Human life is beset with ups and downs, joys and sorrows. These experiences are intended to serve as guideposts for man. Life would be bland without trials and tribulations. Problems in life bring out the human values from within man. You cannot get the juice of the sugarcane without crushing it; you cannot enhance the brilliance of a diamond without cutting it and making many facets. One must shed pettiness and develop broad-mindedness through the cultivation of love. Only when you endure various difficulties, can you experience the sweet bliss of Self-realization. Hence, difficulties must be welcomed and overcome to experience Divinity.
- Divine Discourse, Sep 2, 1991.
