German Online Satsang of March 14, 2025

What actually happens in Satsang

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[Dhyan Mikael:] Good evening. Welcome to Satsang.

I am happy that you are here. I am happy that all of you are here.

As always at the beginning of Satsang, I would like to briefly explain what actually happens here in Satsang, in case you are attending such a strange event for the very first time. From a purely practical point of view, you can ask me a question here in Satsang if you want, either via the chat in YouTube or in the chat in Zoom. You can also talk to me in Zoom. And then, I will try to say a little bit about it.

But what actually happens here in Satsang is something you can't hear. It's not what is spoken, but it is something we all share, but what we usually like to forget: this connection to our inner self, this connection to our soul, to this part in us that knows very well that everything is good and right. And I can't explain to you how it happens, but when you are in Satsang and when you are close to someone who has this certainty, then it is transferred – how, I don't know. I just know that it is so.

I feel the same way when I sit in Satsang with my Master Soham. I feel the same way when I sit with my Guru Swamiji and listen to him or just be with him. And maybe you feel the same way when you sit here with me and with all of us. And that is what we actually do in Satsang. When you are here, you suddenly remember things that you normally completely forget out there in your daily life. Then you listen here and think, "Ah, yes, of course... that's what life is about! How could I forget that?"

And tomorrow, you might forget it again, but that's okay. The memory keeps coming back. But, as I said: in a purely practical way, I appreciate your questions or questions from other people. And if none of the online participants here has a question, then I also have some emails with questions that I can then read out and answer. Yes, and we will do that until half past nine, and I am very happy that we have this opportunity here. I thank Devasetu and Jetzt-TV very, very much for this wonderful forum.

Is it the ego that speaks the mantra?

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Yes, and Simone is here to read the questions from the chats. Simone, do you already have something to read?

[Simone:] Yes, dear Mikael, I do.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Ah, how nice. Thank you, Simone.

[Simone:] The first question is from Eva.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Good evening, Eva. Hello. I am happy you are here. Hello.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, when I say the mantra, 'I am a Pure soul, I am a Holy Soul', is that not ego because the 'I' is in it? Kind regards, Alchemea. And thank you."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you for your question.

It is actually a very simple matter. When I say this mantra, I am actually speaking to myself. I am not speaking to God and saying, "Hey, here I am. I am someone, and I am a holy soul," but rather it is a reminder to myself: I, who believes that I am a human being, a body, separate from others, alone and possibly lost, this 'I', speaks this mantra and reminds itself that I am not this 'I' at all, which I believe myself to be.

So, you are right: there is an 'I' involved, but don't worry about it. And at some point, when you no longer feel that you are this body, when you no longer feel that you are a human being, separate from everyone else, separate from God, then you still say the mantra, but then you know who you are and you know what you are not, and then, these grammatical subtleties no longer bother you at all. It just doesn't matter at all.

When I recite this mantra, I am actually speaking to myself: I, who believe that I am a person, a body, separate from others, alone and possibly lost, this 'I' speaks this mantra and reminds itself that I am not this 'I' at all which I believe myself to be.

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But it's just a very practical matter, you know... We use language, and there is just the 'I' and the 'you' and the 'he' and the 'she'.

And what you really are, this Sacred Soul, this Pure Soul, nothing but Soul, knows no language, it knows no words. But as long as we meet in bodies, we use these very practical tools. Thank you. Thank you for your question. It's nice to have you here, Eva.

Negative Energies and Situations

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[Simone:] And now I'll read the next question. It's from Nadine.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Good evening, Nadine. I am happy you are here. Hello.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, can you explain to me what Swamiji means when he talks about good and bad energies, deeds or actions? Isn't everything neutral if I don't pay attention to it? Thoughts create our own reality, don't they? Thank you. Nadine."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you, Nadine. I thought that such a question would come up at some point, because I also read and listen to Swamiji, and when I heard him say it, I knew that sooner or later, such a question would come up. And I am happy that you are asking it, because this gives me the opportunity to say a few sentences about it. Of course, I cannot speak for Swamiji. If you really want to know what he means, you have to ask him. But I can tell you how I understand it.

When I am dealing with myself, I do it best in a way that contains no thoughts and no judgments.

And in this respect, you are right: the people I meet are basically neither negative nor positive.

But in practice, it is like this: the state in which a person is at a particular time has a certain effect on me, and that is either helpful for me or not. There are people, when I am around them, I become quiet. I am transported to myself. I don't even know how this is possible. That is simply a positive effect on me and on my state. This is something that is beneficial to me, that serves me. This is not a moral judgment, but in practical terms, it is an advantage. And that's why it is good and beneficial for me and also very pleasant to be in the company of such people.

Then there are other people who are in a completely different state at a certain point in time, and when I get close to them, it takes me away from myself and distracts me from myself and brings me into my head and into my thoughts.

I would never say, "this person is a bad person," but in practical terms, it has effects on me that are not so beneficial for me and where I then realize: I don't seek the company of such people if I can help it. So, it's a very practical matter. It's like having food in front of you on a plate, and there are foods that are good for your health, and other foods are not good for your health at all, and then you naturally choose what is good for you. And that's how I understand him.

If I have a choice, if I can influence it, then I choose the circumstances, the company, the food that is good for me, for my body, for my spiritual state, for my well-being – quite normally, quite practically.

I went swimming today to do something good for my body, and afterwards, I went to the sauna for a short while because it relaxes me so wonderfully – a very small sauna, and it was very full. It's in a very small town where everyone knows everyone else, and all the people in the sauna knew each other, and they talked the whole time, only about problems, only about negative things.

And I lay there with closed eyes, resting in myself. I rested in my soul, and I really had to take good care of myself in this environment of people who know nothing but negative talk. They come in, and the first word out of their mouths is: "Have you heard the bad news about so-and-so?" And it's always like that. Whenever I am in this sauna, it's like that.

That's one of the few occasions, except when I go shopping, where I deal with normal people. And that's a negative environment for me. I have nothing against these people at all. You know, when I look at these people, I just love them. It's not their fault. They don't know any different.

I am just grateful that I can be the way I am. But when I go into the sauna, I know what's going to happen: I know I am going into a negative energetic environment, so I just take extra good care of myself. I just use earplugs, in the sauna, so that I hear as little of it as possible. That's how I take care of myself there.

