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Om Śukhin Sarve Śantu Nirmāyā Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu Makch Dukkha Bhagbhavet Om Śānti Śānti... Salutation to the Cosmic Light, Lord of our hearts, omniscient and omnipresent. In his divine presence, a very good evening, dear brothers and sisters. I am very happy to be again in Brno. This is not my first visit; I think I have been here many, many times since 1973, constantly visiting. I have many beautiful memories from the city of Brno, its surroundings, and the whole of what you called the previous Czechoslovakia and now the Czech Republic. There has always been a spiritual stream in the Czech Republic, especially in what you call Mystic Prague. In ancient spirituality, the Czech people were very deeply connected with Indian spirituality. One example they told me is that in Prague, there is a house which is more than 2,000 years old—maybe a little less or more, I do not remember. On the door of the house, an entrance is written: "We are only guests here. We are building castles here, but we do not build anything where we will be permanent." That is a similar translation. "Permanent" means to be in Brahman, in the Supreme. I understood today the subject is yoga and daily life and self-realization. Self-realization is that—yes, well, this is a beautiful subject, and this is something we should achieve. Therefore, I have some very concrete views about that, not only opinions. Many times in my lectures, I have spoken about creation. In every culture and every belief, there are different fairy tales, different stories. Something is authentic, and something is man-made stories. But of course, we are not judging anyone. There are two things: one we heard, another we experienced. Experiences are the reality; that is called the evidence. Evidence will never die—the practical experiences. The spiritual science began from India. They call it Sanātana Dharma. Sanātana Dharma means eternal religion. After that, another part of religion's definition comes from different incarnations. In Sanātana Dharma, there is only one God. It is not saying that it is our God and their God. Like here, people say it is a Hindu God, an Islamic God, a Christian God. This came after. There was only one; that is called eternal religion, governed by one consciousness, that is called Brahman. That Brahman is the highest, only one, the God. You may call it the Holy Father, which has no form, but it is here. Another is called the space, the space which we see as endless. There are many, many universes involved in this space. In the Vedas, in the old scriptures, it is said: Anant Brahman Śāstra Sūryas—endless universes and thousands of the sun systems, governed by one, that is called Brahman, that is called the God of the entire universe. And the same principle is governing different solar systems. And the same God is governing this individual one: Ātmā and Paramātmā. There is no difference. So the yogīs, those great seers who had knowledge of past, present, and future—meaning they could remember or see what was in the past, and they could see very clearly what will be tomorrow. Like you are sitting in your car and driving, and you see far there some other car is coming—they could see everything. So it is their message that this universe, which is endless, is like a mother's body, the womb of the mother, and the universal consciousness which is within this space, that is called the embryo, hiraṇya garbha, the golden embryo, cosmic consciousness. And both are balanced, united, harmonized by one principle, that is called yoga. So yoga is as old as the universe—not these postures and exercises, but the definition, the word yoga. And that is connected again with the cosmic power. So, cosmos, cosmic consciousness, and cosmic power—these are three already. And within this, there is a call, the willpower. That is called the origin of everything. And so in the cosmic consciousness, there is a desire, but not desire like we have desires. It is not that will, but we have that will. It is a supreme will, the holy will. And that is called the will of the Brahman, and it is said: "Eko'haṁ bahusyām"—I am one, and now I will multiply myself. And that will, that desire, is in every creature. When you are grown up, then you would like to marry and multiply as children. Or we put a seed in the ground, it will grow, sprout, and will multiply. A seed has to die in order to multiply. It means not that the form is dying; it is dissolving the form and again manifesting. So that "Eko'haṁ bahusyām"—this was the message or the will of the cosmic self, not as a person, not as a physical body. There, through this cosmic energy, we call it yogamāyā. Yoga is that which is balancing. Yoga is that which is harmonizing. And yoga is that which is uniting. But the Śakti, the energy, that is different. So when these two come together, then something happens. So the first movement in the endless universe was sound, a vibration. That is called Oṁ. Akār, Ukār, Makār. These three letters join the past, present, and future: Sattva, Rajas, Tamas; the Trinity: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, the Śiva. There it is said, the Swayambhū, he created himself, and that is called the cosmic body—still not hands and legs, but that consciousness manifested it out of itself and within. No time, this resonance spread it into the endless universe, like when a small mosquito sticks in your small toes, immediately your whole body knows the mosquito is here. Out of this, the four elements begin to manifest: fire, air, water, and earth in the space. And then, out of this resonance—how many billions of years did it take?