Human life is the highest among all living beings in creation. With all these endowments if man lacks jnana (wisdom) he is no better than an animal. It is wisdom that distinguishes man from other animals. In spite of possessing a human body, with its sacred capacities, man pursues wrong paths and indulges in misdeeds, thereby degrading his precious heritage. One who ought to dedicate oneself to the pursuit of the Divine following the Nivriti marga (the Inward Path) and experience bliss, makes oneself a slave to the senses and wastes one’s life in the pursuit of the external, the Pravriti marga. All efforts are directed towards the cultivation of sensual pleasures instead of aiming at the realisation of the power of the Spirit within. It is this preoccupation with the mundane that is at the root of all the insecurity and unhappiness experienced by man. He is perennially filled with discontent and dissatisfaction. Discontentment affects man in two ways: One is the lack of peace of mind. The other is unhappiness resulting from the lack of peace.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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