, and then it gets really difficult.

As soon as you think you have to be a certain way, you have to be so and so fast, then it becomes really difficult to be that fast. So, take it as a game. And if none of that helps, then I can tell you a second trick. I do this very often. I can also be very fast, but I don't always do everything right. And when I have the feeling that I am not up to a task, then I pray, and I'd like to tell you how I pray.

I say: God, if you want me to do this, if you want me to accomplish this – I am ready. I am even happy to do it. I am willing to do it, but you have to help me. I don't know how to do it. I am too slow or too stupid. So, if you want me to do this, then you do it, you do the work, through me. I can't do it on my own, or you'll have to get me another job.

When I feel like I am not up to a task, I pray, God, if you want me to do this, you have to help me. I don't know how to do it. I am too slow or too stupid. If you want me to do this, then you do the work, through me.

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And that helps me. You know, it's like here in Satsang. If I was worried about what I say here, I couldn't give Satsang, but before every Satsang I meditate, and before I sit here, I say, "God, this is your Satsang. I have nothing to say." Then it is possible. And that applies to all activities, not just Satsang. It applies to everything you do, to every task.

If I was worried about what I say here, I could not give Satsang, but before every Satsang I meditate, and before I sit down here, I say, "God, this is your Satsang. I have nothing to say." Then it is possible. And that applies to all activities, not just Satsang. It applies to everything you do, to every task.

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Whenever you feel that you are doing it and that you are good or that you are bad, then it becomes difficult. But when you feel the truth that you have nothing to do with it at all and that you are just very lucky that it's allowed to happen through you, then it becomes easy. And this prayer helps you to recognize that it really has nothing to do with you at all. And then, something relaxes, and then, it becomes easier. That's how I do it.

Whenever you have the feeling that you are doing it and that you are good or bad, it becomes difficult. But when you feel the truth that you have nothing to do with it at all and you are just very lucky that it's allowed to happen through you, then something relaxes, and then, it becomes easier.

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Thank you for your question. I am happy you are here.

Supporting another person

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[Simone:] I just got a question from J-J.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hi J-J.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, my friend's mom passed away, and shortly after that her brother recently passed away too. How do you think I can best support her?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] If you like, spend time with her. You don't need to talk to her about what happened unless she wants to talk about it. Take her out into nature. Spend time with her.

Give her your patience, your energy – silently; no words are needed. You can talk about all sorts of things, but what she actually gets from you, your normality, your confidence in life, doesn't need words. You can't convey something like that with words.

You don't need to talk to her about what happened. Give her your patience, your energy – in silence; no words are needed. You can talk about all sorts of things, but what she actually gets from you, your normality, your trust in life, that doesn't need words. You can't transfer something like that with words.

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Just love her, even if she's as crumbled as she is right now.

And what you can also do, and this is really, really helpful... When you hear something from her or when you deal with her, it will trigger feelings in you.

And when you come to peace with your feelings... The pain you feel from her triggers something in you: your own pain or your own grief. And when you come to peace with it, when you do your homework and become quiet and loving with these feelings within you, that is an energy, that is a frequency which is contagious. And then, you will be a help to her. And again: you don't need to talk about it.

The pain that you feel from her triggers your own pain or your own grief. And when you come to peace with that and become still and loving with those feelings within you... that's an energy, that's a frequency which is contagious. And then you will be a help to her.

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But if you then do some everyday things with her, go for coffee or cook together or go for a walk, and you bring the peace you've made with your feelings, this will make her quiet. That helps her to get closer to herself. That's the best help. It has nothing to do with words. It doesn't matter what you talk together, and it doesn't matter what you do together. Just do what you like to do or what you are ready to do.

You don't need to talk about it. But if you do everyday things with her, go for coffee, cook together or go for a walk and you bring the peace you've made with your feelings, this will make her quiet. That helps her to get closer to herself. That's the best help.

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But your inner state, your inner reality, that's the help. That's the same as here in Satsang. That's the magical thing about human interaction: someone comes and has a huge problem, and then they feel the peace that prevails here in Satsang – and that helps. And your peace will then help your friend – if it is genuine. You can't fake it.

It has nothing to do with words. It doesn't matter what you talk together, and it doesn't matter what you do together. Just do what you like to do or what you are ready to do. But your inner state, your inner reality, that's the help.

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That's why I said: when you have done your homework, when you meditate, when you come to peace with yourself, when you make friends with your feelings, then you are a blessing for your girlfriend.

That's the magical thing about human interaction: someone comes and has a huge problem, and then they feel the peace that prevails here in Satsang – and that helps. And your peace will help your friend. When you come to peace with yourself and make friends with your feelings, you are a blessing for your friend.

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And I don't do anything different. All day long I do nothing else but come to peace with all these things over and over and over again, more and more.

I don't do anything different. All day long I do nothing else but come to peace with all these things over and over and over again, more and more.

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Thank you, J-J. I am happy you are here. Thank you for your question.

[Simone:] Mikael, I have feedback from Maria...: "Thank you for the great impulses. I will try it out tomorrow. I love you".

[Dhyan Mikael:] I love you too. Thank you, Maria.

[Simone:] I don't have any other questions to read out at the moment.

How to deal with social anxiety?

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[Dhyan Mikael:] Then I'll read on from here.

"Do you have experience with social anxiety, i.e. this general fear of meeting people? How do you recommend dealing with it and what is your experience?"

