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My doctor in Jodhpur is a disciple; his father was a disciple of Mahāprabhujī, and they are all very good to me. The doctor said, "Swāmījī, I will not take money from you, I will give you everything," and that was fine. I explained to him, "Doctor, I am in Austria, where I worked for many years, and now the government provides me insurance." He was unfamiliar with this system. I have lived in Austria for many years, recognized as a yoga teacher. Any donations I received in other countries, I sent to Austria and paid the tax. So, everything was in order. He said, "Oh, it is like this," and I confirmed, "Yes." It was about midnight in Austria and early morning in India. I said, "Okay, I will tell my doctor in Austria." You cannot believe what happened next. Immediately after we telephoned Mānsā Devī, she made a call. Within an hour—not a day, but one hour—the telephone rang from Austria to India for this doctor. Who was it? My client. He said, "Yes, here is this Swāmī Māheśvarānand, and so on." Then, after only 15 minutes, more questions came: "Who is the doctor? What is your name? What is your hospital? What happened? How is it?" He told them everything. After five hours, they contacted again from Vienna: "Yes, please, what are you going to do? What operations are these? How is your hospital? Otherwise, please take a private little aeroplane to Delhi, to a particular hospital there." He explained everything to our Austrian contact. They asked for papers and details. Our hospital in Jodhpur is very, very good, so he provided all the information. The next day they asked again, "How is he?" I said it was okay; the doctor said it was good, and I agreed. They asked, "Who is he? Why did he come to India?" I said, "I am a tourist." They asked how long I would stay, and I said about a month or half. They then said, "For tonight, you have to come to Austria." My ticket was already arranged; Mānsā Devī and I had a ticket. The Austrian airline said, "You have to wait ten days more because we have to arrange a seat for our client." The doctor and nurse came, but there was no wheelchair. They said they would wait. I thought, "My God, what will happen now with me?" On that particular day, when Austrian Airlines called, I came from Jodhpur to Delhi. I stayed in our ashram, and the next day, Mānsā Devī and I went to the airport. Austrian doctors were there—very German-European, Austrian staff—and they had a wheelchair in hand. I was walking, but they came immediately and said, "Sir, please sit." I said, "Yes, but I can walk." They replied, "You could walk until now, but now you have to sit. This is my seat, my profession." So, respecting their duty, I sat. On the aeroplane, it was comfortable. The doctor and nurse had seats turned towards me. They explained, "If something happens, we will bring you out quickly." Throughout the night, one of them stayed awake, watching me, wondering if I wanted something to eat or some chocolate. We landed in Vienna. They took my passport and brought me out, saying, "Ambulance for your house." I said, "No, look." There were 50, 60, 70 or more people—all my Bhaktas, my family. The doctor said in German, "There are so many people here." I said, "I have a car, and my people will take me. Thank you very much." They required a signature and then said goodbye, instructing that all letters go to the doctors. Everyone was happy, saying, "Oh my God, Swamiji, you have a doctor and a nurse." Everything was fine. After three weeks, I had to travel from Vienna to London by aeroplane. The airlines said, "No, sir, you cannot take our flight. You are ill, and we cannot take you." I could not fly anywhere. I went to our Vienna doctor, who said, "Yes, you are okay, Swāmījī, very good, no problems." Then, Vilev Purījī was here; he wrote a note. Again, I went to get a ticket, but they said, "Sorry, we cannot give it to you until your doctor approves." I went to the doctor, whose son is also a friend and a doctor. I said, "Please, can you write that I am fit to go?" The Austrian doctor said, "Tomorrow, come to me, and I will check you completely." They checked everything from top to bottom—cycling, heart, everything. It took five days at the Austrian hospital, with inquiries even to India. In the end, they gave me a confirmation that I could fly anywhere without a problem. With this document, the airline said, "OK, you can go." I wrote this whole story in an Indian newspaper. A major hospital in India commented, "This is the country." They do not discriminate—whether an officer, minister, or a little worker. My first principle is that these are humans, and we must take care of humans. Vienna, Austria, demonstrated