—thousands of different solar systems were created, and with that resonance, that vibration, quality is developing. And on this planet, we are part of that vibration. On this planet, the Creator has created 8.4 million different creatures, divided into three categories: Jalchar, Thalchar, and Nabchar—the creatures in water, on the earth, and in the space. Out of 8.4 million different creatures, one is the human. It does not matter if he is European or African, Asian or American. Human is a human. No difference. Maybe in the height and color, different. But for that trinity, there are no differences between humans. No racism. Problems began since humans began to make differences. Now, within us, the reality, the truth, the divine, the self, is that cosmic one. That is everlasting. That is immortal. That is unborn. And that will not die. That is our self. Where we are sitting, once there was only ground. Far, far, there was not a single house. Hundreds of kilometers, mountains, water, forest, that is all. And now it is developed here, a city, and we are sitting in the hall. Now, in reality, this hall does not exist here. This is a temporary wall. One day it will be dismantled, but a room cannot be dismantled. The space. You can move a knife here a million times and take a magnifying glass and look if there are scratches in this space. No scratches. Therefore, it is said, God Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad Gītā also said: "Weapon cannot kill, fire cannot burn, water cannot wet, air cannot dry, and dust cannot take away." That is your identity. You are that Ātmā. And it is Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya who said: "Who am I? From where did I come? What is the purpose of coming here? And where will I go? I am not this body, because the body is limited in time. I am not this mind. I am not this emotion, nor anger, nor hate. No father, no mother. I am the immortal one." That is your real self, but reality is different. We know that we are living beings. We know that God is within us as the immortal one. Still, we do not know, and so then the science of yoga developed to get God realization or self-realization. Out of 8.4 million different creatures, one is human, which has a very strong intellect, and human intellect can be trained endlessly. This intellect needs education. If you are with a holy saint, you will become holy. If you are with football players, you will be a football player. If you are with skiers, you will become a nice skier. If you are with an alcoholic, you will become also alcoholic. And if you are with a terrorist, I do not think that you will be a terrorist too. What kind of society you will have, that color you will have. So, human intellect needs education, and there are two kinds of educations: it is called parā and aparā vidyā. The parā vidyā means the knowledge about the Supreme. Aparā vidyā is knowledge about this world and this education. What we are doing, God sent the humans here to live in peace, in harmony, in love. No god will be happy if we fight. God sent the humans as a protector, not as a distractor. And be sure, God loves his creation equally, does not matter if it is human or some other creature. Parents love their children equally. Therefore, anything we do wrong to other creatures, by cosmic law for humans, it is called sin. If we cause them pain, if we kill them, that is for humans, by law, said to be sin. If we do some good things—protect them, feed them, love them, do not disturb them, then let leave them—then we have opposite to the sin, it is called puce. So we are then called as a puce soul, or a sinner soul. We are in the soul as an individual. Soul is individual, and soul is not a reality on the... One day, when your consciousness will awake into the cosmic consciousness, your soul will dissolve. The soul is individual, but the ātmā is universal. So, self-realization means the realization of the ātmā. As long as we will be aware about the soul, we will experience pain, pleasure, happiness, unhappiness, and so on. Therefore, it is said to human, and human life is the last gate to get out of the cycle of rebirth and death. If you believe in the rebirth or you do not believe, it does not change. There was a communist regime here, and these young kids, they do not know. If you tell it was like this here, some may not believe how nice it was or how bad it was. I am not commenting, giving a comment on this, but young children, I do not believe now if you believe or not, that does not change. Similarly, if you believe in reincarnation or not, that does not change. If you do not believe, it does not matter. In the next life, we will discuss again. It is a very interesting subject. Once I had a lecture in Austria, in Tyrol. It is called Innsbruck. Many people were there. And I spoke about reincarnation, and they said, "We do not believe. We came only now, first and last. Okay?" After the lecture, someone asked a question: "What do you think about knowledge of past lives?" I think that is good. Then that person introduced another person. This person is giving a meditation and leading you into a past life. In German, they say, "Rückführung." "Swāmījī, was sagen Sie über Rückführung?" So I said, "Ich führe nicht nach rücken, ich führe nach vorne." But you cannot imagine, in the interval, nearly all were standing near that man who is doing the techniques to go to the past life, and everyone wanted to do