So, it's a very practical matter.

And it's my job to take care of my body and my soul as best I can. And if I have no choice, then I accept it as it is – of course. But if I have a choice, then I take care of myself as best I can.

It's my job to take care of my body and my soul as best I can. And if I have no choice, then I accept it as it is – of course. But if I have a choice, then I take care of myself as best I can.

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Thank you, Nadine.

I am happy you are here.

Coming out of the ego of pain

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[Simone:] So I'll continue...

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, please, Simone.

[Simone:] The next question comes from Healing.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Good evening, Healing. Nice to have you back.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, what can I do to get out of the ego of this pain that keeps assailing me when I see the abuse of our nature in the outside world – all this plastic waste, these stone and clay deserts that are springing up everywhere in the city instead of blooming gardens. It is simply painful for me to perceive this, and yet I know that it is all on the outside."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you for your question.

Don't worry about anything you can't influence. It is the way it is.

Don't worry about anything you can't influence. It is the way it is.

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I'll even go one step further.

Don't look at anything you don't like. Don't listen to anything you don't like.

It's useless. Your pain won't change what's happening out there. It will change only you. It will harm you.

Instead of looking out there and being horrified by what's going on, you could be spending your time and energy and love doing something beautiful and creating something beautiful, if you want.

Don't look at anything you don't like. Don't listen to anything you don't like. Your pain doesn't change what's happening out there. It changes only you. Instead of looking and being horrified, you could take your energy and your love to do something beautiful and create something beautiful.

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It is very tempting to look at the world and see all the negativity and comment on it and suffer from it, but in a way, you are encouraging it.

But if you do what you can do and what you want to do, then it's a completely different story, and it doesn't matter what that is. You don't have to change the concrete jungles or prevent the environmental pollution – you can't do that anyway. But instead of looking at the negative, do something that gives you joy – and something beautiful comes out of it, and by doing that, you promote beauty in the world.

And above all, you bring joy into the world. You bring positive energy into the world by doing what you love. But if you do something you don't enjoy at all, such as looking at concrete jungles, then you bring negativity into the world, even though you don't want to.

Instead of looking at the negative, do something that gives you joy – and something beautiful comes out of it, and by doing that, you promote beauty in the world. And above all, you bring joy into the world. You bring positive energy into the world by doing what you love.

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Swamiji says: don't look at how far the darkness reaches out there in the world: the stupidity, the ignorance, the negativity, the darkness. Don't do that. You will get lost in it. But that's what everyone does, and we even believe that it is good or at least necessary – but this is not true.

Swamiji says: don't look at how far the darkness extends out there in the world: the stupidity, the ignorance, the negativity. You will get lost in it. But everyone does that, and we even believe that it is good or at least necessary – but that is not true.

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Don't worry about the pollution that others create.

You keep your apartment clean, separate your garbage, make your garden beautiful or your balcony, whatever you have – it doesn't matter at all what it is. Your world – make it beautiful. The inner world, just keep it clean by not looking at anything negative, anything dark... Use every moment of your time to take in something beautiful.

And also in a practical way on the outside: make yourself beautiful; take care of the beautiful things, the things you can do with joy. Sometimes, I go for a walk here, and of course the farmers in this area don't take the environment too seriously either, and then I often see scraps of plastic lying around in the fields. And sometimes, I just take a garbage bag and collect these plastic scraps and other things – for fun.

I don't go out there with a negative attitude, thinking "ah, those stupid farmers" – not at all. I don't like that. That's just shooting myself in the foot. I live in beautiful nature, and I like to help make it even more beautiful. And if that means picking up other people's trash, then I really enjoy it. And this joy... nature loves it, the world loves it: people who enjoy what they do.

I live in beautiful nature, and I like to help make it even more beautiful. And if that means picking up other people's trash, then I really enjoy it. And this joy... nature loves it, the world loves it: people who enjoy what they do.

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And this discipline, it's really important for your soul, for your happiness, for your health, for your inner health, but also for your physical health: that you don't look at anything negative, and that you do everything you do with a positive attitude and with joy. And then you can also do something about pollution, but you do it for the joy of it, out of pure love for nature and because you simply enjoy doing it. That's another story. So, discipline yourself – that's my advice to you – not to look at things like that and not to worry about them at all.

This discipline is important for your soul, for your happiness, for your inner, but also for your physical health: that you do not look at anything negative, and that you do everything you do with a positive attitude and with joy. And then you can also do something against environmental pollution, but you do it out of joy.

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In a way, the way you feel inside is what the world will become. That is the nucleus of tomorrow, of the future – how it looks like inside you today. And if you take care to make it beautiful within you today, when you meditate, when you come to peace with yourself, when you focus your attention and your time on taking in good and beneficial things and engaging with them, then, although you know nothing about it, this will improve the world.

The way you are inside is how the world will be. That is the nucleus of tomorrow – how you feel inside today. And if you take care to feel good inside today, when you meditate, when you come to peace with yourself, then, although you know nothing about it, this will improve the world.

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And if you get disgusted and upset about things and suffer because of them, then you make the world a worse place, even though you only mean well.

I know – what I am saying goes against everything that everyone else says. But that's just how it is.

If you get disgusted and upset about things and suffer because of them, then you make the world a worse place, even though you only mean well.

I know – what I am saying goes against everything that everyone else says. But that's just how it is.

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[Simone:] Mikael, may I read another response or...

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, please, of course.

[Simone:] ...an additional comment from Healing. "I don't look out. I am on my bike and I just can't close my eyes while cycling. I don't enjoy seeing it, and I take the garbage with me when I can."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes – but that's exactly what I mean. You are cycling around, and what you perceive and what you say is, of course, true. But don't pay attention to it.

You have to keep your eyes open when you are cycling, of course, so you don't end up in the ditch, that's for sure – but I am talking about this inner awareness. I don't mean where your eyes are looking, but how your eyes are looking.

Many years ago, 40 years ago, I was traveling in Asia. At that time, I was a sailor, and as a sailor, you get to know the world as it really is. You get to know countries from the port side and not from the tourist side. And I got to know countries there in Asia and terrible poverty. I saw things that normal people who travel to these countries never see.

