Zitat von Vedanta am 27. April 2019, 20:50 Uhr

Babaji visits Langenargen at Lake Constance
(18^th April 2019)

Actually Babaji's flight was supposed to arrive at Munich airport at 5:25 a.m., but due to the fact that the plane was not allowed to fly over Pakistan due to the acute danger of war [thundering from all corners of the world, the storm seems to be really close!], the arrival was delayed to about 8:30 a.m. But this didn't stop our cheerful mood, and so we immediately drove by car to Lake Constance, where our host Vrajeshvara ji was joyfully awaiting us.

On two evenings Babaji spoke about his childhood memories of the village where he had grown up. With shining eyes he told us about the different Vedic customs of that time, how they shaped daily life and how exactly the same customs were practiced already at the time of Shri Krishna. Armed with this understanding, Shri Krishna's lila suddenly seemed even more alive because we could now understand, for example, how the drama with Shakatasura could happen, why during the rainy season little Krishna was under the wagon at all!

Babaji explained that the society in India at that time was primarily focused on spiritual elevation, rather than material enjoyment. People were content inside. Life was slow, simple and peaceful.

There was no plastic and no other garbage, because everything was returned to the cycle of nature. This Vedic culture and way of life had proven itself for thousands of years and could be continued in the same way for thousands of years. This is also a meaning of the word Dharma, namely "that which maintains and supports".

Even the simplest people knew the basic wisdom of Ayurveda. A popular saying was, for example:

"If you drink water standing up, you will become poor."

The meaning of this is, in fact, that when you drink standing up, the air or pranas in the body get mixed up, which can cause disease.

The whole village was like one big family. Everyone had a respectful relationship with everyone, e.g. as uncle or aunt etc., and therefore there was no incest. And something else was special: people listened willingly and openly when someone corrected or rebuked them because of a wrong action.

All challenges were enthusiastically tackled together. Whether it was organizing a wedding celebration, bringing in the sugar cane harvest or threshing the grain.

Nobody in the village ate meat or drank alcohol. There was also little privacy in general, everyone knew everything about everyone - simply unthinkable for us Western people today. But the real pleasure in life is living together with nice people with whom we have good relationships anyway. Actually, we Western people also want deep and fulfilling human relationships, but at the same time we want to be independent - and that is the great contradiction, Babaji explained.

The people in the village at that time were simply happy and content. There were also no headaches about which profession to choose (to earn as much money as possible in the future). The profession was simply determined by the family origin.

There was a lot of hard work, but also a lot of time to talk to each other and to celebrate the numerous Vedic festivals like Rama Navami or Krishna Janmashtami.

Jai Shri Babaji Maharaja!