Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam - Jan 28th, 2006

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The world is today suffering from disorder and violence because people

have lost Atma-Vishwasa (faith in the Self). They are fostering

attachment to the body and ignoring the Spirit. Man should not follow

the senses which are wayward, the body which is perishable, or the mind

which is fickle. He must follow the conscience, which tells him what is

right or wrong. Man has to rise above the animal nature. He has to

express his divine potencies. For this, man has to acquire knowledge of

the Divine Self. Atma is the all-pervading Universal Consciousness. It

is immanent in everyone. Only as long as this consciousness is present

in the human body, it is called Shivam (auspiciousness). Once the

consciousness leaves the body, it becomes Shavam (a corpse).

-SAI BABA