I saw beauty everywhere – even back then. The people I saw were so beautiful. I saw so much warmth and love and humanity. I also saw terrible things and people who weren't beautiful, but that didn't affect me. It's as if you have a filter in front of your soul, and you decide: what can go in there, and what can't go in there?

And that's what I mean by "seeing or not seeing something." Of course you see everything. You go through the world and you see everything. Me too – I see everything. I see all the filth. I see everything they do.

But it doesn't go in me. I perceive it – "okay, that's how it is".

Full stop. And you really have to practice that. You really have to learn that.

This filter, this conscious decision: "Do I want to deal with this? Is it allowed to take up space in me or not?" – that's your decision. There are many areas in life where we can decide that. You can decide whether to turn on the TV or not. If you do, you'll get rubbish.

You can decide when you pick up your cell phone whether you scroll through social media and then read messages or posts or not. You can decide these things. And you can block and avoid seeing these things altogether from the outset. But in the world out there, you perceive everything as it is, of course. The question is whether you let it in.

What do you carry into the world?

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I would like to give you another example. I have a question that I would have read out now if there hadn't been a question from you online participants in Satsang. A woman writes something very similar. Maybe it's you too... I don't know. I don't have the name in mind. Someone writes to me that she just can't bear to see the suffering of animals out there – how much suffering is done to animals, all over the world – and that she just can't bear it, and that she despairs of it.

And there are many areas where people feel the same way: the environment, animals, children, other people, war.

And it's exactly the same.

You can go to an animal shelter where animals are taken in that are really miserable. And if you want, you can go there and take care of them with joy and love. You bring your joy there and take care of them and give them love – and they love that, the animals. Or you can sit here and be horrified by what is happening to the animals out there. That is your decision. It is your decision what you let into yourself, and it is your decision what you then do with it – what you carry out into the world.

I don't find out how animals are doing. If I see an animal somewhere that is doing badly, then I can do something – and then, that is a joy, and that achieves something; that is useful; that changes the world. But to perceive things that I can't change in a very practical, very direct way – that just makes me sick.

And you may not know this, but you are letting your own mind, your own perception, poison you. I recently read something very interesting about the world. This saint said: there is always the same amount of negative and positive energy in the world. This negative and positive energy is indestructible and always there, but it is as if it were asleep. And now the question is, which of these energies do you promote? What do I do? Do I promote negative energy or positive? Do I bring my joy into the world, or my horror, my pain, my fear?

This saint said: there is always the same amount of negative and positive energy in the world. It is indestructible and always there, but it is as if it were asleep. And now the question is, which of these energies do you promote: the negative or the positive? Do I bring my joy into the world – or my horror, my pain, my fear?

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That's why I don't look at such things at all. I don't want to know anything about it unless I can and want to change something about it and I do what I can. That's why I am here tonight, for example.

I have to ignore everything else.

Another saint said that the same world is a terrible place for one person and a Heaven for another person standing right next to it. And that's exactly how it is.

And that's why I am talking to you at such length. The way you look at the world, what your eyes focus on, what you let into yourself, that's what your world becomes.

Another saint said that the same world is a terrible place for one person and a Heaven for another person standing right next to it. And that's exactly how it is. And that's why I am talking to you at such length. The way you look at the world, what your eyes focus on, what you let into yourself, that's what your world becomes.

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And we have not learned how to deal with it. It is as if we are passive recipients of information. We let everything in that is offered to us. We let everything we see in, unfiltered. And that is why all people are in a terrible state. When you meditate, you start to do something completely different. When you meditate, you start to turn your senses away from the world and from the outside, and you do something unheard of, namely to look inward, into yourself, into the silence, towards God, towards peace.

It is as if we are passive recipients of information. We let everything in, unfiltered. That is why everyone is in a terrible state. When you meditate, you begin to turn your senses away from the world and do something unheard of: you look inward, into yourself, into the silence, toward God, toward peace.

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And when you do that, and when you do that every day over a longer period of time, then you will discover for the first time that there is also a completely different world, and that what you consider to be so normal and so important out there is actually completely irrelevant. But a normal person cannot imagine that at all.

This is how Jesus lived. He had people around him who said, "Look how bad it all is." Judas came to him and told him about the political situation and how terrible the Romans and the rulers are, and that something has to be done, and that he should really intervene and take action with his divine power.

His other disciple complained about how many poor people there are and that they should take care of them and not anoint the guru's feet with expensive oil, because they have to take care of the poor. And Jesus said in his own way what I am now trying to express, somewhat less elegantly and more helplessly. He was not touched by it at all. He did not spend a single second thinking about the state of the world out there, about the political situation or whether people are poor or not. He was only concerned about people's inner state.

And when you do that – when you take care of your inner state, when you don't let in any garbage, when you don't let in anything negative, and when you start looking inward, meditating and finding your peace within, then you make a quite amazing discovery, something you can't even imagine if you don't already have experience with it: you will find that the world becomes more beautiful.

Your world becomes more beautiful, but not by taking care of all the problems, but by taking care of your inner self and keeping it clean and making it bright and quiet and peaceful. And that is something that is then carried into the world, all by itself.

And when you do that – when you take care of your inner state, when you don't let garbage in, when you don't let anything negative in, then your world becomes more beautiful, but not by taking care of all the problems, but by taking care of your inner self and keeping it clean and bright, quiet and peaceful.

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The people around Jesus at the time, his disciples, who wanted to take care of the world with so much zeal and verve and who didn't understand Jesus, they didn't achieve anything. But Jesus, who only turned inward, he still distributes his energy in the world. We still talk about him. We still feel him. It's so powerful.

The people around Jesus, his disciples, who wanted to take care of the world with so much zeal and enthusiasm and didn't understand Jesus, achieved nothing. But Jesus, who only turned inward, still distributes his energy in the world. We are still talking about him. We still feel him. It is so powerful.

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But we are convinced that what we are seeing is important and that we have to deal with it. It is so deeply ingrained in us. And yet I say to you: don't do that. If you see an animal that is doing badly, then help it if you want. If you see dirt lying around somewhere and you want to pick it up, then do it – of course! But it is a pleasure when you can do something. For everything else, don't look at it.

I know it is very radical what I am saying here, but it will save you. Thank you.

