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The situation in the world is, in one way, not good, and in another way, it is good. The aspect that is not good is known to all of you: there is much fighting. There are many enemies, terror, and fear. All people on this planet are living full of fear. A life where there is fear is not a good life. It does not matter from whom the fear originates; fear damages the psyche of a person. Fear exists in every creature's existence. For example, if a doctor diagnoses someone as very ill and says they will not live more than a few months, that person will experience indescribable fear. So there is fear of illness, fear of wars, fear of terrorists or negative people, fear concerning money or positions—many, many kinds of fear exist. Consequently, the whole world is seeking a kind of security. Yet, there cannot be security. Because fear is within us, and it is we, the human beings, who are creating the troubles on this planet. There is fear of God, fear from religions, fear from some cultures—many, many different fears. While coming here, I was listening to a radio channel from Austria. There was a discussion about immigration—how many people are immigrating from different countries to different countries. Asians coming to Europe, people from what you call Eastern European countries, or from the former communist countries, are immigrating to the EU borders. They interviewed a Czech lady, I think she was Czech or Slovak. She said many things and ended very nicely. She said, "Culture is a living thing, like a life." Culture is something which is moving, constantly changing. You cannot stop it. If you try to create a boundary to protect your culture, then that culture will die. So there are many, many different kinds of fears people have throughout the whole world, and they are created by humans. The circumstances, the situation in our life, we have created. And it is we who have to solve this problem. Our planet is threatened by humans, and humans are threatened by humans. Consider how much pollution we are creating. We have polluted the ocean, and the ocean is threatened. Our life depends on the ocean. Lakes are polluted, rivers are polluted, fields are polluted, and the human mind is polluted. It is a very critical situation in the world. Now, the great ṛṣis said something very important, and we should reflect on it. They said in the Upaniṣads, in the teachings: Mano mātra jagata. The world is created out of the mind. What do they mean by "the world"? The world means the world where you are living—what kind of situation or circumstances are there. These circumstances are created by the mind. You will be happy if you think happy thoughts; you will be unhappy if you think unhappy thoughts. Therefore, to practice yoga means to correct the way of thinking. Changing one's thinking is not easy. There is an example of a dog's tail. A dog has a tail which is curved, you know, it’s ringed. If you hold the tail for a long time to straighten it, it should remain straight. But as soon as you let it go from your hand, it will roll back again. So our mind is like the tail of a dog. Unfortunately, it is very hard to change. We think about multi-religion. How many are you ready to accept? Multiculturalism? The reality is different. Consider the problems in your countries: when it was suggested that yoga should come to schools, some said, "Because yoga comes from India, we don't want this." How much narrow thinking exists in people's minds? This is a mental problem. It is not a healthy way of thinking, and that is the fear—the fear that if you have something, you will lose it. The ṛṣis said, whatever you have, you will lose all. You cannot stop anything. It is like a river, like water. Water should flow. When water flows, it remains clean. When water stops and lies stagnant, it becomes dirty and smelly. So, nothing you can keep; everything will change. Nothing belongs to you. You will lose everything. The only thing you will not lose is your wisdom, your knowledge. What you have learned, you have learned. Someone can take the bread from your hands, but they cannot take the bread out of your destiny, from your knowledge. Thus, the practice of yoga means to master oneself. And it is time to think and change our way of thinking. We have to change our inner self. You cannot exist in this world as you are, because the world is not only Slovakia, let's say. Our world is not only India. Our world is not only America. All together makes the world. So we have to think and act globally. There is a problem: we think globally, but we act locally. And acting comes from your real thinking. So, how many are ready to accept the multicultural? How many of you are ready to put the Qurʾān on the altar in a church? That is the question. If you are able to put the Qurʾān there, then it means you are thinking and acting globally, and you have tolerance and respect. Herein lie the roots of the problems. Or ask the Muslims if they can put the Bible on their altar. That is it. Or put the Vedas there, or put the Bhagavad Gītā there, or ask them to put the Bible there. We have to change the way of thinking. Otherwise, our children will suffer, and we do not want our children to suffer. We do not want to close borders; we open borders. The borders of our country and the borders of our heart should be open globally. But again, thinking is a problem. You think so quickly in a negative way, full of complexes, hate, jealousy, doubt. That is the problem. We get used to thinking very quickly and very negatively, with complexes, doubts, jealousy, uncertainty. And we do not change that. We are not capable of changing such thinking. So this is one situation in the world which is going on: humans become the enemy of humans. Whom are they killing? Each other. There are some humans who are supplying the weapons to kill others. There are some humans who are producing the weapons. Where is the teaching of the Bible? "Thou shalt not kill." Become a real Christian, a real Christian. But we are not. Ale nie ste. Do not become fanatical. That is it. So this is the big problem in the world now. Toto je velký problém vo svete, fighting for money, for power. And the second thing, the good thing in the world, is this: there are millions of people who are trying very hard to create world peace.