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First, we must understand what "Yoga in Daily Life" means. To begin, you should know that the author of Yoga is Lord Śiva. He holds the copyright; if you wish to write a new book, you must deal with Lord Śiva to get permission. Yoga has been and remains a central part of Indian philosophy, spirituality, and thought. It is not easy for people to understand what Yoga is. While we know its literal meaning is union, balance, and harmony, Yoga is the balancing principle that sustains the entire universe. It is the harmonizing principle, meaning to bring into oneness and unity. There are many techniques, ways, thoughts, and schools, making it very hard for people to grasp Yoga fully. Yet, a human cannot exist without Yoga. When humans search for answers or have creative, concrete thoughts, that is Yoga. To establish a happy family, achieve something in life, to study—all this means Yoga, because you wish to realize a happy family and a healthy life. Every act of realization is already Yoga. The human possesses a great talent called intellect. But this intellect needs education, meaning the development of human capabilities and qualities. That is Yoga. The second part of Yoga, which we try to practice, is the basic foundation: good eating and health. This is what in German you call Kindergarten. As you grow, you proceed to primary school, then middle school, high school, college, and university. Only after university does your sādhanā (spiritual practice) begin. Can you imagine how far you are from finishing university? Hence, you are still in kindergarten. Your progress through these levels depends on your concentration and motivation. After passing university, you can begin to think deeply and start research work. This means asking, "Who am I?" But before that, you must learn to follow principles—yogic principles and high principles like Ahiṃsā, the noble way of living. This noble way is lived with non-violence, spirituality, understanding, forgiveness, and love. It involves constantly contemplating the cause of this world, the cause of creation, or the purpose of this world and your journey through the universe to find the final piece: unity. After university, you begin to gaze within yourself and to guide other souls. To attain all this, we have a long walk, and we hope to achieve our goal successfully. In the Bhagavad Gītā, God Kṛṣṇa advises His disciple Arjuna to practice Yoga. Kṛṣṇa tells him about the achievements of Yoga, about liberation, that through Yoga a person can realize God. This is a very interesting topic. Kṛṣṇa is one of the most complete supreme Gods to have incarnated. Arjuna is His disciple, a Bhakta. An interesting point is that although Arjuna is with Kṛṣṇa, he does not fully know Him. Even God advises him to practice Yoga. Why couldn't Arjuna say, "Lord, I need nothing; I have You"? Once, Mahāprabhujī asked Holy Gurujī, "What do you wish? I will give everything." Gurujī replied, "I have got everything. I have no more desires. I have everything; I do not wish for anything else. What should I wish for? Whatever I wish for, nothing is more than You. When Gurudev is with me, what more can I wish for?" Similarly, it is interesting that God is there asking the devotee what to do. God instructs His disciples so they will realize Him, because Arjuna's consciousness and intellect still could not fully accept and see Kṛṣṇa as God. When Arjuna gains this consciousness—that yes, Kṛṣṇa is God—then he has realized everything. This is our condition. We know of Ātmā and Paramātmā. We know our real Self is that God. But still, we do not trust. We are still searching; I am searching for myself. A curtain of ignorance prevents clear vision, knowledge, and realization. For that, you have a long, long way to go. Arjuna knew Kṛṣṇa for a long time but still could not realize Him. This is because our feelings, knowledge, and experiences remain on the surface only. When you ask a small child in kindergarten to write 'A' and 'B', see how the child holds the pencil and struggles hard just to write that 'A'. That is our condition. It is that hard for us to perform one posture; it is that hard for us to come to realization. The whole world, especially humans, cannot exist, have a social life, or be civilized without Yoga. Therefore, Yoga has been a major part of life for all spiritual incarnations on this globe. Now, Yoga in Daily Life. In everyday life, 24 hours a day, you lead your life according to Yoga. If you deny or break the law, you have broken that chain. This morning, I told yoga teachers that when you listen to negative critique from others against someone, you lose more than the one who is telling you. It is as