Every morning, as soon as you sit up in bed, ask yourself this question: "For what purpose have I come into this world? What is the task set for me? What is the triumph for which this struggle is preparing me? Which is the grand victory for which I have to strive?"

Every morning, as soon as you sit up in bed, ask yourself this question: "For what purpose have I come into this world? What is the task set for me? What is the triumph for which this struggle is preparing me? Which is the grand victory for which I have to strive?" You must’ve witnessed chariot festivals in famous pilgrimage centres. The colossal chariots will be gorgeously decorated; stalwart bands of men draw them along broad roads to the music of blowpipes and conches; acrobats, dancers, chanters, minstrels - all precede it and add to the exhilaration of the occasion. Thousands crowd around and their attention is naturally drawn towards entertainments provided, but they feel happiest only when they fold their palms and bow before the Idol installed in the chariot. The rest is all subsidiary, even irrelevant! So too in the process of life, body is the chariot, Atma is the Idol installed therein. Earning, spending, laughing, weeping, hurting, healing, and all the various acrobatics of daily life are but subsidiary to the adoration of God, the attainment of Atma!

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba