"The human body, so filled with skills, so capable of great adventures, is a gift from God to each of you. It has to be used as a raft on which you can cross this never-calm sea of samsara (change) that lies between birth and death, bondage and liberation. Awaken to this primal duty even when your physical and mental faculties are keen; awaken even while your power of discrimination is sharp.
Do not postpone the launching of the raft for it may become unserviceable soon. It may be burdened with illness so that all your attention will have to be spent on its upkeep. Think of the incomparable joy that will surge within you when you approach the shore of liberation!
Ride safe on the raging waters of samsara; be a witness, do not crave for the fruit of action, leave the consequence of all acts to God's will. He is the doer, you are but the instrument. Pursue nobler ends, have grander ideals; sensory pleasures are trinkets, trivialities."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Voice of the Avatar - Pt.1)
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