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Love is not merely the physical love between a man and a woman. You can love your furniture, your kitchen, your car, or flowers. That love is an indescribable power, and it extends towards all creatures as well. That is the essence. Therefore, maintain your relationships. Cultivate them, and not only with human friends, but with animal friends too. So, how many friends do you have? Count them on your fingers. If you try to count, you had a friend, you broke with them, you became enemies, and now you have created some misunderstanding with them. Can you count all your friends? A true friend is one who would die for you. That is a friend. It is not someone who says, "I'm sorry, it's not my problem, it's your problem. Why have you done this and that?" When you have a good friendship, you are two bodies but one soul. In our Sanskrit and Hindi language, we call it dosti. Do means two, and sati means truth. Both walk on the path of truth, the path of reality. One is going on the good way and takes the other one also to the good way. That is called dosti. One walks the good way and leads the other one with him. Sati comes from satya (truth). Do means two—dosti. That is friendship. When you have a good friendship with your dog, the dog will never, never disappoint you, nor will your horse, your cow, or your cat. Even animals will give their life for you. Now, what are you doing for your human friend? "It's not my coffee, it's not my problem." "It's not my duty." These are small things. You have spoiled your divine life. So, eko'haṁ bahu syām. Multiply yourself with all. Make a saṅkalpa today, as the new year approaches. With this mind, with this brain, I will never think negative. I will not complain, and with this tongue, I will not criticize. Even if someone is guilty, with this tongue, I will help that one. Even if someone is guilty, I will not criticize, but I will help him. Mahātmā Gandhījī said we will fight for freedom but without weapons. We will not take any weapon in our hands because we do not hate the person. We hate the action, not the person. We hate his deeds, not the person. And therefore, your tongue should not criticize. Your tongue should support them. If they made a mistake, you should be helpful to them and not add another knife. So, my dear, this is a life instruction for you. Maybe someone does not like it because there are some who feel very directly now, as they have these qualities. But I do not talk for one person, nor for you only. I talk for all who will listen to these lectures. This is the life instruction to be successful. So understand and forgive. Jesus also said, "Father, forgive them." If he could forgive such things, can you not forgive little, little things which are not directly connected to you, or maybe a little bit connected to you, but you are not able to forgive? So what kind of Jesus are you? Or what kind of Jesus' disciples are you? Not even the dust of his feet. That is it. So, practical life is to lead life accordingly. Only looking at his pictures and crying and reading in the Bible does not make you Christians. Christians are they who lead life according to the Bible. There is no religion called Hinduism, because Hinduism means the way of life. There is no religion called Christianity. The way of life is Christianity. That is it, and those are the instructions which I am telling you. Therefore, relationships. How many friends do you have? And how many friends did you have twenty years ago? If you are twenty years old, of course—there are some only eighteen years old. And how many friends did you have before ten years? And how many do you have now? Are they friends? Can you count on them? Are you in oneness with them? Can you take their duty upon you? Can you tell your friend, "You are very tired, you sleep, I will take night duty for you"? Can you tell your friend, "Please sit down and relax, I will cook for you"? "Though I am very tired, I will clean your windows, you relax please." Can you do all this? No. One day maybe, or in the very beginning when you fell in love with someone, just in the first weeks or first months, then it is finished. That is it. So how many friends have you? Eko'haṁ bahu syām. This we can understand now in this way: I am one and I will multiply now into millions and millions. They will be my friends. Why are we here today? Because we are friends. You are my best friend. Believe me, I will be ready to give you my life if it is needed. And that is friendship. I count on you. And I know that you are my best friends, and I know that I am. Nothing is more beautiful than this. This makes us happy. We look forward to coming and seeing each other from time to time. Though we are taking a long journey, what brings us together? That love; it is like a magnet. It pulls us together. And if this is lost through some kuṣaṅga (bad company) and negative thinking, then even if you have time, you will not come. Because you were not able to cultivate it; it is too gentle. So this love which you have is like a candle flame. And now you have to go through the storm. How carefully can you protect your flame? Exactly like protecting a tiny candle flame in a big storm, so too must we cultivate and protect our friendship in this stormy worldly life. One said in a nice poem: "Sabe sahajak sabalke, kohun nirbal sahaj pavan jagavat āg ko dīphai det bujaj. Sabe sahajak sabalke." Everybody is helping the strong one. "Kohun nirbal sahaj," no one is helping the weak one. The big wind will make the fire more strong; it will support the fire. When the fire is strong, the wind will blow it even more. It will blow deeper, and the small flame will blow off. The same wind and a little spark of the fire will support it to become a great fire, because that has strength in it, and the weak little flame will be blown off. So, our relation and love for some of you is still too weak; it can blow out so quickly. Therefore, you have to protect your flame and walk very carefully. Or, fill a plate full of water and walk from this house to the other house without dripping one drop. If you drop it, that means you are still not capable. And that is the life from this house to that house. So we need our relations, our understandings. Our anger, our jealousy—even though we are right—that will harm us. You are right, but you cannot compare yourself with others. You are healthy of heart; you can jog to the top of the hill. But a heart-ill person can hardly even walk. Do not compare that person with you, but understand that person. That is it; that is very important. So many enemies are created, many misunderstandings are created, and many good things as well. So this is what I wanted to tell you: that which is gone is gone. Then you can say, "Oh, I could have done this, I could have done that." Then it is too late. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Weekend seminar