Thank you, that's a great question. I can be so shy and so uptight with people I don't know, and I now see that as something completely normal, something completely human. When you are in the company of people you are not really familiar with, it's just unsettling – for a lot of people. I know some people who don't seem to have this characteristic, but when you get to know these people better, you discover that they also have their challenges with it, but they just cover it up; they don't know anything about it. Yes, how to deal with it?

You don't have to deal with it at all. Just be the way you are. When I am in an environment where I don't know anyone, I walk through it as if I were alone. I don't look at anyone, I am all to myself. I don't want to be approached by anyone. And I get on quite well with that. People like you and like me, and I know many others, have it really good in the times we live in now, because we now have the opportunity to be much more contact-shy than before without getting into major difficulties. You don't have to deal with it at all. Just be the way you are.

How to deal with it? You don't have to deal with it at all. Just be the way you are.

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And my experience is: once I've met someone, once I've exchanged the first words with them, once I've had a conversation or seen them a few times, then I become completely different. People who know me better or who know me from videos or Satsangs, can't imagine what I am like when I am in everyday life. I am very withdrawn and I am very shy, and I like to be like that.

I like to have my peace and quiet. And it takes a lot for me to become curious enough to come out of my shell. And there's nothing wrong with that at all. It only gets difficult when you try to be different from how you are – when you think you shouldn't be so shy, but you should somehow be able to communicate or deal with everyone out there with total confidence.

And then it gets really stressful. But if you allow yourself to be the way you are, then you will find your own funny ways of dealing with it. That's my experience in my life.

It only gets difficult when you try to be different from how you are. But if you allow yourself to be the way you are, then you find your own funny ways to deal with it. That's been my experience in my life.

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And I was just saying that it's a very normal human trait, and that most people just don't know it because there are so many people who are just trying to be different, but who actually are like this. And you can see it so beautifully in children. Almost all the children I observe have that too. When someone they don't know comes along, they are so totally reserved and shy and anxious. And then, once they've seen the person a few times, they slowly start to relax. And I am like that too. And you can be like that too.

You can see it in children. When someone they don't know comes along, they are totally reserved, shy and anxious. And once they've seen the person a few times, they slowly relax. And I am like that too. And you can be like that too.

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Welcome to the club. It's a big club.

Isn't meditating terribly selfish?

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Should I read on, Simone?

Now I have an email here with a question about meditation. "I actually started with Samarpan Meditation so as not to go crazy in the current crisis and not to freeze with fear. I use meditation to function and to be a good support to my partner. I don't really care about enlightenment. I don't even know what it is. I feel a longing for a life without fear, for relaxation, for bliss. Life on the outside doesn't give me that at all at the moment, so I escape into meditation. Isn't that terribly selfish? Am I not abusing meditation?"

Thank you for this wonderful question.

That's exactly how it works. Life arranges everything in such a way that at some point, you come to the point where you have no choice but to meditate. That's how it is in every single person's life.

That's what meditation is for. Or let me put it the other way round: that's what life is for – to drive you inwards. And that's not selfish, that's wise.

You turn to meditation, and in doing so you turn to yourself – your inner self. And you have the feeling that you are escaping from the problems and that you should actually be big and strong and brave and face the problems. But in reality, you are turning to the solution for the first time in your life – the solution to all your problems.

You are turning to meditation, and thus to yourself – your inner self. You feel like you are escaping the problems, and you should be big and strong and brave and face the problems. But in reality, for the first time in your life, you are turning to the solution – the solution to all your problems.

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And you say something quite interesting. You ask: "Isn't that selfish?" You say: "Isn't that terribly selfish?"

We grow up with the attitude: if I take care of myself, then I am selfish, then I am bad, but that's the only thing that helps. No one can take care of you as well as you can. When you finally start taking care of yourself, when you finally start meditating, then you slowly come to peace. You slowly become strong.

All your problems gradually dissolve into air. And then, out of this strength, out of this new steadfastness in your inner self, you can then also be of help to other people. But it always has to start with taking care of yourself first, and only you can do that. No one can do it for you.

We grow up with the attitude: if I take care of myself, then I am selfish. But it's the only thing that helps. When you start to meditate, you come to peace and become strong. And from this new steadfastness within you, you can then also be of help to other people.

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But the whole world is always trying to do the opposite. No one knows how to look after themselves. Everyone thinks it's selfish, disreputable. Everyone tries to take care of the other person, but that doesn't work. You can help other people practically, of course, like the example earlier: your neighbor's car won't start, and you just help him with your car.

But the cause of the problems we all have as human beings lies in the fact that we as human beings are so far removed from ourselves; that we don't know ourselves; that we don't know our true nature at all: this soul within us, this God who dwells within us all.

But the whole world is always trying to do the opposite. No one knows how to look after themselves. Everyone thinks it's selfish, disreputable. Everyone tries to take care of the other person, but that doesn't work.

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But life is patient and constantly pushes you more and more in this direction. That is your experience. And I say to you: the better you do it, the more radically you do it, this 'taking care of yourself', the more you will also be a help to others. But don't wait for that. Start with yourself. The rest will happen by itself. I do the same thing. I take care of myself all day long. And at some point, you'll get so good at it that you won't need anything from anyone else.

The cause of the problems we have as human beings lies in the fact that we are so distant from ourselves; that we do not know ourselves; that we do not know our true nature at all: this soul within us, this God who dwells within us all. But life is patient and constantly nudges you more and more in that direction.

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And then at some point you have more than you need, and then it starts to overflow and overflow even more. And then, other people can benefit from you. That's a good way. That's the only way you can really help other people, and it's also the only way the world will change. And to do that, everyone has to start with themselves, and I encourage everyone to do that. And that's what meditation is for.

The more radical you are with this 'taking care of yourself', the more you will be a help to others. But don't wait for that. Start with yourself. Eventually you'll get so good at it that you won't need anything from others, and then you'll start to overflow. And for that, everyone has to start with themselves, and I encourage everyone to do that.

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You don't need to change anything in your life, you continue to live as before, but you meditate every morning, every day. And that will change everything – through that half an hour. And maybe add a group meditation once a week and everything will change. Then you will become really valuable and really helpful for other people and for yourself. But what you said: "Isn't that selfish?", that's what you'll hear from other people. You have to deal with that, with that wrongness.

That's what meditation is for. You don't need to change anything in your life, you continue to live as before, but you meditate every morning, every day. And that will change everything – through that half an hour.

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But that's the only way, and most people only start down this path when everything else they've tried hasn't worked. But life is patient.

So, I am happy you are finally starting to be terribly selfish. Please keep it up. It's a good way.

"Isn't that selfish?" is what you'll hear from other people. You have to come to terms with this, with this wrongness. Most people only start doing it when everything else isn't working. But life is patient. So, I am happy you are starting to be selfish. Please keep going. It's a good way.

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May I? Yes?

I always try to check with Simone and see if she has a question from the chats for me, or if I am allowed to continue reading here. So, I have another email here that I'll read out.

Longing for God and resistance to it

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"In general, I notice an inner conflict. On the one hand, there is a huge longing to become one with God again, and on the other, a huge resistance, which I consciously realized this year: I don't want to meditate.

This year and last year, a very painful issue also manifested itself externally, whereby the situation brought up many very old feelings. Perhaps you would like to say something about this resistance and about this inner conflict with meditation and surrendering completely to God again."

Oh, thank you. What a lovely question. It's exactly as you say.

It comes both at the same time, and it's always like that. When you start meditating, when you start putting God first, as Jesus put it, then the resistance comes. It's just like that. That's also why it's so helpful not to walk this path alone. I mean, the path inwards, the path to God, this journey of discovery to your soul, everyone walks this path alone. But then to have other people in life who are walking the same path is so infinitely helpful; to have a Guru or a Master or maybe a funny guy like me who makes videos about it and who keeps reminding you and encouraging you to do it.

That's why it's so helpful – because you yourself... It's like losing your compass. You know exactly where you want to go, but at the same time there's this other energy inside you that's constantly trying to get you off track and it sounds so convincing, this voice of resistance. And then you hear me speaking again, or someone else, and then you feel the other side in you again, this longing for God. And then you know what you want. There is no question about it. But without this reminder again and again, it's almost as if we could forget it again because we have this inner resistance.

It's exactly as you say. It comes both at the same time, and it's always like that. When you start meditating, when you start putting God first, as Jesus put it, then the resistance comes. It's just like that.

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Basically, it's like that, you know, and what you are describing is the subject of countless famous literary works and stage plays. In the Bible there are all kinds of stories about exactly that: these two souls that live in one's chest; this one that pulls in one direction, and the one that pulls in the other direction. You know, it's like this... This human body, this human apparatus, is built to receive impulses from the outside, process them and then react accordingly.

That's the way this mechanism works on a physical level. And all our senses and our brain are designed to only ever look outwards. And our brain is a wondrous apparatus that takes all these countless impressions that stream in on us every millisecond, evaluates what is important, what is not, and then decides what is really important now. And all this has to do with the outside world.

And if you now start to ignore all that and instead go in search of your soul, in search of God, something that this body and your senses know nothing about and can know nothing about, then there is rebellion. It is as if your whole being is saying: what are you doing? This is the wrong direction. What are you doing here? But you know exactly: that's the way.

If you start to ignore all this and instead go in search of your soul, of God, of something your senses can know nothing about, then there is rebellion. It's like your whole being is saying, "what are you doing? That's the wrong direction." But you know exactly: that's the way.

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And that's why it takes so long, you know. Basically, it's quite simple. Meditating is basically easy.

Feeling God is easy.

Being carried into Heaven is easy, but we are constantly being carried out again. Something in us keeps slamming the door shut all the time. And that is the secret of Samarpan Meditation. You sit down every morning, and in that half an hour in the morning, you practice ignoring everything that tugs and pulls at you all day and all the time. And for that half hour, you try to direct your attention in this direction, where you will find your soul, here, through the crown chakra.

And then the resistance comes. But this half an hour is a training ground for you, like a playground. There you can practice this, and there you can ignore these thoughts and these forces that want to pull you in the other direction again and again, let go again and again, let go again and again, and take your attention back to yourself again and again to go to the crown chakra with it, again and again, sometimes ten times a minute.

Being carried into Heaven is easy, but we are constantly being carried out again. Something inside us keeps slamming the door shut. That is the secret of Samarpan Meditation. You sit down every morning, and for that half hour in the morning, you practice ignoring all that tugs and pulls at you all the time.

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And then, very gradually, very, very gradually, that which is guiding you in this new direction will become stronger within you.

And then it becomes easier. But it's a matter of time.

And that's why, exactly because of what you are describing, it's so important to meditate every day.

These forces that pull you outwards, the ones that want to prevent you from meditating, they are so strong, simply because we have done nothing else all our lives and many lives before that. It's like an old, very ingrained habit. And if you don't meditate every day, then you don't stand a chance.

