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Yoga in life is active throughout the world, working through many activities for the protection of animals, the protection of the environment, to bring peace to humans, to provide good education, and to bring clarity. The aim is that, without discrimination, we shall respect and have mutual understanding for everyone’s feelings and beliefs, so we can live in a peaceful world. We are now living in the age of technology. Through electronic media and technology, the whole world has become a small village. We know everything and have the opportunities and facilities to travel anywhere, anytime—something that was not so easy in the past. Furthermore, many political situations in the world are better than before. We have what is called democracy, and politicians around the world do their best to develop their countries and maintain international relations. But politicians cannot do this alone; they need the support of the people, the support of the citizens. We also have cultural and religious support, which is very important. In a democratic way, we have secured rights for everyone in every aspect. In this time, we humans have developed many good things: technology, many facilities, and comfortable living. The standard of living is much better now than in the past. This hall where we are sitting was built for the comfort of this city's citizens through the work of mayors and politicians. It does not matter who made this hall; we can sit here comfortably without feeling cold or being disturbed by creatures like mosquitoes and flies. Therefore, we should not blame modern technology; it has made our lives more comfortable and easier. Of course, if used rightly, it is very good, but if misused, it is not. We should appreciate this human development. Everything has its benefits and also some negative results. Weapons and chemical things are, I think, a mistake we are still making. We should not develop or produce chemicals, and we should also not produce weapons. The thoughts of nonviolence (myšlienky nenásilia) have been preached for many centuries, decades, ages—thousands and thousands of years. A simple form of nonviolence is "thou shalt not kill." If I believe in nonviolence in the form of "thou shalt not kill," then we should not produce weapons. A weapon factory might say, "We don’t kill; we only produce the weapons." But for which purpose are you producing them? These weapons are for killing. Either you kill, or you give them into someone’s hands to kill; it is the same thing. Everyone talks about security, nonviolence, protection, and sustainable development for humans. But at the same time, they are providing weapons. Weapons are not only for hunting animals—which one also should not do—but it is very clear: weapons are meant to kill humans. So in one way, we are fighting for world peace, fighting for our well-being, spreading nonviolence and the thought "thou shalt not kill; love thy neighbour." These are all teachings of the Upaniṣads and Vedas; it is Vedic dharma. Mahātmā Gandhi’s favourite song said that believers in God are those who know the pain of others. They are real spiritual people, real religious people, real God’s people. The greatness is that you know the pain of others. We know very well what pain means ourselves; we need not explain it. But if someone else is injured, has pain—physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, social, political, material—there are many different kinds of pains. Do you understand that? If you see yourself in others, then you can understand. Corruption is going on around the world. If you give money, they will do work for you. That is hiṁsā; it is the opposite of ahiṁsā. You do not feel the pain of the other one, the one who should give money. Even a poor person has worked hard, and you have enough money. You are not starving, but you want more money and engage in corruption. But the law of karma, the cosmic law, will come back to you. Mostly, people who take part in corruption suffer more illness, have more family troubles, their children become spoiled, and their family is destroyed. Children go in the wrong direction, abusing drugs, alcohol, and so on. Do you see the result? Therefore, it is said that you should know what you can digest. What does "digest" mean? Do you know that what you are taking has a bad effect on yourself and your family? Corrupted people are happy when they get, and they only learn to take. "T" to take, "G" to give—two letters: T and G. T means to take, and G means to give. So you take karma, and if you give, you give karma. Both are good: take good karma and give good karma. There is a balance, but you know that a saw cuts in both directions in the wood. Therefore, all these weapons in the world are, directly or indirectly, present in the subconsciousness. The thoughts are there—not of money, but of killing. Also, now Christmas is coming, and all the toys are already in the market. Do not give your children any toys with weapons. Maybe it is only plastic, or maybe in the form of chocolate or anything, because subconsciously it leaves no good impression. The form of that weapon—maybe a knife, maybe a gun—has no good effect on the children’s subconscious. There is also some chocolate in the form of a shell; that is not good to eat. Do not buy these chocolates. Because unconsciously you are eating that, though it is only chocolate. But do not think it is only that; no, no, no. It is not only. It is a form of that animal, and when you are grown, you will eat them. That is not good. People are producing soy in the form of [meat-like] sauces; that is not good. You are again putting it subconsciously in their mind. It does not matter who makes this