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First of all, I am surprised that already twenty years have passed. But it is said that happy times pass quickly. This means that in Slovenia, it has always been a happy time. There are many beautiful memories from this country—of the landscape and glimpses of the culture. I am very happy that God led my path, or my direction, to this country twenty years ago. Twenty years is a lot, nearly half a life. Thousands of dear friends have gained the benefit of yoga in daily life; they have experienced the usefulness of yoga in everyday life. In human life, there is always some intuition and some mission. Do not understand this mission as a religious mission, not as a missionary, religious missionary. It is to face the human heart to heart, to remove uncertainty between two humans, and to create mutual understanding, love, and peace for this planet. And, of course, the main point was good health: physical, mental, social, and spiritual health. If we are healthy in all these four aspects, we are content with our life, our way of life, and the place where we live. Ninety-nine percent of all of you who came to me had a main aim: to obtain good health, to find peace of mind and love in the heart in this restless and stressful world. Meanwhile, in these twenty years, Yoga in Daily Life is present in almost every village of Slovenia. That makes me happy, that so many people are getting benefit. It is very logical and psychological: if people wouldn't get the benefit, they would not do it. That is why Yoga in Daily Life around the world is appreciated, and it is a scientific system. Around the world, there are thousands of teachers of Yoga in Daily Life and more than 35,000 different locations where it is practiced, which includes schools as well. So if you ask me, then I would say you have chosen a very good way of life. Another thing: it is the nature of life, which is struggling between two banks of a river, like water is struggling. And that means happiness and unhappiness. These two banks are happiness and unhappiness, pleasure and unpleasure, pleasant and unpleasant. This is called saṃsāra, this world. It cannot be permanent happiness. Even God Himself, incarnate on this globe, will have to go through some hard experiences, unhappiness. It is believed that, according to Hindu mythology, there have been twenty-three incarnations of what we call the Holy Father or God, Brahman. Where the name Jesus comes, not in the incarnation, but as what they call the Son of God, God's messenger. Like Jesus, there have been many millions of incarnated great saints. Some we remember, some we have forgotten. And the twenty-fourth is expected in this Kali Yuga. That is called Kalī Avatāra, the incarnation of this Kali Yuga. There are two kinds of incarnations believed. That is called Nitya and Nimit. Nimit Incarnation is that one which, from time to time, incarnates. And Nityāvatāra is like a holy saint incarnating also, time to time, but many times. Nitya Avatāras are saints who incarnate many times. So if we look at all these, either Nitya Avatāra or Nimit Avatāra also had a hard life. Therefore, who are we that we think we will have permanent happiness? But it is said there can be permanent happiness. However, we have to work very hard for that. That means to completely detach from this world, to observe this world as an observer. Sit as the observer only, not involved in it. And that is very hard, because we are somehow attached: we love our parents, we love our children, we love our friends, and we love the old people. We love our planet, and when something unpleasant happens, we are unhappy. And that means the changes of life, the waves—we are fluttering on the waves of time. Sometimes through the stormy sea, sometimes darkness, painful, and sometimes divine, pleasant. So this is like the waves on the water. We are floating on the waves. Therefore, to say always happy, permanently happy, that is very rare. Because we cannot neglect something. We cannot detest, and if we are detested, then we will be known as cruel ones who have no feeling. So it is our feelings; our feelings change the situation in our life. And the feelings are also temporary. The feelings which bring happiness will also bring unhappiness. That's life. But the time which is given to us on this planet is with one mission, and that is to realize God Consciousness, Brahman, to become one with the Brahman, Ātmā Jñāna. And the submission is to be to the protector, not to be a distractor. We believe in God. We believe in holy books. We believe that in those holy books, these are the words of God, the Guru Vākya. We believe that truth will win. And we do believe there is some higher consciousness. And we do believe that we are not 100% without mistakes. At the same time, we do believe that it is that divine consciousness, God, who will forgive us. We do believe that God loves us. But at the same time, we know and we do believe that we have to go through our karma. Doesn't matter who is who. Time will not wait for them, and karma will not let them go free. And we have a free choice of what to do and what not to do. Therefore, our sub-mission, or the second mission of life, is to understand and give the chance to them. It is not now, in this modern time, that humans are fighting and wars are there. It has been all the time. From the very beginning, there were two streams: Āsurī Śakti and Devī Śakti. Āsurī Śakti and Devī Śakti, and this is not only on our planet, it is throughout the whole universe. When we will go from this universe or this planet, it is not that we are going now to the heaven, happiness, or the home. It is not easy. And after, when we go out of this body, we are only and only alone, and we have to find our way and fight through. There is no guide. There is no navigator. Just you. Though we have the aim, we don't know where and what. And so, that means we have to face those two streams. One is Āsurī Śakti, and the other is Daivī Śakti. And where is our majority? With whom do we have the majority? Good deeds, good majority. Bad deeds, bad majority. So it is said even a negative thinking is a plus point for the Asuras. Negative words are a plus point for Asuras, and negative acting is a plus point for Asuras. Using your abilities, your social position, your wealth, your physical position, your strength, and your intellect for the negative is a plus point. It is also a plus point for the Asuras. When you think negative, Asura says, "Bravo, good. Think more." They feed your ego. Come on. And they encourage you. "That's right, you are right. Think on." And if you do positive thinking, it's a plus point for Devī Śaktis. Devīk means divine, Asurīk means the devils. So, it doesn't matter who is who—you or me, or anybody. You cannot escape from those śaktis. "O Gurudev, pridi k meni, čim prej je mogoče. I am stuck in this saṃsāra, in this world. Please take care of me quickly. Help me." So, this is called saṃsāra. There is no essence in it. It is senseless. And which has no sense, and we try to get the sense out of this sense, it's nonsense. Only one purpose, and that is to get Brahmajñāna, Ātmajñāna. And this is given to the humans: these feelings. This intellect is given to the humans, that humans should not abuse the nature, humans should not abuse these animals, killing and so on, but humans should develop the spiritual awakening, spirituality. What is spiritual? To read a holy book, is it spiritual? Prayer every day, is it spiritual? Meditation every day, is it spiritual? No. These are the ways to spirituality. Spirituality means purity, pure consciousness. Not fighting each other, not for culture, not for religion, and not for the country. There is only one country, and that is this planet. And God sent us on this planet. So our destiny is sometimes here and sometimes there. So spirituality is awakening with the feeling, feeling of pity, feeling of love, feeling of pain. Sometimes we need a push to awaken. There are many people who drive very quickly, so they need one accident. And after that accident, they go slowly. Accident means it must not be physical. There is some accident with a blue light. "I invite you. Blue light, I invite." When the blue light of the police invites you to one side of the road, to take away the blue papers from your pocket and gives you the blue piece of paper back. A thousand euro fine. Next day, thousand five hundred euros. And third day, we'll take the license away. Now you awoke inside, you accept that you neglected the rules, traffic rules. Similarly, when God sent us in this world, and we don't follow these human rules, one time we will get a fine; second time we will get a fine. And third time, He will take the license of a human. Now go in other lives. So spirituality sometimes awakens when something happens. There was one couple, married, very happy. But after some months or years, they did not know why they married. It was a mistake. They think it was a mistake. She is blaming him, saying that you are the cause of all these troubles. And he is blaming her, "You are the distraction of my life." You know much better what your wife is telling you. They were feeling that they did not love each other. Like marriage broke, nearly. So one day, the husband said, "Okay, I'm going to rent an apartment, and I will live there. Bye-bye." And she said, "Thanks to God, go." Take whatever you like, and the husband went. Three o'clock in the night, she realized what it meant for her husband. And she phoned and said, "Please come back, I love you." And he said, "I was waiting for that." And they again got such a good friendship. The happiest life they have, but they needed this few hours' break. That brought them together again. So, in life we need sometimes an accident or a happening that