But if you do it every day, over and over again, stubbornly and determinedly, no matter what the meditation is like... It doesn't matter at all. It doesn't matter at all. Sit down, no matter what you think, no matter how you feel, and then, eventually, you get to a point, maybe after a few weeks, maybe after a few months, when you realize: "Ah... Something has become more normal, lighter."

And that's why it's so important to meditate every day. These forces that want to pull you outwards and prevent you from meditating are so strong because we've done nothing else all our lives. But if you do it every day, stubbornly, determinedly, you get to a point where you realize: something has become more normal, easier.

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And what you just described in your email, that conflict, that's the only thing this life is about. It's not that you have a problem and are doing something wrong. You have come across what human existence is all about: enduring this conflict and still going inwards; still looking in the direction of God.

That is the task. That's what it's about, nothing else. And if you keep at it, then it gets easier and easier, easier and easier. The beginning is challenging, and that's why I am here to encourage you and remind you again and again. But that's the way. Thank you for your beautiful email. I thank you.

You've come up against what human existence is all about: enduring this conflict and still going inward; still looking towards God. That is the task. The beginning is challenging, and that's why I am here to encourage you and keep reminding you. But that is the way.

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[Simone:] Now I have two questions again, Mikael.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Oh, how nice.

[Simone:] That means I'll take over from you in the reading.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, with pleasure.

When your shadows become visible

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[Simone:] The first question is again from Sandra.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, Sandra.

[Simone:] She asks or writes: "More and more shadow parts like anger, hate and defense are showing up. I would never have thought that I had such energies in me that I saw in others, but not in myself. Would you like to say something about this?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Wow. Thank you, Sandra. Yes, that's how it is. You start to meditate, and the first thing that happens when you start to meditate is that you start to get to know yourself. And that's what it's all about. It's exactly as you say. For the first time, you discover what's waiting there. And it's exactly as you say: then you discover that you yourself carry within you all the things that you see in others and normally condemn.

The first thing that happens when you start to meditate is that you start to get to know yourself. And that is quite something. For the first time, you discover what's waiting for you. Then you discover that you yourself carry within you all the things that you see in others and normally condemn.

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It's exactly as you say. That's the first side effect of meditation.

And then: coming to peace with it – with that anger, with that rage, with those judgments, with all that you find there; feeling those feelings and just letting them be there and loving yourself anyway, and meditating anyway.

To let yourself be as you are and to meditate anyway, and not to judge yourself, but simply to let yourself be as you are – with the anger. That is the first challenge.

This is the side effect of meditation. And then: to come to peace with it – with this anger, with this rage, with these judgments, with everything you find there. Letting yourself be as you are and meditating anyway, and not judging yourself, but simply letting yourself be as you are – with the anger. That's the first challenge.

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And then, at some point, you get practiced at it, and then it's like this: at some point you see something in another person, something really negative, and then you already know: "Ah, if I see that, I probably have that myself too." You can't imagine it at all. But then, a few days later, you discover it in yourself too; in the next meditation.

And that's good. Because then you discover: "I am no better than the others." You discover: there are no bad people. There are only people, who have learned by some grace to come to peace with it. And when you have come to peace with all these parts that you are discovering, then they are no longer a problem. Then these energies are no longer a problem.

At some point, you see something negative in other people, and then you know: "if I see that, then I have that too." And a few days later you discover it in yourself too; in the next meditation. And that's good. Because then you discover: "I am no better than the others." You discover: there are no bad people.

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Then they can just be there, but you know them, and you are the Master of the house. But as long as we don't know these energies and don't want to see them, they rule us – from the darkness, so to speak. And what is happening with you right now, that these things are coming to light for you through meditation, that is such a blessing, such a good sign. That is the path.

Once you have come to peace with these parts that you discover, they are no longer a problem. Then they can just be there, but you know them and you are the Master of the house. But as long as we don't know these energies and don't want to see them, they rule us – out of the darkness.

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Swamiji often talks about the fact that this is exactly what happens: first of all, we get to know ourselves. That is a good sign. It means that you are doing something really right. And it's interesting that you are asking that because I just had an experience with that today, exactly the same thing. Today at breakfast, one of the daughters told me something from school about how the boys there deal with weaker classmates, and I realized how that really got me emotionally worked up.

Then, later, when I was alone and became very quiet, I felt these energies and these feelings inside me, the energies and these feelings of these mean boys at school, which I also have because I am a human being. Then I thought: "Look at that. There's nothing out there that I don't have."

And that's really the case. Nobody out there does anything that you couldn't do. No one out there has energies in them that you don't have. I'll never forget it... There was once this wonderful Indian mystic Bhagwan, later called Osho, who was revered by his disciples, and of course they thought he was really great and infinitely holy and enlightened, and he was a wonderful person. But he knew himself. He had known himself for decades. He was already meditating and enlightened when he was still a child. He knew himself. And you know what he said about himself? "I am Saint, and I am Hitler."

He knew all the parts of himself, and you get to know them, you make peace with them, and then you become whole. 'Holy' means 'whole'. Then we know all these parts. They are all allowed to be there, and then we become holy. That is a total paradox. So, invite these things in. Rejoice in them. Thank you.

He said about himself: "I am Saint, and I am Hitler." He knew all the parts of himself, and you get to know them, you make peace with them, and then you become whole. 'Holy' means 'whole'. We then know all these parts. They can all be there, and then we become holy. So, invite these things in. Rejoice in them.

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[Simone:] I'd like to read briefly from J-J: "Thank you, very helpful." And then I have another question from Maria.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, Maria, please.

Peace means: being at peace with being wrong

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[Simone:] "I have another difficult question. I meditate every day, and that makes me happy. A long time ago, I filed for divorce and twice my husband didn't allow it. And so I left him, and he stayed in my parents' house. I left him everything. Now he's asking me for money to renovate the house. I don't have the money, and why should I give it to him? I take care of myself. How do I come to peace with this situation?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you.

Thank you for your question.

It's like this... You don't need permission from anyone to be the way you are – except from yourself. And that's the hard part.

Your husband or ex-husband is not the problem. He can demand whatever he wants from you. That's not what's making your life difficult. But there are feelings inside you that say: "I can't do that. I am obliged to do this. I should do this." That's the hard part. You say you are taking care of yourself, and that's good. And I encourage you to do that. And that's hard, but it's only hard because then we feel like: "I am totally wrong. I am impossible."

You don't need permission from anyone to be the way you are – except from yourself. And that's the hard part. Your ex-husband is not the problem. He can demand whatever he wants from you. But there are feelings inside you that say: "I can't do this. I am obliged to do this. I should do this." That's the hard part.

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And to come to peace with being so wrong... Of course you are not wrong at all, you are beautiful, but that doesn't help you. It makes you feel that way.

This is the central issue of every human being: "Am I willing to be wrong?" When I am willing to be wrong, then, and only then, can I take care of myself. Then you can say to the man: "Are you crazy? What do you want from me?" Then you laugh about it. But until you are willing to be wrong, it's a huge challenge for you; almost insurmountable.

This is the central issue for every human being: "Am I willing to be wrong?" Then, and only then, can I take care of myself. Then you can say to the man: "Are you crazy?" Then you laugh about it. But until you are willing to be wrong, it's a huge challenge for you; almost insurmountable.

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My spiritual Master Soham said something to me many years ago. He said: "when you are willing to be wrong, then you are free."

And that is the truth.

We always think that it's the others that are making it so hard for us, but in reality, it's our own judgments, our own opinions about ourselves. The constraints we impose on ourselves, they cripple us, they turn our lives into a prison. And you open the door of the prison, when you are willing to be wrong – in your own eyes, and in the eyes of everyone else.

We think it's the others that make it so hard for us, but it is our own judgments, our own opinions about ourselves, that make our lives a prison. And you open the prison door when you are willing to be wrong – in your own eyes, and in the eyes of everyone else.

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And you can't do it without that. If you are not prepared to do this, you will remain in prison, but it is possible. It's even easier than you think. You just have to try it once. Be willing to be wrong. Make friends with these feelings, with this fear.

It's almost like the fear of being destroyed, if you do the outrageous and just stand up for yourself.

Meditate. If you do the Samarpan Meditation, that will bring you closer to yourself. And that's the way to come to peace with yourself. The previous question was exactly about that. The woman who asked said: "Since I've been meditating, I've discovered these feelings in myself that I didn't even know were there".

And come to peace with it... When you meditate, then you will get to know yourself, all your fears, all your insecurities, and then you can begin to accept them, to bring them back home, to love them. And then, then it becomes easier and easier to be the way you really are. Then you still feel wrong, but it's no longer a problem. Just today I felt totally wrong again, just three hours ago, but by now it's such an old friend, this feeling wrong, that it doesn't scare me anymore.

When you meditate, you get to know yourself, all your fears, all your insecurities, and then you can start to accept them, to bring them back home, to love them. Then it becomes easier and easier to be the way you really are. Then you still feel wrong, but it's not a problem anymore.

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And it's like this, you know... Life helps you through these situations that you experience and literally forces you to do it. You would absolutely love to get around this challenge, but life makes it impossible for you. You have done everything possible in your life to get around it. You've given away everything you had; the main thing was to have peace of mind. And I did the same thing in my life too, by the way.

But at some point you get to a point, like you are now, when you realize: "No, I can't do this anymore." And that's a good point. And now, for the first time, you have to make peace with being completely wrong. You are not wrong, but you feel that way, and that's why you have to make peace with it. And that's how it was for me. At some point I couldn't do that anymore, and then I had to start being wrong. And that was the first step towards freedom. Then, everything changes.

At some point, you realize: "No, I can't do this anymore." And that's a good point. And now, for the first time, you have to make peace with being completely wrong. You are not wrong, but you feel that way, and that's why you have to make peace with it. That's the first step towards freedom. Then, everything changes.

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You don't need to worry about the situation on the outside at all. The man can demand what he wants from you, that's his problem. You don't have to play along at all. But you do have to take care of your inner self: make friends with these feelings. And meditate. That will help you. It's an enormous help. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me. I am happy you are here.

[Simone:] Sandra wrote back: "Thank you very much, dear Mikael."

[Dhyan Mikael:] you are very welcome. I am happy you are here, Sandra.

You create the curse yourself

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[Simone:] Then I would like to read out a question from Tinka.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hello Tinka, good evening. Nice to have you here.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, can you tell me something about superstition / curses? Many years ago, I was once in Australia at Uluru and took several photos of the mountain, although there were signs in some places saying that you shouldn't take photos here. I had heard that it was bad luck if you didn't stick to it. A short time later, I had an accident, and more followed. Thank you and best regards, Tinka."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you. Thank you for your question.

The way the curse gets into you, the way demons get into you, is through thoughts.

There are not really demons, there is not really a curse. Superstition is mind energy – very strong mind energy. And when you think about it, when you wonder whether you have done something wrong or not, or when you are afraid that something bad will happen, then of course you are deep in thought, deep in the mind, and then this energy takes hold of you. That's the gateway for it.