Swamiji's new meditation practice

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[Simone:] Then I will go on reading.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, please.

[Simone:] Shantam has written.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Shantam, good evening. How nice!

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, I would be very happy if you would talk about the new meditation that Swamiji recommends. It is very effective for me, and once again my life is changing. The energies released through the meditation are very powerful. It seems that Swamiji's or the primal energies are always very present. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Love, Shantam."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you, Shantam.

I don't know if you receive my newsletter... Yesterday, I sent out my last newsletter, and I already wrote in detail about this new meditation practice of Swamiji, and also about my own experience. And it's really amazing. It's incredible. I feel exactly as you say: is an enormous change. I also thought about whether I would like to say a few words about it here in this Satsang, maybe even at the beginning, but I won't do that. I will do it in my next video because I have more space and more room there.

And I am always grateful when I can take the opportunity in the Online Satsang to answer many questions that would otherwise have to wait so long until I can answer them in a video. And I want to have more time and more space for this meditation exercise of Swamiji's, which he presented to us in the Mahashivratri discourse. So, in case other people besides you get curious about this, I will talk about it in my next video, which I will make next week.

And in my newsletter, I have also linked the video that Swamiji made about it, a very short info video (with English subtitles)... It's actually a very simple, easy exercise; totally simple. I've been doing it every morning since I've known it, before doing the normal Samarpan Meditation, and I also do it in the evening when I am in bed before falling asleep, and it has changed me and my life – again. I don't know what's happening to me. It's incredible. But, as I said, I would like to have a little more time for it than I have here in this Satsang.

But thank you for bringing up the topic, so at least I can announce it. And if you want to know what I wrote in my newsletter, if you don't already receive it: you can simply subscribe to it on my website, free of charge, of course, and then you will automatically receive the latest newsletter, yesterday's, and then you can read what I wrote about it. But, as I said, there will be more from me about this next week. Thank you, Shantam. I am so happy you are here.

Take care of yourself

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[Simone:] Before I read the next question, I would like to read some feedback from Nadine.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes, please.

[Simone:] "Thank you for your answer. Now I can feel that I can take care of myself without judging. Thank you. Nadine."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Yes... You know, what you just said really hits the nail on the head: take care of yourself. That feels wrong. We think we have to take care of all sorts of things – just not ourselves. But the opposite is the case. Take care of yourself as well as you can, with all your strength, with all your love. And from that... You cannot imagine it, but so much good will come out of it, it is unimaginable. Thank you, Nadine.

We think we have to take care of all kinds of things – just not ourselves. But the opposite is the case. Take care of yourself, as best you can, with all your strength, with all your love. And from that... You can't imagine it, but so much good will come from it, it's unimaginable.

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The hatred you feel is a good sign

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[Simone:] Then I read a question from Sandra.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Good evening, Sandra.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, when I meditate, hatred keeps coming up, and so much shame. I don't like myself anymore. What is happening to me right now, Mikael?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Oh, that's good news. Thank you, Sandra.

Yes, you know... We carry so many sides within us that we don't like and that we hide well – mainly from ourselves. But in meditation, you get close to yourself, and when you get close to yourself, you get to know yourself very gradually, and that includes all sides – even the ones you haven't been so keen on looking at. But that's a good sign: you are getting to know yourself better. Invite the hate. It's no problem. It's just a feeling, nothing more, just an energy. Don't worry about it.

We carry so many sides within us that we don't like and we hide well – mainly from ourselves. But in meditation, you get close to yourself, and then you get to know yourself, all sides – even those you haven't been so keen on looking at so far. But that's a good sign: you get closer to yourself.

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You don't have to judge the hate, or yourself for that matter – although of course you do; I understand.

It's funny, you know... If we don't judge ourselves, but if we can accept everything we are and how we are, just as it is, then, everything is fine. Then, nothing bad happens either.

But when we start judging and saying, "ah, but that shouldn't be," then we push it away into the darkness. It is still there, but we don't want anything to do with it – and then, it takes on a life of its own, and then, it becomes really difficult. But as soon as we feel it, everything is fine. Only the hatred that you don't know and don't feel and don't want is difficult. But the hatred that you can feel so clearly is no problem at all.

Sometimes, when I have a feeling that I think is not good and that I should not have in front of God, I do something with it. I will briefly tell you what I do then. I meditate, and then, I take this feeling to the crown chakra, as if I were saying to God: "Look, God, this is how I am – so dirty, so wrong. Look, this is how I am."

God has never had a problem with what I have brought to him; never – not once.

Sometimes, when I have a feeling that I don't think I should go before God with, I meditate and take that feeling up into the crown chakra, as if I were saying to God, "Look, God, this is what I'm like — this wrong." God has never had a problem with what I've brought to him; never — not once.

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Thank you for your question. I love you.

Those who irritate you are giving you a gift

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[Simone:] The next question is from Maria.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Good evening, Maria. Hello.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, how do I deal with people who trigger something in me that has to do with my mother? In my life, I repeatedly have to deal with so-called drama queens, who are very dominant and attention-seeking and who cause me anger and irritation."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Thank you.

These people are doing you a favor. I am not saying that you have to deliberately expose yourself to such people, but when it happens, make friends with these feelings. You say it yourself: they remind you of your mother – and these feelings you have are very old.

It's not that these feelings are terribly important, but what is important is that you are at peace with yourself. And when a feeling comes along that irritates you terribly – this feeling is a part of you that lives in you – then, it's important to make peace with it so that you are at peace. As I said, the feeling itself is completely unimportant, but your peace is important. And when you feel this irritation, this annoyance, then it is a gift, because it is an opportunity for you to welcome these feelings in a relatively harmless environment.

If you were with your mother, it would probably be much more difficult for you. But away from your parents' house, some other person pushes a very similar button, and then you have the same feeling, in a weakened form so to speak, and you can get used to it. You can get a taste of the feeling and gradually become comfortable with the idea that this feeling is allowed to be there and that you just feel it: "Okay, I am totally irritated. Okay..." And then, a miracle happens when you do that – really.

When a feeling comes along that irritates you terribly – this feeling is a part of you, it lives in you – then, it is important to make peace with it so that you can be at peace. The feeling itself is completely unimportant, but your peace is important.

