India recorded a government debt equivalent to 69.50 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2016.

MOTTO:

Satyameva Jayate (Sanskrit: सत्यमेव जयते, lit. ‘Truth alone triumphs’

Here is how that conversation might go down between the two friends, captured at the moment the lightbulb finally flickers on for Joe.

The Realization

Yugo Joe: (Dropping his bag, looking slightly dazed) Chris… I think I get it now. I’ve been sitting here, running through everything you’ve said about the Organazatzija and the Mother. It finally clicked.

Chris Kolic: (Grinning, leaning back) Took you long enough, Joe. What was it? The videos? The stories of the hugs? Or did you just finally stop overthinking it?

Yugo Joe: All of it. The scale of the compassion… it’s not humanly possible. Amma Mata Amritanandamayi is the real deal. She’s God incarnate, isn’t she?

Chris Kolic: (Nodding solemnly) Now you’re speaking my language. Once you see the Divine in her, the whole world looks different. The ego starts to feel like a heavy coat you’ve been wearing in the middle of summer.

Yugo Joe: (Rubbing his hands together) Okay, I’m in. I’m all in. I’m ready to put in the work. So, give it to me straight, Chris—now what toilet do we scrub?

Chris Kolic: (Laughs) Ah, the “Yoga of the Mop!” You’ve got the right spirit. In the ashram, we call it Seva. It doesn’t matter if you’re a CEO or a laborer; we all scrub the same floors to get that ego out of the way.

Yugo Joe: I mean it. If she’s the Mother of the Universe, I’m not too big to clean a bathroom. Where do we start?

Chris Kolic: Well, we don’t have to fly to India tonight. We can start with the local center. They’ve got a soup kitchen shift on Saturday, and I happen to know the floors in the community hall aren’t going to buff themselves.

Yugo Joe: Saturday. I’ll be there. I’ll bring my own gloves.

Chris Kolic: Leave the pride at the door, Joe. Bring the gloves, but leave the “Joe” behind. That’s when the real scrubbing starts.