It's not that there's some energy out there that's evil and wants to do you harm, but this superstition, these worries that thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people have made for thousands of years, this energy, it's carried on to all people who are prepared to listen to this nonsense, to take it in and then think about it themselves. The way to free yourself from this is very simple: be ready for anything. Stop thinking about it. Ignore your thoughts.

In Samarpan Meditation, we learn exactly that: we learn to ignore thoughts. And in Samarpan Meditation, you learn how difficult this is at the beginning because we have never trained this power to control our own attention and to take it away from thoughts.

Getting rid of this is simple: be ready for anything. Stop thinking about it. Ignore your thoughts. We learn this in Samarpan Meditation. There you learn how difficult it is at the beginning because we have never trained this power to control our attention and take it away from thoughts.

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And all problems in life come from the fact that we live in thoughts. And that's why the only, but the most important task is to learn to stop doing that. And in your case, it's even more important. I said earlier: the world is like a coal mine, and when you start to meditate, it's like putting on a white robe, and then you get dirty very quickly.

All problems in life come from the fact that we live in thoughts. And that's why the only, but the most important task is to learn to stop doing that.

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When you are thoughtless, you have to take really good care of yourself, because every thought that comes is all the more painful. The purer you become, the quieter you become, the more important it is not to think, because that simply becomes unbearable. And that's a good thing. That's a help.

When you are thoughtless, you have to take really good care of yourself, because every thought that comes is all the more painful. The purer you become, the quieter you become, the more important it is not to think, because that simply becomes unbearable. And that's a good thing. That's a help.

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You can learn this: to turn away from these thoughts that poison you, that pollute you and that are the cause of all your problems, even if you may not really know it.

You can learn this: to turn away from these thoughts that poison you, that pollute you and that are the cause of all your problems, even if you may not really know it.

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But with these superstitious things, with what is called a curse, that's where it becomes really obvious.

I read a nice story just a few days ago. I sometimes tell people that I like to read Swamiji's autobiography in the morning; not every morning, but every now and then. And in the evening, as the last thing before going to bed, I always read in this English-language Madhuchaitanya magazine that Swamiji publishes. A small issue is published every two months, totally cute, beautiful, very inspiring and ridiculously cheap, these are Indian prices.

I think you pay twelve euros or so for an annual subscription, including postage. It's really great, totally touching. And there are all sorts of interesting stories in every issue, including stories about saints. This one saint... A disciple came to him and wanted to know why he was so sick; why he was doing so badly in life. And the Guru said to him: "This is your fault. You are making yourself sick."

And the disciple said: "What, I am making myself sick? What do you mean?" And the Guru spoke to this disciple and brought him out of his thoughts and explained to him or made him feel that... He brought him out of his thoughts and told him: if you don't think, if you don't do that, then you are healthy. There is no sickness at all.

And then the person went home, who had been sick for decades, and the next morning he wakes up and is healthy. And then he runs back to the Guru and says: "What have you done? You cured me!" And he says, "I didn't do anything. You have been making yourself sick until now, and you stopped doing that yesterday, and now you are healthy. But tomorrow, you'll be sick again." And then the student thinks: "What? I'll be sick again tomorrow?"

And so he goes home, his head full of thoughts, and the next morning he wakes up and feels sick as a dog and is totally ill. Then he runs back to this Guru and says: "What have you done now? You've made me sick again." And the Guru says, "I didn't do anything at all. I didn't make you well the day before yesterday, nor did I make you sick yesterday. You made yourself sick, and then you stopped with it. And now you've started again."

The Guru did this to him to prove to him how things work in life. And if you think you are sick, and if you give it all your attention, then you'll get sicker and sicker. If you believe that there is a curse and something evil, and that there might be something to it after all, if so many people say so, then you are creating this curse for yourself. It comes from up here. It doesn't come from anywhere else.

So: learn not to pay any attention to your thoughts at all. That is vital. If you don't learn this, you will never have a happy, good life; never. It's really worth it. And not just because of this hair-raising story you've just experienced. That's true for all people, except that you've experienced it a little more extreme, and that's good for you because now you know how important it is not to pay attention to it.

Thank you for your question.

God takes you to Heaven, but you stay here

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[Simone:] I will now read a question from Martina.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hello Martina. How nice that you are here.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, I have been doing Samarpan Meditation for about eight months now and have been wondering for a few weeks where exactly my soul is when I say and feel that I am a holy and pure soul. You say it is above the crown in the crown chakra, but do you stay exclusively in the crown chakra during meditation, or do you go higher with your attention, like a ray that goes far up into the vast space? I am always drawn there. How is this for you? Martina."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you, Martina.

The soul... You ask, where is the soul? The soul has no specific place in the body. The soul is what you are in reality, inhabiting this body. It is not a physical organ. You cannot pin this soul energy down to a specific place in the body. And the soul is not in the crown chakra either. But when you go here with your attention, it is as if you are at the gateway to a plane, to a realm that is beyond this world, and there you get to know your soul, very gradually. But it is not a place.

You ask, where is the soul? You can't pin this soul energy to a specific place in the body, nor is it in the crown chakra. But when you go here with your attention, it is as if you are at the gateway to a realm that is beyond this world, and there you get to know your soul, very gradually.

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You ask how I do that; whether I stay here or whether I go higher with my attention.

It's like this: what I can do consciously is that I keep returning my attention to this very mundane, simple point that you can touch – completely unesoteric, completely unspiritual; this point here at the top of my head – that's where I go with my attention. I don't imagine anything. I don't ask myself whether the soul is there or not. I also don't ask myself where this could lead me to, although you sometimes have very interesting experiences at this point. But all I can do consciously is to go there with my attention and to stay there.

