Animal qualities are fast increasing in man. Animals have a season and a reason but humans have none. Today humans have become worse than animals. Human qualities like compassion, kindness, love and forbearance are absent. One should be free from evil thoughts which are the root cause of worries. This requires abhyasa (constant and sustained practice). One can control the mind and attain peace by abhyasa. It is only in a peaceful mind that noble thoughts arise. The mind should be under one’s control. Master the mind and be a mastermind. Unfortunately, instead of controlling the mind, people have become slaves of their senses. That is the main cause of unsteadiness. Moreover, people have body attachment, which is the reason they get easily disturbed if people find fault with them. Why should one worry about the body when it is like a water bubble? You should get rid of body attachment.

- Divine Discourse, May 26, 2001.