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In the last five years, the United Nations and the Earth Charter have adopted a resolution, a saṅkalpa, to achieve nine goals by 2015. One of these points is water—fresh water. In many countries, water exists but is undrinkable. Groundwater is polluted, leading to incurable diseases. The Mahābhārata, from 6,000 to 7,000 years ago, already contained warnings. There was the example of a lake: whoever drank its water would die. It must have been polluted. Even then, it was warned not to pollute the soil and water. Now we are known as developed humans from developed countries. But can this be called development? No. This is a distraction. We are developing towards destruction—quicker destruction. We search for sustainable development, but there are two kinds of worlds: the man-made world and the God-made world. The God-made world is perfect, sustainable, and self-supporting. The man-made world is imperfect and unsustainable. Whatever technology we discover, we think it is the best, but we do not know its future. To this day, every technology has caused pollution, unrest, stress, and wars, driven by the greed of marketing and business. Every politician in every country concentrates on the economy. They want to develop it, but this is not the way. It is said that the best richness is satisfaction. If you are satisfied, you are rich. If you are not, you are the poorest of the poor. A philosopher said, "Rich are they who don't want anything, and poor beggars are they who want to have more and more." All economic development pursued by politicians is a completely wrong path. We are destroying ourselves to get money. Is this money so dear to you that you would let it destroy you, your family, your culture, your country, and your environment? Despite all this, if you want only money, you are completely wrong. Mahāprabhujī said, "Do not go against nature, otherwise nature will take its revenge." Humans do not have the power to oppose it forever. Nature is more powerful. One tsunami, and all human technology fails. We do not wish for such things and pray to God they never happen. But if we continue this way, be sure a tsunami is very near, one that will involve the entire earth. That is why we must be completely aware of ecology and the environment, to reduce pollution. When we listen to this, it sounds good, but we forget when we leave our homes. What do you call sustainable development? What people have developed in the last 70-80 years is not sustainable at all; it is destructive. Yet, six generations before us, people lived sustainably. I have observed your country for 33 years. When I first came, there were fruit trees everywhere—cherries, apples, pears. No one could go hungry; there was food everywhere, so many berries and wild fruits. Where are they now? Beautiful, big apple trees were chipped away to widen roads. Yes, the roads were widened, but the fruit trees were forgotten. Humans think these fruits are not healthy and that nobody will eat them. How do you know? What about the birds, bugs, rabbits, deer, ants, wasps, and bees that maintain our ecosystem? Oh human, you think only of yourself. What a pity. What blindness. What great ignorance! In front of humans is only a dark wall. People think only of the self, and you see how much is destroyed. I remember walking through Czechoslovakian forests, seeing so many wild flowers and herbs. Sometimes I wished to have my bed on the meadow and sleep there, coming as I do from a sand desert with no green leaves. Now everything is destroyed here, too. Or you go somewhere and someone says, "Hey man, it's my land, you cannot go here." Again, the human ego asserts itself. Yoga in Daily Life is one of the subjects through which we fight to protect our planet, to be aware of water and the environment. I have told you these things many times. I repeat them today because some people say, "Oh God, terrible weather." God never makes terrible weather; God always makes good weather. Mano matra jagata—how you think, that will be your world. We think only for ourselves and forget other creatures. We destroyed all the fruit trees. Now what should the poor deer eat? They begin to eat your crops, so you develop hunters to kill them for a few pieces of meat. Why not plant the plants and fruits that deer will eat and be happy? Let us speak about the Czech Republic. How many billions of tons of grain spoil in storerooms? Yet we grow more and more polluted beings. Consider the pollution created to make beer from wheat or wine from grapes. People just like it, and that is that. We have completely thrown our nature and climate out of balance. Yoga is balance. It balances the entire universe—all stars, planets, and visible and invisible elements. It balances our body, mind, emotion, psychic, and intellect. Everything is balanced