«Дар освобождения», курс 4 «Ретрит об энергиях», занятие 1

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Okay, so let's start. So this is advertised as an energy retreat. And the idea was, you know, we travel constantly.

We just got back from, with John's help, we got, and Carol's help, we got back from Kiev, a couple days ago, and Bulgaria. And then before that, some foreign country called Michigan. And before that, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Paris.

And it was a long trip. And, you know, lots of people come up to me, I see people during the breaks, like we give programs, and then during the intermissions, I encourage people to come ask me questions. So I meet thousands of people from all over the world in any given year.

And I listen to their needs. And a lot of them ask me about energy. They say, I don't have energy, like I feel tired all the time, or I can't get things done.

So it seems to fall into those two kinds of categories. One is they feel, they don't feel like they have energy, and they feel tired. And then the other category, which is similar, is they feel like they can't finish anything.

Like they start projects, and they're not able to finish them. Those two things. So, you know, maybe it's 25% in the whole world.

Like anywhere, Asia, South America, Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, they all have the same thing. They say, I don't have energy. And on an apparent level, it can be traced to eating poorly, or eating too much, or not resting properly, or not exercising properly, or the accumulation of toxins in the body.

So those are all manifestations of deeper causes, right? And the deeper causes are karma. And so what I thought during this retreat was we would work on both the apparent causes and the karma of not having enough energy.

And then there's just a natural loss of energy as you get older. And so I thought we could work on those three things. One is people have sort of a, not due to aging, but they're just, there's some physical problem or mental problem, and then they feel tired all the time.

Or they don't feel excited, or what do you call it? Happy. My mom's name was Elizabeth, but everybody called her Bunky since she was a little child.

And it meant perky. She was bunky. And so sometimes we don't feel bunky.

And then sometimes we feel like we can't get things done. And then with some people, it's just age. You're getting older, and you're slowing down.

And so I thought in this retreat we could talk about that. We could work on the apparent causes. So we'll have programs about how to eat better.

And you can try, you can actually try some new foods optionally, okay? And it's also going to teach us how to eat better. And sort of experimental foods in a way that, I believe that the food that my parents taught me to eat, now at my, having been through a long life, I realize that a lot of the food that they taught me to eat is not good for you at all.

And it would steal your energy, and make you dull, and hurt other creatures. And basically all the food I was taught to eat when I was young is somehow there's a problem with it. So then, but foods are very hard to change.

You can almost tell where a person's ancestry is by seeing what they enjoy to eat. You can say, oh, you're from German stock. And I got some German stock.

So we like milk, and potatoes, and wheat. And then, that doesn't change. You keep eating the same foods that your ancestors ate normally.

And it takes a big effort to break out of that and eat something that's just purely on the basis that it's logical to eat it because it's good for you. You see what I mean? It takes a lot of strength to break out of your ancestral eating habits.

Like, they came from dinosaur days when they were killing dinosaurs and eating them. And it takes a big effort to break out of it. So Anatole's going to help us with that.

And then, as far as flushing toxins out of your body, Mercedes has been working on that in the last year a lot. And trying different things. And I thought we could try.

These are all optional, OK? You want to try a flush of your kidney, right? We were going to do a liver flush, which is more complicated.

But there aren't enough toilets here. And it would cause some problems. Urging fights over toilet bowls.

And so we're going to do something a little softer. But she'll teach you how to do a more deep flush when you get home. And Ningbo and I have watched her on the tours, you know, traveling, trying to do these flushes.

And with very interesting results, like big jars of rocks coming out. And everyone I know who has done the flush has this strange, I don't know, what do you call it? They have this strange desire to keep their stones and shards with everybody.

You know, like David and Sharon from Jeevan Mukti, they keep it in their fridge, in their freezer. And they show it to everyone who comes to their house. And it's a big jar of stones that came out of their body.

So eventually these would make you sick. And they would steal your energy. I heard that His Holiness had a gallbladder removed recently.

And he said he felt much more energy. And he taught for 10 days straight in Washington, D.C. recently. For the first time in a long time.

And he said he just got everything. I mean, probably we don't want to wait until you have to take out your whole gallbladder. You could just flush it.

And then Adriana is going to teach us. There's a whole thing that you can improve your energy just by sitting correctly. And light bandhas and proper posture and walking correctly.

And standing correctly. And moving correctly. And she's going to have a special, I call those optional energy breaks.

They will have special programs. And then you can come or you can not come. If you don't want to come, you can just go for a walk.

Or do whatever you like. So you can still sign up for all those. Beth Mulhausen.

Where is she? She's the CEO. What are you?

I don't know. She's the CEO of the Diamond Cutter Institute. She worked for Hilton Hotels before that.