if the speaker holds a gun, and you are the victim, the target. Each negative word is like a bullet that destroys the spiritual person within you. For that, you will suffer for many, many lives—Janama janama dukpa yega—you will have a very miserable life. That is why there is a symbol of three monkeys, mentioned long ago in the Mahābhārata and even earlier in the Rāmāyaṇa, which is over 10,000 years old: don't speak bad, don't hear bad, and don't see the bad, oh monkey mind. Before you say a bad word, close your mouth. Do not pollute the world with that atom bomb within you. Each negative word you speak against someone is like an atom bomb exploding. Many people, when they talk or read a holy book, keep a hand like this. In the Jaina religion, they even keep a cloth in front of their mouth when speaking, so that other creatures living in the air will not die. That is ahiṃsā; to speak something destructive is violence. Don't hear bad things; close your ears. Don't see bad things; better to close your eyes. This means self-protection. Therefore, Yoga in Daily Life means not only physical exercise. That is only a predominant part; it is an entire way of life. It is a system that transforms you from human to God. It is the path that leads from Nar to Nārāyaṇ, from human to God. Are you aware of this? Do you wish for this? Do not ignore it. Listen. Otherwise, you will be very, very sorry for the lost time. It is said: what is gone will not come back. The word you speak will not return. The bullet that leaves the gun will not come back. And the time that is past will not return. Therefore, Holy Gurujī said in a bhajan: "Bhai Tum Jaguri"—O brothers, wake up. "Tera avsar bita jai"—your chance is slipping away. You are missing your chance, which was very, very rare to get—this human life. Do you understand what it means to be human? Do you know the human qualities that make us human? Víte, co jsou lidské kvality, co z nás dělá člověka? And if we realize this, and once we realize it, we will be aware of what human qualities are. And once we know the value of a human, we will realize what human rights are. Human rights do not mean a person can do whatever they like. You must have spiritual injections, ethical education. The spiritual injection means the wise words of the saints that will make you wise, that will make you holy. To be a practitioner of Yoga in Daily Life means you are learning how to rescue creatures. You are the savior of all seekers, all beings. But you will have no ability or energy if your inner self is destroyed, poisoned by negative society, negative talk, and negative company. Nowadays, it is easier to fall into this trap. You have the internet, emails, SMS, telephone—it is very easy for these bullets to enter your brain, so you are completely, how to say, ruined. You are completely destroyed. How can you expect to proceed? So, Yoga in Daily Life is trying to build up the human again, to protect the environment, love creatures, understand all, respect all, and bring peace and harmony. That is very important. But if you, as Yoga in Daily Life practitioners and teachers—ale pokud vy jako cvičenci a učitele yogī v denním životě nejste schopni zharmonizovat sami sebe, nevíte, jak použít laskavá slova, tak nevíte, jak ujít další krok—if you do not know how to use kind words, you do not know how to take the next step. To use kind words for someone who is kind to you is one thing, but to use kind words for someone who is unfriendly and blames you—that is a master work. It means we are here to help the needy. And the needy is not only one who has no money or nothing to eat. People have enough; they need a kind word, kind attention. They need your warmth, your understanding. They need you to give them freedom. You see every day in the media, in different parts of the world, people suffering from hunger. Why? Who is the cause of this? We are. The rich countries took all their resources, took everything away—všechno jim sebrali a dokonce i teď se to děje a velice málo jim pomáhají a to je ono. You steal something from someone's house, then film them and say how poor they are. That is it. But you do not say why they are poor—who took away from them. Because of that, we did not sow this. So, practicing and being active in Yoga in Daily Life, and teaching it further, is to bring the light of Mahāprabhujī. In the bhajans of Mahāprabhujī and Gurujī—v bhajanech od Mahāprabhujiho a Gurujiho jsou poklady vevnitř—there are treasures inside. Such an enormous treasure that it never ends. We are very, what, rich. If only we would understand it, we must understand it. Strive to pass all classes and finish the universities. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar