Dasara is the festival that celebrates the victory of good forces over evil energies. God has expressed Himself as the five natural elements. All creation is but a combination of these in varying proportions. You must use these abundant resources reverentially, with humility and gratitude. You know from experience that excessive quantities of wind, fire or water is injurious to health. If you drink more water than needed, it is a torture. When you inhale more air you will be suffocated and burn with excessive heat. Loud noise beyond a limit is destructive to peace. Hence realise that efficient use of natural resources is a form of worship. Nature (Prakrithi) is, in essence, Divinity itself. The universe is Divine. So tread softly and reverentially. Use them intelligently to promote your own well-being and that of the others. Use the natural resources in moderation and offer loving and intelligent service to the communities you live in.

- Divine Discourse, Oct 15, 1966.