Do you know why you have been given a human body? Is it to take it to all the corners of the world? No, that is not the purpose. You have been given this body so that you may demonstrate, with its help, the truth of the statement that the body is intended for doing good to other human beings. Divya Atma Swarupas (Embodiments of the Divine Soul)! It is for us to recognise that the compassion that all the living beings deserve from us forms the essence of our being able to get a vision of the Atma. The greatest penance (tapas) is the bringing together of the compassion that is present in all beings. Unlike a cow, horse, elephant or other animals, the sacredness of life that has been given to a human being is at a very high level.

- Summer Roses on Blue Mountains, 1976, Ch 10.