Every now and then you have experiences in meditation where you leave the body, where you simply forget the body. You no longer know where you are at all. But you also don't know that you don't know where you are, because you don't think about it at all. And later, when you have returned to your body and the meditation comes to an end, you realize: "Wow, where was I?"

But these are experiences that happen without me being able to influence them in any way with my consciousness. They just happen. There is nothing that thinks: "Ah, I want to go up there" or "Ah, I want to look at that now". This entity does not exist in this experience, in this rare experience. And I only mention this because you can experience something like this occasionally. It is not important, but it is interesting if you experience it.

And you don't need to worry at all about whether you experience something like that or not, but apart from these rare experiences that you have, that you can't influence at all and that you often can't remember later, I always keep my attention here. And if my curiosity pulls me further up or if I think, "Ah, that's where it goes further", then I ignore it. I don't find that helpful. Let me put it this way: I stay here.

Sometimes I am taken somewhere else, but I stay here. My job is to stay here. I don't follow a ray of light, although I know what you mean. I don't follow colors, I don't follow lights, I don't follow feelings. I stay here. That's all I need to do. You are safe there. There you are on safe ground – exactly at this crown chakra.

I would like to put it this way: I stay here. Sometimes I am carried somewhere else, but I stay here. I don't follow a ray of light, although I know what you mean. I don't follow colors, I don't follow feelings. I stay here. That's all I need to do. You are safe there. There you are on safe ground there – at that crown chakra.

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It's like you can't step into Heaven yourself. If you do, you are not in Heaven, you are in your imagination, you are in your mind, even if you don't realize it at all. But if you simply stay in this very mundane physical place and refuse to go away from there, neither down into your thoughts nor up into any beautiful imaginations, then you are on the safe side. Then God can take you and carry you where he wants you to go. But you stay here. That's how I do it.

It's as if you can't step into Heaven yourself. If you do, you are not in Heaven, you are in fantasy. But if you refuse to go away, neither down into thought nor up into beautiful imagination, you are on the safe side. Then God can take you where he wants you to go. But you stay here.

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The Original Sin

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[Simone:] The next question is from Hiranyakashipu.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Hi. I always have a hard time pronouncing your name, but I am happy you are here.

[Simone:] "Hi Mikael, can you say something about self-doubt as a result of painful experiences? What is your experience? Thank you."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Well, is it... Doubting oneself is, so to speak, the base of human existence. It's the Original Sin: "I am wrong", or "I could be wrong".

Doubting oneself is, so to speak, the base of human existence. It's the Original Sin: "I am wrong", or "I could be wrong".

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As soon as you give attention to thoughts, you will encounter self-doubt. This is simply a flavor of thought. There's the flavor of "I am great", there's the flavor of "I am wrong", and there's a few others, but these are all thoughts. It has nothing to do with you, but they are destroying your life.

As soon as you give attention to thoughts, you will encounter self-doubt. It's just a flavor of thought. There's the flavor of "I am great," there's "I am wrong," and there's a few others, but they're all thoughts. They have nothing to do with you, but they are destroying your life.

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If you are plagued by self-doubt, it actually always has to do with – and you address this in your question – that you have experienced something that you don't want to have, something that was hard for you.

Say 'yes' to that. Be okay with what you have experienced, and then your self-doubt will disappear. If what happened to you is okay, there is no reason to doubt yourself. That's the trick, to pull the teeth out of your mind. Be okay with your life; with what you are messing up.

If you can say 'yes', self-doubt has no food, no breeding ground. Just say 'yes'.

If you are plagued by self-doubt, it has to do with the fact that you have experienced something that you don't want to have. Say 'yes' to that. Be okay with what you have experienced, and then, your self-doubt will disappear. If what has happened to you is okay, there is no reason to doubt yourself.

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I still remember the time in my life when I learned to say 'yes'. And of course I mess up all sorts of things, of course I make mistakes and do things wrong. And I still remember, it was many years ago, when people sometimes came to me... I was in Soham's crew at the time and traveled with him and worked there and helped out. And sometimes, someone would come up to me and say: "What were you doing there? That's total crap.

That's... What did you do there?" And then I say: "you are right. That was really stupid. I really messed something up. But I am like that. It's happened to me before, and it'll probably happen to me again. But you are right. I am like that." And with that 'yes', there was just peace. And surprisingly, it was then also easier for the others to be at peace with me, even though I was or probably still am such an idiot.

This 'yes' will dissolve your self-doubt. And meditate. I told you: thoughts have many different flavors, and self-doubt is just one flavor. And you can now start taking care of all these things one by one.

Then you ask me today, "how do I deal with self-doubt", and tomorrow you ask me, "how do I deal with this and how do I deal with that", and you can always ask me something, and I always tell you the answer, which is always the same, but you could also just stop asking all these questions and do the one thing that puts an end to all these questions, namely to stop paying attention to the thoughts.

Then you have peace. I live without questions.

You ask me today, "how do I deal with self-doubt", and tomorrow you ask me, "how do I deal with this and with that". But you could also simply do the one thing that puts an end to all these questions, namely to stop paying attention to the thoughts. Then you have peace. I live without questions.

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At some point you have to tell me how to pronounce your name. If I ever meet you somewhere, you have to pronounce your name for me. Thank you for your question.

Does Samarpan Meditation help with trauma?

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[Simone:] Well, I am not sure how to pronounce the next name either. I'll say 'Jac' for now. "Dear Mikael, does Samarpan Meditation also help to resolve old traumas?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes.

