A farmer clears and levels the land, removes the stones and thorns, ploughs and prepares the field, manures and strengthens the soil, and waters and fertilises it. Then, after sowing, transplanting, weeding, spraying and waiting, he reaps the crop. After winnowing and threshing, he stacks the corn. All these various processes are for the sake of the stomach. So too, one must feel that all hunger and thirst, joy and sorrow, grief and loss, suffering and anger, food and appetite are but impulses helping us toward attaining the presence of the Lord. When one has this attitude, sin will never tarnish these activities. The appetites will also vanish, without a vestige of name or form. On the other hand, if the appetites are treated as important, one can earn only sorrow, not joy. It will be impossible to acquire peace. All acts — wearing, eating, walking, studying, serving, moving — should be performed in a spirit of dedication to the Lord.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathtya Sai Baba
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