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You read in Līlā Amṛt, and you should read it again. There is a story of a Brahmin family from a village called Harsor. The paṇḍit was named Lakṣmī Nārāyaṇ Joṣī, and he had no children. Devpurījī came, and they asked him—worldly people, what do they want? Children, a job, marriage, money—that is all. Latīnā. So Devpurījī was leaving the village of Harsor, and they followed him. It was a hot day. Devpurījī was resting under a tree, a typical desert tree called a Khejri. He had a small bag, which he hung on the tree while he rested. They pleaded, "Lord, there is no light in our house. Please bless us." Devpurījī said, "In my handbag, there are some laddū sweets. Take as many as you can with one hand." The man took a handful—three laddūs. Devpurījī said, "Okay, you will have three sons." And it happened. They are living happily; they have great-grandchildren already. So, the blessing, the words of the saints, are beyond. Therefore, lucky are they who can have a spiritual interest inwardly awakened and follow the Guruvākyam. So, the five points I give—overthink them. First, every day you should think a few times, "I am a human." Constantly ask yourself and be aware: I am a human. It means when you do something which is not appreciable, you should think, "I am a human. Can I do this or not?" Second, what makes me human? All creatures are the same: eating, sleeping, creating children—animals are also very active. Why do we always say humans are special? What makes me human? The answer comes: the quality, human quality. Then ask, third, what are the human qualities? And which are the animal qualities? Anger, jealousy, hate, greediness, passion. These are desires, the animal qualities. No one is happy with these, and no one has had enough of these. Lucky are they who can rise above this. So all these negative qualities are evil qualities. Now, the fourth question: How to cultivate the human qualities? And how to overcome all other qualities? And the final question: What is my mission as a human? Only to create children and money and create these complications has no sense. A human thinks, "I will rule the whole world forever." No. Once a saint went through a village and saw a man, a potter by profession, preparing clay to make a pot. He was twisting the clay and throwing it on a stone to mix it, to make it nice. The saint was looking at this man. It was like a big bread dough, or chapātī dough. The clay, the earth, is living too. It is talking to the man, but the man does not listen. The saint could feel it. So the clay is saying to the potter: "Mati kahe kumhāro. Tū kyā ronde? Hlina řiká hrnčíři." The clay tells the potter, "What are you doing, squishing and torturing me? One day will come when I will squeeze you into me." So that day is not far. Therefore, what is the mission of human life? A human is born as a protector, not a destructor. And humans are born to get liberation. Humans are not born to kill animals. When you take a knife in your hand to kill an animal, think that you are a human. Human hands are not for killing creatures for your selfishness and for your eating. Human life is given for self-realization, to remove the duality of the individual soul and come to the unity of the Ātmā. Ātmā jñāna, ātmā jñāna—this is the purpose of life. It should be clear to you; otherwise you come to the water and go back thirsty. You are a thirsty one, and you came to the fountain, and you go back thirsty. Many things happen in life, good and... But the most harmful tragedy will happen to humans: that humans will die without ātmā-jñāna. So that is our prime mission in life: to get self-realization. Deep Nayan Bhagavān Nekis, Devīśvara Mahādeva, Mahādeva Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Nekis, Nāthāṅda Nekis.