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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. There are thousands of dear friends who have gained the benefit of yoga in daily 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. It is to face the human heart to heart, to remove uncertainty between people, 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 as 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, I would say you have chosen a very good way of life. Another thing: it is the nature of life to struggle between two banks of a river, like water struggles. 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, has to go through some hard experiences and 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. The name Jesus comes not among these incarnations, 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. The twenty-fourth incarnation is expected in this Kali Yuga. That is called Kalī Avatāra, the incarnation of this Kali Yuga. There are two kinds of incarnations believed: Nitya and Nimit. A Nimit Incarnation is one which incarnates from time to time. A Nityāvatāra is like a holy saint incarnating many times. So if we look at all these, whether Nitya Avatāra or Nimit Avatāra, they also had a hard life. Therefore, who are we to think we will have permanent happiness? But it is said there can be permanent happiness. We have to work very hard for that, which means to completely detach from this world, to observe it as an observer only, not involved in it. That is very hard because we are somehow attached: we love our parents, our children, our friends, and the elderly. We love our planet, and when something unpleasant happens, we are unhappy. That means the changes of life, the waves—we are fluttering on the waves of time, sometimes through a stormy sea, sometimes darkness and pain, and sometimes divine and pleasant. So this is like waves on water; we are floating on the waves. Therefore, to be always happy, permanently happy, is very rare. Because we cannot neglect something; we cannot detest. If we are detested, then we will be known as cruel ones who have no feeling. So it is our feelings that change the situation in our life, and feelings are also temporary. The feelings which bring happiness will also bring unhappiness. That's life. But the time given to us on this planet is for one mission: to realize God Consciousness, Brahman, to become one with Brahman, Ātmā Jñāna. 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 are the words of God, the Guru Vākya. We believe that truth will win. We do believe there is some higher consciousness. 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 believe that we have to go through our karma. It doesn't matter who is who; time will not wait for them, and karma will not let them go free. 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 others. It is not only 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. This is not only on our planet; it is throughout the whole universe. When we leave this universe or this planet, it is not that we are going now to heaven, happiness, or home. It is not easy. After 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, no navigator—just you. Though we have the aim, we don't know where and what. That means we have to face those two streams: one is Āsurī Śakti, and the other is Daivī Śakti. 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 thought is a plus point for the Asuras. Negative words are a plus point for Asuras, and negative action is a plus point for Asuras. Using your abilities, your social position, your wealth, your physical strength, and your intellect for the negative is a plus point for the Asuras. When you think negative, Asura says, "Bravo, good. Think more." They feed your ego. 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, come to me as soon as possible. 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 trying to get sense out of this senselessness is nonsense. There is only one purpose: to get Brahmajñāna, Ātmajñāna. This intellect is given to humans so that they should not abuse nature, should not abuse animals by killing and so on, but should develop spiritual awakening. 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. God sent us to this planet. So our destiny is sometimes here and sometimes there. Spirituality is awakening with the feeling of pity, love, and pain. Sometimes we need a push to awaken. There are many people who drive very quickly, so they need one accident. After that accident, they go slowly. An accident need not be physical. There is some accident with a blue light. When the blue light of the police invites you to the side of the road to take away the blue papers from your pocket and gives you a blue piece of paper—a thousand-euro fine. The next day, fifteen hundred euros. The third day, they take the license away. Now you awaken inside; you accept that you neglected the traffic rules. Similarly, when God sends us into this world and we don't follow these human rules, one time we will get a fine, a second time we will get a fine, and the third time He will take the license of a human. Now go into 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. They thought it was a mistake. She blamed him, saying he was the cause of all the troubles. He blamed her, saying she was the distraction of his life. They felt they did not love each other; the marriage was nearly broken. 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." At 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." They again got such a good friendship and the happiest life, but they needed this few hours' break that brought them together again. So in life, we sometimes need an accident or a happening that awakens in our heart love, mercy, and a feeling of kindness. Then we understand others. Spiritual awakening for world peace is very, very important. And sometimes we have to witness some terrible things. No war has ever brought peace to the world. No fighting and conflict between religion and culture has ever found peace. Therefore, we have to remove this conflict between religions, cultures, and nations. That will be a step toward spiritual awakening and a step toward world peace. First, we must turn humans again to the natural way of life: not to kill animals, to become vegetarian. All this global warming, climate change—the main cause is the consumption of meat: the pollution from keeping animals in one place, as well as the pain of the animals. If you had to kill a buffalo or a cow, you couldn't do it because you have love in your heart. If you had to kill a small baby pig, you couldn'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 to create a healthy atmosphere, mutual understanding, love, forgiveness, and mercy. Because 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 we have to understand both sides. Therefore, Mahāprabhujī said: "If you are ten meters far from me, I am also ten 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. So we are all responsible for this globe. There is no one to be blamed. Spiritual awakening—think over. Did you want so many people to be 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. 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. Please call the police and arrest them." The father said, "Yes, I will do. But they were not three boys; they were four boys." The boy said, "No, there were only three." The father said, "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." Therefore, we have to see the world from this different point of view, 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, say a prayer for forgiveness and understanding. 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, "In God We Trust." 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 in your life. It is said: "Dukh me sumiran sab kare, sukh me kare na koy. Jo sukh me sumiran kare, dukh kāyā kā hoy?" Understand? "Dukhe me sumiran sab kare": when troubles come, everyone remembers God. "Sukh me sumiran koi": when happiness is there, dancing and eating, no one remembers God. "Jo sukh me 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 Satsampatti, there is one point called Titikṣā. Titikṣā means to endure the situation, to develop the understanding and overcome that attachment and pain. Many who are sitting here spend the whole winter in India, and when the hot summer comes, they 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 also very hot. So to endure the situation—one comes through, the other one cannot. The saint Kabīrdās once saw a mill grinding corn into flour. It has two stones, one down and one up. Between the stones, the grains are ground. They go in complete and come down as powder. Kabīrdās began to cry: "All who go in don't come complete out." He went to the master. The master said, "Oh yes, there are some who remain complete." Kabīr said, "Master, I observed for one hour; nothing came out completely." The master said, "Yes, there is." 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 are ground. So these two stones are known as Māyā and Brahman. Māyā is this world, and Brahman is the upper world. We are jīvas—all animals and humans—we are the grains. Whoever comes into this world will be ground. But both Māyā and Brahman 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." Therefore, it is said: "Gurūjī, śaraṇa tumārī, cintā merī miṭāde. Kar ke dayā, dayā bedā tū pār. Gurudev, śaraṇa chentā me mitāde. Dhanaki Devīśvar Mahādev." Therefore, develop mercy, dayā, in your heart. The great saint Tulsīdās jī said: "Dayā dharam kā mūl hai, aur pāp mūl abhimān. Śrī dayā na chhoḍīye, jab lag ghaṭme prāṇa." Tulsīdās jī said, "Dayā is the root of Dharma." The roots of Dharma are dayā, mercy. Therefore, it is said: where there is dayā, there is no pain; there is only the divine. So it is said: how far can we tolerate? There is no place for tolerance to move away. "Dayā dharma kā mūl hai": the root of religion is mercy, kindness, compassion in the heart. "Pāpa mūla abhimān": and the root of sin is ego, pride. Therefore, Tulsīdās jī said: "Tulsī, dayā na chhoḍī, jab lag ghaṭme prāṇa"—don't give up compassion as long as you have life, 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, and meditation. Meditate to think normally and to overcome worldly stress. 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 see this, then you will say, "Oh God, no, please, stop, stop. That is 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. I send them all blessings from this beautiful town, Novo Mesto, in Slovenia, the Republic of 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. Blessings are coming to you from Slovenia. But to be with and feel this Ābhā Maṇḍal, this energy, you cannot feel it through a video: to smell, to feel the nearness, to be 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. 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. I wish you a very good evening and a very good night.