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He was comparing the chakra system to biology. He said there were correlates for each chakra in the physical body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I am not going to spend too much time on it. What I am going to talk about right now is the <\/span><b>conflict<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Conflict Behind Karma<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conflict that we have is this: everybody wants to succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A billionaire wants to be a multi-billionaire.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A person who is making a couple of thousand dollars wants to make three thousand dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But they are not able to do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health conflicts are there.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Relationship conflicts are there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it can be understood in terms of karma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some people, it happens very easily.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Most people are trying very hard, but still fail.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Poverty as a Neurological Issue<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my definitions of poverty is this:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <b>Poverty is a matter of neurology.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poverty exists because the brain is not functioning properly due to negativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The negativity comes from the <\/span><b>neocortex<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why understanding the <\/span><b>primitive brain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or the <\/span><b>reptilian brain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or what I call the <\/span><b>midbrain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014which includes the <\/span><b>pituitary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>pineal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014is important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are in conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pituitary represents the <\/span><b>human soul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The pineal represents the <\/span><b>Divine Soul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This knowledge will liberate humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will make people in India and Africa become rich\u2014not by learning economics, not by learning computer science skills\u2014but by opening the <\/span><b>midbrain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is a <\/span><b>miracle brain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Technique Over Theory<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let\u2019s go and do the technique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the most important thing I want you to do is to go to Google Search and record it. It is a meditation. Consider it as a meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just listening to me and then going about doing your own thing is not going to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to <\/span><b>change your brain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then only can you come up in life. 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