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That's why I say it's good news. It's good when these things are triggered inside you. It's really good. Without these people knowing it, they are doing you a great favor.

And when you have made peace with these feelings – and it doesn't happen overnight, it takes a while... But at some point, you have made peace with it, and then they are still drama queens, but they don't really touch you anymore. But as I said, it takes a while.

So, take it as a gift. It is as if these feelings are part of a crowd of children that you are, and there are a few children that we have locked away so far.

And it is very, very healing for us when we let all these children come to us, all these guests, all these feelings. It really is a part of you.

So, take it as a gift. It is as if these feelings are part of a crowd of children that you are, and there are a few children that we have locked away so far. And it is very, very healing for us when we let all these children come to us, all these guests, all these feelings. It really is a part of you.

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So, don't worry, don't be afraid: invite the feelings. Nothing bad can happen. Thank you.

Responsibility for doing the right thing? (part 1)

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[Simone:] Then I have a question from Hiranyakashipu.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Good evening, Hiranyakashipu.

[Simone:] "Hi Mikael, what is your experience with responsibility? What can you recommend if one has never really learned responsibility and associates it with a fear of being overwhelmed?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Maybe you can give me an example of what you mean specifically. That could mean a lot. Just give me a very simple, short, specific example. That would help me a lot in saying something for you. And it doesn't have to be long – one sentence is enough; two sentences are enough. Simone, do we have anything else?

Okay, then I'll read an email question, and we'll see if Hiranyakashipu would like to write something about it.

Turning away from injustice and suffering?

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I have a question here... I said at the beginning, when we talked about these negative things in the world that affect some people so incredibly, such as pollution or what is happening to animals... And the one question that this woman, who is writing to me here about animal suffering, I have already answered. But she has a second question.

"When you experience injustice, agony and suffering, should you turn away from it and just accept it without a fight and say 'yes'?"

I would like to say something about this, because it is an area where it is very easy to misunderstand things.

If something happens in front of my eyes that I know is not right, that is not acceptable, then I will do something, that's obvious. You are standing in the store, you see someone stealing something and you know very well that the store owner, who you may even know personally, is the one who has to pay for it. Then you just grab the guy by the collar and hold him. You do it automatically – you don't think about it at all. And if you are afraid, if you can't do it, then you just don't do it – no problem.

But there are situations where there is no question at all. I have been in situations several times in my life where I've seen violence being done to a person, and then I... Although I am not a hero at all and I am not particularly strong either, I immediately intervened. But as I said, that's not a question at all. You don't think about it. If something is happening right now, in front of my eyes, then it is part of my life, and then I act – somehow. You don't think about it. You don't decide.

Something happens – and that's a good thing. And if you can't do anything because you are afraid or for whatever reason, that's okay too. But what we talked about earlier, or what I talked about, are the things you think about – things that don't happen now. You just see the effects of it: how the environment is suffering more and more, how animals are suffering.

And that's what poisons us so much: thinking about it; to keep looking at it even though we can't change it at all. But when something is happening right now, in front of my eyes – yes, of course I do something. Funnily enough, in all the cases where I did interfere, it didn't help.

Most of the time, it doesn't help. But I just had to do something to be at peace with myself. I wouldn't have forgiven myself if I hadn't done something. That's why I did it. You only ever do everything for yourself.

You only ever do everything for yourself.

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So, when you witness injustice, right in front of you, where you are, then you will experience whether you act or don't act. Both are fine. But, as I said, that's not what I was talking about. There is no thinking about it. The situation is quite clear: either you have the energy to act or to intervene – or you don't. And that's it.

All the other questions we ask ourselves are theoretical, and we drive ourselves crazy with them, because they are endless. You can destroy your life with them, because you can't influence these injustices and these negative things, which naturally happen all the time all over the world. And you destroy your consciousness – you destroy your chitta, as Swamiji calls it – with them.

But there are only very, very rare moments when we can experience something like this directly ourselves and do something about it.

In the vast majority of cases, it is something else. We think about it, we worry about it, we worry about it, we read about it, we watch videos or TV or a movie about it, or we cycle around and see all kinds of things and can't do anything, and that destroys your life. So, you just have to distinguish. But, as I said, one thing is actually not a question at all.

Thank you.

Simone, may I continue, or do you have an answer?

[Simone:] Not yet, no.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Okay. [Simone:] You can continue.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Great.

Dealing with stress

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Here is a question from a letter I received. "You talked about dealing with stress in the New Year's video. I often feel stressed and like I never have enough time for all the things I need to do. I have been familiar with this topic all my life. Would you please tell me more about it? Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

Yes, thank you for the question. In a way, it is quite similar to what I just talked about.

When I deal with what needs to be done right now, I have no stress. Then I take care of what needs to be done right now.

But we have a lot of things in our heads that still need to be done, things that we still want to do, that we plan to do, that we think about. And that's endless. The list of these things is endless. And when I pay attention to that, I stress myself out.

But when I just ask myself, "Okay, now, in this moment, what's up? What do I do now?" – there is no stress. I can do one thing now. Which one should I do? Where do I start? Then, I'll do that. And when that's done, I ask myself again: "Okay, and what do I do now?"

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If you live like that, you have no stress.

What causes stress are the thoughts about everything I still wanted to do, what I should do, what others expect of me.

And these thoughts are endless, too.

I can't do that. I also have a long list of things that still need to be done for the videos, for the technical stuff. There is so much to do. Of course I have such a list somewhere so that I don't forget anything. If I get bored, I can look at the list and find something to do. But I don't carry that around in my head. I don't think about it. I don't think, "Ah, I didn't manage this or that." I do as much as I can, and don't think about what I haven't managed to do, because that would only slow me down.

It would paralyze me. It would stress me out – just like you. That's only natural. Stress is a mental process that happens up here, in the head. And if you are not in your head, you are not stressed. So, my advice to you: do one thing at a time. Ask yourself, "Okay, what's important now? What do I want to do right now? What's the thing that's going to be the most relieving for me right now? What do I really need to take care of right now?" And then you do that, and then, it's done.

Stress is a mental process that happens up here, in the head. If you're not in your head, you're not stressed.

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And then, the next thing comes. And then you rest, and then the next thing comes. But don't think about it.