it. So I said, "Hey, you said you do not believe in reincarnation." He said, "Yeah, but I have interest." How does interest come? So there is a reincarnation. Reincarnation is a spiritual world, and in modern language we have a different word for reincarnation, and for that, the whole world is trying very hard to realize. The biggest problem in the world is that which they want to solve: pollution. So the whole world is fighting, struggling to produce something which is called recycling. Do you believe in recycling or not? Sleeping? Say something, yes or no. Do you believe in recycling? Then where is the problem in believing in reincarnation? Recycling is of the material world. Reincarnation is of the cosmic Self. It is the same. So we come and we go. That is it. And so our ancestors, they are looking above us. They are taking care of us. So we have a very nice technique in yoga and daily life. Morning, when you get up, three times ask yourself or say to yourself, "I am human, I am human, I am human." Now, what does it mean for you that you are human? What humans should do and what humans should not do. That is self-protection. Then you are brushing your teeth, looking in the mirror. Some look in the mirror, some do not look in the mirror. And ask yourself, what does it mean for me to be a human? What value do you have to this human life? Do not destroy this human life with drugs and alcohol and so on. What does it mean for me to be a human? Great. Then you come to the breakfast. Oh, now it will come nice. In a few weeks, very soon, in a few weeks, you will have very nice strawberries, very nice fruits, good yogurt, cereals, and milk, healthy things. You enjoy your breakfast and tell, "What makes me human? What makes me the human?" These two. Hands and two legs, monkeys also have. What makes me human? My qualities, my education, my knowledge, my experiences, my behaviors. Then you drive your car or go by bus to work. You think, which qualities are they which declare me as a human? Which qualities make me human? And what is a human quality? How to develop them? And finally, when you begin to work, you ask yourself, what is my mission in this life? To marry, to have children, work whole life without rest, be ill, go to doctors, and die—this is the mission of my life? The mission of our life is to become one with God. Get out of the cycle of rebirth and self-realization. I am the ātmā and act as a human. Follow your dharma, dharma towards your wife, your husband, children, colleagues, your country, and nature, but do not give up that concentration and aim that you have to come back to that God, where you become one with that ātmā, the supreme body. This body has a nature. It has desires. It feels hungry, thirsty, hot, cold, healthy, unhealthy. And this is saṃsāra, this world quarreling. But inside, peace and love. You love everyone, and that one is in your heart forever because that is a part of you. You cannot separate. Our thoughts are separating. Our ideas are separating, but our love cannot be separated. That is called love, divine love, God's love. What should we do now? We do one thing. Try to live long so that you can realize everything in this life. And how to live long? Healthy behavior, healthy way of life, it means having healthy food and healthy movement. So, yoga exercises, they are psychosomatic movements. Each posture influences your body, your psychic, and your consciousness calms down, and it gives you immense contentment, love, happiness. Contentment, this is a universal quality, not a man-made one, and this universal quality is within you. The love which you are searching for is within you. The contentment which you are searching is within you. You are the middle point of the universe. You are the middle point of the universe. Every kilometer is counted from you. You are that center one, so be proud of yourself. We will come to you. You need not come to us; we all will come to you. "You" means me, self. The whole space is one. And therefore practicing yoga helps us to live long, helps us to live in a certain degree healthy. I cannot say that those who practice yoga will never be ill, that... I cannot say it is ill; it is the nature, healthy and unhealthy both. But yogīs are more protected because they practice yoga, and they take disciplined food. This is the aim of human life. But that I am a human—what makes me human? Which qualities make me human? How to develop those qualities, and what is the mission of my life? For this, we shall work. And God sent us here to be a protector. Protect the environment, protect the other creatures, and protect human society. We should not fight. You know, weapons and wars never brought peace. But they brought in us a kind of, again, hate and revenge. So in many nations, their blood is boiling in the fire of revenge to fight against others. But that is not the nature of a human. So the practice of yoga will give us contentment, happiness, and peace. Therefore, yoga is the way to world peace, and yoga is the way to God. Yoga is the way to every human's heart. And yoga is the way to the universal love for all creatures. And this is the path to ourself: who we are and how we can realize ourselves through human life, following human principles and doing your yoga and daily life. So with this, I wish you all the best. God bless you. And I wish you that in this life you will get your realization, with one condition: if you will practice. Otherwise, you will say, "Swāmījī said I will get realization. I do not do anything, I will get it." It is not like that.