She was an executive for ABC. And that's why I stole her for DCI. And she's really good at time management.

She has three kids if you count her husband. And she's just really good at it. So then she's going to help us with sort of like project, what do you call it?

Management of your time. So there will be a special program that she's going to lead about managing your time. She's just a very successful.

She's a CEO of a major company. She has two children. Her husband runs some radio stations for Clear Channel.

And they're busy. And then they still do a lot of Dharma work. She's very active in the church also.

So it's not just one religion but two religions she's running along with the kids. And I just thought that of all the people I know, she's handling intense personal time pressure gracefully and successfully. So I thought it would be nice to have her help us with that.

So those are like four different things. And then the yoga teachers have been asked to give us series, yoga serieses, which stimulate your energy. Then all of them don't matter.

They don't work. They're like aspirin. They don't have any power to do anything unless you plant the seeds.

So if you plant the proper seeds, then the juice fast is going to help you and yoga is going to help you and time management will work. And the food that you learn to eat will all work. But by themselves, none of them has any power at all.

They don't do anything. And most of you have learned that. The evidence is that not everybody who drinks that juice has any energy.

Some people just put that to sleep. Like I drink coffee and it puts me to sleep. And it's not the thing.

The thing doesn't have any power in it. That's what emptiness means, right? There's nothing in that juice or there's nothing in the kidney flush or there's nothing that can help you.

I know lots of people who slouch who have lots of good energy. And very creative slouchers. So it's none of the above, right?

If you create the seeds, the proper seeds, then all of these things will work for you. And if you don't create the seeds, then you might get sick from the liver flush. You see what I mean?

So in this retreat, we're going to teach the techniques of taking care of your body and giving you more energy and having more energy. But then we're also going to spend a lot of time on creating the seeds that make it work for you. You see what I mean?

So I encourage you to think like that. Like the meditations that we'll do and the teachings that we'll go through will help you. They will instruct you how to plant the proper seeds to have energy.

And then if you do the yoga and you take the flush and you eat the kale or whatever gross thing, it'll give you energy. And if you don't learn the meditations and you don't create the karma, then they won't do anything. And you won't do them and they won't work.

So I thought I would like you to concentrate on two main kinds of karma to have energy. One is self-evident. For anyone who has studied more than 10 minutes, which is that we should be wishing energy on others.

We should be working to provide energy to others. So all the yoga teachers here, all the people doing the energy breaks, all the people organizing the retreat, they are already creating karmic seeds for their own energy by creating an energy retreat for us. You see what I mean?

So we'll be doing a lot of meditations. They're like toneling meditations based on energy. And you'll be sending energy to someone you know who doesn't have energy.

So we'll spend a lot of time on that. But there's another way to get energy, which is almost a tantric approach, which is your lama, right? To ask your lama for energy.

So especially in tantra, it wouldn't be just to collect the karmic seeds for energy. It wouldn't be only providing energy to others. It would also be properly and wisely requesting your own heart lama, whoever that is.

So everybody here has their own heart lama, hopefully. If you don't have, then imagine one, alright? Like the best one you can imagine.

And then one of the best ways to create seeds for energy would be to... It's just to ask your teacher. In the Yoga Sutra, what do they say?

First chapter. It ends in va. Ishvarapanidhanarva.

There's this whole chapter about what to do. And then he says, or you can just ask your teacher. So it's like 210 verses.

209 of them are do all this stuff. And then he says, Ishvarapanidhanarva. Or you could just ask your teacher.

So then tonight, we're going straight to the most effective way to get energy, which is Ishvarapanidhanarva. Ask your teacher for energy. And then so during this prayer, in which we are making offerings to our heart lama.

So you picture your own heart lama, whoever it is. If you do not have a heart lama, picture an idealized heart lama. Or it could be Jesus or it could be whoever.

Everyone's different. And then during this ritual, we'll start the process of getting more energy, of creating karmic seeds for more energy by asking for energy from our heart lama. And then during this ritual, as we're arriving there, we are like offering chips and coconut cookies and candies, like the real, what do you call it, irresistible things.

And then we are offering all these things to the lamas and then to your heart teacher. And then as we offer it, in your mind, see them in your mind. And then offer them all this cool stuff.

And then see the energy pouring out of them into your heart. Okay, that's all. Tonight the exercise is that.

You can plant seeds for more energy simply by asking. And the more, what do you call it, delusional it is, the better. Like if you think there's just sitting outside the window there about to pop their head up because you asked them to come from Ukraine or wherever they are.

And the more you believe in them, then the more energy seeds you will get. And then the whole week will change your life. And if you don't create the seeds, then the whole week will just change your bowel movements.