And it's quite interesting, you know... If you stop thinking about things, if you just let them go and just do what you can do right now, you save so much energy that you get more done – a lot more. It's quite amazing.

Thanks for your question.

Responsibility for doing the right thing? (part 2)

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[Simone:] Now I have an answer from Hiranyakashipu.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Ah, how nice. Thank you.

[Simone:] "I can only think of the example of addiction right now. There is responsibility to do what is necessary in order to heal, instead of running away from the problem. Responsibility in the sense of doing what is beneficial to life, instead of running away from it, even if it is painful."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Ah, okay. Thank you, Hiranyakashipu. Now I understand better what you mean.

Responsibility is something else. What you describe is a mental concept. You see a situation and you think you know what would be best. And you believe that responsibility would be to do that, instead of shirking it.

Responsibility is something else. Responsibility is the ability to respond to a situation, to react to it – how you do that is something else. Staying on topic: addiction... I have often talked about my coffee addiction in my videos. At the moment, it is not there. I don't know if it will ever come back – we'll see.

But when I drank coffee, I knew while I was drinking it that I was doing myself some harm. Maybe coffee is not a big problem for you. For my body, coffee is a very, very big problem. My liver doesn't break down caffeine, so after drinking one or two coffees, I can't sleep for two or three nights, and that has a drastic effect on my energy and my health. But even though I know this, I love coffee.

And when I was still drinking coffee, I knew fully well that it couldn't be good, but I couldn't say 'no'. Responsibility in that moment means to me: okay, I'll drink the coffee, I'll enjoy it as much as I can. Then the effects come, insomnia, exhaustion – then I enjoy that, as well as I can. I accept it as it is: that is responsibility. I respond to the moment. I accept everything that is in that moment.

That is responsibility. I say to the moment "yes, here I am". This has nothing to do with right and wrong. The right thing is to do the thing I can do and to live with it, to say 'yes' – and not to say: "yes, but if I were really cool now, then I would be strong enough and then I would say 'no' and then I wouldn't drink coffee and then everything would be better." But that's all nonsense, because I am not like that.

So, if you... Basically, it's like this: responsibility means accepting yourself as you are. That is a responsible way to treat yourself. And if you do that, only good things will come of it – if you accept yourself as you are, with your addiction; if you love yourself, even though you have an addiction, even though you are weak and can't fight it or know what the hell you think you should do.

And you are acting irresponsibly if you don't accept yourself as you are but try to be different. This works quite well for a very, very, very short time, and then no longer. But when you accept yourself as you are, when you accept a situation as it is, then only good things come from it, because you are consciously there, and then, something happens to you.

Responsibility means accepting yourself as you are. That is a responsible way of dealing with yourself. And if you do that, only good things will come of it. You act irresponsibly when you do not accept yourself as you are but instead try to be different.

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You become different because you experience something as it is. And this change that happens by itself, from deep down - not from up there, not from this "I should but"; that has no power, it just paralyzes you, and you know that from your life. That's responsibility.

When you accept yourself as you are, when you accept a situation as it is, then only good things come from it, because you are consciously there, and then, something happens to you. You become different because you experience something as it is. That is responsibility.

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So, it has nothing to do with taking responsibility for something in the sense of, "I'm now acting the way I know I should act". That's nonsense.

There is another meaning of "taking responsibility", and that is to say, "Yes, I did that. Yes, that's me. Yes, it's my fault." And I do that happily and often. It's very liberating. When someone says, "Who screwed this up?" and I can say, "It was me, I am not proud of it, but it was me, I couldn't do better" – that's liberating.

Again, I accept myself for who I am. I don't need to be proud of it, but I accept myself. And if I can accept myself with the crap I do, then I can also admit it to other people and take responsibility for it. But that's something else. I don't think that's what you meant.

Don't try to be different than how you are. Meditate. When you meditate, it gives you more awareness, and then you can accept yourself as you are better. And from that, goodness arises by itself – only from that. But I think you already know this. Thank you, Hiranyakashipu. I am happy you are here.

Don't try to be different than how you are. Meditate. When you meditate, it gives you more awareness, and then you can accept yourself as you are better. And from that, goodness arises by itself – only from that.

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Thoughts – the source of stress

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[Simone:] So, I read out the next question. It comes from Satoshi.

[Dhyan Mikael:] Satoshi, hello. Good evening.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, is emotional stress, feeling overtaxed, grief, fear of loss and so on ultimately also mental stress in that I keep thinking about it and thus poison myself? Can this stress be in me without me consciously perceiving it? Jai Baba Swami."

[Dhyan Mikael:] Please read that back again.

[Simone:] "Dear Mikael, is emotional stress, feeling overtaxed, grief, fear of loss and so on ultimately also mental stress, in that I keep thinking about it and thus poisoning myself? Can this stress be in me without me consciously perceiving it?"

[Dhyan Mikael:] Jai Baba Swami. Thank you. Thank you, Satoshi.

What you are calling emotional stress here are actually thoughts, and they then evoke feelings, and you then have to deal with them. Let me give you an example. When you say you have fears of loss... There is someone or something that you don't want to lose, and then you imagine what it would be like if it happened, and then, of course, you are afraid. Here, too, there is a difference between dealing with what is happening right now, or dealing with what is happening in the mind.

90 percent of our emotions are generated by the mind, and that destroys us. It poisons us. It makes us sick – thoroughly sick. And then there are feelings that are triggered by something that really happens, for example, a dear person leaves you, or that he says: if this continues, then he leaves. Then there is fear. And with this fear, you can deal with. You can feel it: "Okay, come, fear."

Here, too, there is a difference between dealing with what is happening right now, or dealing with what is happening in the mind. 90 percent of our emotions are generated by the mind, and that destroys us. It poisons us. It makes us sick – thoroughly sick.

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And also say 'yes' to the situation: "Okay. Yes, good. If you leave – okay. Yes. And if I die because of it – okay, I am ready." Then, there is no stress. Stress comes from two things: imagining something, but not being able to deal with it – it's just up there... That's the stress caused by thoughts, and that, as I said, is 90 percent of the stress we have. It's generated up here, and you can easily fix it: don't think; don't pay attention to your thoughts, no matter what they tell you.