Samarpan Meditation is even the best way to dissolve old traumas. It's just that often, people who are still fully caught up in trauma don't feel drawn to Samarpan Meditation. They first have to learn to deal with themselves in a different way. But if you have trauma inside you but feel drawn to this meditation, then I can only tell you that this is the best and quickest way to deal with it. You know, it's like this... You believe that you are this body and everything that has to do with it.

The feelings, the thoughts, the memories, the biography, the past: it's all you – you believe. And on this physical level... psychologists distinguish between body and mind, but that's not what I am talking about. All of this, body, mind, emotions, it's all the physical level of existence. And on this physical level, there is no solution to all these problems. You will learn to pacify your trauma, if you have one, but then you will find the next problem in this physical existence.

And then you deal with it, and then you are done with it, and then the next five or ten problems come. And so it goes on forever. But in Samarpan Meditation, what happens there is that you come to a completely different level. You get to know what you really are. You inhabit this body that has this hair-raising life – mine had a hair-raising life too, I know what you are talking about – but we are not this body. And when this life is over, with all its tragedies and all its happiness, you are still here. You can't remember this right now: you before this body.

You have forgotten it. But you will get back to the point where you remember. And that's what Samarpan Meditation does. It brings you into contact with your soul for the first time in your conscious adult life, very, very gradually. That takes time. It doesn't happen overnight. And the more you do this... At the moment, you are living one hundred percent in this body consciousness. That's where the trauma is located, and that's where everything else is located, desires, dreams, thoughts, past and future.

And when you meditate, you begin to strengthen your soul consciousness without consciously knowing how it works. You begin to experience more and more of who you really are, which is timeless and also bodiless. And the more you live there as a matter of course – it's a gradual, gradual process – the less important all these physical things become. You know, finding happiness in life, finding contentment, finding Heaven, doesn't mean that physical life fundamentally changes. It doesn't. It is the way it is. There will always be drama, there will always be pain.

There will be pleasant and unpleasant surprises. There are joys and there is pain. That is part of this physical existence, but the fact that it affects us so much and that we believe that this is my fate has to do with the fact that we are identified with it. And when this identification is released because we discover what we really are, then we continue to experience this life as it is, but we experience it completely differently.

At the moment, you are living in this body consciousness. That's where the trauma is. When you meditate, you start to strengthen your soul consciousness. You get an experience of what you really are, timeless and bodiless. And the more you live there, the less important these physical things become.

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And the more you become a soul, the easier it is to deal with all these realities of human life in a completely new way.

When you first start to encounter trauma and the feelings that go with it, you have the feeling: "If I feel this feeling, it will kill me." I can still remember well what that was like for me. You have the feeling: "it's going to destroy me". You are completely caught up in this physical existence. But when you meditate, when you do the Samarpan Meditation... after a few years, it's completely alien to you. You have the same feelings.

The feelings of this trauma, they never go away completely, they are always present for me, but very far away, very faint. They no longer have any meaning at all, because I am no longer a body. That's what Samarpan Meditation does. This is what Jesus meant when he said: "Put God first". Not your life, not your desires, not your everyday life, not all the worldly things, but put God first. Discover your soul." Just back then he didn't have these modern words that we use today.

Yes, and then, everything is pacified.

But as I said: trauma is so difficult because it almost imprisons you in this body consciousness, and that's why there are many people who are simply not ready to meditate yet. But if you feel like it, I can only encourage you to do it. It's a great help. And of course you can also seek other help. There are wonderful trauma therapists. There are such wonderful methods these days that help you with this, and after a few years you will have made peace with something that you now think is killing you. Take courage. Thank you.

Thank you, Jack or Chuck or whatever.

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So, I look at the clock and we have to stop. That's a shame, but that's just the way it is. I still have lots of questions to read out, and Simone probably does too. Thank you for being here. Thank you. This Satsang lives from you.

I don't have the date right now, but of course you can find it on my website... In about four weeks, there will be the next German Online Satsang, and in a few days, on February 8th, the next English one, and I look forward to seeing you again. I am very happy when you are here. I would also like to remind you now, at the end, that this Satsang is possible here because Devasetu and Jetzt-TV offer this forum here, and I am very happy about it. Devasetu is very happy about donations for Jetzt-TV, because it's all voluntary work and all on a donation basis.

And if you like what he's doing here and find it helpful, then make a contribution, if you like. And the same goes for everything I do, by the way. Everything I do here online and my videos and my Satsangs are all free. And I also don't want you to feel obliged in any way. It really doesn't cost anything. You can just pop in here and enjoy everything that's here, and it doesn't cost anything, and it will always stay that way. But all my time and all my energy and also money goes into the videos and the Satsang, into everything I do and into the correspondence.

And if you feel like it and enjoy supporting what I do, then I would be delighted. If you feel like it: on my website, on the donation page, you will find information on how it works. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me. I always do it this way: I usually answer the questions in a video or in a Satsang. Of course I also write back, but that can take a while. So, don't be surprised. If you write to me, it can really take a few weeks until I reply. I do my best. But I always reply, even if it's late.

And I prefer to give the answer, the real answer, in a forum where everyone can listen, because the answer is actually always the same, and then it's useful for everyone. If you want: write to me. And I am particularly happy about letters, handwritten letters, and then I answer them by hand too. I find that handwritten letters are so personal, you write in a completely different way, and I read much more from you than in an email. But either way, I am happy to hear from you. Thank you for being here.

I love you.