Okay, all right. So it's your job to plant seeds. I can't do it for you.

I can talk. I like to talk. But it's you.

So in this next hour and a half, don't waste your time. Don't space out. I know you're tired.

You flew in from Hong Kong or whatever. Maybe you're on a little surge right now. Maybe halfway through it will hit you.

But just hang in there and don't waste the time. People are notorious for wasting time during rituals. They think about anything else but the ritual.

I can do the whole Vajrayogini Sthanda without thinking about it once. I did it on the bus for 15 years without thinking about it. It's amazing.

So you don't have to focus so much on the words. The main thing is focus on your heart teacher and ask them for energy, for more energy, to do good things to help people. I want more energy.

I want to get up in the morning bursting with energy. And I want to be able to do all the cool things I want to do. And I don't want to sit there and I'm tired.

And I don't want to sit there and I can't get... I have a big project to do. Like Rob Haggerty has to build a Spanish mission on 10 acres in Glendale.

And you just think, okay, give me the energy. Ask your Lord to give you the energy. Because you need some source.

You can't do it on your own. Ask for energy tonight. Don't waste your time doing this ritual.

Don't just hope for the... We're going to give you the food. Don't worry about it.

So you don't have to think about it. And just ask for energy and see energy flowing into you. And these are the seeds.

And then the whole week all the stuff we do will work. Normally you don't recite the stuff in the italics. But I think it's fun.

Because there are some instructions in there, here and there. And there's some nice quotations. So I figure we'll just kind of be dumb and read the instructions out loud together.

So we're going to do this together. Probably at some point I'll try to stop you and we'll eat stuff. All right?

By the way, there are tantric... This is a special ritual. You are allowed to have tantric substances even if you don't have an empowerment.

Only this ritual in Tibet. You're allowed to have tantric substances during the ritual. The first day I...

The very first day I met my first Tibetan Lama. They did Lama Chöpa. The very...

I got off the bus in Damsala and I walked into a Lama Chöpa. And I had no idea what was going on. But it's open to everybody.

And then you take some small tantric substances. One of them is meat. And the idea of taking the meat is to...

Meat is a... The production of meat, the making of meat is one of the greatest... What do you call it?

Shames of our society. Maybe the greatest, you know? It is the greatest...

What do you call it? What's a shame? It's like something we shouldn't be ashamed of.

That it exists. That the custom of killing another race of beings even exists. We are like...

We are savages. In that sense we are savages. We don't need to eat meat.

There's no need to... We have taken the most pleasant, gentle animals. And bred the gentleness into them so that we can kill them.

For their flesh, you know? Which is... Which is pretty much the same as eating your mother's fingers or something like that.

I mean, it's... No, it's one step removed from murdering your own mother and eating her flesh. You see?

I mean, in later days people will see that. And right now it's just a huge source of misery for tens of thousands of creatures every day. So that's...

Substances are stained with that virus, you know? And you can't eat it without... We take a little bit of it to remember our shame.

Like that. That we are ashamed that that's still going on. So that's the purpose of it.

So think about it. We take it in anticipation of the day when you cannot buy it legally. And it will come.

The day will come. So in the meantime, like, we're just sort of trying to apologize for that. Okay?

And then the wine is... Alcohol is a useless... Is one of the most useless things in the world.

It has harmed hundreds of millions of people. Both of my parents were killed by alcohol. It's useless.

Expensive. It wastes a lot of the grain production of the world. It just kills people.

It hurts people. So it's the same thing. We take it in anticipation of the day when you...

When there's no demand for it and people stop making it. Okay? So those are the meaning of the substances.

For this ritual. Okay, you ready? We'll just go through.

At some point I'll go, whoa, whoa, whoa. We have to stop and take the substances. It's a custom to take the substances with your wedding finger of your left hand.

And take them like that. And then you bite half of it. And you leave half of it.

And you hold it in your right hand. And then somebody will come around with a bowl. And you throw the leftovers into the bowl.

So you'll get a cookie. You'll get a piece of meat. And you'll get the wine.

You just touch your wedding finger into it. And you just touch some on your tongue. Okay?

And then at the end we take all of the extra pieces. So when you get a cookie you break it in half. And you eat half of it.

You take it with your wedding finger. You break it in half. You eat half.

And then you save half. And then they'll come around with a bowl. And we'll throw it into the bowl.

And then that is offered to the spirits of this place. So last year they were a little intractable. And we softened them up.

But it's not hard. Like the mattress demons. Who stopped the truck from El Paso eight hours into the trip and turned it back to El Paso with your mattresses.

But we'll talk about that later. After we paid $10,000. Anyway.

So we put the bowl out to stop the mattress demons and other similar spirits.