And when there are situations that are difficult for you, that trigger difficult feelings for you, the stress arises from not wanting that; from saying, "No, that's not supposed to happen. I don't want that. That must not happen under any circumstances." In reality – and that's the last part of your question, whether that's so deep within us something mental, if I remember correctly – that too is a mental rejection.

Basically, it's hidden thoughts, thoughts that say, "No, I want it different." And that too simply creates stress. Because it is as it is – and the head says, "No, I don't want to," and then you can't do anything, and then you have stress. But when you accept the situation, the circumstances, as they are, then there is no stress. Then there may be pain – but you can feel that. Then maybe there is fear – you can feel that.

Stress arises when I imagine something that I cannot handle. This is stress caused by thoughts. And when there are situations that are difficult for you, stress arises because we don't want them to happen. These are hidden thoughts that say, "No, I want it to be different." And that also simply causes stress.

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As soon as you say 'yes' to yourself, to the situation, to the feelings, the stress disappears. Immediately. Maybe you have an illness: "Okay, yes, I say 'yes', no matter what it means" – then, the stress is gone.

As soon as you say 'yes' to yourself, to the situation, to the feelings, the stress disappears. Immediately.

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Thank you, Satoshi. I am very happy you are here.

Then I'll read on here.

Does meditation work when there are only thoughts?

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Here is a short question from a YouTube comment. "I have been doing the meditation for 20 days now and I will continue. Does it also work when there is nothing but thinking for 30 minutes?"

Thank you for this question.

Oh yes, it works even when there is nothing but thinking for 30 minutes. It's beautiful how you expressed that: "there is thinking" – because the thoughts have nothing to do with you. And I am happy about the question, because, you know, it's like this: Samarpan Meditation is not about not thinking for 30 minutes. As you just realize, it's not in your power whether there are thoughts or not. You can't influence that. Either they are there, or they are not there.

It's beautiful how you expressed that: "there is thinking" – because the thoughts have nothing to do with you.

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But what you can influence is whether you pay attention to the thoughts or not. You can influence that, sometimes in between. And then there are thoughts... In my head, now for example, there are all kinds of thoughts, but I don't know about them because I don't pay any attention to them at all. Only now and then, very briefly, do I perceive one, but I neither know if there are many thoughts nor do I know what they are about, because my attention is not going in that direction at all.

As you just realize, it's not in your power whether there are thoughts or not. You can't influence that. Either they are there, or they are not there. But what you can influence is whether you pay attention to the thoughts or not. You can influence that, sometimes in between.

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I couldn't care less about them, so to speak. And that's what it is about. That's what we practice in Samarpan Meditation. Yes, thoughts are there, but I don't pay attention to them. I take the attention and put it where I want it – this act of determining where my attention rests is what we practice in Samarpan Meditation. This muscle, this strength, is trained there.

Yes, thoughts are there, but I don't pay attention to them. I take the attention and put it where I want it – this act of determining where my attention rests is what we practice in Samarpan Meditation. This muscle, this strength, is trained there.

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And then, of course, you realize that you are still back to your thoughts with your attention. But that's not a problem at all. Then you take it and bring your attention back to where you want it: at the crown chakra, in the silence, with your soul. The thoughts are still there, but no one is interested in them anymore.

And then, of course, you realize that you are still back to your thoughts with your attention. But that's not a problem at all. Then you take it and bring your attention back to where you want it: at the crown chakra, in the silence, with your soul. The thoughts are still there, but no one is interested in them anymore.

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Not being interested in your thoughts anymore, no matter what they say – that's what we learn.

Not being interested in your thoughts anymore, no matter what they say – that's what we learn.

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And it doesn't matter at all how good or how bad your meditation is. There is no such thing as good or bad meditation. These are just judgments in our head. The only important thing is that you sit down, every day for 30 minutes, come what may, and practice bringing your attention where you want it, namely here.

You don't need to do more than that. So, the answer is: yes, it works, and it works really well. Thank you.

Simone, shall I continue? Yes.

You don't need to understand the situation

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So, here I have a letter which I received via email. There are a few more sentences, but I would like to read it briefly and say something about it.

"Sometimes, I lack the strength and understanding for my partner. The last communication between us was so bad that I had to call the police and see my social worker. You wrote that I can leave if I feel threatened. On the other hand, I feel sympathy for him. But I know that I can't help him.

He is in a very bad psychological state and has lost a lot of weight. He does not accept any help, and I feel a strength within me and a sense of trust, but I don't know where it is going. He is currently on his way home to find help there. It is sad: he is seeking the help there that he does not accept here at home with me.

Sometimes my fear includes thinking about the future: what if he comes back? Deep down I wish he would stay in his home country. Without Swamiji, without Soham and without you, I would not have been able to cope with all this so far. Seven years ago, we had the same situation. At that time, I fled into the night.

Now I stay because I feel that I have to stay. I can't really describe what's going on inside me. But the people who know me say I look good, relaxed, my skin has improved. It's incredible. I do Samarpan Meditation every day, and it's my refueling station. Do you have any words for me so that I can understand all that is happening here?"

Thank you for your letter, thank you for your email.

Yes, you are growing; you are getting bigger.

What I want to tell you is that you can trust your feelings. Seven years ago, your feelings sent you out into the night. You knew: this is exactly the right thing to do. Now, seven years later and with the Samarpan Meditation, you have changed and you are capable of different things. You can listen to how you feel. And when he comes back, then you can also listen to how you feel then.

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You don't have to look into the future. Just take care of now. And that means: meditate, take care of yourself as best you can, and think about it as little as you can. Then you will become strong.

You don't have to look into the future. Just take care of now.

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Then you are capable of anything – anything that is necessary.

Meditate, take care of yourself as best you can, and think about it as little as you can. Then you will become strong. Then you are capable of anything – anything that is necessary.

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And you ask if there is something I can tell you to help you understand what is going on. I would like to draw your attention in the opposite direction. Don't try to understand what is going on. You can't, and it's not necessary at all. You don't need to understand your partner.

He doesn't understand himself. You don't have to understand yourself either. I don't understand myself.

Be here in the moment as best you can. Be still within. That's what you can do. The only thing you have to understand is: "What is my task – now?" And you know what it is: take care of yourself – and that means: meditate. That is the most important thing: to take care of your inner strength, your inner state.