from soybeans or vegetarian ingredients; do not buy these sauces. We have to avoid even the symbol of those negative things. Do not put it in your subconsciousness. Therefore, it is very, very important that we should know what we are doing and with which intentions we are doing it. So, it is a time to look into the world with a positive look, positive thoughts, and positive feelings, and we shall avoid any kind of negative thoughts, selfish thoughts, thoughts of greediness. Your life is in your hands; your future is in your hands. And we have one great plus point: we do believe. We believe there is Ātmā, we believe there is Jīvātmā, and we believe there is God. Everyone has a different approach to God. Good, that is very good. What a beauty. Once an American lady asked Mahatma Gandhi, "Gandhījī, why in India are there so many goddesses?" Gandhījī said, "Yes, that’s beauty. If you have a beautiful park and there is only one kind of flower, it is boring. But if you have more flowers with different colours and different kinds, oh, beautiful—a beautiful flora exhibition." So let them feel how they feel. Every mother is the best mother. So, which mother is not a good mother? Every child says, "My mother is the best mother." It does not mean that only your mother is the best, but a mother is a mother. That is it. Follow your mother. That is it. So it is said very clearly that, finally, "Guru Kṛpāhi Kevalam," "Mokṣamūlam Guru Kṛpā." Only that. Gurudev is the way to Brahman. What is written in the Bible? Study carefully: Jesus was known as a master, not a God. And Jesus himself declared, "I am only the Son of God." This is said in the Vedas and Upaniṣads: we are the essence of that God, all, every entity. "Viśvaprāṇī merī ātmā hai." All entities on this planet are my ātmā. Ātmā soi paramātmā, and that ātmā is the paramātmā. Therefore, we are all daughters and sons of God. So he was correct that he is also, like me, a son of God. But he was accepted as a master, a guru. Mostly, he had twelve disciples. In English, it is 'disciple'; in Hindi, it is a śiṣya; and in their [Aramaic] language, it was called 'apostle'. So the master, the Guru Vakya, is saying to the disciples, "Only I am the way to God," which is 100% truth. So the Gurudev is the way to God. Follow my words, and that is how we understand. You shall try to understand the words, everything. So his words are truth. But we do not understand, and what he said is already said in the Upaniṣads and Vedas. What he did is the best thing: he repeated it all again once more. He reminded us. So, then, where do we make a difference between religions? There is no difference. The difference is in our mind. And that is why we are suffering and fighting. You should believe how you believe. Celebrate God how you celebrate God. No one is there to force you to do different things. Therefore, to work in the world for spirituality, to protect human society, to protect the environment and all creatures, we have to come to great clarity. You cannot say only Kṛṣṇa. It would be wrong. Of course, if you love Kṛṣṇa, there is for you only Kṛṣṇa, okay? Every wife says, "Only my husband." Of course, your husband. Or every husband says, "Only my wife." Of course, he is true. Of course, his wife is only his wife. But all ladies are his mothers, sisters, and daughters. So when you love only your wife, it does not mean that no other ladies should exist anymore. You have to love them as your mother, you have to love them as your sisters, you have to love them as your daughters. Then the world is beautiful. So, without duality, without discrimination, we shall exist and follow the path and work. So yoga means not only exercises. What you are doing at home, taking care of your family, working for your family, educating your children, you going to school—all is yoga. You are teaching; a teacher teaching in a school is yoga. God Kṛṣṇa said to Arjuna, "Arjuna, nothing is impossible for me in the universe. Everything I can have, whatever I wish, but still I am acting, I am working. Because what I will do, others will do too." So even God was working. Who are we that we do not want to work? So we should work. And you are doing, so what you are doing are your positive things. That is the message on this beautiful Sunday. Sunday is the day of God’s Son, and you know, all prayers to God’s Son. And it is a very, very ancient tradition. Every morning they used to—and now still many people do—pray to the Sun. Most of them are ladies, again. Without ladies, this world would be very boring. Without ladies, it is a garden without flowers. But without men, there is no garden to work in. So, women, their prayer is more deep, with very great beliefs. Every woman prays every morning for her husband and family, to protect the husband with good health, energy, and the whole family. And so also, men pray for their wives. You know, both hands cleanse together. One hand is difficult to clean, so both hands wash each other. So when husband and wife have mutual understanding and harmony, then it is good. They take water in one pot, like a neti pot—kalaś, lothā. And when the sun is rising, they see the sun and they offer the water. Many go to a lake or river, take water in their hand, and perform abhiṣeka. And yogīs pay salutation to the sun, Sūrya Namaskāra. The sun has twelve names, you know, according to Sūrya Namaskār. "Oṁ Bhānave Namaḥ." They are the twelve names of the sun. And when you offer this with the same mantra, you get the light. That light is nourishment. If the sun stops shining, all these flowers would be just like a drop of water. The strength in your body, the strength in vegetation, is sun energy. Some call it light food, sunlight food; that is very healthy. That