this. So you see how it was? There was a doctor and a nurse. The doctor is... (dog, dog, dog). Yes. And the nurse attends to the nerves. This exists in many countries; it is a widespread system. Only in India, in Rajasthan, Pali—this whole region of Rajasthan is divided into several parts. For example, the area of Pali in Rajasthan has more inhabitants than the whole of Austria. My doctor said, "In India, that is why we have worked very much." This is the point: human to human. If everybody were like this, the whole world would be good. I am not talking about wars. In my time, when I first came to India, everyone was very humble, kind, and good. But now we are in Kali Yuga. In Kali Yuga, we must cleanse everything from the mind. For that, we have yoga. Yoga is not only for my country or your country, my religion or your religion. No. Yoga is life, for the whole earth. That is why we have yoga lectures, yoga exercises, or whatever name is given to yoga. If you want to understand what yoga is, know that it is not only for humans. Consider a tree. We have Āsanas like Tāḍāsana, Śīrṣāsana. Śīrṣāsana is like a tree: the roots are down, the head is up, and in between is our heart. Yogīs gave us postures inspired by nature, like the cobra. This is our Bhujaṅgāsana. Even when nobody is there, snakes stretch up beautifully. We have many animal postures. Count in your "Yoga and Dental Life" book and see how many postures are named after animals, trees, forests, and water. So, there is nothing that is only a religion. The word 'religion' did not exist in Satya Yuga, Dvāpara Yuga, or Tretā Yuga. Differences began later, and now it is Kali Yuga. Whom are we talking about in Kali Yuga? Not the trees, animals, ocean, or water, but humans. Slowly, the human mind began to say, "I am the best. I am the first. I am great. I am a boss. I am rich." Before, it was not like that. Then they created "my thing, my religion, my this and that." We are human. That is why I always say, upon waking in the morning, declare, "I am human." Then see the first faces: my parents, my humans—father, mother, grandparents. Then touch the earth and the water, all five elements. I think the trees know more about this and understand it better. Therefore, Holī Gurujī did not engage in politics. Whether one is a prime minister or a worker, they are all my children. Realize your country; do not separate it. You can work, become a minister—no problem. But we should not spread division, which is happening now. In many countries, sometimes they only want money. They hide money, thinking to use it again. Someone dies with money buried three meters deep on his farm. I said we should dig two meters down. We try very much, everybody, in every country. All presidents and leaders are good; they are doing their work. Your country is very good, your president is very good. As I am not from your country, I cannot comment on your government. I say, good sir, respect to you. Thank you very much. Your beauty name is very good. So it is like this. People are doing things, but many things we cannot control; it is Kali Yuga. It is unbelievable. For some, being human is not human. Sometimes they are deprived of everything—no money, no food—because they did not support a leader. Yes. So it is like Umapurī. Somebody came... not to Umapurī, but to... can you tell me who is behind? No, no... Dayāl Purī, Dayāl. Yes, she is very good, but you do not know. Yes, Pārvatī also. And I am the worst of the worst. So it is like this. We have to learn; we have to come here. That is why it is said: Jesus said if someone takes here, then do it here. But we do not act with the hand; if we talk with the word, my God, up to diamond, everything. This is Kali Yuga. We have to make corrections, but we cannot correct others, only ourselves. We should say, "Yes, sir, please take a seat. You are the great one." Then the person will respond positively. That is Kali Yuga. Gurudev takes this in hand now. So many people in many religions are spiritual and working very hard now. Therefore, we are very close to Guru Pūrṇimā, and we will see how Guru Pūrṇimā will be. We will make it here very nice, beautiful, and we will be very happy. Many of our brothers and sisters are coming. We wish you all the best, and be happy. Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Dev Purīśa Mahādev Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Satya Sanātan Dharm Kī Māta Pitā Gurudev Satya Sanātan Dharm Kī Jaya. Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... Viśvagurū Parman, Viśvagurū Parman. Mahāṁ Karthā Prabhūdīp Karthā Mahāprabhūdīp Karthā Hī Kevatī Śānti Śānti Hī. Śrī Guru Paramahaṁsī Svāmī Maheśvarānanda Gurudeva Kī Jaya. Hari Om.