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Rivers, mountains, lakes, deserts, stars, the moon, the sun, the sky, clouds, lightning, and trees—all of this holds profound meaning. It is a part of our life. Since we have lost this spiritual connection to nature, we have begun to abuse and destroy it. This is the greatest problem throughout the world. The most dangerous pollution is that of the human mind. The first pollution is created within the mind. When your mind is polluted, you will pollute the outer world. When you are angry, jealous, greedy, or selfish, you are polluting your mind. Through that anger, greed, and jealousy, you will pollute the outer world. A jealous person is a machine of pollution. An angry person is a volcano of pollution. A greedy person is a flood of pollution. And a person who is both angry and jealous is a hurricane of pollution. That hurricane, after a while, also destroys itself and finishes. How can we think that in such a situation our spirituality will improve? It cannot be. Because the mind is polluted by kāma, krodha, mada, lobha, moha, and ahaṅkāra. These are the mental pollutions. Kāma is passion and desire. Krodha is anger. Lobha is attachment in the sense of greediness. Moha is attachment in the sense of ignorance. Ahaṃkāra is ego, and from it comes anger and pride. This has polluted the human mind. Therefore, in whatever you do in your life, you should consider which qualities are involved. You must contemplate the quality of your actions. This pollution is created by these negative qualities, and it can be purified by their opposites: love, forgiveness, understanding, kindness, and humbleness. Where there is love, there is no kāma (passion). Where there is humbleness, there is no krodha (anger). You must try to neutralize your inner negative qualities with positive ones. No one can do this for you; only you can do it. This work cannot be done on your behalf; you alone must do it.