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Blessed Self, immortal Ātmā, and devotees of Śrī Mahāprabhujī Gurujī, I bless you all in the name of our spiritual lineage and am very happy to see you. Indeed, it is a very divine constellation that we could be together. You are fortunate ones to be in this satsaṅg. In this Kali Yuga, satsaṅg is very rare, and it is also very rare to attain human life. In the holy Rāmāyaṇa, the great Tulsīdāsjī said, "Baḍā bhāga manuṣa tanapāvā"—fortunate are we who have gained a human body. And while repeating the name of God, O human, cross the ocean of ignorance, this worldly ocean. The ocean has particular significance. The ocean is life; if the ocean is polluted, the life within it will die, and we all will perish. Thus, the ocean signifies our life. Unfortunately, we humans pollute the ocean day by day. We have polluted the rivers, ponds, lakes, and oceans. Life in the sea is dying out, and many animal species have disappeared. We witness the results in climate changes and in the increasing complexity of diseases each day. Our primary duty is to protect our blessed planet. The ocean means water, and that ocean symbolizes emotion. This planet represents emotion. Emotions have many varieties: anger is an emotion, hatred is an emotion, jealousy is an emotion, greed is an emotion, love is an emotion, happiness is an emotion. It depends through which filter you are filtering your emotion. But here, the ocean of emotion signifies harmony, love, protection, and life. The Upaniṣads describe how the soul travels through the astral world and how it returns to this planet. The manifestation from the astral body into the material body first takes place through water. You know there are five elements: space, fire, water, air, and earth. The astral being flutters on the waves of time through the endless universe and is then directed again toward this planet. This planet is known as Karmabhūmi, the planet of action. No action can be performed without emotion. No action can be done without motivation, and there is no motivation without a particular aim. We must have a target; to achieve it, we are motivated. To be motivated, we need Śakti, energy. That energy is willpower—the willpower to exist, the willpower to be successful. Within our willpower and our motivation to achieve that target, emotion is a very important part. This is a planet of action, which means working. Everything is working here; even the earth is working, plants are working, animals are working. Everyone's action yields a result because this is not a dead planet; it is a living planet. Where there is life, there is progress, but that life needs emotion. That emotion cannot function or be applied unless you have motivation, and motivation cannot exist unless you have a particular object. Therefore, you must first create the object mentally, plan everything, and then work out the plan. To complete that work, you need motivation, energy, and love. This is the highest aspect of psychology according to Vedānta and spirituality. How fortunate are those who have gained human life. By praying repeatedly, you can cross the ocean. This planet is Mṛtyuloka, the realm of birth and death. What comes must go; what is created one day will be destroyed—be it a house, a machine, your clothes, or your body. What is manifested will one day be dissolved. You may use the beautiful word "dissolved" or say it will be destroyed. Then what is the aim? What is the purpose of this creation? Why do we create when we know it will be destroyed? Many people think: Why am I living? Why did God give this life? Why do so many creatures suffer on this planet? This planet is where individual consciousness can develop. It develops toward completeness so that you will not have to come again and again. Whoever comes must go, and whoever goes must come back. When we say goodbye in English, they say, "See you." We are often unaware of what this sentence means. Human language is a perfect language. It does not matter which language it is: Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian, Yugoslavian, Slovenian, Italian, German, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Japanese, Chinese. There are hundreds, even thousands of languages. Can you believe or understand how hard people had to work to create each word until it was accepted by every human? That must have been research work. Take the word "love." In any language, when you say "love," every human knows what it means. No one holds a copyright on love; it has no trademark. The same is true for happiness. No one holds a trademark for it. Everyone has the right to utilize it, to be happy and content. When the word "happiness" is spoken, you dive within yourself, consciously or unconsciously, and acknowledge, "Yes, I know what happiness is." But am I happy? That is the question. If not, then why are you not happy? What can make you happy? Work for that thing. Yet, it is said that what makes you happy one day will make you unhappy. Are you prepared to be unhappy? If not, then do not search for that happiness, because the joy of the joy is less than the sorrows that follow that joy. But we are normal mortal beings here. In this Mṛtyuloka, we have our qualities, our guṇa. We are connected with the five elements. We become hungry, thirsty, and tired. We awaken. We feel love and unhappiness. Whether it is reality or not, it is still our reality. The present situation in our life is a reality. We cannot say we are not living. You are living. You are hungry, tired, thirsty, offended. This is all emotion. And we are floating, swimming through this ocean of emotion—up and down, struggling to cross this ocean, to be successful, to reach that target. Thank you for watching. Recording location: Slovakia, Trencin, Weekend seminar