by this principle; this is yoga. Now, many of you have been practicing here for ten days. I ask you, how balanced are you? You are not balanced. If you were balanced, you would not say, "Oh, terrible weather," or "Oh, eating today is, my God, again this boiled wheat." Boiled wheat is much better than beer and is very healthy. If you have gas, you should know how to eat. We say the work of the teeth should not be done in haste. You must chew well. When you chew wheat properly, it produces its own hormones and saliva, which act as anti-gas agents. One spoon of boiled wheat, chewed properly, should take at least four minutes. Then you will have strong muscles, no gas, and no problems. It has a lot of protein and all the sustenance we need. I have my third set of teeth already inside, which makes speaking certain words and letters difficult. On the first day I got them and telephoned India, they thought Swamiji was drunk. Therefore, whatever you eat, eat with love, and it becomes blessed food. Christianity also says that whatever comes on your plate, you should pray and eat with thankfulness—except poison and meat, because that is not appreciable, as it cost someone's life in a cruel way. This evening we will show you a video on why not to eat meat. Then you will think, "What are you eating?" Manu Mātṛ Jagataḥ—how you think, that will be your world. There is a Yoga Nidrā technique. The author of autogenic training from Germany developed it from Yoga Nidrā. In an interview, he stated he took it from Yoga Relaxation and Yoga Nidrā. In autogenic training, you tell yourself, "I am happy, I am relaxed, I am healthy. Every day I am getting healthier." You go to the mirror and say, "I look much better today. I am happy. I am relaxed. I have a great day today." This is self-suggestion, or autosuggestion. You can send yourself a threatening message or a positive one; this influences our body and psyche. But this is not a modern technique; it is stated in Vedānta, over 15,000 years ago: Manomātra jagata—the whole world is created out of the mind. The whole situation is created from your mind. If you feel lonely, it is created from your mind. You go to the mirror and say, "I couldn't sleep well. I'm lonely. No one loves me. I need someone. I'm so unhappy." This is your own thinking. No one likes you. You have no one. You are unhappy. This thinking makes you weaker. Instead, say, "Oh, how happy I am alone; nobody disturbs me. I can practice my mantra, meditate, and sleep whenever I like. I am happy. In my coffee, two more spoons of sugar, no problem. Otherwise, my wife would say, 'Don't take too much sugar, not so much jam.' Already in the morning, she begins to prohibit me. No sugar, not too strong coffee. Don't wear this dress. Oh God, the whole day's point." So, I am happy. I have my key, I close my door, I go. I don't come home for three days. No one is there to ask why I didn't come back. I am lucky, thank you, God. If only I had wings, I could fly. I am relaxed, I am healthy, I am happy, and I don't have to share my money on someone's cosmetics. See how it works—how the mind creates situations. Whether you are happy or unhappy depends on you. Do not blame your husband, wife, children, or colleagues. Why your wife or husband behaves a certain way is because of you. Why do children behave like this? Because you didn't take care or teach them. You are the guilty one. If we think of this, we could sit together one day and cry the whole day for our stupidity. We could hold a funeral for all these stupid things and then cry. But we cannot do that. What happened, happened. Therefore, take it as it is. Jīvana Satguru Nāma Kamastāna Heli Biparva Satguru Biparva O Prakāśa Gagana Ho Ākāśe Jā'undarānī Jā'undī Rāmajī Gagana Ho. Therefore, it depends on how you feel—psychically, mentally, and physically. This does not mean we neglect the world or others. No. When something bad happens, we also feel sad because we care. We take care of them all the time. But what happened, happened. We cannot kill ourselves over it; we must live on. When a family member dies—grandfather, grandmother, father, mother—we cannot die after them. We must live somehow, continuing our responsibilities, obligations, work, and mission, given by our ancestors. We can only fulfill this if we balance ourselves. So, self-balancing: body, mind, emotion, intellect, memory, words, and actions should be balanced. When you read Līlā Amṛt, you will find many things that balance your emotions and intellect, awakening in you devotion, bhakti. Devotion, bhakti, does not mean devotion to a particular person only. Remember when Gurujī became a sannyāsī. At that time, Mahāprabhujī gave him a saṅkalpa to serve all creatures. Service to all creatures is service to me. That is the difference between such a great incarnation and someone like us. We would say, "Only