is called organic food. What is not organic food is what you call junk food, fast food, which means consciously you are feeding yourself with poison. The result you will see very soon. The good quality of organic food, as long as you chew, improves and develops more taste in the mouth. You even smell the good aroma of that food when you eat it. And junk food, as long as you chew, you will feel like vomiting. So you will see people who eat junk food swallow it quickly because there is nothing to chew, nothing to bite. Quickly, quickly, they go on. And healthy food, you need to chew it. They say the food you should drink, and water you should chew. So it means drink water also slowly, and chew your food so long until, with your own hormones from the mouth, the enzymes mix and it becomes liquid. In India, we say the work of the teeth doesn’t give you indigestion. And that is why God gave you teeth—they are the first to work for your stomach. Eat slowly. Concentrate on it, and with thankfulness. So the light, energy from the sun, and when you wash yourself, you touch the water for the first time and say, "Thank you, God." And you feel the water on your body. "Thank you, Lord." Can you imagine your life without water? Our planet is nothing without water, and who can provide us water? Only God. Thank you, God. And then the sunlight, the warmth—it does not matter if the sun is warm or if it is artificial warmth; it is the imitation of the sunlight. But God gave us all five elements in the body, and these are living elements. And in your house, there should also be five living elements at all times: space, earth, water, light, fire. So it means you must always have some nice flame in your house. It is called agni. All the time, we used to cook with wood and coal. We had beautiful ovens, old, old farmers’ ovens. They are beautiful. Fire is the symbol of the God Viṣṇu, and ash is the symbol of Lakṣmī, and that you should put on your head. You know, you have once a year in Christianity, one Wednesday, you call it Ash Wednesday. Everybody puts [ash] on their forehead. That tilaka which comes, so that is very important, that we unite and we understand. But it is not like religion; it is the life system. That is what we need every day. So, you know when there are clouds and rain and fog all the time? Now November will come, and December. Oh God. The sun rises at nearly 8:30, 9 o’clock. By 3 o’clock in the afternoon it is dark. And then one day the sun is shining, and we say, "Oh, beautiful day. Sun is life." That is our life, that is energy, the nourishment. Also the moon. That is why Kṛṣṇa also says, "I enter into the vegetation as through the moonlight, as a nectar, that essence of life." So both moon and sun are very important. So, yogīs have to think many things, and not only do physical exercises and then finish. And you know, you came alone, and you will go alone. Finally, everything will remain here. But now you have the chance to gain something. We do not know where we will come from. When we close our eyes, finally... We do not want to die, but the soul goes. Consciousness goes with you. The mind goes with you. Feeling goes with you, like when you go and dream, sleeping here in Humenné, and in dreaming you see everything: you go to a restaurant, you eat, you go shopping, everything you do, but in a dream. So, who was enjoying? Who was eating? Who was shopping? Similarly, when you renounce the physical body, you come to the other world. And you do not know where. Which door will you knock? There is no door, dark empty space. You do not even know where to fall. You are falling and falling and... falling, but where? Nothing. You do not like that, and you want to come back home. Do not make this mistake, because you cannot come. The body is already finished, but you come with the astral body, and you knock on your door. My God, the children will say, "Father came as a ghost! Oh God, a ghost is here!" I will get a telephone call: "My father is knocking on the door." What will Swāmījī say? "No problem, open the door." And then you go to open the door, but before you open the door, he is already inside. "My son, my child." Oh God, you will die. From there, the ghost will hug you. So you see how selfish we are. Our relation is temporary. Only memory is there. We do not like that reality. Therefore, the truth will come out, and the truth of our excess, so our destiny. How many things we have to solve in this world before we are going? That is it. So, time is passing. And once more, I would like to say thank you to all organizers. And also, thank you for coming. I wish you a very comfortable and good journey. Some came from a far distance, and very soon it gets dark again. So have a good journey, come home well, and many blessings to all. Take care and practice your mantra, your āsanas, and your prāṇāyāma. Now it is winter, so every day we go by train, by locomotive. Did you try this morning? Yeah, if you do, you will sleep very well. You supply a lot of oxygen to the body, so much. After, you have such pleasant feelings, very good. So, Dīpa Tāyām Bhagavān Kī, Devī Svarūpamādhī Bhagavān Kī, Dharma Samrāṭ Satguru Svāmī Madhvānand Bhagavān Kī, Jaya. Dear friends, dear yoga brothers and sisters, in the name of the Slovak Union Yoga in Daily Life and in the name of the organizers, I would like to thank you very much for coming here. To gain this knowledge is the sense and the duty of our lives. And you fulfill this dharma by coming here. He said that without His will, even a leaf will not move on the tree. And then I would like to thank him again for his words and the nectar he gave to us. And a bucket of flowers, and we all together express our deep thanks to him. A thousand times, thank you.