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Yoga in Daily Life is a large family, a global family present on every continent. By the grace of Gurudeva, it reaches more and more people and helps them. Two things are very important in our life. The first is help. Seva Dharma is the greatest Dharma—the duty to serve or to help. Help in whatever way you can: physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, economically, politically. There are many, many ways to help someone. Therefore, Yoga in Daily Life is a golden opportunity for us to help people. It is pure wisdom, and through this Seva, you gain a great deal of good karma. We are thousands of Yoga in Daily Life teachers. Every teacher who represents Yoga in Daily Life carries that light of Śrī Alak Purījī, which comes through Devpurījī, Mahāprabhujī, Gurujī, and to us. You have it now. If you utilize it—meaning, if you give it further—then you will receive more. It will remain fresh and divine. If there is a water well, you draw out as much water as you like. It is always replenished with new water because the source is elsewhere. It is said, "Water should move." If water stands still, it spoils and becomes dirty. A sādhu should constantly move from place to place and will thus remain without any stain. To be a teacher, an instructor—especially of Yoga in Daily Life—you are a master. And this role teaches you again. When you speak about something, you must concentrate and gather all your energy and wisdom. But if you hand it over to Gurudev before speaking, you acknowledge, "I am not the doer. Mahāprabhujī is the doer. Mahāprabhujī is the only doer." You may have noticed that before beginning my lectures, I close my eyes. It is not that I am overthinking, "My God, what should I speak now?" Rather, I am performing pūrva-krama to Gurū Dev—Devpurījī, Mahāprabhujī, Holy Gurujī, Alakpurījī—and asking for their mercy: "Please come and reside in my heart. Bless the Saraswati and speak. You should speak in my heart. Āsā merā sadguru andar bole." Mahāprabhujī said in one bhajan, "Asa mera sadguru andar bole." Like that, my Gurudev is speaking within me. It is said that in every heart—whether human or animal—God is residing; my Lord is there. No heart is empty, but adoration is for that heart in which the Lord begins to speak. If you think that you are speaking, then that water is merely water in a tank, and that water will soon finish because a tank has no source of inflow. But in a well or a fountain, the source is elsewhere. Therefore, God should speak within you. However, He will speak only if you truly give Him a chance. It means it is not you who is speaking; you are only the listener. You are listening, yet you are speaking. But in reality, it is His speaking. He, Prabhu, gives us Śakti, Bhakti, Jñāna, Śukṣānti, Rādhīsthiti. "O Lord, please give me Śakti and Bhakti, knowledge, Tyāga, happiness, prosperity, and harmony." This is what we ask for. "Din bandhu, dīnānāth, merī dorī, tere hāth. O Lord of the meek, the rope of my life is in Your hand. Please draw that rope a little bit nearer toward You." Thus, Yoga in Daily Life teachers are not those who become teachers after a one-week yoga training. Unfortunately, there are many people who simply go to India or elsewhere for a 15-day yoga program, receive a certificate, return home, and begin to teach yoga. Guruji said this means the blind lead the blind. A yoga teacher is not a physical instructor. And even if you wished to be a physical instructor, you cannot become one in 14 days. You must know anatomy. You must know the effect of every exercise. It is individual. Yoga is never general. Yoga in Daily Life is a system that will help you and your students. To become a teacher of Yoga in Daily Life, you should know the ancient literature, you should know anatomy, you should know the problems of the person, the psychology. What is mind? What is consciousness? What is intellect? What is memory? What are thoughts? What are the five bodies? What are the qualities of the five bodies? What is a chakra? Why is a chakra formed? Where are they located, and what happens if they are not awakened? Why are they dormant? How to activate them? What is Iḍā and Piṅgalā? What is Suṣumnā? There are many, many things. What is Jīva? What is Ātmā? What is Paramātmā? The universe. It is said in yoga, "Ananta Brahmāṇḍa Śāstra Sūryas"—endless universes and thousands of solar systems. All are within your consciousness. It means you have to become one without a second. You have to become one without the other: Universal Consciousness. There are three very important points. First, you speak of death. Who dies? Second, you speak of going to heaven; you die and go to heaven. What is heaven? Heaven is a limited space. Where heaven ends, there must be Naraka (hell), and where hell ends, there must be Svarga (heaven). For a yogī, for a spiritual person, is there a longing for heaven? Heaven is another prison. To be in heaven forever—oh my God, boring! Suppose you do not wish to be there; you cannot come out. There is no Adriatic coast, no good Croatian olives, no olive oil. So what will you do there? Have you asked yourself? You would like to go to heaven, but do you know what heaven is? Who has seen it? It is said that those with good karma go to heaven. (Girls, you sit on this side so they can see. Thank you, very good. This is also good karma, you know. And these flowers, place them here.) And when your good karma is credited and you enjoy it all, once it is used up, you must return to Rasi Chaurasi, meaning 8.4 million different kinds of lives or creatures on this planet. "Chaurāsī, Lākh, Jīva, Jhūl." You must go through this cycle again. You must again achieve human life. What do you do then? Again, you wish to go to heaven. Oh, my God. So, whether in heaven or on earth, there is suffering here and boredom there. What is that? Therefore, it is said that a Brahmalīna—a great saint, a holy saint, self-realized—when he departs from this world, is called Brahmalīn; he becomes one with Brahman, one without a second. You are everywhere: in every atom, in heaven, in hell, in Svarga, in Naraka. Everywhere, you are oneness. So our aim is to realize that, to become one with Brahman.