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Adoration to our spiritual lineages. Dear brothers and sisters, good evening. First of all, I am surprised that already twenty years have passed. But it is said that happy time passes quickly. This means in Slovenia there has always been a happy time. There are many beautiful memories from this country: the landscape, glimpses of the culture, and, of course, beautiful people. I am very happy that God laid my path in the direction of this country twenty years ago. Twenty years is a lot, nearly half a life, and there are thousands of dear friends who have received the benefit of yoga in daily life. In human life, there is always some intuition and some mission of life. Do not understand mission as a religious mission—not a missionary, religious missionary—but to face the human heart to heart, to remove uncertainty between two humans, to create a 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, and that was to obtain good health, to find peace of the 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 will not do it. And that’s 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 also. 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. This life is struggling between two banks of a river, like water is struggling. That means happiness and unhappiness, pleasure and displeasure. That is called saṃsāra, this world. It can’t 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, the Brahman. Where the name Jesus comes—not in the incarnation, but as what they call the son of God, messenger of God, like Jesus—they have been incarnated with many millions of great saints, some we remember, some we have forgotten. And the twenty-fourth is expected in this Kali Yuga. That’s called the Kālī-Avatāra, the incarnation of this Kali Yuga. There are two kinds of incarnations believed. That’s called Nitya and Nimitta. Nimitta 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. So, if we look at all this, either Nitya Avatāra or Nimitta 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 a permanent happiness. But we have to work very hard for that. That means to completely detach from this world, to observe this world as an observer, not involved in it. And that is very hard because we, somehow, we are attached. We love our parents, we love our children, we love our friends, and we love the old creatures. 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 fluttering on the waves. Therefore, to say always happy, permanently happy, that is very rare. Because we cannot neglect something, meaning we cannot detest. And if we are detested, then we will be known as cruel ones who have no feeling. So these are 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 Brahman: Ātmā jñāna. And the submission is to be the protector, not to be a distractor. We believe. 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, that God 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 submission, or the second mission of life, is to understand and give the chance to them. It is not only now, in this modern time, that humans are fighting and wars are there. It has been all the times. From the very beginning, there were two streams: Āsurī Śakti and Daivī Śakti. And this is not only on our planet. It is throughout the whole universe. When we will go from this universe, from this planet, it’s not that we are going now to heaven, to happiness; that’s not easy. It’s 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 have to go. 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 us. Negative words are a plus point for Asuras, and negative acting is a plus point for Asuras, and using your abilities, your social position, your wealth, your position, your physical strength, and your intellect for the negative is also the plus point for Asuras. When you think negative, Asuras say, "Bravo, good. Take more." They feed your ego. "Come on. That’s right. You are right. Think on." And if you do positive thinking, it’s a plus point for daivī śaktis. Daivī means divine. Āsurī means the devils. So, it doesn’t matter who is who, you or me, or anybody, cannot escape from those śaktis. Therefore, in some bhajans it is said, "Itnā to karnā gurujī, darśan jaldī denā, darśan jaldī denā,... darśan jaldī denā." 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. Senseless. And which has no sense, and we try to get sense out of this sense is 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 humans. That humans should not abuse nature. Humans should not abuse these animals, killing and so on. But humans should develop mercy, and that means spiritual awakening. Spirituality—what is spirituality? To read a holy book, is it spiritual? Prayer every day, is it spiritual? Meditate 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 awake. 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. Invite you. Blue light, invite. On the side of the road. Take away the blue papers from the pocket. And he gives you the blue piece of paper: a thousand euros. Next day, one thousand five hundred euros. And third day, we’ll take the license away. Now you awoke inside, you accept that you neglected the traffic rules. Similarly, when God sent us into 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 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. 