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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 for a blessing. Worldly people, what do they want? Children, a job, or marriage; children, job, and money—that is all. Devpurījī was leaving the village of Harsor, and they followed him. It was a hot day, and Devpurījī was resting under a tree—a typical desert tree called a Khejṛī. Devpurījī 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 handful." The man took a handful—three laddūs. Devpurījī said, "Okay, you will have three sons." And it happened. They are living happily and have great-grandchildren already. Thus, the blessing and the words of the saints are beyond measure. Therefore, lucky are those who can have a spiritual interest inwardly awakened and follow the Guruvākyam. So, contemplate these five points I give. First, every day you should think a few times, "I am a human." Constantly ask yourself and be aware: I am a human. This 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 in eating, sleeping, and procreating. 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, what are the human qualities? And which are the animal qualities? Anger, jealousy, hate, greediness, passion. These are desires, the animal qualities. No one was ever happy with these, and no one ever had enough from these. Lucky are those who can rise above this. 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 finally, what is my mission as a human? Merely to create children and money and create these complications makes no sense. A human thinks, "I will rule the whole world forever." No. Once a saint was passing through a village. A man, a potter by profession, was preparing clay to make a pot. He was twisting the clay and throwing it on a stone to mix it and make it nice. The saint was watching this man. It was like a big bread dough, or chapātī dough. The clay, the earth, is also living. It was talking to the man, but the man did not listen. The saint, however, could feel it. The clay was saying to the potter: "Mati kahe kumhāro, tū kyā ronde mo? Ek din aisā āegā, me rundungī to." (The clay says to the potter, "Why are you squeezing and torturing me? A day will come when I will squeeze you within me.") That day is not far. Therefore, what is the mission of human life? A human is born as a protector, not as a destructor. Humans are born to attain 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. This should be clear to you; otherwise, you come to the water and go back thirsty. You are thirsty, you come to the fountain, and you go back thirsty. Many things happen in life, good and bad, but the most harmful tragedy that can befall a human is this: that human will die without ātmā jñāna. So that is our prime mission in life: to attain self-realization. Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Nekiśa Deveśwar Mahādeva, Mahādeva Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Nekiśa Nāthānanda Nekiśa. Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar