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Oṁ Sarve Bhavantu Sukhiṇaḥ, Sarve Santu Nirmayāḥ, Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu, Mā Kāścid Duhkhabhāg Bhavet. Oṁ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. Adoration to the Cosmic Light. Our humble praṇāms and adoration to our Siddhapīṭha, the Alagpurījī Siddhapīṭha Paramparā, and our devotion to Gurudeva. Dear brothers and sisters, good evening. As our Rádo said, I am also very happy to see all of you. I especially greet our dear friend, Pavel Kanis, former defense minister of Slovakia, whose entire family is dedicated to yoga and spiritual life. They are all disciples. Unfortunately, our very dear sister, Pavel's wife, passed away last year. Only two years have passed, and we miss her very much today. She was a personality, a very fine person. Whenever I am here for programs in Vienna, Slovakia, or the Czech Republic, I truly miss her. She was a spiritual soul, as are her children and our dear Pavel. I am sure she is in the divine light of Mahāprabhujī. She had unconditional love and devotion for him, always saying she was not 100% but 1000% sure that our Lord is Mahāprabhujī. At the same time, we have the representative of the Indian mission here, Chandra Umesh, or Umesh Chandra. 'Umesh' is a name of Śiva, and the divine Śakti, power, is Umā. 'Chandra,' the moon, is the ornament of Śiva's crown. So we have everyone here. It is nice to see you all. I have been to Bratislava numerous times, as far back as 1973 and 1974, when it was Czechoslovakia. Now it is divided on paper. Slovakia is a blessed country with beautiful nature, a beautiful environment, and people who are very humble and kind, as in the Czech Republic. I always admire these two countries. When the separation took place, it happened so smoothly, without a single drop of bloodshed. Sometimes I reflect that Mahātmā Gandhījī also tried very hard but could not manage the separation of Pakistan and Hindustan without bloodshed. There is a mantra from the Atharva Veda, the Vajabhan Mantra, which tells the Almighty, "Please liberate us from the attachment to this earth." In astrology, Earth is not considered a planet; we call it a living planet, the blue planet. But Earth is known as a mortal world. Life here is not permanent; it has a circulation, a recycling system we call reincarnation. This recycling system on Earth is perfect, a sustainability that the United Nations strives to achieve. Yet, there are two kinds of worlds: the God-made world and the man-made world. The God-made world is perfect, but the man-made world fails. No matter how much we work, we will not achieve that true sustainability, because what people often call sustainability today is a business of development—buildings, roads, factories. These buildings, which we call Lakṣagra, are not permanent; a little earthquake and they collapse. Money is not sustainability. I suggested to the United Nations at Rio+20 that if we acknowledge human rights and humanity, we must achieve them through ethical and spiritual education from kindergarten onward, with mutual understanding between religions, nations, and cultures. Can the manufacturing of weapons bring sustainability? Behind it is only money, and it is said that whenever money appears, power appears, and then disputes and fighting follow. Therefore, the God-made world is perfect. Gandhījī did not want bloodshed; he said clearly, "We will not take any weapon in our hands," but in the end, we failed. Why do I tell you this? Because such a beautiful mutual understanding awoke in the consciousness of the people of Czechoslovakia. It gives a feeling of belonging to each other; you cross borders easier than before. In the Vedas, there is a mantra: "Lord, liberate me from here without suffering, without pain, and without damage—like a ripe fruit gently separates from the branch." You all know this mantra very well: Oṁ Tryambakaṁ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṁ Puṣṭivardhanam... It is to be chanted five times. This gentle separation comes only when there is love and knowledge. Everything has its time. Our Prime Minister in India, as you know, has a vision without making differences among cultures, religions, and nations. It is said, "Vāsudeva Kuṭumbakam"—the whole world is one family of one God. He said we shall spread spirituality, health, and culture not only in India but throughout the whole world. This modern culture has separated humans; it does not unite. His message of Āyurveda, yoga, spirituality, and philosophy is going worldwide. This present Prime Minister's father was a disciple of Holī Gurujī. He knew Gurujī very well. Long ago, when I met him and tried to introduce myself, he put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Maheśvarañandjī, I know very well. You are the disciple of Bāpū Mahādvānandjī. Mahādvānandjī was the guru of my father." I think something is changing in the whole world, thanks to technology. Through it, the whole world is united, becoming one. The whole world is in your hand in the form of a telephone; you have everything in your hand. Someone told me a joke, showing a telephone to children or students: "The Guru has everything in his head, and you have everything in your hands—the mobile phone. You should know how to use it." Now every child knows about the vegetation, wildlife, climate, people, and culture of any country. This unites us. It is time to overcome these little conflicts, but we must cleanse the education that has been put in our brains again and again, which creates separation. Therefore, the best path is yoga. Yoga is the science of the body, mind, consciousness, and soul. It balances, harmonizes, and unites. But do not think it will make you immortal physically. No, it is a law on this Earth: whoever came here has to go back. It does not matter if one is a king, a beggar, or a saint. Even what we call God cannot stay here forever. If He stays a little longer, we would ask, "Where are you going back?" So, immortality is within us. That divine soul within us is called Jīvātmā. This Jīvātmā is the light of the Supreme. It has no form and no name. It has no eyes, no hands, no legs, yet It has so many eyes and can see everything; It has so many hands and gives every tiny creature something to eat. The Vedas, the most ancient scriptures, do not speak directly about a personal God in form. There are two definitions of God: Saguṇa and Nirguṇa. Saguṇa is with qualities (guṇa), which can be good or bad. Whoever comes to this Earth, any creature in which the soul lives, adopts qualities through the five elements. You cannot say this is a big soul and that is a small soul. No. Consider fire: a whole forest may burn, or a small matchstick has fire. This little matchstick can start a bigger fire than a burning mountain. It is not about quantity, but quality. Every creature is a light of God, in us and in them. This soul, which has the light of God, is called Ātmā. It is subject to āvāgaman, coming and going. But if you understand, the Vedas teach about Nirguṇa God. They say you can only understand and feel Nirguṇa if you have a harmonious relationship with nature. If you go against nature, nature will take revenge. You read this in the golden teachings of Mahāprabhujī. Living in harmony with nature means harmony with the physical as well as the spiritual nature—the earth, water, fire, air, and that subtle energy (śakti) constantly circulating around and within this Earth. We cannot see this energy with physical eyes or feel it with this body, but if we develop spirituality—that is, purity—we purify the layers of our karmas. Within us are two kinds of śaktis: āsurī śakti and daivī śakti. Āsurī śakti is negative, and daivī śakti is positive. Āsurī śakti lies dormant within us in the form of negative thoughts, which provoke negative actions, anger, hate, jealousy, greed, fear, and other qualities. Suddenly you are offended, suddenly you are angry. When that awakens, many healthy cells in the body die. Our buddhi, our intellect, is clouded by that āsurī śakti. Where there is no light, there is darkness. "Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya"—lead us from darkness to light. That light is within us. The second part is light, love, knowledge, tyāga (renunciation), vairāgya (detachment), tapasyā (austerity), jñāna (wisdom), understanding, kindness, compassion, mercy, and so many good qualities. Utilize those qualities. If we use them, it is good for us. Use it or lose it; they will not come back to you again. An aeroplane does not have a reverse gear; it just takes off. Similarly, this soul does not have a gear to go back into this body. It will travel, and again, according to destiny and karma, it will come into some body of some creature. Otherwise, you may not find the way back; that is what we call Pitṛloka, the world of the ancestors. They have neither access to heaven (Svargaloka or Brahmaloka) nor to hell nor to this mortal world. It depends on our spiritual work as well as our successors. It is not easy to attain that light of destiny. When the soul travels, it is that Ātmā—which is just light—that travels. You have to give up everything. You travel to the forest, or you do not know where. We have two days of life here: one was yesterday, the second is today. Tomorrow we do not know. So, while this Gaṅgā of life is flowing, if you want to take a deep wash, do it. Otherwise, you will go back as you are. Every river is a Gaṅgā; all water is pure water. You say water is life. Life is the light of God. But you cannot step into the same river twice, only once. There is no chance to step into the same water deeply again, because the water in which you stepped and came out is gone; new water is coming. So when someone dies, the soul is gone. We, with our love and attachment, ask it to come back. The soul says, "I am already too far; I cannot turn back, there is no reverse gear." Human life is the last milestone to reach that Brahmaloka. With little conflicts, you can lose this step, and if you miss it, you go again into the cycle of 8.4 million lives. For what are we fighting? It does not exist anymore when the soul leaves the body. What you ate, what you drank, how you talked, what you did—all this paraphernalia