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’s 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 Mary’s broke, nearly. So one day, her 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 got again 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 sometimes need 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. That’s very important. Very, very important. And sometimes we have to witness some terrible things. Therefore, no war brought peace anywhere in the world. No war has ever brought peace to the world. No fighting and conflict between religion and culture is ever found in peace. The peace. And therefore, we have to remove this conflict between religions, cultures, and nations. That will be a step towards the 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 pig baby, you can’t do it. Because that baby is like your own baby. That is the awakening of spirituality. So, these are the messages of Yoga in Daily Life: to be healthy, to create a healthy atmosphere, and to create 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. Or someone had clean hands and your hands were not clean; you gave the 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 weren’t 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 3 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. The father said, "Yes, I will do it, but there were not three boys, there 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 of that. And therefore, we have to see the world from this different point of view. From a different angle, we are all guilty for this. And we all together can help each other and make it better. So when you pray, you said 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. Don’t be there when it’s pleasant things. It is said, understand? When the troubles come, everyone remembers God. Sukhme sumerana koy, and when happiness is there, dancing and eating, and no one remembers God. Jo sukhme sumerana kare, but those who will remember God and repeat His name in happiness also. Then where will the trouble come? The trouble will not come. Troubles are there because you’ve 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, Satsampati, 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 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. Permanent sauna. Whatever you touch is hot. Even the mind is hot. The heart is hot. Thinking is cool. Thinking is also very hot. So, to endure the situation, one comes through. Otherwise, one cannot. There was a saint, Kabīrdās, and he once saw a mill which was grinding the corn into flour. Which are the two stones, one down and one up? And between the stones, the grains are ground. Goes from up, complete, and comes down as a flower, powder. And Kabir thus begins to cry. All who go in do not come out complete. He went to the master. And the 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, or a rod in the center, which is balancing the upper stone and lower stone, the distance. Managing the distance. How fine a flower 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 graded. So these two stones are known as, one is called Māyā and the second is called Brahman. Maya 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 into this world will be ground, Harjo. But both, Māyā and Brahman, are balanced by that God. Balancing power is 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. There is one mantra, I don’t know how it is: Oṁ Pūrṇamadaḥ Pūrṇamidaṁ Pūrṇāt Pūrṇamudacyate, Pūrṇasya Pūrṇamādāya Pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate. Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ. Therefore, it is said, "Gurudev, śaraṇa tuma, cintā merī mitā de. Gurudev, śaraṇa che mitā." Karke dayā dayā beda tupa, karke dayā dayā beda tupa. Sharche mita shar Deep Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī, Devī Swarūp kī. Therefore, develop mercy, dayā, in your heart. Razvite milost, daya vashem sartso. Great Saint Tulsidās Jī said, Tulsidās Jī said, "Of the dharma is 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. Daya dharma ka mūl hai, roots of dharma, religion is the mercy, the kindness, the compassion in the heart. And the root of sin is ego, proudness. Therefore Tulsīdājī said, "Tulsī dayā na chhoḍīye," don’t give up dayā. "Jab lag ghaṭ me prāṇa," as long as you have prāṇa or life in your heart. So find Dayā, develop Dayā, catch the Dayā, don’t let her go away. That’s it. Therefore, say, "Dīp Dayāl Kripāl 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, relaxation, meditation, to think normally, and to overcome worldly stress. And nothing will go with us. There is no navigation. Only one: God’s name, Guru Kripāl, your mantra. So, tomorrow we will begin some practices. Today was only introduction. Tomorrow, practically, we will develop dayā. We will divide the group, and the boys will come to the front, and then we will say, "Oh, please don’t kick anymore, please, please leave it," and we will ask for mercy. So we have some boxers here, you know, and we will see who will come in the field. It is a dayā. When you will see this, then you will say, "Oh God, no, please, stop, stop." That is a dayā. That’s it. So for today, it is enough. 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 on the internet everything. And I send them all blessings from this beautiful town, Novo Mesto, in 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, new baby, you know. Have to marry still. 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 Brahmaloka, Brahman, where you speak about Brahman. Brahmaniṣṭhasrotriyasatguru’s presence is Brahmaloka. Yes, there is ānanda. It’s called bliss. But when you are together, it’s Brahmānanda. I wish you a very good evening and a very good night. After 20 minutes, 15 to 20 minutes, we will have prayer, and the program is finished. So, those who wish to be here for prayer, most welcome.