awakens in our heart love, mercy, and a feeling of kindness like this. And then we understand others. So, spiritual awakening for world peace is very, very important. And sometimes we have to witness some terrible things. Therefore, no war brought peace, nowhere in the world. No war has ever brought peace to the world. No fighting and conflict between religion and culture never find peace. And therefore, we have to remove this conflict between religions, cultures, and nations. That will be a step toward spiritual awakening. And that will be the step to world peace. And first, what we call to turn humans again to the natural way of life, not to kill the animals, to become vegetarian. All this global warming, climate change, and whatever you are now listening through the different media, the main cause is the consumption of meat. The pollution from keeping the animals in one place, as well as the pain of the animals. And if you have to kill one buffalo or a cow, you can't do it. Because you have love in your heart. If you have to kill a small baby pig, you can't do it. Because that baby is like your own baby. That's the awakening of spirituality. So, these are the messages of Yoga in Daily Life: to be healthy and create a healthy atmosphere. Create a healthy atmosphere, create mutual understanding, love, forgiveness, and mercy. Because it's not; we are all having some mistakes. We do not have our hands so clean. Maybe you had clean hands, and someone gave you dirty hands, so now your hands are also not clean. If someone had clean hands and your hands were not clean, you gave your hand, and now the other hand is also polluted. There are always two involved in it. And that we have to understand both sides. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said, "If you are 10 meters far from me, I am also 10 meters far from you. And if you are five meters far from me, then I am also five meters far from you." Don't measure from one side; therefore, don't judge from one side. That we have to understand. If I hadn't been here, that would not have happened. And so, we are all responsible for this globe. There is no one to be blamed, and so, spiritual awakening, think over. Do you want, or did you want, that so many people were killed in the ex-Yugoslavian war? In reality, no one wants this. But there was some black power, black energy, Āsurī Śakti. Collectively, it happens like that, and that's it. So, around the world, wherever something happens, do not blame one person. But always more are involved in it. One boy came home at three o'clock in the night and said to his father, "In the street there were three boys, and they were beating me. So please call the police and arrest them." Father said, "Yes, I will do, but they were not three boys, they were four boys." He said, "No, there were only three." "Yes, my son. The fourth one was you. If you wouldn't be there, they would not beat you. Why did you go there? So you are also guilty in that." And therefore, we have to see the world from this different point of view. And therefore, we must see the world from a different perspective, from a different angle, that we are all guilty for this, and we all together can help each other and make it better. So when you pray, you say a prayer for forgiveness and understanding. Therefore, there is a holy or a spiritual. There is a God, there is holy literature, and we believe that. We do believe, and we do trust. You know, I think Americans have on their dollars written, "We trust in God." So we trust in God. That's very important. Not only writing, but we have to do it in reality. And for this, you have to go through pleasant and unpleasant situations. And for that, you have to go through pleasant and unpleasant situations in your life. Don't be there when it's pleasant things. It is said: "Dukh me sumiran sab kare, sukh me kare na koy. Jo dukh me sumiran kare, dukh kaya ka hoy?" Understand? Dukhe me sumiran sab kare. When troubles come, everyone remembers God. Sukhme Sumiran Koi. And when happiness is there, dancing and eating, no one remembers God. Jo sukhme Sumiran Kare, but those who will remember God and repeat His name in happiness also, Dukhā kāyā kā ho, then where will the trouble come? The trouble will not come. Troubles are there because you have forgotten Him when you were a little bit happy. And we have to go through the hard situations, too, to endure. In our Jñāna Yoga, there are four principles: Viveka, Vairāgya, Satsampatti, and Mumukṣutva. In Satsampatī, there is one point called Titikṣā. Titikṣā means to endure the situation. Develop the understanding and overcome that attachment and pain. Many who are sitting here, the whole winter is in India, and when the hot summer comes, I want to go to Europe. So many karma yogīs are sitting here. Because they eat only cream in winter. Now it's 45 degrees, a permanent sauna. Whatever you touch is hot. Even the mind is