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We must take time for ourselves. We have 24 hours—enough time, more than enough. No one can honestly say, "I have no time." Whoever says that is not being honest with themselves. Consider an alcoholic; no matter how busy they are, they find time to drink. A smoker, no matter how busy, always finds time to smoke. So we cannot claim we have no time. If you consciously and carefully check your time, you will be surprised at how much you have. We can divide our time into three parts: eight hours for sleeping, eight hours for working. What are you doing with the other eight hours? Where do they go? Not just from time to time, but every day. Every day we have eight hours. You can use that for eating, for your family, for telephoning, but still, eight hours remain. When we fly from London to New York or to India, it takes eight hours. We say, "My God, the flight is so long." People try to book a first-class seat, or business class, and then there's economy class. It feels so boring, so tiring. Often, that time is spent watching the clock, always checking how late it is, where we are. Eight hours. So what are we doing with eight hours? And who is the lucky person who can sleep eight hours every day? That's the problem. Maybe sometimes on the weekend you sleep eight hours. And which company is the lucky one whose workers work eight hours continuously? If everybody worked eight hours, the economy of the country would be completely different. So we are wasting time on many, many things of which we are not aware. Therefore, we can take two hours from our 24 hours for our spiritual well-being and our physical well-being. We can do some good exercises that are beneficial for yourself, for your body, for your mind, and for spiritual development. What I am telling you is not for me. Whether you practice or not is your affair. My duty is this: to make humans aware, to inspire them so they may derive something good from their life. If you begin to practice every day and develop yourself, you are the one who benefits. You gain something. If you do nothing, that is your concern. I will lose nothing, and I will gain nothing. Recording location: Great Britain, London, Seminar