You ask if I can tell you something that will help you understand what is going on. I would like to redirect your attention in the opposite direction. Don't try to understand what is going on. You can't, and you don't have to. Be here in the moment as best you can. Be still within. That is what you can do.

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That is the best thing you can do, and then, the practical things out there will take care of themselves.

The only thing you have to understand is: "What is my task – now?" And you know what it is: take care of yourself – and that means: meditate. That is the most important thing: take care of your inner strength, your inner state. That is the best thing you can do, and then, the practical things out there will take care of themselves.

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And if you ever get into a situation where you don't know what to do, trust that you are doing the right thing. And you can always pray. You can say, "Hey God, I don't know what you have in mind with this, but I don't know what to do next. Take over." And He will. I promise you. Thank you for your letter. I am with you. Thank you.

If you ever get into a situation where you don't know what to do, trust that you are doing the right thing. And you can always pray. You can say, "Hey God, I don't know what you have in mind with this, but I don't know what to do next. Take over." And He will. I promise you.

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It's great to see you growing.

Simone, may I continue? Yes. I think there's still time for one more question.

The fundamental question of every human being

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Here is a question from a YouTube comment. "Dearest Mikael, can you please discuss where you think the desire to find and fulfill your life's work comes from. Does this desire come from the ego or from consciousness?"

What a beautiful question.

Yes, it is like this: what you are addressing is the fundamental question of every human being. "Why am I here? What is the meaning of all this? Why did I come here? What is my task?"

That's a good question. The problem is that we usually look for the answer in the wrong place. We look for our task, our place in life, out there in the world. We want to know: "Who should I live with? What work should I do? How can I make the world a better place? How can I help to ensure that there is less injustice and less bad stuff out there, and how can I help to make it better?" We try to find our place out there, and we try to discover the meaning of our lives out there. And we don't find it there.

What you are talking about is the fundamental question of every human being. "Why am I here? What is my purpose?" The problem is that we look for the answer in the wrong place. We try to find our place out there in the world and the meaning of our lives. And we don't find it there.

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We don't find fulfillment out there, and we don't find meaning either.

But as soon as, by some strange turn of events, you suddenly turn inward and get to know yourself, that's when that what life is really about begins.

We don't find fulfillment out there, and we don't find meaning either. But as soon as, by some strange turn of events, you suddenly turn inward and get to know yourself, that's when that what life is really about begins.

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The task of every human being is the same: to find oneself, to get to know oneself, to recognize oneself – that which one really is; to discover that I am not this body; that I am not this earthly life. And once you get to this question, suddenly, everything makes sense. Then, even this meaningless life makes sense. Then, everything that happens in this life, everything that seems so senseless and so hopeless, suddenly makes sense, because it all helps us to accept and fulfill this one task: to discover who we really are.

The task of every human being is the same: to recognize oneself; to discover that I am not this body. And once you get to get this question, then suddenly everything that happens in this life makes sense, because everything helps to accept and fulfill this one task: to discover who I really am.

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And you ask whether this comes from the ego or from consciousness. I think deep down, every person knows, deep down, that there is this task I just mentioned, but most people have forgotten it, forgotten it very thoroughly. And then, as I said, we search everywhere for meaning in this life, but that has nothing to do with the real task.

Yes, maybe it comes from the ego, maybe it just comes from ignorance, from despair, because we just don't know at all where to look. You know, it's like... Swamiji say – and every other Guru actually says the same thing –: this turning inward, this moment when you no longer search outside, but turn inward for the first time, no one can do that alone. It's impossible. We do have this task within us, but we don't know which direction to look in to fulfill it.

When someone enters our lives who themselves live within, a Swamiji, a Buddha, a Jesus, then suddenly it becomes possible for us, very easily, for the first time. But without this example, without this touch, we know nothing about it, and we simply cannot do it.

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We only know one direction. We only know the outward direction. And only when someone enters our lives who themselves live within, a Swamiji, a Buddha, a Jesus, then suddenly it becomes possible for us, very easily, for the first time. But without this example, without this touch, we know nothing about it, and we simply cannot do it. That is why I do not want to be so harsh and say that this comes from the ego. It is simply impossible.

We keep looking in the wrong place – in relationships, in career, in power, in wealth, everywhere, in circumstances, in comfort, in security, in love – and we don't stand a chance. We can't find it alone, the right direction. But that doesn't matter. Life helps us with it, and one day we are touched, and suddenly it is possible. And then you know for the first time which direction the path goes, and then, a new life begins. Then, the real task in life begins. Yes.

We keep looking in the wrong place – in relationships, in career, in power, in wealth, in comfort, in security, in love – and we have no chance. We can't find the right direction on our own. But life helps us, and one day we are touched, and suddenly it is possible.

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And then, it is a good life, and then, suddenly, everything makes sense that previously seemed so senseless.

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Simone, is there anything else? Okay, I just didn't want to leave anything unanswered... Thank you, and thank you for this wonderful evening. I am always completely stunned when an hour and a half is suddenly over. That's why I have a clock here, because I... well, by my feelings, only three quarters of an hour would have passed. But it is what it is: we have to stop now. I thank you for being here tonight. I thank Devasetu for this forum here.

And, this Satsang is free, all Satsangs here are free. Everything Devasetu and Jetzt-TV do is also free. But, of course, all of this only works if it is somehow supported. And if you feel like supporting either Devasetu with his Jetzt-TV or me and the videos and the Satsang financially, then it is a very wonderful thing. As I said, it's all free, but it can only work if it is somehow supported. And if you enjoy this, that's really, really great.

On my website, you can find information on how you can support me financially. And if you would like to support Devasetu and Jetzt-TV, you will find unmistakable references to this everywhere on Jetzt-TV. I am looking forward to the next Satsang in four weeks. The next English-language Satsang will take place in two weeks, and you are most welcome to attend if you understand English. And if you have any questions, please feel free to email me. I would be happy to hear from you in this way.

And if you are interested in the Samarpan Meditation that I keep mentioning, you can also find information about it on my website. I have a page on my website called Samarpan Meditation, where I have put together all kinds of links to the official websites here in Germany and elsewhere in the world where you can find information about Samarpan Meditation and Swamiji. You can find out more there. If anything is unclear to you, please feel free to write to me. Thank you. Thank you for being here.

I love you.