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Birds, beasts and other creatures are concerned with the enjoyment of external things. Man alone
is gifted with the capacity to discriminate between the transient and the permanent and seek what
is everlasting by controlling his senses and giving up attachment to the perishable body and the
ephemeral objects of the phenomenal world. It is the consciousness in the physical body that
enables man to enjoy the pleasures derived from the objects experienced through the senses.
Once this truth is realised, the divine nature of consciousness will become clear. Then, every
action can be regarded as an offering to the Divine. Work will then be transformed into worship.
- Divine Discourse, 19th February 1987. |