serve me, help me," and that is all—that is selfish. God, the wise one, the holy one, includes all creatures. Why should we kill others? They have parents. They have children. They have feelings. If you give an injection, they feel pain. When an ant's little toe is broken, it is very hard for her to walk. Did you ask, "Come, I will take you to the hospital?" When your aunt breaks her small toe, you take her to a veterinary doctor and ask for bandages. He will look at you and say, "Well, I think you need another doctor, not me." That is his answer because we do not see these small creatures. We think they are small, but they are not. In their place, they are great. There is a light of God inside them. Whether water is in a tank, lake, river, or clouds, it is all water, originating from the ocean. Similarly, the life of a small creature, a human, an elephant, a deer, a rabbit, a cow, or a buffalo—all is God's life. The elephant is much bigger than you; it must have a bigger soul than you. We are not the best or the biggest. Who are we to discriminate against others? Humans are here as protectors, not destroyers. Therefore, dharma, religion, means mercy and compassion. Any religion or dharma that does not teach compassion towards all creatures is not a religion; it is only an organization. All beings are my soul; all creatures are my self. I saw recently that they export horses to some countries because people like to eat horse meat. They were such beautiful young horses with beautiful eyes. A man comes with a pistol. The horse, full of love, stretches its face towards him, thinking he will give it something. The man holds its hair and shoots a nail inside. The horse falls down. While falling, it looks at the man: "You treated me... I was loving you. I thought you loved me. Oh, man, what have I done to you?" This is the eye of the horse. A beautiful rabbit with beautiful pink eyes—they hold its ears, and it makes a sound, "Please don't do it," and with a knife, you cut its throat. Is this the dharma of a human? The beautiful pink eye... Oh God. Still, I see that man removes the head. A living cow gave you milk. Now you tie her legs and hang her with a crane. The cow says, "My child, what have I done to you? I gave you milk. I took the place of your mother to feed you with my milk. And you, what are you doing?" The machine runs, and with an electric saw, you cut her stomach while she is living. You want to eat this meat? The cow says, "My children, I didn't think you would be like this." Some cows have embryos inside that fall out. Can you imagine someone doing that to you while you pray to God? God, forgive us. How far can He forgive you? God says, "Yes, I know you are stupid enough." But stupidity also has a border. Oh man, you have gone out of order. A chicken feels so happy at home; you feed it every day. Slowly, you feed her, and she comes to love you. Then you cut her throat. She is still not dead; the prāṇa is still in the body. There are cramps and spasms. The heart of the chicken says, "Oh man, I thought your love was true love. You were feeding me, giving me water, giving me protection. I thought you loved me. Oh human, this is not love. It is better that other animals have better love than you, O human." How can you bring a piece of meat into your mouth and swallow it down? Consequences will come back. Perhaps you will become that chicken or that horse. When you get a needle in the head and suffer in the body, your karmas will come to the forefront—it was you who did it and wanted to eat meat. Here you are. Do you want this done to you? Time and karma wait for no one. Show your real love. Love should be forever. There is a song in German: "Real friendship should never break. Real friendship should never shake. And then say, when death takes life, I will stop being faithful." I say stop, stop, stop. It is wrong. Very wrong. Oh my God, what ignorance in this song. It should be different: "Even death will take my life, I will never stop loving you or being faithful to you." That is love—faithful love, forever. That is why Gurujī said in one bhajan, "Juga juga jīva maheśvarāṇa," meaning for centuries and centuries, this love should live. It means the devotion, confidence, and faith I plant in your hearts—Gurujī said indirectly for me—is that I live in you for centuries and centuries. What does it mean to live in you? In the form of wisdom, faith, confidence, happiness, and love, this thread of confidence should not break. It will live for centuries and centuries. Therefore, nothing happens out of nothing. Whatever happens, happens out of something—past destiny. Past destiny brought us together again. Like this, it will always bring us together, for centuries and centuries, generation and generation. So when we begin to do good work now, and our youth do good work, then there will be something.