remains here. The soul, Jīvātmā, comes out pure. The winter nights here in this part of Slovakia are beautiful, very dark. From these historical, beautiful buildings in Petržalka, in the morning when the sun rises, what a beautiful sight emerges from the darkness. So it is with the darkness of this prapañca, the māyā of this saṃsāra and this world. When the soul goes out of the body, again there is darkness above. Let us see in which direction it will move. There is a beautiful bhajana of Gurujī saying to Mahāprabhujī, "The thread of my life is in your hands. Please, can you move a little bit towards you?" We are like puppets in the hands of God or destiny. For everything you are fighting—in the past, how many wars were there in Europe? Every small kingdom fought and killed, until the Cold War, and many wars are still going on. Perhaps Slovaks were fighting against the Japanese. And now, someone who died in a war received karmic punishment or blessing and was born in Japan. Now he is sorry, thinking, "Now do you want to fight for Slovaks against...?" Who are my parents, my friends, which is my country? This division exists only in the human brain. Therefore, Ādi Guru Bhagavān Śaṅkarācārya brought the philosophy of non-dualism (Advaita). If we see the individual soul, then it is duality. Your body and my body are definitely different; my soul has its karma, and your soul has its karma. But the reality within is called Ātmā. Ātmā is equal. The soul is like these four walls, but Ātmā is the space. How long will these walls occupy the space? They have their limitations. We can remove the walls or make more walls, but we cannot remove the space. That is why it is said that no weapon can kill this Ātmā; fire cannot burn it, death cannot take it away. If you take a knife and move it a thousand times in space and look with a magnifying glass, you will not see any scratches. The Ātmā is like space. Temporarily, we are here, bound to this material world. We are stuck like chewing gum or super glue. Super glue means it is very easy to be attracted to some māyā, money, or anything, but it is difficult to separate, and when you pull, it is painful. But this is also not permanent. A yogī, a wise person, will choose the path: do your dharma, your duty, your obligation, and develop vairāgya (detachment). Then that separation will be without pain. It is in everyone's hands. We ourselves have to work to realize this. When we fix our consciousness on the material world, then comes "toje moje, toje moja"—this is mine, this is mine. But in Ātmā, when there is nothing, there is everything. Space is big enough. So yoga is the path. It is not only exercises, though they are good to do. For a certain time, they will keep you feeling good physically, but finally, you will have to leave this body. There was a very famous yoga teacher who inspired people around the whole world to practice yoga. He was a perfect practitioner, performing all postures, and wrote the book Light of Yoga. Just a few weeks ago, he passed away. Many of you know his name: Iyengar. Finally, he also passed away. So, you do not know who will be the first among us sitting here. Do not think that the old person will die before us. Destiny does not differentiate. Still, practice your āsanas, prāṇāyāmas, and relaxations in such a way that they develop our spirituality, so we overcome our weaknesses and are able to digest it if someone speaks badly of you. It may be that someone tells you, "You are a stupid one." Then you can say, "Thank you very much. At least now I know I am stupid. Good, now I will try to be better." Instead of retorting, "You are bloody stupid, you are crazy, who are you to tell me?" That is how you put out a fire with water. Do not put petrol on the fire; put water on it. So when you feel anger rising inside, do not add more anger to it. Accept it. Yes, we are human; we have human weaknesses—jealousy, anger, hate, greed, we are easily offended. God is perfect, so we accept this, but we should not provoke these weaknesses within ourselves. Then we proceed towards the Supreme. It is time to develop more spiritual consciousness among the young generation. Education is very important—not just how to write, read, or work on a computer, but education that helps one understand what it means to be human, what the aim of life is, how to love all, and how to protect all. My dear friends, with this, I wish you all the best, good health, happiness, and a healthy, long life. I look forward to seeing you soon. Hari Om. Deep Narbhagwan. Thank you to the organizers, thank you, Rádo, and all the board members of the Slovakian Yoga and Dead Life Union and Bratislava Yoga and Dead Life. Thank you. Hari Om. Many blessings to all Bhaktas who are listening and with us through the webcast, especially our Bhaktas in Barcelona with Sadhvī Yamunā. I had a 15-minute satsaṅg with them through Skype, and now they are all sitting and looking at us—though a few are not sitting straight. I told them I would look through the webcast and that they must sit straight. But that is not the subject between me and them. Many blessings. Adio. Adio.