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Kindness

The water here is beneficial and should be taken home in plastic bottles, as its strength can break glass. Accommodations are generously provided despite not being patients. Carefulness is essential, as accidents occur without warning.

This place serves for rehabilitation with a strict regimen. You are welcomed, and arrangements are made for your comfort. We discuss understanding others, not just oneself. A community member was injured in an accident, reminding us to be mindful with every step. We are among patients from many places.

"An accident never warns us before; that is why it is called an accident."

"Carefulness doesn’t cost anything. And carelessness can cost even our life."

The quantity of sodium is very low in this water, and it is beneficial for the joints and digestion. It is also very rich in iron. You should try to drink as much of this water as you can. When you go home, you can fill many bottles and take them with you. You can keep it for a few days, but only in plastic bottles, because it is so strong that a glass bottle will break. Of course, it is free. There are three or four springs here, and the best one is over there. You can ask your friends tomorrow; they will show you. We have a very nice subject to discuss with you here every day. As I know, there is a diversity of ancient and modern people present. And you know, in every country where there is power, they often do not even allow visitors or family members to come. I need not tell the names of the countries. It is impossible to have so many visitors and still make a program successful. If you hire a hall, or have a hall like this, they will charge you a lot. So, for the generosity of the Slovaks, I would like to thank them. As I mentioned, this place is for recreation, for what we call rehabilitation. The diet here is also strict, and we require rest with no noise. There are not only yoga people here, but more than that, there are other patients too. We found that the main house was overbooked. Therefore, you are accommodated in the village. But the accommodation in the village is also beautiful, because if you are not a patient here, they generally will not give you a room. Yet again, the doctors, nurses, and personnel are all so kind that they gave the room for free. "Free" means without charge, thanks to people like Stefan and some others who take care of Swāmījī. It shouldn't bother you that we are living there, that Swāmījī lives there, and that you have to walk the route for 20 minutes. It is a good walk. Next weekend will be a weekend seminar in Banjska, Mistrisa, and of course you will be accommodated there. I am very happy to see you this weekend as well. You came, welcome here. You brought good weather, and tomorrow we will have a nice walk. Yesterday, we were speaking about different situations, and about understanding, especially understanding others' situations. Do not think only of yourself, because if you think too much only of yourself, then you are selfish. And you cannot be successful. We will have different subjects every day. Now you will receive prasāda, and then we have some nice slides from this year's Kumbha Melā. Even I have not seen them, so I am looking forward to seeing how they will be. So, anyone who didn't find suitable accommodation, if someone has some problems with it, please let us know. And if someone has a problem walking from the village to here, a car can be organized for you. The car will drive you. There is one little sad news: our dear Kṛpā from Vienna, who is from Koper, Slovenia, on the staircase—she didn't see one step and fell down. She broke her foot bone, again. We took her immediately to the hospital. She received treatment... So, we should take every step carefully. An accident never warns us before; that is why it is called an accident. It can happen suddenly. Day before yesterday, Stephen was 20 or 40 meters behind me. He is always near me, but at that moment he was gone. And in front of me was a small boundary wall for the garden, a meadow, with sharp stones like this. It was just a few centimeters away from my feet. And it happened so quickly. An accident never warns us. That’s why it’s called an accident. What we don’t know is what we have paid for it. What happened will not happen again. But still, it is said, carefulness doesn’t cost anything. And carelessness can cost even our life. So, here and there, we should be careful. Also, we are here; there are patients from different parts of Europe.

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