hot. The heart is hot. Thinking is cool, no, thinking is also very hot, so to endure the situation, that one comes through, the other one cannot. Saint Kabīrdās once saw a mill which is grinding the corns into the flour. Which have the two stones, one down and one up. Between the stones, the grains are ground. Goes from up, complete, and comes down as a flour, powder. And Kabīrdās began to cry. "All who go in don't come complete out." He went to the master. And Master said, "Oh yes, there are some who remain complete." "Master, I observed for one hour, nothing came out completely." Master said, "Yes, there is." So there is one center pillar. In the middle of these two stones is an axis which is balancing the upper stone and the lower stone, managing the distance. How fine a flour do you want to have? According to that, you can lift up or down the stones. So, those grains which fall near that rod remain there. Others which fall far were ground. So, these two stones are known as, one is called Māyā and the second is called Brahman. Māyā is this world, and Brahman is the upper world, and we are jīvas, all, animals and humans, we are the grains, and who is coming on this world will be ground. But both, Māyā and Brahman, both are balanced by that God-balancing power called yoga, that's God, or that's Gurudev. When you are taking the center at the Gurudev's lotus feet, then you will remain complete. Pūrṇam. There is one mantra: Oṁ Pūrṇamadaḥ Pūrṇamidaṁ Pūrṇāt Pūrṇamadachyate Pūrṇasya Pūrṇamādāya Pūrṇamevāvaśyate Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Therefore, it is said: "Gurūjī, śaraṇa tumārī, cintā merī miṭāde. Kar ke dayā, dayā bedā tū pār. Gurudev, sharan chenta me mitaade. Dhanaki Devīśvar Mahādev." Therefore, develop mercy, dayā, in your heart. Dayā. Great saint Tulsīdās jī said: "Dayā dharam kā mūl hai, aur pāp mūl abhimān. Shri Dayā Na Chhodiye, Jablak Ghatme Pran." Tulsīdās Jī said, "Dayā is the root of Dharma." The roots of the Dharma are the Dayā, mercy. Therefore, it is said, where there is dayā, there is no pain, there is nothing, only divine. So, it is said, how far we can tolerate. So, it is said, there is no place for tolerance to move away. Dayā dharma kā mūl hai, roots of dharma, religion is the mercy, the kindness, the compassion in the heart. And pāpa mūla bhimān, and the roots of the sin are ego, pride. Therefore, Tulsī Dājī said, "Tulsī, dayā na chhoḍī," don't give up compassion, "jab lag ghaṭme prāṇa," as long as you have prāṇa, or life, in your heart. And that's why Tulsī Dājī said, "Don't give up prāṇa until you have prāṇa in your heart." So, find dayā, develop dayā, catch the dayā, don't let her go away. That's it. Therefore, say, "Dīp Dayāl Kṛpāl Mahāprabhū, Dīp Dayāl, Merciful Mahāprabhujī." So, again we come to our healthy way of life. Develop good health through your exercises, physical exercises, breath exercises, meditation. Meditation to think normal, and to overcome the worldly stress. And nothing will go with us. There is no navigation, only one God's name, Guru Kripāl. So, tomorrow we will begin some practices. Today was only an introduction. Tomorrow, practically, we will develop dayā. We will divide the group, and the boys will come to the front. No, please, don't kick more, please, please, leave it, Dayā. And we will ask for mercy. So we have some boxers here, you know, and we will see who will come in the field, so Dayā. When you will see this, then you will say, "Oh God, no, please, stop, stop, that is a Dayā." In this way we will develop mercy, because we will wish for the absence of fighting. That's it. So for today, that is enough. I wish you all the best, many blessings, and to be near to the Master, to be present. That is very important. For example, you see everything on the internet. And I send them all blessings from this beautiful town, Novo Mesto, in Slovenia, the Republic of Slovenia. To all who are watching us over the internet, I send greetings from this beautiful town, Novo Mesto in Slovenia. Slovenia is located near the Adriatic coast and is part of the former Yugoslavia. Because many people don't know where Slovenia is. It's a new country, a new baby, you know. I still have to get married. To come far, so blessings are coming to you from Slovenia. But to be with and feel this Ābhā Maṇḍal, this energy, you cannot feel it through the video. To smell, to feel the nearness. Understand. Under the same roof. That is practical. Someone talks about Brahmaloka, and we understand a little bit, no? But someone is in the Brahmaloka. That is a difference. So theory and practice are different. So we are in Brahman loka. We are in Brahman loka, Brahman, where you speak about Brahman. Where you speak about Brahman, that is Brahman-loka. The presence of the three Satgurus is Brahman-loka. Yes, there is ānanda, bliss. But when you are together, it is brahmānanda. Wish you a very good evening and a very good night.